Friday, 16 December 2016

Evaluation Question (Visualisation Diagram)

1. Introduction - state why it is effective, ilustraitions that represents the design/layout of the final product supported with annotations

2. The effective features of a visualisation diagram, explain why + examples from the brief (5 points)

3. Ineffective features of a visualisation diagram (2 points)

4. Conclusion - summing up how the document is overall effective for planning it (1 or 2 sentences)


Storyboard

When saying Ext or Int, say location as well, e.g. Ext Park

Camera Movement Arrows and talk about it below

Company Logo and Slogan

Voice Over or Music in every shot (Non-Diegetic)

Product in a Close Up




Identify (1 mark) and Explain (2 marks) one suitable revenue stream for a website (3)

(1) Revenue Stream - Finding money to pay for product:
Sponsors
Advertising
Pop ups

(2) Designer/clothing brand

(3) Because tey target he same audience as XYZ

Legal Issues

Intellectual Property Rights - ownership of designs and products

Copyrights, Designs and Patents Act - Images (locations, food etc), Text, Music, Logo
Get permissions for images

Data Protection Act
Name, address etc
Applies anywhere they have personal details

Slander
Verbal Deformation

Libel
Written

Freedom of Information Act
Public sector organisations have to make sure that information they have about you is available

Identify a potential ethical issue and Explain the impact on he production of XYZ

Representation of people - models looking healthy and representing the population

Make sure it's appropriate for an audience - language, images etc

Representations of men and women


Regulatory Bodies for a website
W3C
ASA - adverts on the website
IPSO - all websites have written content
NOT OFCOM for web

Friday, 9 December 2016

Drawing Question Revision

Most important features of storyboards:
Camera movements - zoom, pan, tilt, track
Interior or Exterior - location
Lighting - High and Low Key
Actor placement + movement
Sound - Music, dialogue
Title graphics - name, logo etc
Shot types - close up (focussing on a person or object), mid shot (body movement, groups), long shot (locations)
Pictures - represents shot type
Angles - High and Low angles
Timings
Scene number
Editing techniques - cut to, fade up and fade out for graphics


Tips
Don't spend more than 25 minutes on it in the exam
Unlike a sitemap, you'll already have annotations by writing underneath it
Don't draw stick men
Annotations are as important as your drawing

Sitemaps should include:
Breadcrumb trail - ease of navigation, users freedom of where to go
Settings - personalise
Account/Profile/Login/Register - personalise
Home - How each page connects back to the home
About Us
Pages
Sub pages - what hyperlinks are on there etc
Hyperlinks
Interactive features - photos, videos, text (include what they would be)
Social Media - include social media links, atracts target audience, good source of revenue stream (Synergy)
Hierarchical Structure - programmer would recognise structure
Consistent House Style on pages and sub pages


Effectiveness of a visualisation diagram
Fit for purpose
Strength
Useful
Examples - brief
Examples - personnel, job roles who'd use it
Features that make it effective


5 Things that make a visualisation diagram effective
Annotations of house style - can decide which design is effective, fitting etc, for the audience, client, graphic designer and programmer
Can be shown to the client or target audience for feedback - positive or negative can be effective
Adaptable - can be changed based of feedback, so it appeals to wide target audience
Interactive features - shows how they can be input and how they attract the audience
Illustration to represent layout for the product

Monday, 5 December 2016

LO4: Storyboards

What is the purpose of a storyboard?
Shows camera person, editor, director etc how to frame the action, put the scenes together and control the ation in the scenes.
Represents the visuals to support the narrative.

Storyboard or script first?
Script, as the action accompanies the dialogue, not the other way round.
Script contains narrative, which is needed to draw the scenes.

List of storyboard features:
Sound - key dialogue, music etc
Order of shots
Shot timings - how long a shot lasts for
Camera movements
Location - INT = Interior, EXT = Exterior
Description of each scene - summarry of action
Drwaing/sketch of scene
Transitions/Editing
Shot type and angle
Camera and lens type