This week in Animation Context we were reviewing and looking at more presentations from the expert in the room presentations from last week and how we may build upon or improve for future presentations in this course such as one we may yet be preparing for in the week after next week. In the lesson we covered elements of the presentation and how it showed the tutor namely Johnny how we conducted our research be it thinking outside the box or using conventional research to create our presentation. One example we were shown in the session was a book that Annabeth had introduced to us to in the first week of intro to creative play and this was the 99 ways to tell a story which tells a story from different perspectives and styles in telling a story. We were informed that an element know as shallow learning such as not taking everything in can literally blow away in a puff of wind from our minds.
We learned that one of the key elements in this work is the presentation of research not just limited to pictures from the internet or written research and to piece them together we could use mind maps just as I did when doing the presentation on Misdirection. We were given tips and advice on doing a presentation in some simple steps or tips.
- Make a structure
-Find the origins and an example of said subject
-Find a good subject and make a crucial judgement on the matter in your analysis.
-Create a piece of work be it an illustration, or model that shows the connection and significance to the chosen subject.
Johnny showed us a presentation style called Pecha Kucha which is something that Annabeth also mentioned in the first week of University which from our understanding was a presentation without text only images however what this entailed was basically a presentation comprised of 20 images which had to run for 20 seconds and one element that we could use to help us was a timer on the power point which seemed to help us condense what we had to say. In the presentations we had to help the audience by starting the presentation with what it is about, what to expect and why it was a way to help them follow the presentation. In our presentations we needed to look the audience in the eye so that they could tell that we were talking to them and sometimes look back at the board to draw their attention.
One crucial thing that we needed was to avoid something called death by power point which basically meant adding too much information to the presentation when we could just speak out what we needed to in the time frame that we had and to avoid having a barrier in front of us. To avoid this we needed to use a simple element called redundancy which was about getting rid of things that weren't needed in the presentation so that it would fit into the allocated time given to us. There was an old saying to learn from this and that was a painting paints a thousand words, which meant pictures could show things better than words in a presentation.
90 percent of the presentation in our work was showing the audience that we understood the problem and how it could or could not be beneficial to the audience. Life is one big pitch as Johnny described it which I could understand as I had to pitch ideas of final pieces to College tutors before executing them and see if they liked or didn't like it, and in the industry of animation competition is fierce to get their ideas into the television circuit and that to get a chance at said spot we needed to understand the story and what we were trying to pitch to gain their attention.
One element we had to remember was to keep the presentation simple and concise as it is said less is more. Johnny mentioned that when it comes to a presentation its a good idea to familiarise ourselves with the equipment in the presentation room a day early or perhaps before we begin the presentation so that we aren't panicking or getting stressed on the day, this was something I felt I could relate to as I like to familiarise myself with equipment before executing an exercise. When doing a presentation we needed to fill the blank space on the slide, to fill the vacuum so to speak and we were shown an example of a visual art style called Horo Vacui which apparently was translated as fear of empty space and seeing examples of its work made me think its an abstract style of art but the point of it was to show that we needed to fill the empty slide with text or images relating to our work.
In each slide of our presentation they needed to have the equivalent of at least 3-4 words as we didn't want to give the audience too much on the slide that we can speak for ourselves. We were informed that next week we would be given a new presentation task to present on the week after and like before we needed to include our journey in our research and include our research in a bibliography just like we would in essays or even research. In this we could use the Harvard referencing however given that most of us such as myself were still trying to find our feet with this referencing form I needed to see how it would be presented. Thankfully there was a guide that could show us how to use this and how to interpret certain research subjects into the referencing of the research be it music, video, books, or internet research this guide was called Harvard Referencing guide which Johnny warned us would put us to sleep, he informed us we would be able to find this on blackboard this evening when uploaded and for this weeks task we needed to watch the seven C's of communication as we would be discussing it next week.
Looking back at this I would say what I could take from this was the tips in presentation as for me it was a refresher course into what makes a good presentation and with this new found knowledge it could be of use in the next presentation and give me something to think about such as the slide length or what needed to be said to the audience. In response to this I will look back at this reference guide and try this on a practice research piece.
We learned that one of the key elements in this work is the presentation of research not just limited to pictures from the internet or written research and to piece them together we could use mind maps just as I did when doing the presentation on Misdirection. We were given tips and advice on doing a presentation in some simple steps or tips.
- Make a structure
-Find the origins and an example of said subject
-Find a good subject and make a crucial judgement on the matter in your analysis.
-Create a piece of work be it an illustration, or model that shows the connection and significance to the chosen subject.
Johnny showed us a presentation style called Pecha Kucha which is something that Annabeth also mentioned in the first week of University which from our understanding was a presentation without text only images however what this entailed was basically a presentation comprised of 20 images which had to run for 20 seconds and one element that we could use to help us was a timer on the power point which seemed to help us condense what we had to say. In the presentations we had to help the audience by starting the presentation with what it is about, what to expect and why it was a way to help them follow the presentation. In our presentations we needed to look the audience in the eye so that they could tell that we were talking to them and sometimes look back at the board to draw their attention.
One crucial thing that we needed was to avoid something called death by power point which basically meant adding too much information to the presentation when we could just speak out what we needed to in the time frame that we had and to avoid having a barrier in front of us. To avoid this we needed to use a simple element called redundancy which was about getting rid of things that weren't needed in the presentation so that it would fit into the allocated time given to us. There was an old saying to learn from this and that was a painting paints a thousand words, which meant pictures could show things better than words in a presentation.
90 percent of the presentation in our work was showing the audience that we understood the problem and how it could or could not be beneficial to the audience. Life is one big pitch as Johnny described it which I could understand as I had to pitch ideas of final pieces to College tutors before executing them and see if they liked or didn't like it, and in the industry of animation competition is fierce to get their ideas into the television circuit and that to get a chance at said spot we needed to understand the story and what we were trying to pitch to gain their attention.
One element we had to remember was to keep the presentation simple and concise as it is said less is more. Johnny mentioned that when it comes to a presentation its a good idea to familiarise ourselves with the equipment in the presentation room a day early or perhaps before we begin the presentation so that we aren't panicking or getting stressed on the day, this was something I felt I could relate to as I like to familiarise myself with equipment before executing an exercise. When doing a presentation we needed to fill the blank space on the slide, to fill the vacuum so to speak and we were shown an example of a visual art style called Horo Vacui which apparently was translated as fear of empty space and seeing examples of its work made me think its an abstract style of art but the point of it was to show that we needed to fill the empty slide with text or images relating to our work.
In each slide of our presentation they needed to have the equivalent of at least 3-4 words as we didn't want to give the audience too much on the slide that we can speak for ourselves. We were informed that next week we would be given a new presentation task to present on the week after and like before we needed to include our journey in our research and include our research in a bibliography just like we would in essays or even research. In this we could use the Harvard referencing however given that most of us such as myself were still trying to find our feet with this referencing form I needed to see how it would be presented. Thankfully there was a guide that could show us how to use this and how to interpret certain research subjects into the referencing of the research be it music, video, books, or internet research this guide was called Harvard Referencing guide which Johnny warned us would put us to sleep, he informed us we would be able to find this on blackboard this evening when uploaded and for this weeks task we needed to watch the seven C's of communication as we would be discussing it next week.
Looking back at this I would say what I could take from this was the tips in presentation as for me it was a refresher course into what makes a good presentation and with this new found knowledge it could be of use in the next presentation and give me something to think about such as the slide length or what needed to be said to the audience. In response to this I will look back at this reference guide and try this on a practice research piece.
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