My presentation was very detailed and carried all of the points I wanted to say, so that even if I didn't speak about some of the smaller details they would still know my process in full. My peer assessment feedback all mentioned this as well. However I didn't face the audience when I was presenting and mostly faced my presentation, sometimes reading off of the board. Many of the peer assessments noted this down as well
I talked about some of the details on the powerpoint in more depth than what was originally on the slides. My voice was expressive and carried over my emotions over the project. One of the assessments said that I was too quiet at times and that they couldn't hear what I was saying, this is also the case when watching the presentation video. I didn't go into as much depth as the powerpoint did and even omitted some details such as wanting to add an interactive text box because I forgot to mention it, one of the peer assessments said I should've talked more about researching too
My teacher gave me a question to talk more about my slide comparing the finished front cover to other professional front covers. I put the slide back on the screen and talked more about why I thought it reflected industry standards. I was then asked if I did research on different types of fashion styles and I said no, bringing back up the list of the subjects I researched and talking more about them. I then talked more about what the magazine was originally intended to be focused on (street fashion) and then saying why I decided not to go with it. I was then asked how many pictures I took for the magazine and the reasoning I chose the title "HEYY!" for the magazine and answered it. Overall I answered questions calmly and didn't panic for them as I knew what my answers for all of them would be, I wasn't too quick to answer either
In my presentation I focused too heavily on having all the information be on the slides and didn't have any time to rehearse what I would say. This is very obvious. Because I focused on putting so much text in the slides, it also made it hard for me to quickly read and know what each slide was talking about. If I was ever forced to do this type of evaluation again I'll instead have less information on my powerpoint so it gives me more things to talk about and that'd hopefully give me time to rehearse my lines. I also think I should've shown the finished magazine on the powerpoint for longer as the version in InDesign didn't have the downloaded fonts I used
Daily Diary 09/12
Today I had to make and present a presentation for my evaluation of the overall unit, I then had to do an evaluation for the presentation. Over the Christmas break I'll have to do a "1 Minute of Christmas" with the camera I was given. This can be either a video or photos but it can't be edited (video will have to be up to one minute or I have to take enough photos to last for a minute slideshow)
If I ever have the choice on how to do an evaluation, I'm never doing a presentation. They don't fit with how I work at all and I heavily prefer writing my evaluation as I can go into more depth easily and not lose my train of thought. But now that this unit is done, I'm overall happy with the work I've done. I'm glad with how it turned out even if I still have some problems with it (I was never fully satisfied with my front cover and I unfortunately couldn't add the interactive text box like I wanted). It was my first time using InDesign though and considering that it was my first time I did very well with it. For the most part I understood the interactive elements and how to do them (I had to follow a tutorial for the slideshow though). Another thing I'm improving on is with my written work as well. The research commentary felt a lot more easier for me to do as I was able to choose what I wanted to research and all of them helped me in some way (even the less effective ones like the "creative tips" videos). I was told to have my research list feel like a narrative and to connect each different subject together and I think it really helped with making it flow better. Even though the presentation was awful, I may have built up my communication skills with doing it and the experience will also help me if I ever have to do that again. I feel that with each unit I'm improving my skills and my writing abilities