Use of Multimedia in CaptainCapitalism.com
Captain Capitalism fights communism and answers the tough questions such as which candidate to choose or how to save Santa Clause from the Russians in videos posted on the site. According to Lynch and Horton, one second of uncompressed National Television Standards Committee video requires 27 megabytes of disk storage space (VIDEO).At the time of writing this analysis, the site holds six videos, averaging one minute apiece. This could pose a problem for users with slow internet connections or even a user with a computer low on virtual memory.
Despite having negative storage and connectivity effects, the use of videos supports the sites theme. It places Captain Capitalism in humorous situations and allows the web site designer, Brad Graeber, a creative outlet. Graeber animates each video and discusses his creative process in his blog. One of the services the web site offers is to keep animators informed about the animation business, while providing silly stories about Graeber's daily routine. The videos assist in this goal.
Sarah Morgan
CMS 3710
Updated: 11 November 2008