The first time we pitched our 4 ideas in didn't go to plan as some improvements needed to be made. I kept reading from my notes and I didn't look at the audience which is what I should of done. Also my body language wasn't good either because as the other members of my group were talking I was leaning against the wall and looking like I wasn't bothered. We were lucky because since we did our presentation first it meant we could re do it again so this time round I memorised what I was going to say so I could look at the audience.
Our second go at pitching our ideas actually went alot better as I didn't look at my notes as much and the only time I did was when I got slightly lost but it was fine. Also I made sure I looked at the audience and not mostly at my notes and I also used hand gestures as well which made it seem more professional. I also made sure that I didn't lean against the wall again and while the others were talking I just stood up straight with my hands behind my back.
I have had the same sort of problems in the past when pitching presentations. The first time I pitched a presentation I had a problem with looking at the audience and it was a problem in the interaction presentation as well. I think in the future I need to be a bit more confident when pitching presentations, especially if I am applying for a job and they want me to pitch a presentation. Also I believe I need to memorise what I am going to say before pitching the presentation and my body language need to seem more professional.
Thursday 27 May 2010
Tuesday 25 May 2010
Interaction- pitching presentation
In our group I was the first person to pitch my idea to the class and the course tutor. I didn't go well because it didn't look up enough at look at the class I was to busy going between my cue cards and looking at the screen and also my body language was bad as I kept leaning against the wall.
It didn't go well for 2 other members of my group either as they did the same as me as one of them kept referring to his notes and not looking up and the other member of the groups presentation wasn't really good enough but he still manage to look at the class as he was talking which made it better. The other member of our group, Libby actually did rather well but the only thing wrong with her pitch was that she just read from a sheet and didn't look at the class either but it was still a good presentation as she addressed all the points needed to pass the presentation.
I think next time I will have to memorise what information is on the cue cards and that way I won't have to keep looking at the cue cards and that will mean I can look at the class more. I will also have to make sure that I stand up straight and not lean against the wall and make myself seem more professional.
It didn't go well for 2 other members of my group either as they did the same as me as one of them kept referring to his notes and not looking up and the other member of the groups presentation wasn't really good enough but he still manage to look at the class as he was talking which made it better. The other member of our group, Libby actually did rather well but the only thing wrong with her pitch was that she just read from a sheet and didn't look at the class either but it was still a good presentation as she addressed all the points needed to pass the presentation.
I think next time I will have to memorise what information is on the cue cards and that way I won't have to keep looking at the cue cards and that will mean I can look at the class more. I will also have to make sure that I stand up straight and not lean against the wall and make myself seem more professional.
Interaction- preparing presentation for our final 4 ideas
At the end our investigative report essays we had to choose 1 of our interaction reports to do some more research on. After we had done the investigative report essay we had to put the 4 ideas into one presentation and present it to the class and the course tutor. We each went away and did a small presentation on the idea we picked and after we had done we would send it to one of the members of our group and from there we could merge all the presentations together.
From my investigative reports I chose the physically disabled community but more specifically the Whetley Hill Resource Centre as my idea for the presentation. I first decided to think about what information I was going to put into the presentation and I came up with about 7 slides for my idea. In the slides I included what the centre offers and what facilities the centre has such as, IT suites, rehabilitation kitchens, exercise rooms, etc. I also included a slide on why I chose that community group for the interaction project and also another slide on the location of Whetley Hill Resource Centre and also contact details as well.
After we had created our small presentations we had to another two slide presentation each on our video productions ideas. Basically how we would film our idea. We had to include two tv shows our any clip to our idea and explain what similarities there will be between your work and the tv show or clip you have chosen. For my production ideas I compared mine to 'Top Gear' and also the show 'Traffic cops'. I wanted to compare mine to 'Top Gear' because in their shows when they test a car there is a entertaining narration over the top of it and that is what I want to do for mine have a narration in an entertaining style not in a documentary style. I also wanted to compare mine to the show 'Traffic Cops' because in the show they follow around a police force and see what they do on a day to day basis and for my idea I would follow around people at the centre and see what they do on a day to day basis.
