I think overall it turned out rather well, everyone did their part of the project well enough. However we seemed much more focused on our individual elements rather than the project as a whole. My contributions to the project were the slideshow and the gallery, both done in flash. However I did also help with the "how to apply" page in Dreamweaver.
I feel that my contributions went well, especially the slideshow despite my first few attempts failing spectacularly. However upon reflection I should have used some different images for the gallery, considering they are the same ones I used for the slideshow. Also I feel that we needed to be a little more focsed, we only posted on the blogs in short bursts and we didn't know what anyone else was doing at times, I admit I was also guilty of being unfocused on the project at times.
-Emrys Williams
Monday, 29 April 2013
Meeting Agendas and Minutes
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MINUTES 29 April 2013
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Creative Media Project
Meeting Minutes
April 29, 2013
Present: Tim Holden, Julie Jolly, Emry Williams,
Aron Morris
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Next meeting:
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Final
meeting for this Assignment
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I.
Review What we’ve done so far
Julie
Jolly has finished all individual
elements
Aron Morris has embedded most of the individual
elements onto the site
Tim
Holden has embedded the video.
Emrys
Williams has finished Gallery .
II.
Discuss possible changes to design
There
were no changes proposed.
III.
Assign any Taks
Next
step is to update the Blog with our individual overviews as well as anything
else that is left unfinished or unexplained.
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MINUTES FOR THE 8 April 2013
_____________________________________________________________________________
Creative Media Project
Meeting Minutes
April 8, 2013
Present: Tim Holden, Julie Jolly, Emry Williams,
Aron Morris
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Next meeting:
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April
29, 2013 10.00am College
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I.
Review What we’ve done so far
Julie
Jolly has done 3 samples of the Banner
Aron Morris has finished the website design
Tim
Holden has finished shooting his video
Emrys
Williams has almost finished the Gallery
II.
Discuss possible changes to design
There
were no changes proposed.
III.
Assign any Taks
Next
step is to see the banner embedded on to the website for Julie Jolly
Emrys
Williams will looking at embedding the gallery onto the website
Next
step for Aron Morris is to try and embed the pieces of individual elements but
also liaise with group members of any problems or help.
Next
step for Tim Holden to embed his video onto the website.
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CMP Group
Meeting Minutes
December 21, 2012
Present:
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Tim Holden, Emrus Williams, Julie Jolly
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Next meeting:
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TBA
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I.
Apologies for Absence
II.
Matters arising from the
minutes
No pressing matters
III.
Review of current status
·
All tasks have been finished
·
Still room for improvement
IV.
Status Report on Tasks
Individual Elements
Ø Tim – Movie. Completed investigation into informative videos. Also,
the possibility of using virtual flipbook technology in order to display
modules. (similar to an online catalogue)
Ø Emrys – Flash research has been completed.
Ø Julie – Completed, but in process of adding more.
V.
What must be done
Ø Work is completed, yet there is plenty of space for improvement.
VI.
Any other business
Deadline is today.
________________________________________________________________________________
Agenda(21/11/12)
1.
Apologies for absence
2.
Minutes of Last meeting
Has all the work been completed?
3.
Review of current status
Individual
elements
Blog
and mind map status
4.
Status
report on tasks
Individual
Elements
Research
Blogs
5.
What
must be done
·
Tasks must
be finalized and compiled
·
Individual
documents containing contribution
6.
Any Other Business
7.
Date of Next Meeting
_________________________________________________________________________________
CMP Group
Meeting Minutes
November 26, 2012
Present:
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Tim Holden, Emrus Williams, Julie Jolly
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Next meeting:
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21/10/12, 1:00 PM, Classroom
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I. Apologies for Absence
II. Matters arising from the minutes
No pressing matters
III. Review of current status
· Preliminary research complete, but needs compiling and documenting
· Preliminary designs have been forwarded
IV. Status Report on Tasks
Ø Tim – Text – Ample text for each page has been written, can be expanded upon at a later date
Ø Emrys – Layout has been done and resource considerations nearing completion.
