My Interpretation of Data

This week we were set the task to make our own infographic posters using what we had learnt from last weeks lesson. He had to use the information gathered from last weeks questions to construct a poster showing the data. We also had to stick to three triad colours, we did this because it gave us a chance to show that we understood the different colour harmonies. I decided to pick 3 colours that were quite out of the ordinary because if I were to choose the generic red, yellow, blue then it would come across as very unprofessional and unoriginal. The colours seemed to fit together nicely and made the poster look very appealing to the eye while still being clear.

The results were given to us in percentages so I took inspiration from one of the posters we looked at last week and decided to use an image that was relevant to the data I was showing and cut it into percentages that showed the data. It was quite hard to use a pencil to show the data so I decided to use a stereotypical teachers hat, it ended up working quite well and I was very proud with how it turned out. I decided to use the rope for the hat as the divider and it ended up looking very interesting and did not look like it was just added for no real reason. I gad to make some estimates on where I thought the rope would go but it looked like they all fit and made sense with the data. My poster can be seen below.

Infographics Introduction

What we did in the lesson
Last week we were set the task to answer a set of questions created by Steve. We did this because Steve wanted to know some of our opinions on certain things that happen in lessons and also because we needed this information to make our own Infographic data. We then had to complete a question sheet, these questions could only be answered by looking at data presented on a pie chart/ bar chart. I found this relatively easy and completed the task.

Looking at different posters that use Infographics
Steve showed the class some different posters that all were different when it came to representing data. They were very interesting to look, we discussed the pros and cons of all of the posters and the different ways we would change the posters to make them clearer to read. I learned that data can be shown in many different ways and does not have to be shown on the stereotypical line graph or pie chart. I also learned how to make a effective poster that shows data clearly, for example we learn that a poster with a lot of writing does not allow the reader to easily understand what is being put across in the poster. Posters that relate there data to what they are talking about, (e.g. animal posters using animals to represent the growth in data by increasing the size of the animal) allows the reader to understand instantly what the poster is about and makes the poster look very appealing. One of the poster we looked at that was the most effective can be seen below.

Primary Research

What is primary research?

Primary research is new information you have carried out yourself that cannot be found anywhere else. The information can be found through questionnaires, surveys and interviews, all affective in there own ways. 

What are the negatives and the positives of both types of research?

Primary research is effective because it allows you to find the specific information you may need for a task, sometimes secondary research can be unreliable, for example the source where you may get your information may be false and not true. So by doing your own primary research can ensure that you get reliable useful information. Sometimes there might not be any secondary research available, doing your own primary research ensures that you get the information you need. However primary research can have some negative effects, for example like with my questionnaire more people my age (e.g 16-20) answered the questions so I did not have access to a lot of results from different age ranges. Only forty people answered my questionnaire meaning that I did not have access to lots of results meaning that my questionnaire was not as accurate as it could have been. These are the sorts of areas where secondary research excels because they have the chance to get to a wide amount of people that are all a variety of ages. The secondary research could have been done a long time ago where the results would have been different to how they would be today, by doing your own primary research you can make sure that you get the most up to date information as possible.

How did I construct my Questionnaire?

My questionnaire was very simple and easy to answer meaning that I managed to get a lot of information from a wide variety of people. The questions that I asked can be seen on the pictures on this blog post. I asked my questions in a particular order so that it would make sense and meant that I could get more information. e.g. My first question was, 'What is your gender?' and the question after was, 'Do you use YouTube?' this meant I could find out if more women watch YouTube that men or vise versa. There were also no multiple choice questions in my questionnaire because I only wanted to find out certain information, for example when I asked, 'What type of videos do you watch?' only giving people one choice meaning that people had to thing harder about the question and I got more specific information. Looking at the results I have got, it looks like YouTube is very popular and that people seem to enjoy it so much that they return to the site daily. More than half of the people who did the survey enjoy YouTube over Television, this may be down to the wide variety of different genres they can watch at anytime. Looking at some of my results I have found out that to have the best chance of having the most successful channel you must, be a gaming channel that uses YouTube to publish their videos. You must also upload videos daily to appeal to the audience that uses YouTube everyday.

Qualitative and Quantitate meaning

Quantitate information is numerical data that can be converted into statistics, it can be used to find out facts and find patterns in results an example of this could be the bar chart about, 'How often do you use YouTube' because its data that can be put into a numerical form.

