Final Project

When deciding what we would do for the final project we knew that we wanted our visual to be a flow chart. We thought up many ways to show the flow chart in a 3D format that was different from the usual display. Once we had these ideas, we had to come up with the topic for the flow chart. It was hard to narrow down the entire semester into one flow chart so we decided to focus on the main concept that we should get out of the class. We this main concept is: how to know if your visual is effectively communicating.

When constructing the flow chart we came across problems on how to put each of the decisions, questions, terminators, and lines together. Some of the options we came up with were a 3D pull out version, a smaller on paper version, and then a larger more novelty sized display. When trying to construct this there were problems making everything fit. The chart was too big to fit together, so we had to cut some of the boxes down to make the chart more portable and easier to see

We choose to use the novelty sized version because our audience is a lazy student in the last row that has not paid attention all semester. His name is Joe, he is a sophomore whose major is Global Communications. We figured the bright colors of the process boxes and the size of the writing would grab their attention from the back row.

Through looking at our chart they can learn how to: properly use color and hierarchy, fix redundancy, tell the truth about data, design for their audience, use the least amount of ink when printing, and overall reduce the cognitive load. Through the flow chart it gives each of these steps on how to fix them which will result in an effective visual display. The flow chart was the best way to display this information, it flows well together and it gives easy solutions to design problems one might run into.

Ideally, my thought for the project was to make a concrete model of what a flow chart would look like. When I draw it on paper it doesn't necessarily make it stand out as much as having one that comes off the paper and is taller than I am. I thought it was a good way to give a flow chart a different feeling than just another chart we learned how to do in class. We started to get overwhelmed with it because we thought it was getting too big I was worried we were going to have to start all over again. We decided to cut some of the paper so it didn't look as big and made it a few feet shorter which seemed to work out well. I think overall it came together pretty well and became a good looking project. I think it captured the assignment because we were able to demonstrate two things in one that we learned from Visual Communications, that is how to communicate a visual properly and how to make and use a flow chart.

StoryBoard

#1

For this assignment I simply made up a narrative based around the picture I chose. In my case, it was a man praying so I just created a simple story explaining the situation behind the action. I was not sure how much detail I should go into when telling the story, so I decided to keep it short and to the point. It was a good exercise that helped me to use my imagination and create a story that could correlate with a particular picture. I wanted to choose this one because I hadn't used it in my other story and I thought I could make a good story out of it because it seems to have a lot going on inside.

#2

For this assignment I chose the picture of the young girl who seemed to be standing in her lawn. I liked this picture because I felt I could really work with it and come up with a good story. The second picture is just a blur because in the story it explains how there was a crash sound and lots of smoke filling the picture. The point is that the girl cannot see anything either. The third picture is of the four people who have face masks on, it seems like there is a lot of dust in the air, which is what I made my story based on.

I would say the transition I used was the action to action sequence. I drew pictures based on each action piece that was happening. The first action was the girl who was playing and heard a crash and couldn't find her mother. That is the action part of the story and the illustration is the girl alone, she seems to be scared etc. The second illustration is of smoke there are voice bubbles with exclamations such as "ahh" "help" etc. This is the second part of the action scene. The third picture is when the kids are trying to find their parents through all the smoke. This is the third action part of the story and the final is when they find their parents. I drew pictures of family reuniting.