Script

Creation Stage

Script

Actors:

Doctor/Assistant

Handicap

Person

Scene 1- Handicap, Assistant and Person

(located in the streets)

Everyone enters

Person: Excuse me sir!

(handicap and assistant don’t answer)

Person: Excuse me Sir! Sir!

(handicap and assistant don’t answer)

Assistant: I’m very sorry but this person here is affected by Locked- in syndrome, he can’t speak

Person: (looking very sad) Oh I’m so sorry, I didn’t know. What a terrible thing!

Scene 2- Doctor

(located in an hospital)

Doctor: Unfortunately, Locked-in Syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake

but cannot move or communicate verbally due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles

in the body except for the eyes. Consequently they will live their lives on a chair, without

communicating to anyone. However, technology today, made us discover Dasher! (Sound effect).

Dasher is an input method and computer accessibility tool which enables users to write without

using a keyboard, by entering text on a screen using a pointing device such as a mouse, a touchpad,

a touch screen, a roller ball, a joystick, a Push-button, a Wii Remote, or even mice operated by the

foot or head. Such instruments could serve as prosthetic devices for disabled people who cannot use

standard keyboards, or where the use of one is impractical. In addition, the computer has also a

function that it reads the words out loud, this is used for the people who are not able to speak.

Scene 3-Handicap, Person

(located in the streets)

(handicap is already in the scene, Person enters)

Person: Excuse me Sir!

Handicap: (computer voice) yes

Person: Do you know where I can find the nearest library in the town?

Handicap: (computer voice) Absolutely. 600 metres from our actual position. It is calculated to be

in Via Spagnoletto 25

Person: Thanks a lot Sir!

Handicap: (computer voice) Thanks to you! It is the first time, I have a conversation with someone.

Scene 4- Doctor

(located in hospital) (happy music in background)

Doctor: Thanks to Dasher every person in the world that suffers from Locked-in Syndrome is now

free to speak and live a normal life!

Process Journal

This is the first layout of the iMovie page. The

next thing to do is to add the video to the main

page and edit it.

I added the video by importing it from my camera

through a USB cable. Then, I went on my last

importations and found the video. Now, I will

need to make the video.

Now, by clicking on the “T” under the video

option, I added a content, then chose

“industrial” and dragged it to the window on the

top left. Then I selected them and added two

titles.

Next, I dragged the first part of the video,

containing my first scene. The audio is already

included; therefore no further audio needs to be

included.

Again, by clicking on the “T” under the video

option, I added a content, then chose

“industrial” and dragged it to the window on the

top left. Then I selected them and added two

titles

I then dragged another scene from the bottom to the top left window. It automatically displayed in the chronological order.

Again, by clicking on the “T” under the video option, I added a content, then chose “industrial” and dragged it to the window on the top left. Then I selected them and added two titles

After that, I chose to put the scene of the doctor’s explanation. Again, the audio was already included.


Again, I dragged the scene where the patient has now the use of Dasher

This time I dragged the same scene three times because I will need to add the audio later of a computer audio

After I dragged the last scenes where I thank the person.

I dragged the last scene of my video. Now I need to put the credits and then finally add some music to my video and it is finished


For the registration, I clicked on the microphone symbol right above the bottom window. Then I clicked on the record button that appeared and recorded the computer speaking.

Then, I added music from my Mac. To do this I clicked on the music button, just above the top right window. Then I dragged the music I chose under the scene I wanted.

Again, I added music from my Mac. To do this I clicked on the music button, just above the top right window. Then I dragged the music I chose under the scene I wanted.



Finally I clicked the exporting option of my movie under “condivision”

Evaluation

TEST TABLE YES NO WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE NEXT TIME?

Animation shouldn’t distract the audience from watching the video

YES Maybe next time, include some type of animation in general, however, this shouldn’t distract the reader

Scenes should be relevant to the video

YES All the scenes were relative to the video. To improve this, maybe add other scenes in other places

It must not have an illegible font type (if writing is included).

YES There is little text, so maybe next time add more text relevant to the content of the video

It must not have an illegible font colour (if writing is included).

YES The text is white on a black background, therefore maybe next time add more colour to the video

The context mustn’t have any type of animation

YES This doesn’t have any type of animation. Next time, continue like this

The background must not do any interference with the written text the text

YES This is because there is no text during the scenes. Therefore, next time this could be improved as well

The video mustn’t be too complicated

YES It is simple and linear. Maybe too simple. Next time add more scene to improve

The content mustn’t have any form of inappropriate language

YES All the language is correct. To improve maybe augment the relevance to the content and explain better things.