Ø Julie – Images have been gathered and discussed. This is an ongoing task
V. What must be done
Ø Individual elements- Design and research into the individual elements must now be started tim-movie, emrys-flash, Julie-photoshop
Ø Layout must be modified to include elements
VI. Any other business
N/A
VII.
21/12/12, 1:00 PM
_________________________________________________________________________________
Agenda(26/11/12)
1. Apologies for absence
2. Minutes of Last meeting
Popplet and blog set up?
3. Review of current status
4. Status report on tasks
5. What must be done
· Individual elements
· Layout and design
6. Discuss resources required
7. Any Other Business
8. Date of Next Meeting
_________________________________________________________________________________
CMP Group
Meeting Minutes
October 15, 2012
Present:
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Tim Holden, Emrus Williams, Julie Jolly
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Next meeting:
|
26/11/12, 1:00 PM, Classroom
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I.
Welcome back
Recapped work done before holidays
II.
Minutes of last meeting
Customer requirements gathered such as purpose of site and
target audience
III.
Matters arising from the
minutes
No pressing matters
IV.
Decide upon what needs to be
done
·
Blog and Popplet account to be
set up
·
Preliminary research and
information gathering
V.
Assign tasks to group members
Ø Tim – Text
Ø Emerys – Layout
Ø Julie - Images
VI.
Decide upon deadlines
Ø To be done by end of november
VII. Any other business
N/A
VIII.
26/11/12, 1:00 PM
Creative Media Principles Group
Assignment
10/15/2012
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Meeting called by: Grŵp Llandrillo
Menai
Attendees: Emrys
Williams, Julie jolly, Timothy Holden
Please read: Assignment 1
Brief
Please bring: Brains
1
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Apologies for Absence
|
Classroom
|
2
|
Minutes of Last Meeting
|
Classroom
|
3
|
Matters Arising From Last Meeting
|
Classroom
|
4
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Discuss Asssignment
What is needed to be done?
|
Classroom
|
5
|
Assign Tasks
Who
When
|
Classroom
|
6
|
Any Other business
|
Classroom
|
7
|
Date of Next Meeting
|
Classroom
|
_________________________________________________________________________________
Creative Media Principles Group
Assignment
10/15/2012
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Meeting called by: Grŵp Llandrillo
Menai
Attendees: Emrys
Williams, Julie jolly, Timothy Holden
Please read: Assignment 1
Brief
Please bring: Brains
1
|
Apologies for Absence
|
Classroom
|
2
|
Minutes of Last Meeting
|
Classroom
|
3
|
Matters Arising From Last Meeting
|
Classroom
|
4
|
Discuss Asssignment
What is needed to be done?
|
Classroom
|
5
|
Assign Tasks
Who
When
|
Classroom
|
6
|
Any Other business
|
Classroom
|
7
|
Date of Next Meeting
|
Classroom
|
________________________________________________________________________________
CMP Group
Meeting Minutes
October 12, 2012
Creative Media Principles Group
Assignment
10/15/2012
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm
Meeting called by: Grŵp Llandrillo
Menai
Attendees: Emrys
Williams, Julie jolly, Timothy Holden
Please read: Assignment 1
Brief
Please bring: Brains
1
|
Apologies for Absence
|
Classroom
|
2
|
Minutes of Last Meeting
|
Classroom
|
3
|
Matters Arising From Last Meeting
|
Classroom
|
4
|
Discuss Asssignment
What is needed to be done?
|
Classroom
|
5
|
Assign Tasks
Who
When
|
Classroom
|
6
|
Any Other business
|
Classroom
|
7
|
Date of Next Meeting
|
Classroom
|
_________________________________________________________________________________
Present:
|
Tim Holden, Emrus Williams, Julie Jolly
|
Next meeting:
|
15/10/12, 1:00 PM, Classroom
|
I.
