I am now going to post my finished videos!!! :D
Here's the (very short) first one:
And a (longer... but not by much) second one:
My dad blocked Youtube so I couldn't upload it!
UPDATE! It has been uploaded!
I actually have another version of this video with a voice over (my sister pointed out that people who are illiterate can't read this, but I said that this was more for people who can read so that they can't help people who don't. However, she insisted, and it wasn't that difficult to make a voiced over version). That video can be found here.
Explaining and Assessing My Product
Explanation: Videos
The first video is about 145 slides long, which seems a lot, but when I put it to 8 frames per second, it's merely 22 seconds long. It's hard to tell how much work I put into it because how quick it is. Anyways, so I first sketched out all 140+ slides--meaning, I didn't colour them. I realised that not colouring was a big mistake. A I was satisfied with what I did, I had to go back through all the frames and color in everything. What this basically meant was redoing my entire project, and it was tedious. Sometimes I was very unhappy with what I sketched out, so I basically redid everything! I'm a little bit of a perfectionist, and I wanted to put, you know, quality into my work. I made a blog post of all my mistakes (for both videos), so check that post for some of the errors I had to redo. What I should have done was colour everything first and make sure every slide was the best it could be before I move on. I didn't enjoy having to do that video twice, and it was very unnecessary.
In my second video, I drew 500+ slides... which equates to 1:11. I knew I wanted my second to be longer with more impact, but I didn't want it too long where it would be boring to everyone, and I thought that around a minute is ideal. I decided that instead of putting the words on a frame for people to read, I'll make doodles (they're towards the end) and have the words move/be animated. I am most proud of the "burning books" part of my second video :) I got the font ideas from dafont.com, so I can't take all the credit.
For both videos, the steps I found that were necessary were getting feedback and rechecking everything. Before I had feedback, I had around 350 frames that were in a different order than I have currently. When I went to my sister for advice, she gave me an honest opinion and said my video needed more about how someone can help. I was just saying to read a book, so how is that helping people who can't read? (Again, she pointed out that people who can't read wouldn't know what I would talking about.) I then added the last slide about helping others (with a drawing of two people reading and a hand giving a book) and helping yourself (with a drawing of a little hedgehog reading--I love hedgehogs!). I went to my dad, and he pointed out of a lot of errors like how he couldn't read the yellow or understand why I put things in a certain order. After all this feedback, I spent two to three hours taking this feedback and improving my video so I could put out the best quality as possible :)
Volunteering/Blogging
Another component to my project was to volunteer at various literacy sites and blog about my experiences. Although I volunteered mostly at Punahou, I feel like I made a good impact in the community. At Punahou, the program I volunteer for doesn't usually have volunteers and the teachers/advisers are too busy to engage with the kids. I feel like by sitting with them and reading with them, I have helped connect with the children and reaffirm the importance of literacy.
On my reflections, I found it very nice to just think about what I've done and most importantly, share it. I like that I can relay what I have learned onto a blog to show. This isn't only about a project for me, but it's also something that I can educate others with.
Assessment
Before I tackled this project, I set some standards on how I want my project to turn out.
Significance: Does my video/blog have something important to say? Does it benefit my cause?
Clarity: Are my intentions clear?
Impact: How has my project impacted the community and myself?
Now that I'm done, I'm going to assess what I have produced (the blog and videos) based on what I said above.
Significance: Does my video/blog have something important to say? Does it benefit my cause?
Yes, I feel like both of my videos and my blog has something important to say, especially about literacy (in Hawaii). I hope people stop taking reading and writing for granted, as there are not many people who can read/write. My mom can be considered illiterate, as she was born/raised in Korea (she learned English from watching TV)--she can read/write some English, but only to a certain extent because she didn't go to an English school (well, she went briefly but was too busy to continue). I hope that more people will want to volunteer at literacy programs. You can give a book to someone by simply clicking a link: http://www.theliteracysite.
Clarity: Are my intentions clear?
I think that because I made two videos, my intentions are clear. Having the blog stand alone would give a questionable intention---like what am I trying to say with all this mention of literacy? How am I helping people by blogging about it? I think that by volunteering, I'm making it clear that I want to help eradicate illiteracy and give awareness to people who take it for granted.
Impact: How has my project impacted the community and myself?
Not only have I made a video, but I have impacted the community by volunteering. In the Punahou community, I helped the 2nd and 4th graders concentrate and try to improve their reading (and reading comprehension) skills. For myself, I think that I pushed myself by drawing 500+ frames--it took lots of effort and dedication (very hard to procrastinate).And on that note...
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| I do enjoy this picture, but I think that some TV is good! (Maybe that's just my Vampire Diaries addiction talking though) |
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