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CMAT and Company Operations

Team's Manual

Curriculum

Welcome to CMAT and Company

For a more on how projects are developed visit Project Design in CMAT and Company Operations and Sample Project Development in Team's Manual.)

Project Design Sequence:

Short Form

(You must know, item by item, in exact order, this short form of the design sequence.

HINT: grouping helps.)

  Multimedia titles are developed in a design sequence

                             ITEMS IN DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE ARE:

                                      IDENTIFY A NEED

                                      IDENTIFY CLIENTS EXACT NEEDS

                                      IDENTIFY TARGET AUDIENCE

                                      IDENTIFY TARGET AUDIENCE SPECIAL NEEDS

                                      GATHER PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT:

                                                        THE CLIENT,

                                                        THE PROJECT,

                                                        THE AUDIENCE,

                                                         BUDGET CONSTRAINTS,

                                                         LEGAL ASPECTS:

                                                                 TRADEMARKS,

                                                                  LOGOS,

                                                                     etc.

                                      DEFINE THE PROJECT - CLEARLY                                                                  (DESCRIBE ALL ASPECTS OF THE FINISHED PROJECT)

                                      WRITE A PROPOSAL                                                                 (PRESENT THE CLIENT WITH A CLEARLY DEFINED NEED, TARGETED AUDIENCE, SCHEDULE, BUDGET, AND DESCRIPTION OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT.)

                                      MEET WITH CLIENT

                                      GET CLIENT APPROVAL

                                      DRAW UP A CONTRACT                                        (THE PRODUCER AND THE CLIENT AGREE TO ENTER A BINDING CONTRACT FOR THE DEFINED PRODUCT.)

                                      SELECT A TEAM                                                    (ALL MEMBERS OF THE MULTI MEDIA TEAM ARE IDENTIFIED AND HIRED.)

                                      IDENTIFY TEAM MEMBERS TASKS AND                                       RESPONSIBILITIES                                               (TEAM MEMBERS HAVE CLEARLY DEFINED ROLES, SCHEDULES, AND PRODUCTION TASKS.)

                                      COLLECT RESOURCES                                                  (ANY PRE-DESIGNED RESOURCES, DATA RESEARCHED, OR OTHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS COLLECTED.)

                                      CREATE A FLOW CHART

                                      CREATE STORY BOARD

                                      SELECT APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE

                                      DESIGN GRAPHIC ELEMENTS

                                      DESIGN TEMPLATES

                                      DESIGN USER INTERFACE

                                      COMBINE VIDEO AND SOUND EFFECTS

                                      TEST - AUDIENCE REPRESENTATIVES                                         (PRE-PRODUCTION ALPHA, BETA, etc.)

                                      PRODUCE THE PRODUCT                                  (AFTER ANY REVISIONS, THE PRODUCT IS COMPLETED IN ALL ASPECTS.)

                                      MASTER PACKAGE                                                           (THE FINAL PRODUCT IS MASTERED FOR THE FINAL PLATFORM                                    PRESENTATION, COPIED IN THE CORRECT NUMBER AND PACKAGED FOR THE PUBLISHER.)

                                      MARKET

                                      CONDUCT A FINAL ASSESSMENT.