Combining media forms is nothing new. Silent films, for example, interspersed still type frames throughout the movie to deliver dialogue and establish context, as theater organists provided dramatic musical accompaniments.
Today’s multimedia may combine type, image, audio, video and infographics, not to mention interactivity. Think searchable databases and archives, user-generated content and social networking. All this must be available to active “users” on their desktop PCs, laptops, smartphones, tablets and TVs.
But don’t drop out because you fear the technical. Even simple digital multimedia adds a lot of capability to the visual communicator’s ...
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