To make sure I knew exactly what I was going to say when pitching the presentation I decided to create cue cards so if I got lost then I could just refer to the cue cards.
From my investigative reports I chose the physically disabled community but more specifically the Whetley Hill Resource Centre as my idea for the presentation. I first decided to think about what information I was going to put into the presentation and I came up with about 7 slides for my idea. In the slides I included what the centre offers and what facilities the centre has such as, IT suites, rehabilitation kitchens, exercise rooms, etc. I also included a slide on why I chose that community group for the interaction project and also another slide on the location of Whetley Hill Resource Centre and also contact details as well.
After we had created our small presentations we had to another two slide presentation each on our video productions ideas. Basically how we would film our idea. We had to include two tv shows our any clip to our idea and explain what similarities there will be between your work and the tv show or clip you have chosen. For my production ideas I compared mine to 'Top Gear' and also the show 'Traffic cops'. I wanted to compare mine to 'Top Gear' because in their shows when they test a car there is a entertaining narration over the top of it and that is what I want to do for mine have a narration in an entertaining style not in a documentary style. I also wanted to compare mine to the show 'Traffic Cops' because in the show they follow around a police force and see what they do on a day to day basis and for my idea I would follow around people at the centre and see what they do on a day to day basis.
To make sure I knew exactly what I was going to say when pitching the presentation I decided to create cue cards so if I got lost then I could just refer to the cue cards.
Thursday 20 May 2010
Interaction- Investigative report essay
For our folders we had to have a copy of each member of our groups investigative reports, so we had to have 16 investigative reports in our folder. With these 16 investigative reports we had to collate all the findings in the reports and put it all into one huge essay.
To start off with I talked about the task we were set to do and also how went about tackling the task. I talked about what we had to do for the investigative reports and also I talked about what we did to help us do the reports. I wrote about how we drew up a mind map to identify the different community groups that live within the Bradford area and also how we chose from the mind map 4 particular community groups.
I then typed up my findings from my own investigative reports. Basically I wrote in full sentences, what the community group is, oragnisations and charities that work with that particular community, the problems that we will face when making contact with that group and what legal and ethical issues we need to consider as well.
After I had typed all of my findings from my investigative reports I went on to type the other members of my group's investigative reports. When typing up that information sometimes I found it difficult because some information was missing and sometimes there wasn't enough so To solve that problem I asked the member in my group who wrote the investigative report about it and they gave me some more information so it was ok.
To conclude the investigative essay our group had to pick 1 investigative report from our own 4 and choose to one to do some further research on. I chose the physically disabled community from my 4 and the other ones that were picked were, the Buddhist community, the polish community and the autistic community. At the end of the essay we had to write which ones we chose and why the groups were chosen.
This essay is probably the longest one I have ever done as I ended up doing 8 pages.
To start off with I talked about the task we were set to do and also how went about tackling the task. I talked about what we had to do for the investigative reports and also I talked about what we did to help us do the reports. I wrote about how we drew up a mind map to identify the different community groups that live within the Bradford area and also how we chose from the mind map 4 particular community groups.
I then typed up my findings from my own investigative reports. Basically I wrote in full sentences, what the community group is, oragnisations and charities that work with that particular community, the problems that we will face when making contact with that group and what legal and ethical issues we need to consider as well.
After I had typed all of my findings from my investigative reports I went on to type the other members of my group's investigative reports. When typing up that information sometimes I found it difficult because some information was missing and sometimes there wasn't enough so To solve that problem I asked the member in my group who wrote the investigative report about it and they gave me some more information so it was ok.
To conclude the investigative essay our group had to pick 1 investigative report from our own 4 and choose to one to do some further research on. I chose the physically disabled community from my 4 and the other ones that were picked were, the Buddhist community, the polish community and the autistic community. At the end of the essay we had to write which ones we chose and why the groups were chosen.
This essay is probably the longest one I have ever done as I ended up doing 8 pages.
