#ctec609

Animation takes ages! Who knew? Considering how far away deadline is, it’s unrealistic to animate the full thing. So, instead I’m going to have to get thrifty about what visuals I use and find ways to deliver similar visuals in a much tighter time frame.

I made a trembling headline to open with on Adobe Animate, but realistically the time I put into this when compared to how far away hand-in is and how long it’s on screen for - yeah... no more of that. 

This week I have finally recorded and finished the video for the summative. It was harder than I expected to get in front of the microphone and read out my script without stuttering. I have tried commentary from the past when I tried creating Youtube commentary videos while in high school, but it was a completely different experience. In those past videos, I was a reactionary commentator, which is a lot easier for me to do than plan and read. Since I get stressed out in social situations, I have to calm myself down to prevent myself from stuttering and getting words mixed up, which doesn’t happen when I'm flowing with the situation like in reactionary commentary. I also didn’t like making a video instead of doing a speech, as i find it easier to get it done in a single take than to perfect and spend huge amounts of time listening to my own voice. I think I did a good job on it but due to stress and other classes I couldn’t invest enough time on visual as I would have liked. But I think I did a good job on the script and was able to share my thinking and research effectively.

All done! References are in the description. 

Milewski, B. (2017, December). The British School of User Interface. Retrieved from Reliable Software: https://web.archive.org/web/20171226152845/relisoft.com/Science/ui/index.htm

University of California Research. (2016). How to design doors to be less confusing. Retrieved from University of California Research: https://ucresearch.tumblr.com/post/140750207994/how-to-design-doors-to-be-less-confusing-youve