Apologies for absence
N/A
II.
Minutes of last meeting
N/A
III.
Matters arising from the
minutes
N/A
IV.
Decide upon what needs to be
done
Ø Gather Customer Requirements
·
Purpose of site
·
Target audience
·
Any other reqs.
V.
Assign tasks to group members
Ø Gather Customer Requirements : All members of group
VI.
Decide upon deadlines
Ø Gather Customer Requirements : 15/10/12
VII. Any other business
N/A
VIII.
15/10/12, 1:00 PM
Review Of the Assignment-Tim Holden
My roles in the creation of this project was Team Leader. It was up to me to arrange meetings, keep everyone motivated and on track, and make sure that the project comes together as planned. i feel that I did ok in this regard. I arranged meetings in order to keep on top of everything, but I think that having more detailed agendas could have been useful. I think think that I should have been a little more forcefull when trying to get people to try and complete their tasks.I also made the movie and contributed to the creation of the website.
I think that all other group members did their best with what they had. I should have been more helpfull when it came to ading them with teir individual elements and helping them understand how the software works. The initial focus on individual elements did, I feel, estrange us a little from the final product, so sometimes things were not quite right and had to be changed.
I feel that the website is fairly good. I do feel, however, that, due to circumstances, we did lose focus a little and the overall feel of the site does not quite fit my expectations. I think more could have been done to keep the colour scheme in line with the college's, as we had planned. With more time and skills, I would like to have spent more time in polishing the website and making it more intuitive, mabye even running a few usablility tests. I think that, if we were to do the taks again, we would be able tor apportion time more effectively. I am pleased that all of our elements fit into the site logically, this makes the site feel more natural and ingrossing.
This is a shot of the homepage, which was made by Aron, but I altered it slightly. I added the four section boxes, embedded the youtube video and flash slideshow, and changed the header and put the banner and college logos up there. I also changed the master css file that controlls the basic layout of all of the other pages, and so I changed the colour of the navigation bar that Aron made in order for it to suit the need a bit better (It was originally green). I quite like the feel of the homepage, although I would have liked it if the background gradient could have been bluish green rather than gray, since that would have fitted the college's colour scheme. I also would have spent more time formating the text, putting headers in and making the bullet points more interesting. But, overall, it doesn't look too bad. It would have been beneficial to have spent more time on the text content of the homepage.
I am quite pleased with the overall standard of all of the elements. I would have liked to spend more time shooting the raw footage. I was only able to borrow one of the students for half an hour, and his ability to be interviewed was, to put it nicely, lacking. I would have liked to have used different camera angles and zooms, and to have had the original lineup i had planned, but, unfortunately, i was unable to have them. It would have been good to have been able to spend more time in looking for a more comprehensive editing program so that I could use more powerfull effets, although I doubt my laptops ability to have coped with such a program, since it had a few glitches with OpenShot. I would have liked to have had the time to put music to the video, but i did not have enought time to spend searching for the right track. I feel that the video could have done with subtitles as well, for those with hearing difficulties. The titles could have been more interesting, and maybe using a few filter effects and distortions in order to highlight the focus of the shot.
I am pleased wit the way that, when julie is talking about the different modules, an appropriate screen recording appears. I could have done more with that and directed her comments so as they are more pointed, but i really wanted the monologue to seem natural. I am extremely happy with the admonision for girls to not fear taking up the course, and ending on a laugh, which is something I was really quite anxious to get into the video, because, i felt, that it would give the video and the course a real human, light and friendly feel, and convey the message that Julie really does enjoy the course, and is not lying, since it is very hard to fake a laugh.