Monday 17 May 2010
Interaction- investigative reports
For the interaction project we each had to do 4 investigative reports for the community group we had chosen. I chose to do research on the disabled community in the Bradford area. I did one investigative report on the physically disabled community in Bradford, an investigative report on the Mentally Disabled, an investigative report on the Hearing impaired and another on the Visually Impaired community in Bradford.
For each of the reports we had to research different organisations and charities that work with that specific community group and the organisations and charities had to be based within the Bradford area. Also for each of the investigative reports we had to write down any problems we might face when making contact with community group and we also had to write down any practical or ethical issues we may need to consider when working with the group. The last thing we had to was write down why that specific group was suitable for interaction.
When I researching different organisations that work with a specific community group I found it difficult to find organisations that were based in Bradford because as most organisations and charities in Bradford are based all over the UK and I couldn't find many that were based in Bradford. But I did manage to find a few organisations that helped the particular community groups that had chosen. I managed to find them on an online directory for Bradford and the directory showed different services, organisations and charity shops that were based in Bradford.
For each of the reports we had to research different organisations and charities that work with that specific community group and the organisations and charities had to be based within the Bradford area. Also for each of the investigative reports we had to write down any problems we might face when making contact with community group and we also had to write down any practical or ethical issues we may need to consider when working with the group. The last thing we had to was write down why that specific group was suitable for interaction.
When I researching different organisations that work with a specific community group I found it difficult to find organisations that were based in Bradford because as most organisations and charities in Bradford are based all over the UK and I couldn't find many that were based in Bradford. But I did manage to find a few organisations that helped the particular community groups that had chosen. I managed to find them on an online directory for Bradford and the directory showed different services, organisations and charity shops that were based in Bradford.
Interaction- first group meeting
In our first meeting for the interaction project we decided to create a mind map to help us with our investigative reports. On the mind map we brainstormed different community groups that exist within the Bradford area.
After we created the mind map we looked at the different community groups that we had thought of and we chose a certain community group from the mind map and did more research on that specific community group for our investigative reports. For the report I chose the disabled community.
After we created the mind map we looked at the different community groups that we had thought of and we chose a certain community group from the mind map and did more research on that specific community group for our investigative reports. For the report I chose the disabled community.
Monday 10 May 2010
Tropic of Cancer- episode 4 (India)
In the 4th episode of the Tropic of Cancer series, the presenter Simon Reeve travels all the way across India.
This particular show starts off with it showing establishing shots of the Western Coast of India and has a narration over the top of the different shots of Simon Reeve talking a little about India. Then it cuts to Simon Reeve and it shows him in front of part of the Western Coast of India and he talks about what he will encounter as he travels across India.
Also in one part of the show he looks for endangered animals and when he finds them the shots show the endangered animal running about so the shots show you what these animals look like. Also Simon Reeve is talking over the top of shots to tell you about the animal and also he asks an animal expert questions about the animal which gives the audience information about the animal.
On another part of the show Simon Reeve visits a community centre and me and my group are filming at a community centre so it was useful to see how he interacted with people at the community centre. To interact with children at the community centre he sits among and talks to them and gives te children compliments on their drawings. This gave me an idea that when we are filming we should try and interact with the children as much as as possible. Also they used art classes to get children together and that is similar to what me and my group are doing for our interaction project.
This particular show starts off with it showing establishing shots of the Western Coast of India and has a narration over the top of the different shots of Simon Reeve talking a little about India. Then it cuts to Simon Reeve and it shows him in front of part of the Western Coast of India and he talks about what he will encounter as he travels across India.
Also in one part of the show he looks for endangered animals and when he finds them the shots show the endangered animal running about so the shots show you what these animals look like. Also Simon Reeve is talking over the top of shots to tell you about the animal and also he asks an animal expert questions about the animal which gives the audience information about the animal.
On another part of the show Simon Reeve visits a community centre and me and my group are filming at a community centre so it was useful to see how he interacted with people at the community centre. To interact with children at the community centre he sits among and talks to them and gives te children compliments on their drawings. This gave me an idea that when we are filming we should try and interact with the children as much as as possible. Also they used art classes to get children together and that is similar to what me and my group are doing for our interaction project.
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