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-<h4>Introduction:&nbsp;</h4>
-<p>This video is an introduction, describing a handful of superficial
-details about me, the general topic of the course, and where,
-specifically, I expect to struggle in this course.
+<h4>Introduction:</h4>
+<p>This video is a short (1m30s) personal introduction and a discussion
+of which element of WOVEN I expect to struggle most with in this course.
 I expect to struggle with visual communication more than the other
-forms, which will manifest in several places, but will probably have the
+forms, which will manifest in several places but will probably have the
 most significant effects on videos or the blog design.
 This video also includes how I plan to develop my skills with this
 modality (I plan to focus on design and aesthetics of presentation).</p>
@@ -11,9 +10,77 @@ modality (I plan to focus on design and aesthetics of presentation).</p>
 allowfullscreen="" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe>
 <dl>
     <dd>Goals</dd>
-        <dt>This assignment </dt>
+        <dt>Through this assignment, I familiarized myself with the
+        WOVEN elements and set a goal for self-improvement throughout
+        the course. I also worked on video production and presentation,
+        to practice some of these elements. I expect to target this in
+        assignments throughout the course. I also better understand the
+        value of targeting multiple types of communication for rhetoric
+        and in different works. This assignment was also directed
+        towards the course material, and I better understand the
+        assignments that we will be doing throughout the course (like
+        the reading journal or final video project) because I will
+        probably want to put extra effort into using the visual and
+        design aspect of my content effectively. The reading journal,
+        especially, will benefit from extra design work.</dt>
     <dd>Purpose/Prompt</dd>
+        <dt>This video includes a short introduction to me, including my
+        name, "major," and hometown and the theme of this course (health
+        as a social construct) and the teacher (Dr. Markley). The
+        First-Week Video asks about a potential struggle with WOVEN
+        based on previous experience with trying to communicate in the
+        medium. In addition to previous experience with the medium, the
+        assignment asked me to develop a goal and a way to reach that
+        goal based on that previous experience. I did this by talking
+        about a focus on revision and the specific component of graphic
+        design, but I didn't match these with previous experience. I
+        could have talked about better, simpler presentations I've made
+        on topics I've known more about, where I can tell most of the
+        story and the graphics were improved through a couple of rounds
+        of revision, based on the content.</dt>
     <dd>Audience</dd>
+        <dt>The audience is faculty members and other first-year
+        students who are familiar with WOVEN, this assignment, and the
+        objectives of the course in general, like rhetoric. Because of
+        this familiarity with the objective, I explicitly connected the
+        visual mode to my difficulty with speaking briefly, but I tried
+        not to overexplain the mode or visual design. However, I did
+        give my personal experience of how the need for brevity and
+        dense language collide. PowerPoints and posters are my most
+        common interactions with the visual mode, and my audience should
+        be familiar with both. However, I barely included one anecdotal
+        example under the time constraints, possibly because I explained
+        too abstractly: I could have talked about a revision or the
+        impact of a poor design and better shown my point about brevity
+        and still had time to talk about the digital reading journal.
+        </dt>
     <dd>Design for Medium</dd>
-    <dd>Revision</dd>
+        <dt>Because this is a video, I focused on engagement. For
+        content, I wrote out a script that I would read, rehearse, and
+        edit down into. I used a high-jumpcut vlog style to make the
+        video seem more energetic, and I tried to keep my voice upbeat
+        because my voice is the primary content in this style. I chose
+        not to use another production style like a time-lapse or
+        slideshow because I think my image and a direct explanation of
+        my ideas is important and best delivered talking straight to the
+        camera. I included music (the instrumental of White Town's Your
+        Woman) because I think that it better covers up breaks in
+        talking and maintains a central element throughout the video. I
+        did try to keep it quiet relative to me talking because the
+        music itself is unimportant.</dt>
+    <dd>Revision</dd><!--The most important question-->
+        <dt>Another type of video may have fit my argument better, but
+        given the style I chose, the video could have been improved on
+        the script and on the presentation. The script could have
+        been much more personal by extending the anecdote and possibly
+        including a visual representation for the product I created. I
+        also probably should have chosen music not under copyright, and
+        possibly faded it out at the beginning and in at the end. For
+        the final product, cutting away to an image might have made it
+        more engaging. The way I filmed it could also be improved: I
+        held the camera, so it shook a bit, and I read the script for
+        part of the video. If I had mostly memorized the script and
+        propped up the camera to get a single shot between cuts and
+        to stabilize it, the video would probably feel higher quality.
+        </dt>
 </dl>