The+Gulf+War+&+The+Media+-+A+Timeline+of+Events

=The Gulf War & The Media - A Timeline of Events=

My topic was the Gulf War and I thought it would be interesting to create an infographic that displayed a timeline of events as they occured during the war. Given that my data was based on events that occurred throughout this event, information was very easy to find. In fact, I actually came across this site in my research for project two and the concept came to mind immediately as a concept for project 3.

__**Data Research**__ The website is by PBS who did a Frontline special report on the Gulf War of 1990-1991. The site provides a day-by-day account of the events that took place: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/cron/ I also went to Wikipedia in order to gain more detailed information on certain topics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War

__**Visual Research**__ Aesthetically, I wanted to keep my infographic along the same line as my website. This includes army-like colours, pieces that "pop" from the screen, and an overall look of illustration rather than photographic (aside from the actual photos, of course). This is the splash page for my website to offer an idea of the visual feel. I used a satellite image of Iraq for my colour inspiration.

I stared by trying to sketch out how I thought my infographic would look and work. Next I sifted through all of the dates and information to pick out a series to include in my info graphic. Then I created a wireframe flash file of how my infographic would work.

Last, I added the images and information. Here is a screen shot of it.

__**Bibliographic Sources**__ [|Wikimapia] [|PBS Frontline: The Gulf War] [|Wikipedia]

__**Technical Resources**__ Visual Quickstart Guide: Macromedia Flash by Katherine Ulrich Visual Quickstart Guide: HML, XHTML & CSS by Elizabeth Castro