Writing for multimedia and the web: a practical guide to content development for interactive media/
Timothy Garrand
- 3rd ed.
- Amsterdam: Elsevier Focal Press, c2006.
- xxxiv, 478 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I: Interactivity and the writer -- Writing for many media -- High-level design, management, and technical skills useful to the interactive writer -- The multimedia and web site production team -- Script and proposal formatting -- Key points from Part I: interactive media and the writer -- pt. II: Defining and achieving goals for informational multimedia and web sites -- Informational multimedia and web architecture -- Introduction to the informational multimedia and web site case studies -- Case study / Writing a marketing web site from proposal to documentation: Prudential Verani Realty -- Case study / Corporate web site: T. Rowe Price -- Case study / Research portal web site and the online feature story: Britannica.com and the Harlem Renaissance -- Case study / E-learning: Interactive Math and Statistics Learning -- Case study / Museum kiosk: The Nauticus Shipbuilding Company -- Case study / Training: Vital Signs -- Key points from Part II: how to write nonnarrative informational multimedia -- pt. III: Interactive multimedia narrative and linear narrative -- The elements of interactive multimedia narrative -- Introduction to the narrative multimedia case studies -- Case study / Adapting classic books to a computer game for the female audience: Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock -- Case study / Adding story to a simulation: Amped 3 -- Case study / Parallel stories narrative: The Pandora Directive -- Case study/ Worlds narrative: Dust: A Tale of the Wired West -- Case study / Immersive exhibit: The New England Economic Adventure -- Key points from Part III: how to write interactive narrative -- pt. IV: Conclusion: becoming a professional interactive writer.
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Interactive multimedia--Authorship World Wide Web Technical writing