University College Cork, Ireland Department of Computer Science

An interactive educational DVD about the Irish Examiner newspaper company

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy Aims & Software Objectives

• To create an interactive educational DVD about • Macromedia Flash MX with the Irish Examiner Company, to make the ActionScript programming company more accessible to students and the public. • Final Cut Express

• To enable users to gain a greater understanding • Adobe After Effects 6.0 of a newspaper company and the daily publishing of a national, broadsheet newspaper. • Adobe Photoshop CS • To create a fully functional, user-friendly interface, with clear and aesthetically pleasing • Adobe Illustrator CS presentation of the information. • Soundtrack • To include graphics, animation, photography, interactivity, audio and video. • iMovie HD

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy Home Page

Navigation menu Project logo Date and Home button

Animation, photographs, text, rollovers, navigational menu. Links to other pages are also contained on the home page.

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy Interactive Office Floor Plan

• Administration • IT • Advertising • Library • Distribution • Marketing • Editorial • Printing • Finance • Sales • Human Resources • Image

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy Education –– Try a job

• Design a front page • Select a front page picture • Write an eye-catching headline • Check results • Compare to the original page one

An example of a results page

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy Interactive Production Timeline & Animation

• 24-hour timeline with information at every hour. • Details various stages in newspaper production. • Analogue clock animates the time being viewed. • Animation follows the course of a news event to appearing on page one of the Irish Examiner.

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy History Timeline & Picture Slideshows

• Key dates in the history of the Irish Examiner Company, since its first publication in 1841. • Graphics, photographs and text. • Showcasing photographs from • Picture slideshows: Days Gone By, Images of the Past, the Irish Examiner’s picture and Webprint: A new beginning. archives.

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy Company Structure, Careers & TCH

• Complete structure of the company in a vertical information tree.

• Diverse range of careers available.

• TCH - Thomas Crosbie Holdings A few pages explaining the link between the Irish Examiner Company and its holding company, TCH.

MSc MMT Pamela McCarthy