It must not be offensive YES It is not offensive. To improve, add more scenes of seriousness

It must not include spelling mistakesThe background shouldn’t distract the audience

YES It doesn’t include spelling mistakes and the background doesn’t distract the reader

It must not include grammar mistakes

YES

It must not be used to advertise something

NO Maybe it advertises the technology I used. Maybe next time, I will add more scenes explaining about the disease rather than about Dasher

It must not have subliminal messages

YES

It must not have wrong information

YES Next time write more specific information

It must not have an illegible font size (if writing is included).

YES

Pictures mustn’t be enormous

NO No pictures are included. Maybe add picture about the technology in some scenes

All parts of video mustn’t have different sizes

YES The parts of the video aren’t always the same

Shots mustn’t be too big YES They are very simple and easy to comprehend

The video mustn’t occupy a good part of the pixels, so the size should be minimum

YES This is because there is little animation and the scenes are simple

The shots must not be too small

YES

Sound effects must not occupy the entire video

YES They only occupy the part where there is a pause in the video or a change of scene

It must respect the copyright law.

YES All information isn’t illegal and what we said is our information, which is correct

The size must be YES

appropriate to read

It must be divided into sections

YES There are different sections of scenes.

The information must be clear and simple to understand

YES The information was well explained by the actor who played the part of the doctor

It must have some images. NO No images are included. Maybe add picture about the technology in some scenes

The images must be the appropriate size

NO

It must be easy to listen YES There is no sound interference during the entire video

It must not be too long YES

It must be appropriate for a range of people (from young to mature)

YES The scenes are appropriate for each age group. They are not too exagerated

The video must have the right size to be seen

YES

It includes sound YES

It must include a title YES

It answers all the five W YES Maybe next time answer better the question Where?

The video must be clear and simple to understand

YES

It has the right and appropriate information

YES

It must be persuasive NO I don’t think my video is persuasive. Next time include some opinions of people affected by Locked in Syndrome

The sound must be clear as well as the content of the video

YES

It must be informative and interesting

YES The video is very

informative. Next time make it more interesting

The information must be longer than the acting

YES The scene with the doctor explaining the information was the longest, therefore it was longer than the acting.

Evaluation of Test Table

This test table is the result where I can say that my video has been successful. In fact, it answers

many of the points wrote in it. Also, I suggested almost for every point, what to improve. This is

because I always want to make my work professional, and better than the result I have, which is

positive. Also, I had some points I will need to improve a lot because I didn’t answer it. For

example, next time I will need to include images in my shots. This was a point not answered in my

test table.

DOES IT INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION?Animation shouldn’t distract the audience from watching the video

IIIII IIIII II 10: Yes2: No

Scenes should be relevant to the video

IIIII II IIIII 7: Yes5: No

It must not have an illegible font type (if writing is included).

IIIII IIIII II 12: YES

It must not have an illegible font colour (if writing is included).


The context mustn’t have any type of animation


The background must not do any interference with the written text the text

IIIII IIIII II 10:Yes2:No

The video mustn’t be too complicated

IIIII III IIII 8:Yes4:No

The content mustn’t have IIIII IIIII II 12: YES

any form of inappropriate language

It must not be offensive IIIII IIIII II 12: YES

It must not include spelling mistakesThe background shouldn’t distract the audience

IIIII IIIII I ! 11: YES1: No

It must not include grammar mistakes


It must not be used to advertise something

III IIIII IIII 3: Yes9: No

It must not have subliminal messages


It must not have wrong information


It must not have an illegible font size (if writing is included).


Pictures mustn’t be enormous


All parts of video mustn’t have different sizes

IIIII I IIIII I 6: Yes6: No

Shots mustn’t be too big IIIII IIIII II 10: Yes2: No

The video mustn’t occupy a good part of the pixels, so the size should be minimum


The shots must not be too small

IIIII I IIIII I 6: Yes6: No

Sound effects must not occupy the entire video

IIIII III IIII 8: Yes4: No

It must respect the copyright law.


