Chapter 6 and 7 in Writer/Designer basically talks about designing, drafting, and revising our project.
In Chapter 6, to better give the readers a good understanding on how to design a project, it starts with an introduction of the descriptions of mock-ups and storyboards. “A mock-up is a rough layout of a screen or page.” People often use it to design a website page, but it can also be used to design other static visual projects. Another type of design is a storyboard. “A storyboard is a sequence of drawings, much like a comic book or visual outline, that represents the movement, spatial arrangement, and soundtracks of objects or characters in shots, screens, or scenes.” Obviously, the main difference between the two is based on whether you want to make your project moving or static.
For my project, which is a digital story, plots are changing. Therefore, a storyboard will be a good choice to design my project. To construct a good storyboard, I need to consider the initial setting, the type of changing (visually, spatially, linguistically, auditorially), the single object or character in each slide (how they are built, whether they are explained clearly), emphasis on certain objects, key ideas needed to be expressed, and background music. In addition, I have to make sure the time setting is correct.
Afterwards, getting feedback from my classmates and teacher will be very helpful. Based on the feedback, I need to make a revision plan considering the revision of my design choices, ways to expose characters, and mode and media.
In Chapter 6, to better give the readers a good understanding on how to design a project, it starts with an introduction of the descriptions of mock-ups and storyboards. “A mock-up is a rough layout of a screen or page.” People often use it to design a website page, but it can also be used to design other static visual projects. Another type of design is a storyboard. “A storyboard is a sequence of drawings, much like a comic book or visual outline, that represents the movement, spatial arrangement, and soundtracks of objects or characters in shots, screens, or scenes.” Obviously, the main difference between the two is based on whether you want to make your project moving or static.
For my project, which is a digital story, plots are changing. Therefore, a storyboard will be a good choice to design my project. To construct a good storyboard, I need to consider the initial setting, the type of changing (visually, spatially, linguistically, auditorially), the single object or character in each slide (how they are built, whether they are explained clearly), emphasis on certain objects, key ideas needed to be expressed, and background music. In addition, I have to make sure the time setting is correct.
Afterwards, getting feedback from my classmates and teacher will be very helpful. Based on the feedback, I need to make a revision plan considering the revision of my design choices, ways to expose characters, and mode and media.