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Make your links descriptive and easily accessible
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Where am I? Make your site and page subjects
clear on every page
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Plan your sites to have a 760 x 420 window
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Avoid horizontal scrolling
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Avoid dead space: Use tables (not tabs or spaces) to
position text and images
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Check titles on all pages
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Save home page as "index.htm"
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Check your spelling, punctuation,
capitalization and grammar
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Use consistent (parallel) design (including fonts)
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Do not move files outside of Dreamweaver
- the links won't update!
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Reduce images to a 72 dpi resolution for the web
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Use bookmarks/anchors for pages requiring vertical
scrolling
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Plan to shoot at least 5x as much footage as needed for
your movie
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Be detailed in planning and storyboarding
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Pick a critical theme or question to answer and make it
the focus of your movie
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Allow the pictures to tell the story
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Use a wide (establishing) shot to set the scene
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Use a variety of shots (wide, medium, close-up, extreme
close-up)
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Shoot to edit by allowing a few seconds before and after
your scene
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"Less Is More" when editing. Delete
unneeded footage.
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Remember to save all Flash and .wmv files to your VP
folder on the H drive
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Use transitions to indicate a change in time or location
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Separate pans and zooms with static shots
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Shots that follow one another should be from different
camera positions (at least 45 degrees difference in camera position)
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The less motion there is in a shot, the shorter it
should be
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Use a title duration that allows you to read each title twice
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Stick with a single font or style for titles
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Check your timeline for gaps
