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diff --git a/markley/portfolio/01_first_week_video.html b/markley/portfolio/01_first_week_video.html deleted file mode 100644 index 33b3c9c..0000000 --- a/markley/portfolio/01_first_week_video.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,98 +0,0 @@ -<!--Title: First-Week Video--> -<h2>Introduction:</h2> -<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 -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> -<h3>First-Week Video</h3> -<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/450699415" -allowfullscreen="" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"></iframe> -<dl> - <dd>Goals</dd> - <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> - <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> |