Multimedia tools can help people to pass messages more
successfully. The message sender needs
to know what audience they will be reaching out to before deciding which
multimedia tools to use. I think the
most obvious widely used tool would have to be videos. That is because videos have drawn people’s
attention since the dawn of motion pictures.
Movies, films, video, and television have always had a way of bringing
people together as well. When video
accompanies writing within the same media platform, it can create a winning
combination. Many news programs actually
have short segments allotted to viral videos, so anyone has a chance of being
featured on local or even national news.
Videos are more than just multimedia however, as video is a recorded
proof of events that can be used for making history books of the future. Some people make videos for educational or
professional purposes, while others just want to use videos as a creative
outlet.
I tend to give my attention to more educationally aligned
recordings, such as TED talks. This
brings me to my next point, as many videographers use other forms of multimedia
within their videos. Many speakers on
TED talks for example use PowerPoint presentations as a backdrop for their
speech. Infographics can be a great way
to give the entire audience something to focus on. PowerPoint has been around for a while, but
can still help a speaker deliver their message a bit more efficiently. There are newer forms of infographic
multimedia, such as Prezi. Prezi seems
to have a much better flow than PowerPoint.
I don’t know if Prezi is more user friendly or not, but it is very easy
to use for beginners.
Here is a link to a video that compares PowerPoint to
Prezi. The video may seem a bit slow or
boring, but the gentleman makes some great points.
I believe Jim Harvey gives a fair and adequate analysis
of the two programs within the time he used.
Please comment and let me know what you all think.
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