Design Cycle 3 - Create

Here's my finished podcast!

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Here's my process journal, another important concept of the Create Stage...

Progress Journal

Changes to Design and Plan                                                                                                 Ongoing

After getting started with the Create stage I realized some concepts in Design and Plan that I couldn’t follow.

In my Design, I stated I would use iMovie when adding the media, and using iMovie to make my podcast. Afterward I submitted Design and Plan, I was notified that we would be using Garage Band to make the podcast. I have mentally adjusted my plan for what I will be using for Create. However, in Create I have still used iMovie, although it is not my main application. Fortunately, I am capable with Garage Band, therefore, there will be no extra research needed.

Another flaw in my Design was that there was a video I couldn’t find that fit the description beside it, because of this I had to draw an extra picture to fit that description. I’m also going to need to put the citations for all the media at the end of podcast, and use keynote to make the frame for my pictures. However, recently I realized video and pictures are unable to be in the same podcast. Due to this, everything in my podcast will be a picture.

And lastly, due to unexpected events, I was unable to meet deadlines I have stated in my Plan (everything was delayed 1 day, I couldn’t work on Design Cycle on Tuesday; the day we started Create). However, I believe I will still meet the deadline and there is no need for worry.

Selecting Pictures and Videos 9th February

In the ScreenShot above, there is the different URLs of the photos found in the Investigate stage, When looking through these photos, I referred regularly at my Design and Investigate page. I looked at Design to check if this picture would fit the descriptions I have written, and the Investigate page to assure that it would fit my Design Specifications. After I found a picture which fit the Design and Design Specifications, I saved it.

Cutting Videos 9th February

Here, I used iMovie to cut videos taken from the internet into the sections that I need. To do this I first downloaded the videos to iTunes, from which I imported to iMovie. From there, I used the Clip Trimmer to cut it. After cutting it, I had to check if the duration of the clip met the duration I estimated in the Design stage.

Draw Pictures 10th February

Drawing the pictures was the next step to make my podcast. To make these pictures, I used the simple paper and colored pencils. When making these pictures, I didn’t focus on the materials I used, rather, how I made it. I do hope that the little effects I drew, such as the direction that the pencils were stroked. After drawing, I scanned the pictures and saved it, now ready to be put into my podcast.

Add Media to Podcast 11th February

The photo above is what my screen looked like half way through of putting the media on to my podcast. There is the audio media and the visual media would be added soon after this photo was taken. Fortunately, the music takes up the whole 3 minutes that my podcast will be. As I have stated in the Changes, all the videos I had planned I wasn’t able to add because I wasn’t only aloud to add to Garage Band.

Adjusting Volume 11 February

After adding the media, I had to adjust the volume of the music and speech. I did this by using the Track Volume scale. I had to make sure that the volume for the speech was louder than the music, so the audience could hear the legend. I also had to make sure that the music wasn’t too soft that the audience couldn’t hear me at all. When adjusting the volume, I had to listen to the podcast again and again until it got to the correct volume for the music and speech.

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