Interactive Media Report

Interactive Media Report

Mobile Networking

As part of the interactive media we were doing I was given the task of testing and finding out different stuff about mobile networking and the different ways it works and how networking is used, discussing the pros and cons of it. Not only will I be writing my report I will also be adding a short report on my other team members and what did, which was websites and dvd menus.

After testing out the Common phone or in this case the IPhone 4 I found that I still love the apple IPhone despite the things wrong with it like the Icloud security issues and the battery percentage which is just annoying how it says its on 18% but then will die is very annoying. Even after having other phones like Samsung, Nokia, LG, and Black Berry but the IPhone has by far the best user interface which I like very much as it’s a very detailed and the graphics make everything better.

A lot of the apps and games are very easy to download and play which is a really good thing, as you don’t want to be waiting ages to play a game. Not only are the games apps great for playing but you can also talk to other people and interact with numerous people from around the world all ready to talk to from just the reach of your fingertips. When wanting to play different games on the phones the category ranges from strategy, 8 bit pixels and adventure. So not only are they great for gaming but can also help with challenging the mind and can also help people become smarter.

After I was finished with testing the Mobile Networks I listed down below the results of my fellow team mates and their findings of other forms of interactive media like websites and DVD menus like the title screen and the many features.

Tristan’s Report

Tristan who was in charge of websites like YouTube and went on to say they’re easy to access and is very easy to search for different things like videos of any sort, blogs and music videos to even gaming. He also went on and explained about how its great for different age ratings just depending on what there into. After talking about different parts of websites he went on to explain about different features the internet has, like how there is a side bar with options like my channel, my subscriptions, history, watch later, playlists and tags that take you straight to your most favourite or preferred pages.

Chloe’s Report

As for Chloe who was the third member in our group she was in charge of DVD menus, which she choose to do her evaluation based on the Gladiator film and the user interface behind it. She basically went on to talk about testing dvd menus/title, observing text that was used, music, images, sound effects, selection of scenes, what kind of special effects that were used just in the title, does the text or images light up when selecting it. She then went on to talk about how it has short clips and a quick look from the movie put together as it leads into the title screen. The music on the title screen sounded like an orchestra playing and lasts for 34 seconds before repeating, sounding like it had been cut out from a longer song with the same roman theme as the movie. She went to describe the both pages of the title has a background with brown/discolouring filter over a still cropped image, the first one being the outside of an arena, the second being mountains and ruins. Though the free space around the arena image has a moving image of real clouds with a sped up effect so it catches the viewers eye and how its better than leaving it blank which makes it look better and it provides a more greater piece.