Qualitative information is non numerical data this is usually used to uncover trends and opinions. It is also used to gain an understanding that may have been hard to see before.

Where I found the meanings of Qualitative and Quantitate!

S.M.A.R.T. Target

The Dark Knight: Hospital Scene Analysis

Power is shown almost the whole time throughout this scene. This is used because it needs to be clear on who has the power and it also allows the audience to see the perspective of the characters in this scene. Films like, 'Batman' need to make it clear who has the most power in each scene otherwise the audience would find the film hard to follow and would be confused on who has the up hand.

Camera Shot Analysis: 

In this shot you can see behind the shoulder of two face with the Joker towering over him - this is an example of the power that the Joker has over two face. Having the shot behind the shoulder of two face allows us to be put in the same position making us feel intimidated.  This shot is used more than the other shot shown below because when looking at the Joker from this angle it adds tension and mystery to the interrogation making you want to know what is going to happen to the two characters. 

This shot is completely the opposite to the last shot because we are now behind the shoulder of the dominant character. Allowing the audience to have the perspectives of both the dominant and non-dominant character, gives the audience a chance to feel how the certain characters are feeling. When the audience are put in the same position as the Joker they may feel superiority and authority.

The camera also slowly zooms in with each different shot that it changes to, showing the build up of tension and how the situation between the two characters escalate with every second. If the shot did not zoom in and just stayed at a medium shot then this scene wouldn't be as effective and wouldn't create the 'on the edge of your seat' feeling for the audience.

Expansion and Compression Designs

Expansion - Becoming larger and covering a bigger surface area, for example you could expand your home to make it bigger so you can have more things inside it.

Compression - The reduction of space and the volume of an object, for example compressing the size of your TV to make it thinner.

For the two words I have chosen I have used some of the features offered by Indesign to change how the words look. The 'compression' word has been compressed in different ways, for my first design I compressed it from above and below while for my second 'compressed' to compressed in from left and from the right. I thought this was a very effective way of showing what the word compressed meant but it made the word very hard to read. The last design I produced only included the, 'ss' in, 'Compression' I thought that this was a very interesting way of showing what compression meant.

I used the same sort of effects for expansion but I did the opposite of compression. For the first expansion I placed all of the letters close to each other but stretched them out upwards and downwards, even though it was easy to read, I did not show clearly what expansion is. My second expansion only stretched out the, 'E' while leaving all of the other letters the same width and length. I thought that this was a better improvement from before and it all seemed readable. However my last 'expansion' had a variety of expanded letters and non expanded letters and ended up not looking appealing to the eye.  

Peer Assessments and Mini Film

Why are Peer Assessments important?

Peer Assessments are where you grade another peer's piece of work based on the mark schemes. This allows the person grading your work to think hard about whether you have reached the right standards. Additionally the person grading your work gains a clearer understanding on what they have to do to meet their target meaning that they will produce better work. Having class mates peer assess each other means that feedback can be given back to the students at a quicker rate.

When marking someone else's work you need to look very closely to see if what they have wrote and the information is correct. Peer assessing improves this skill and will help you be more aware of what you are writing/doing. Peer assessments always provide good feedback that can be used to improve their work.

Mini Film

We had also got set the task to use some clips and make them into a mini film. These clips were not set in any particular order and did not have a lot of good audio, also we did not make these clips so we did not know the story behind what was going on. This gave us a chance to make our own small stories and show them to the rest of the group. It also allowed us to improve out editing skills, which I could do with! We had to cut parts out, mute the audio and change the angles at certain points meaning that we had to group all of our knowledge from the past lessons into one film.

In the opening of my scene, I switched to different angles to show how time had went by. I thought that this worked well and help the audience to understand that he was waiting at the bench for a long period of time. While the characters were talking I used the over the shoulder shot, I used this because it allows the audience to see the characters faces and their emotions. I also switched shoulders to the character that was getting spoken to so the audience could see there reaction. When one of the characters took away the other characters umbrella I decided to go back to my original shot and zoom out, so that it could be seen clearly and it gave an indication that something was going to happen.

After using all of my new knowledge to create this mini film I found out that I still struggle at trying to find the right sound/soundtrack to fit with a particular setting/scene. When it comes to shots and angles I feel like I am getting better with this and am getting the hang of it now.