I reviewed a multimedia flash project run on the Chattanooga Times Free Press called "Humility in hard times". It tells stories of people whose lives have been affected by the recession as well as of those who lived through both the Great Depression and the recession. This concept is very compelling, and the content could work great for a project. Comparing the history to the present in this way can help us to gain some perspective and guidance in dealing with these issues.
This topic was well-suited to a flash project as the project has two chapters (one each for the recession and the Depression). And has four stories in each chapter. Additionally, the “about” link has an interview with two of the four creators
When navigating to the page, the first problem with this project is immediately clear. The entire project was made too small. The text is barely legible. It’s unfortunate because there is clearly much more room on the Web page, and I’m sure the text is very compelling. Furthermore, the text is white on black serif. Being this small, it becomes hardly legible. The banner is done successfully in a sans serif that should have been used throughout the whole project.
The project works design-wise. The visuals are given the most real estate while there is a space for explanation underneath. The thumbnails for the other four stories line up vertically on the left and the navigation for other parts of the project are located at the bottom left. Quotations from each section run across the top in a banner like area. The only problem is that there is too much real estate given to this area.
Additionally, there are too few visuals to warrant creating a flash slideshow. In many there are only two or three portraits. They don’t tell us much more about the story or the person. It think it would have been better to have either only one photo or at least enough so that they could change every three to five seconds.
Overall, very interesting concept but could have been executed better.
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