Storyboarding Graphics

STORYBOARD 1 STORYBOARD 2

RATIONALE:

Declaring my Film minor a few weeks ago made me very confident in starting this assignment because I have had some experience storyboarding in the past. While I knew what storyboarding was, this assignment was very different from what I usually do. However, I tried to incorporate the pictures into my story as best as I could. During my first iterations of this assignment, all I really wanted to accomplish was where I wanted to put the pictures that were on the COMM site. Once I figured out where I wanted to put these pictures I was able to formulate a small narrative around them quite easily. Some problems I encountered when doing these graphics was how long or how concise I wanted the narrative to be. I know I wanted to keep my graphics very simple and follow Tuftes Graphic Excellence Rule. I reached an "AHA" moment when I realized that what the assignment was asking was not for an elaborate narrative (although nice) but to accurately incorporate the pictures given with easy flow. I believe that I achieved this very nicely with the soccer storyboard as there was only one image to use. The second storyboard was a lot tougher due to the fact that I had to incorporate two of the pictures. According to the Schrivers Model, I incorporated the scene-to-scene transition for most of my slides. However, for the soccer storyboard I used action-to-action to display the soccer ball being kicked and going into the net. I believe that this assignment was a success and will help me in my minor in film.

Graphic #8 Graphs and Table

TABLE AND FIRST GRAPH

OTHER TWO GRAPHS

RATIONALE:

While looking through the graphic description I saw the word “Excel” and immediately got goosebumps. In all my experiences in using excel I have had nothing but negative feelings. However, I took the project head on and hoped for the best! I researched many statistics about Roger WIlliams University and went from academics to admissions. I ended up choosing the 2009-2010 RWU Men’s Swimming Meet Results for my data. I choose all the point accumulated at the end of the meet and made several different graphs. Making the table was fairly easy and it came very easy. After I got the table squared away I got very confused as to how to format my graphs. I decided to put three graphs which were bar graphs, line graphs, and a bar graph that were shaped like pyramids. I had trouble trying to label the axis along with adding more data to the graph. I tried formatting and editing but nothing worked. I finally came to a different “AHA” moment when I finally found out all one has to do is highlight the data and hit edit table! The narrative I was trying to accomplish with my graphs was how well the men’s swimming team was throughout the seasons. The graph also tells the teams wins and losses conveying how hard the teams were. At the end of making this graphic I was able to appreciate excel a tiny bit more along with understanding on how to make a fairly effective graph.

Amazon Book Flow Chart

FINAL GRAPHIC

ITERATION

RATIONALE:

For one does not read or order products off the internet very often, I was actually confused on what sort of steps I need to include in this flow chart. The process seemed a little grey in my mind as buying a book online was not something I usually do and putting it in flow chart form made me even more confused. I knew that I would have to make many iterations in order to get this graphic right. I practiced many different processes so that I knew how flow charts worked and amazon books. I knew I needed to have enough room when my flow chart had parts where the viewer need to make a decision. I did not know exactly how to incorporate color into the graphic other than making the different shapes different colors. I thought that any more color than that would make the graphic defy the laws of Ocaams Razor. The flow chart is very simple and only goes over the main points of ordering a book on amazon. There are only about six steps one must take to order a book online and the flow chart show that in a waterfall effect. I added a few symbols away from the flow chart that would relate to the process of ordering a book. I thought that this graphic went well but I hope that I used the official patterns in the flow chart were used correctly.

Graphic Improvement

FINAL GRAPHIC

2nd ITERATION

1st ITERATION

RATIONALE:

I had a very tough time trying to find instructions or a graphic in my dorm that was incoherent or poorly done. After much rummaging I stumbled across a graphic that was for a screen protector to put on my phone. There was way too many words, too little graphics, and confusing arrows. I knew that this was certainly something that I could improve. I took the time to fool around with some ideas that proved to be unworthy of the final graphic. I noticed i needed color, more steps, and less words.

Spaghetti Dinner Graphic

FINAL GRAPHIC

RATIONALE:

During this week I felt myself doing very well conveying a message without words as our group won the "Ocaams Razor" prize for the Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. However, when the assignment was given to describe a full spaghetti dinner without words I did not know what to do. There are so many different steps into making a spaghetti dinner that I immediately became overwhelmed. I first sat and started to draw of all the component needed to make a spaghetti dinner. There is garlic bread, meatballs, and spaghetti just for the bare essentials. In the lawn care assignment I felt as though my "chart like" format was very successful so I decided to do a waterfall effect with columns eventually leading to the end product. I put the process of making spaghetti in the left column, making garlic bread in the middle, and making meatballs in the right column. To divide the processes I decided to make the lines look like spaghetti to go along with the spaghetti dinner feel. I tried to use multiple colors within the symbols to relate to the audience in what products they may recognize. I tried to use similarity in symbols such as the timer to convey how long the audience is supposed to cook the food. Overall, I feel ad though the final graphic turned out to be successful.

Lawn Solutions

Lawn Solutions Final

Lawn Solutions Iteration

LAWN SOLUTIONS RATIONALE

Heading into this project I had no idea on how to approach drawing decisions with no words. I knew I had to think a lot when approaching my iteration because I needed to let my ideas flow. I ended up being extremely happy with my iteration and used the outline for my final drawing. I decided that listing the chemicals one by one would be less confusing as there are many different scenarios. I used the different elements according to what the chemicals needed and found out that they were very similar. The only element that was different between lettered chemicals was the insect infestation. I drew the insects first before listing the other elements because it was the distinguishing factor. I had a hard time thinking of symbols that were sustainable for others to understand. I ended up using what I thought were universal symbols such as the thermometer, desert, rain, and a basic bug. While I was happy with the way this turned out, I was fairly surprised that I had not had an "aha" moment yet. I thought I had done something wrong but suddenly realized that my chemicals names looked very similar looking and could be confusing. Then it came, AHA!, color coding to make things more clear has alway been a favored technique. I decided to keep the letters black and the numbers orange so that people could distinguish what they needed easier. I ended up being very happy with my drawing and I believe that people of all kinds will be able to understand it.

Sketch #3 Collage

MY COLLAGE

-mix of both dark and warm colors

-Nature themed

-Man made objects also

-connections between products

-no specific order

-Nature vs. Man

-Abstract and Modern

-Food stands out

When this assignment was announced I immediately became stressed. The time limit was way too fast for me as I like to take my time when making art. Looking back at the assignment I understand why it is done this. This assignment boosts ones sense of analysis and ability to make connections. In the process of making this I had no plan. I was simply cutting things out that jumped out at me. When starting the process I had very little direction in where to put my images. My arrangement only included a little thought. When I arrived back at my dorm I was able to look at my piece for a longer period of time and jokingly made connections. The more I joked about connections the more I realized how much they made sense. I had a lot of pictures that dealt with nature and many pictures of food which contradicted each other. I believe it depicted a message of nature vs. man or the industry. I also used a lot of cool designs from a home decor magazine. This gave the collage an abstract and visual appeal. I ended up being very happy with my collage.