If i was to start the project again, from scratch, I would set a clearer, and somewhat more rigid timeframe in which to complete all of the tasks. Also, i would have liked to have had made, from the outset, a clear vision statement, outlining the purpose of the site, so as all of the elements could have worked even better together. I would also like to have spent more time in the disgn stage making the designs as detailed as possible in order to make the creating of the site far easier. I also think that it would have benefited us all to have spent far more time in getting to know how to create our individual elements and using the software, so as the finished work could be to a higher standard. More regular and purposefull meetings would have made sure that no one was unsure of what the yhad to do, and they could have dedicated more effort into those tasks. I would, however, have to be careful as it would be very easy to begin micro-managing everyone, which is counter-productive.
I think that all other group members did their best with what they had. I should have been more helpfull when it came to ading them with teir individual elements and helping them understand how the software works. The initial focus on individual elements did, I feel, estrange us a little from the final product, so sometimes things were not quite right and had to be changed.
I feel that the website is fairly good. I do feel, however, that, due to circumstances, we did lose focus a little and the overall feel of the site does not quite fit my expectations. I think more could have been done to keep the colour scheme in line with the college's, as we had planned. With more time and skills, I would like to have spent more time in polishing the website and making it more intuitive, mabye even running a few usablility tests. I think that, if we were to do the taks again, we would be able tor apportion time more effectively. I am pleased that all of our elements fit into the site logically, this makes the site feel more natural and ingrossing.
This is a shot of the homepage, which was made by Aron, but I altered it slightly. I added the four section boxes, embedded the youtube video and flash slideshow, and changed the header and put the banner and college logos up there. I also changed the master css file that controlls the basic layout of all of the other pages, and so I changed the colour of the navigation bar that Aron made in order for it to suit the need a bit better (It was originally green). I quite like the feel of the homepage, although I would have liked it if the background gradient could have been bluish green rather than gray, since that would have fitted the college's colour scheme. I also would have spent more time formating the text, putting headers in and making the bullet points more interesting. But, overall, it doesn't look too bad. It would have been beneficial to have spent more time on the text content of the homepage.
I am quite pleased with the overall standard of all of the elements. I would have liked to spend more time shooting the raw footage. I was only able to borrow one of the students for half an hour, and his ability to be interviewed was, to put it nicely, lacking. I would have liked to have used different camera angles and zooms, and to have had the original lineup i had planned, but, unfortunately, i was unable to have them. It would have been good to have been able to spend more time in looking for a more comprehensive editing program so that I could use more powerfull effets, although I doubt my laptops ability to have coped with such a program, since it had a few glitches with OpenShot. I would have liked to have had the time to put music to the video, but i did not have enought time to spend searching for the right track. I feel that the video could have done with subtitles as well, for those with hearing difficulties. The titles could have been more interesting, and maybe using a few filter effects and distortions in order to highlight the focus of the shot.
I am pleased wit the way that, when julie is talking about the different modules, an appropriate screen recording appears. I could have done more with that and directed her comments so as they are more pointed, but i really wanted the monologue to seem natural. I am extremely happy with the admonision for girls to not fear taking up the course, and ending on a laugh, which is something I was really quite anxious to get into the video, because, i felt, that it would give the video and the course a real human, light and friendly feel, and convey the message that Julie really does enjoy the course, and is not lying, since it is very hard to fake a laugh.
If i was to start the project again, from scratch, I would set a clearer, and somewhat more rigid timeframe in which to complete all of the tasks. Also, i would have liked to have had made, from the outset, a clear vision statement, outlining the purpose of the site, so as all of the elements could have worked even better together. I would also like to have spent more time in the disgn stage making the designs as detailed as possible in order to make the creating of the site far easier. I also think that it would have benefited us all to have spent far more time in getting to know how to create our individual elements and using the software, so as the finished work could be to a higher standard. More regular and purposefull meetings would have made sure that no one was unsure of what the yhad to do, and they could have dedicated more effort into those tasks. I would, however, have to be careful as it would be very easy to begin micro-managing everyone, which is counter-productive.
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