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Client project!

Enjoying this very much! Hope the kids like it too! Showed the client my first draft edit a couple of weeks ago and sadly we decided between us that 1.5 minutes just simply wasn't enought time for each script, so each would have to be 3 minutes. This means that just script one (healthy eating) will be used as my client project, and if it works well then script two will be made afterwards. It wasn't such an issue for my edit, but the script had to be re-recorded and I have 5 different actors voices so this was a nightmare!! I wanted my design to look a little bit like a fridge door/kitchen scene, so used the lettered fridge magnets for titles and slogans, and added coloured cookie cutters to each section to give the kids something else to relate to visually. All I have left to do is add in the animated food, and then my friend Max will be helping me clean up my sound and add sound effects and music!

parts!

Characters!

My characters have all been designed, my inspiratons have been:

The NHS change for life adverts: http://www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/adult-5-a-day.aspx I
t's bright, bold, childlike and simple to follow.

Cut out animation styes of South Park and Blues Clues:
http://www.nickjr.com/blues-clues/
http://www.southparkstudios.co.uk/
This style of animation is really nice for children as it looks hand made so they can relate to it. I like the idea of mixing animation with real images, as the children will be able to link the images they see to real life.

Organic healthy food brand Goodies:
http://www.organix.com/goodies
Much like my video, thier adverts are aimed at getting children to eat thier healthy snacks, and mix animated characters with real pictures of their products.

I am now beginning to edit my video which is very exciting!

cut out animation test

I've decided that the characters within my client project will be made using cut out animation, similarly to South park and Blues clues. I have decided this, as I have been experimenting using clay models for animation (Artefact2) and this cut out technique, and the cut out technique allows for mistakes to be rectified much easier! For example,knocks and movements within a stop motion animation can be fatal and I know i'm very clumsy. I will, however be using stop motion to animate the food as this is a far less complex set of movements. I did this short test using the cut out technique animated in after effects. Something more was supposed to happen, but actual work for submission must come first, maybe i'll finish it later. (Size and frame rate issues! As the after effects file was large and was having trouble exporting sound, i've used the wrong compression but it's not a big deal as its only a test!)

artefact 3

Origami test! I decided on an origami test, as you can get written instructions or video tutorials and they both work. It will also be cost effective as you only need paper! I'm currently deciding on what objects to use for my origami test, planes, boats and hats are far too simple, everyone knows these so there's no challenge! I will make a video showing how to make object one, and have instructions for object two (both same level difficulty), and see which people find easier to follow. This is aimed at more kinasthetic learners.

Artefact Almost complete

so my artefacts are trying to show how digital media is an effective teaching method, due to its advantage of being able to combine audio/visual learning styles and also aid kinaesthetic learning. I will be comparing multi sensory learning tasks, with their single sensory counterparts in tests to determine which has a more positive result. My first artefact/s is a short stop motion animation about a cat. The idea is to have a group of people watch the animation along with its audio commentary, and a different group of people listen to the commentary alone. They will then both be asked the same set of questions about the story - and the results compared. I'm not 100% happy with my animation, as the camera I used didn't have a remote, therefore its very jumpy - however this will not effect the experiment.
The main things I needed to consider when creating this were:

+ Lots of objects and actions that can easily be described using audio alone. (It's no good having complex factors within the animation, as the listeners won't be able to see it, therefore it will not be a fair test. Simple objects such as the 'Blue shoes' and the 'Domino' and easily recognisable and easy to imagine.)

+ Many different colours/objects/actions to show/describe. (If I simply put the cat in a plain room with one/two objects - there wouldn't be much of a challenge and all questions could be answered easily, making the experiment appear useless).

+ A scenario/storyline which is easy to understand - (therefore does not distract from the actual objects and surroundings)

+ It's not too long! Research shows that the average person can remember up to 7 things, for 30 seconds. Therefore, I want to push this just a little by having the artefact just over 30 seconds, and around 10 questions.

Here is an example of the animation (incomplete - no audio):

First Artefact

Finally got round to posting my first artefact! The idea is to test short term memory using a mix of audio/visual. I have a list of 10 common objects shown using image, text and audio together. Then I have a list of 10 audio words to compare. Participants watch/listen the video/audio trying to remember as many items as possible and writing them down. The idea is to show whether the objects shown with the multi-sensory option will be most memorable.

Artefacts

I have finally come up with a good structure for my artefacts, to ensure that all of the areas I wanted to look at have been tested and researched. These may change along the way but this is the general direction of my research: Artefact one - Something to compare memory test results, a visual and audio task. (pictures/spoken?) Artefact two - Something which tests understanding of information and also whether people can remember key points...going more in depth than artefact 1. Artefact three - Something geared towards kinasthetic learners for example an online dance tutorial or something. Artefact four - Not 100% sure yet, I want to get a professional opinion but don't know if this counts. I need to find information about the behaviour of students etc and downfalls. Artefact five - to round all my research up I want to do a test involving the students at Lindon, seeing as its based on childrens education it would be good to see if my results stay the same.