History of Cut Knife, Saskatchewan
Executive Summary
My interactive project is going to consist of several aspects of the history of my hometown, Cut Knife, Saskatchewan. I will cover many characteristics of it such as the Clayton McClain Memorial Museum, Cut Knife Hill, Cut Knife High School, and general information on the town itself, from early day to present day.
The History of Cut Knife, an interactive project created in Adobe Flash CS3 took just as much planning and it did creating! Necessary documents before production were an idea proposal and functional specifications (executive summary, global conventions, file naming conventions, access procedures, node map and descriptions, objectives), and a list of media elements as well as a description of the text that will appear on each page. After I successfully created my interface, it stayed much the same for every single page (excluding the introduction and subheading pages). I took all of my images into Adobe Photoshop and put them in a clipping mask that I used for each photo (depending if the straight edge was on the left or right) and then did an appropriate save as.
Redesign
This project was due mid-April of 2008. Within the past month I have recently did a redesign of the colour scheme, font styles, and the thumbnail images. I am very happy with the new look and feel ... Please note that I am currently not satisfied with the music buttons but hopefully I will find a solution soon! Feel free to let me know what you think; I would love to hear any suggestions and comments!
On behalf of myself, Stephanie Gilchrist, the designer of the History of Cut Knife, Saskatchewan interactive project, I would like to thank a number of people for making this project possible.
Credits
* Frank Isaac, project manager
Provided helpful insight, deadlines, examples, hints, and tips
* Jeanne Gilchrist, fammily member
shot footage of Orval Ens, took photographs of Present Day Cut Knife
* Betty Norman, citizen of Cut Knife
Provided photographs of Present Day Cut Knife
* Tanya Weder, multimedia production
Gave suggestions for overall project; scripting advice
* Lucille Bullerwell, Clayton McLain Memorial Museum
Provided photographs of early Cut Knife
* Noreen Foisy, chair of the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum
Provided places to find additional resources; people to contact
* Orval Ens, history buff
Agreed to be in a video in my project; provided resources and information
References
* Highway 40 Courier, Wednesday, September 2, 1987
* Where The Cut Knife Waters Flow, compiled by East Cut Knife and Districts
Historical Society, 1980