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diff --git a/markley/portfolio/02_first_week_video.html b/markley/portfolio/02_first_week_video.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b2dec99 --- /dev/null +++ b/markley/portfolio/02_first_week_video.html @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +<!--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> +<h3>First-Week Video Script</h3> +<iframe width=600 height=400 +src="https://git.hrhr.dev/school20/plain/markley/03_first_week_video"> +</iframe> +<dl> + <dt>Goals</dt> + <dd>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.</dd> + <dt>Purpose/Prompt</dt> + <dd>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.</dd> + <dt>Audience</dt> + <dd>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. + </dd> + <dt>Design for Medium</dt> + <dd>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.</dd> + <dt>Revision</dt><!--The most important question--> + <dd>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. + </dd> +</dl> |