What am I meant to do with these photos?

I spent a while racking my brain on what I was meant to do with a range of statistical information that was going to be captured in photographic form.

Step 1: Capturing photographic data

The first step to this project was the creation of our categories, where we found ourselves going a little overboard and coming up with over 100 categories. After proceeding to capture all 100 photos, our lecturer Brian found that the sim card was corrupted and none of the photos were captured. Even though most of us were dreading going through the same process all over again, we shortlisted the categories and re-captured 55 photos. Without noticing it, an important lesson was learnt from this unfortunate situation. Research can be draining and you might not always get to the point you wanted, but you can never just stop because something because it did not go as planned, if you do you will never reach a conclusion.

Step 2: The analyses stage

I wasn't sure what I wanted the outcome to be and how I needed to analyse the photos, when in reality all I needed to do was pick an image and describe what I saw. So that's what I did, I thought it would be interesting to look into the risk takers vs non risk takers category and see what other categories I could connect to it. I'm embarrassed to say how long I spent staring at images, but by the end of it I gathered about ten categories that I saw had some connections and I created a story.

Step 3: Creating the content

With these photos at hand and a story in my mind, I struggled to understand what was I meant to produce. I wanted to use this project to try something new and not go straight to my comfort zone. Therefore, I decided I wanted to create a video, where I would need to explore new software. Using Video Scribe to create a whiteboard video was pretty straight forward if I'm being honest and I was happy with the outcome. However, I got a reality check when I noticed that there was no possible way for me to remove the watermark without paying a decent amount of money for the premium version of the software. I give credit to Brian for throwing out the idea that I should contact the company and request a one-time removal. I did just that, my request was rejected by customer support, so I sent a second email and my request was accepted. Guess I learnt another lesson in the process, you won't get something if you don't ask for it …. multiple times.

My next challenge was using Adobe podcast to edit my voiceover and premier pro to combine all components of my video together. These are both software's I had not really explored much beforehand, but found myself really enjoying the process.

I was overall happy with the final outcome of the video, but more important I was pleased with myself for trying new things!

You can find more information on the brief and the final video here - Final Project Outcome