The size must be appropriate to read


It must be divided into sections


The information must be clear and simple to understand

IIIII IIIII I I 11: Yes1: No

It must have some images. IIIII IIIII II 12: No

The images must be the appropriate size

IIIII IIIII II 12: No

It must be easy to listen IIIII IIIII II 12: YES

It must not be too long IIIII IIII III 9: Yes3: No

It must be appropriate for a range of people (from young to mature)


Evaluation of Survey

From the results of my survey, based on the opinion of twelve people of different age groups, I

believe that my video was a success. However, some points were negative. For example I

understood that I needed to include some more things in some part, rather than some things in

others. For example, I encountered that six people said that shots were too little; therefore I will

need to augment them in future. In addition, I didn’t include any type of image; therefore twelve

people agreed that this was a scares result. Therefore I will add more images in future. In addition, I

also had many positive results were all twelve people agreed that I had the things. As a conclusion, I

can say that it has more positive than negative results, but the negative results would have been easy

to delete.

Evaluation of Project

After making questionnaires and surveys, I understood that to make a good video, firstly, is

important to test it and to hear other people’s opinions on it. At the start I thought of other ways to

make a video, however, I understood, by checking it, that my video’s ideas weren’t very important

or didn’t track attention to my audience, who wanted pictures to it. I think also it is very important

to ask an expert their opinion, especially Ermete Grilli because he is a professional video maker and

so I need to listen on his opinions about my work. I also asked Luca Malerba, since he is an I.C.T

expert, what were the best programs to create a video. This was very important for me to know,

because I thought that the best program was Windows Movie Maker, but actually there are two very

good programs. I decided at the end to create it on iMovie because I use mainly MAC programs

because my computer is an iMac, so, I already knew the basic structure of it and I didn’t need to

spend hours on learning how to use another program. I, however, watched some videos on how to

make certain tips iMovie to become more expert on the program.

My questionnaires said that I should include pictures related to the theme. I decided not to include

pictures because I wanted to give more attention to actors and the content because I think they are

more important and effective than pictures because they give a better idea on what the theme and

the purpose of my video is. However, some could have been used as a background to some writing

in some scenes. I decided to use music in some scene as background because tit is a very important

factor. I used music because I analysed some videos and learned that the most popular ones or the

ones that were more professional decided to include music at a certain point as background. I took

this example from smosh and other YouTube channels; I also used it because in a questionnaire I

was told to include music in my video. I think that especially the content had a good impact on

others it was serious and I think it promoted very well my chosen technology. However, next time,

it would have been a good idea to use better my actors, maybe include more other actors in my

video to make it even more realistic. I think that, however, the music didn’t have a good impact on

the audience because it didn’t attract much attention as I thought it had done, partly because it

wasn’t necessary, and partly because the content is standing in front of it. Maybe the audience gave

more importance to the actors than to the content. Next time I should give more importance to it and

make it sound louder. Another thing that had a good impact on the others was my scene where the

doctor explained the product. I thought it was a good idea to put it, and actually it had a lot of

success. This made however, the video’s purpose become less important; this didn’t have a good

impact on others.

Overall my video had an equal number of good and bad impacts on the environment. Some things

are ought to improve and others were just good ideas and predictions that I liked to include. I think

that our environment was generally happy and thought that my work was interesting, however they

didn’t understand some choices I included in my video. Certainly, I am proud of my creation and

had a good impact on me. However, next time I need to improve some ideas and make a better

video to advertise my chosen technology of “Dasher”.

I think I worked well throughout all of the design cycle because I feel I can be proud of my work

and aim for a very high mark. Overall, not to seem modest, I liked my assessment, however there

are some parts that can be improved, like at any work. In the investigation part I liked my research

because I learnt many things, such as the Locked-in Syndrome, and some tips to make a good video.

I also liked my design brief. Next time I need to improve my design specification, maybe by adding

some more things that are more important than the ones I wrote. Also my test plan table can be

improved. I believe that the design part wasn’t really sophisticated because I don’t have much

imagination so my video is a bit banal. However, the analysis of it and the interpretation of each one

I made make me proud of my work but next time I will improve my video’s style. Like the design

stage, my plan part was very good in the analysis, but mediocre in the Gantt chart. I believe it is

good, but it misses something that I don’t know, it seems incomplete. Also my other plan it is very

detailed, but I believe I should have written more inside the table. The create bit I liked my process

journal, the content of it and all the information I gave. Again my video isn’t one of the best, but at

least I justified my actions. I also justified my changes in the creation phase. I believe that my

evaluation part, not only this one, but also the evaluation of designs, sources, plans, information are

very detailed and tell everything I made and that I can improve.

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