Tessalog


 * Tessa's Log**

Script:

We’ve spoken to the picture- and text-based aspects of our visual display. I’m going to address the third aspect: our animated video. Having seen the success of the hot zone videos, we consulted the OSC’s multimedia team and developed a storyboard for a three or four minute video.

The video shows the movement of oxygen through the body and explains how this is responsible for all the excellent athletics there are.

It then delves further into cardiovascular anatomy, covering the concepts of stroke volume, heart rate and cardiac output and addresses how training can allow athletes to achieve cardiac outputs that would be impossible for the average person.

Visitors would be able to watch the video while awaiting their turn at the pumps and the simple language and visual representation of information would increase the accessibility of the exhibit to all age groups.


 * Date & Time || Description ||
 * Feb 24, 1 h || Interviewed hosts about the Sports area, why it works so well, their recommendations for our exhibit ||
 * Feb 25, 45 m || Wednesday Met with Pumpmonkeys, decided on idea ||
 * March 2, 45 m || Did Internet research about cardiac output: what it is, how it varies. Was not able to find as much info about the cardiac output of certain athletes as I wanted to. ||
 * March 3, 30 m || Solicited constructive criticism about our exhibit from my family: they pointed out the problem of comparing the heart's pumping action to another type of pump, suggested some ways it could be restructured. ||
 * March 4, 45 m || WH: Met with Pumpmonkeys to finalise idea for proposal ||
 * March 4, 30 m || Drafted the proposal for our innovation project, incorportating what had been discussed in our meeting. ||
 * March 5, 1 h || Met with Bruce Crabe and Walter Stoddard to discuss prototype design, idea feasibility, etc. ||
 * March 11, 1 h || Met with other Pumpmonkeys, posted benchmarks on wiki, updated meeting minutes. ||
 * March 27, 1 h || Met with other pumpmonkeys for long and productive meeting concerning design etc. Friday homeroom. ||
 * March 27, 2 h || Sketched a preliminary design for the exhibit, including measurements discussed in meeting. ||
 * March 29, 10 m || Created list of materials needed for final exhibit, posted this on wiki. ||
 * Mar 31, 1 h || Collected paint chits from local hardware store and prepared colour swatches. Spoke with Paul about contact with the animators who make the videos in hotspot, gave Ishanee contact info. ||
 * April 14, 45 min || Met with other pumpmonkeys, discussed what was sent out in meeting minutes on April 14. ||
 * April 14, 1 h 45 min || Wrote meeting minutes for aforementioned meeting, arranged Friday meeting with Sabrina Greupner to discuss animations. ||
 * April 17, 1 h || Met with Sabrina Greupner, the OSC animation staff (Jerry and Meiko) and Valerie Hutton to discuss animation possibilities for our project. ||
 * April 23, 15 min || Met with Safiyyah and Sarah to discuss information boards to be constructed April 25. ||
 * April 24, 3 h 30 min || Acquired sample animation from Jerry. Bought materials for information boards. Met with Sarah to finialise text for animations. Started animation storyboards. ||
 * April 25, 2 h || Finalised script for animation with Sarah, worked with pump testers, worked on storyboard and volume comparison boards. ||
 * April 25- May 1, 2 h || Finished animation storyboard. ||
 * April 26- May 5, 5 h || Created model of exhibit at 1/10 scale. ||
 * May 4/5, 2 h || Discussed text display with research team, prepared cadiac output scale and began work on text display preparation. ||
 * May 5-20, 4 h || With Sarah and Grace, wrote text and developed a layout for the display board. On my own, I added some visuals (such as a picture of a heart) and affixed the board to the prototype. ||
 * May 18-19, 30 mins || Worked on my presentation for the teachers. ||
 * May 30-June 2, 2 h || Developed script for final presentation and worked on group powerpoint. ||