A presentation for BFS HS Multimedia Class 2009

1. What is multimedia?

2. Media is a way to
communicate information
from person to person

3.  What does multi mean?
 any more words with multi in them you know?
Multimedia

4. combination & integration
of media
Multimedia

5. Many more options
 Also –
A collective noun for type of type of media
In computers terms it is the name of storage

6.  Modern media is made by a small number of
people
 Media is shared to a large number of people
 Usually relies on technology

7.  Media with storage and transmission began more
than 30,000 years ago (cave painting)
This is a 16,000 year old
cave painting from Lascaux,
France

8.  The first alphabet is over 3000 years old.
This is an Egyptian alphabet
from 1700 B.C.E.

9. The Diamond Sutra
 1st
dated book. Printed with wooden blocks
Printed in China
868 C.E.

10. Modern media must go out to a
lot of people.
This means mass production

11. The Gutenberg Press
 Johannes Gutenberg invented 1st
printing press.
He printed 180 copies
in Europe
1455 C.E.

12. Newspapers - 1640
 With mass printing available newspapers could be
made.
1640 in England
The London Gazette in 1666
was the 1st
commercial
newspaper

13. Phonograph – home audio
 Patented by Thomas Edison in 1877
We can finally store
and transmit audio

14. Photographs
 The idea is more than 1000 years old.
George Eastman made it more available to the
public in 1888 and founded the Eastman Kodak
Company in 1892
The Kodak Brownie
Produced in 1910

15. Radio - 1894
 Finally wireless and paperless transmission of
information is available.
The history is clouded.
Many people claim to
have done it first.
Nikola Tesla was most likely 1st

16. Movie Theatres
 First public movie show in New York, 1896
Now we can store
And transmit video
The first full length film (12 minutes)
was The Great Train Robbery
made in 1903

17. TV– live action in home 1936
 First black & white then color
Allows us to transmit
More media to more
people
1st
Color TV
Philo Farnswoth in 1928 was the inventor

18. Business Computers
 Not for homes. They were huge!
IBM Business Computer
1964

19. Video players– 1971
movies in your home
Sony made first VCR
Publically available one
In 1971 – cost $1400

20. Video cassettes - 1976
 A long battle between VHS and BetaMax
VHS wins the battle
Betamax VHS

21.  Walkman - 1979
 Take your music with you.
 Revolutionary portable media
Sony Walkman

22.  CD Players – 1982
 Play better quality music in your home
This is a 1980s era
home CD player

23.  Along come digital cameras
 Digital camera were invented in the 1950s
 Consumers could by them in 1994
Apple and Kodak
both made consumer
Cameras.
This is the Apple Quicktake 100 – costs more than $1000

24. Consumer Computers
 Not yet popular but soon!!
Apple Computers in
1976
The Apple I & Apple II, TRS-80 and
Commodore computers were
released in this era

25. Personal Computers 1977 - 81
1981 IBM – PC
Price?
$4000

26. Personal Computers 1984
 Now it has a mouse!!
1984 Macintosh
How much?
$2495
Buy a hard drive
for $1500

27. Microsoft Windows & Apple
 Developed GUI to make use easier
1984 Macintosh1995 Windows 3.1

28. From 1977 – today
 Computers have advanced rapidly
 They have come from massive machines to small
laptops with more power.
 Computers are used in many parts of our daily life.

29.  Personal Media Players - 2002
 Very popular, can play more than just songs
An extension of
the walkman and
discman

30.  The main media has stayed the same
 Storing and transmitting information –
audio and visual

31.  ELECTRONICS DO NOT REPLACE MEDIA.
 THEY ARE NOT MEDIA.
 THEY ARE A TOOL TO HELP US MAKE AND
SHOW MULTIMEDIA.