Year 9 Creative Media Animation
– Term 04 Mr Andrews
Task 4: e-pub, commentary and poster
self-reflection and evaluation:
Part One: Discuss your feelings
about the e-pub, poster and commentary task:
1. Are you
satisfied with the final result?
Yes, I am satisfied with the
final result of my e-pub. I am actually proud of it and found it one of the
more enjoyable tasks this year. I also think I was more successful with this
task as I was more passionate about it.
2. Did the e-pub
require more/less time than you originally thought?
The e-pub required about the
time I originally had but if anything more. Writing the directors commentary
was the most time consuming part but making the actual e-pub with photos and
everything did not take much time at all.
3. Would like
to change any aspects of your final project (layout, links, images, video and
audio content, colour scheme etc)?
I would have liked to have had
more time with my final project. I think if I had more time to progress and
work on my e-pub I would have done a better and more sophisticated then I did.
I would have liked to have written more information and have done each section
better so the layout was clearer and information was easier to find.
4.
If you could start the project
again what would you do differently?
If I had
the opportunity to restart the project I would have put a copy of each scene on
each page that did not have a directors commentary recorded over the top of it
and then on another page or section I would have put more information with the
scene that did have the directors commentary recorded over the top of it. I
would have also put another media box on each section with the small piece of
music that went with that particular scene and why we chose that piece of music
to go with that scene.
Part Two:
Respond to each of the following dot points (using complete sentences or
paragraphs). You should include as much detail as possible in your responses.
1.
Discuss whether your e-pub and
poster have turned out the way you pictured them?
My e-pub
turned out the way I wanted it to but my poster did not. I envisioned my e-pub
being the way it was with that background and that layout. With my poster I
would have liked to have it more sophisticated with more information.
2.
Explain whether your e-pub and
poster clearly depicts the style of your animation and describe some specific design
principles that you have used to achieve this;
My e-pub
and poster depict the style of my of my animation very well. They portray the
message of it being a kid’s film with the bright colours and understandable
music. The simplicity of the e-pub and poster is effective in attracting the
younger audience. More importantly the main message which is to “Never Give Up”
is portrayed.
3.
Describe any problems or
technical difficulties you encountered while creating your director
commentaries in GarageBand. These may include; sound or video issues, corrupt
or missing files, difficulty using the iBooks Author or GarageBand software,
problems importing/exporting files, etc;
Whilst
making my animation I encountered the technical difficulty of not being able to
loop my video while my audio was playing. As each of my scenes were very short
they did not play for long enough to match the time I wanted to speak for. This
was a problem that I wasn't able to overcome as I was not able to loop it.
4.
Did you have all of the
necessary resources to complete your e-pub and poster or did you have to create
new materials?
I had all
necessary resources to complete my e-pub as I had access to a laptop every
night and all the programs that I needed on the laptops.
5.
List the steps you used to plan
and develop your project;
I firstly
wrote the commentary for my scenes which made it a lot easier to complete my
e-pub. I then dragged each scene into Garage Band and recorded the audio to go
over the top. Then I dragged all those scenes into my e-pub and pasted the
required information on the section for each one. I also did many screen shots
that I also put on the sections for each scene. Then I made my poster and also
dragged it in to my e-pub. Finally I did many final sections and edits to my
e-pub which then made it complete and ready to hand in.
6.
Did you use content-lists, flowcharts
or other documents during the planning process;
I only
used one of these planning devices to prepare and plan my e-pub. This was a
content list of the summaries and information about each of the scenes.
7.
Clarify any time-management issues
you encountered during the creative process and describe the steps you took to
improve in this area;
I did not
really have any time management issues with this task except from missing the
first lesson. But I then overcame this by learning very quickly and asking
around for what we had done and help when required.
8.
Discuss whether you undertook
adequate and detailed reflection throughout your project. i.e. Have you provided
enough evidence to support your work? (Look back at your blogs and think about
whether it looks like a whole terms worth of work);
I did not
complete many reflections throughout this product as I did not have much time.
But I did make sure I was persistent in uploading my updated work as a second
back up device. I think I did upload a sufficient amount of information and
evidence to support that I had completed what I had completed with my work. I
also think the amount of reflections I was able to complete was a sufficient amount
for the amount of work we completed in class.
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