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WEEK 8 INFOGRAPHICS
WEEK8
INFOGRAPHICS
SCHEDULE
MONDAYA.M.CritiquingandreviewingvideoassignmentsP.M.IntroductiontoInfographics–Platform1In-ClassAssignment
TUESDAYA.M.InfographicsPlatform2In-ClassAssignmentP.M.Platform2In-ClassAssignmentcontinued
WEDNESDAY–FRIDAYWeeklyAssignment
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Assignment:(2topicchoices):A2–3-minutenewsvideocomposedofasinglevideointerviewandrelevantvideosequences.Focusonbuildingstrong,relevantshotsandsequencesandcleanaudio.USEATRIPOD.Assignmentsnotfilmedonatripodwillneedtoberedone.Ifpossiblepre-interviewyoursubject,thenplanyourquestions,shotsandsequencesbeforetheshoot.Ifthat’snotpossibleandyouarenewtovideo,werecommendrecordingyourinterviewfirst(Aroll)andthenfindingrelevantsequencestofilm(Broll).Youshouldspendaroundonefulldayshootingandhalfadayediting.Storiesneedtobedrivenbyvisualsandcharacterinterviewsandweneedtoseecharactersinactionandshowtheirenvironment.YourclientisAJ+
Choice1—‘PollutionHacks’.PollutionispartofthedailyexistenceoflifeinChina’scities.
Choice2—‘AffordableHousinginBeijing’.Low-costhousingistoughtofindinChina’scities.
REVIEWPROCESS
1. Everybodywatchesthevideotogether
2. Studentstake2minstowritedowntheirownthoughtsaboutthevideo
3. Seangivesmainfeedbackaboutthestudents’work
4. 1-2studentsgivetheirfeedbackonfellowstudents’video
5. Studentoffersselfcritiqueaboutwhattheyfeelworkedandwhattheyfeeltheycouldimprovenexttime.
https://beijingimmj.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/this-page-includes-a-helpful-set-of-questions-to-make-a-considered-critique/
COMMENTTOPICSforVideo
1. StoryBasics–Istheiraclearstory,withabeginning,middleandend?Goodcharacters?
2. Journalism&Reporting–Isitajournalisticstorythattellsussomethingimportantabouttheworld?
3. ContentStyle–Hasthevideobeenshotinawaythatisunique,beautiful,cinematic?
4. Audio–Istheaudioclean?Arethelevelsconsistent?Isthemusicusedwell?
5. Editing–Hasthevideobeeneditedwell?Doesthevideo‘flow’,orisitdifficulttowatch?
IMPORTANT!
CritiqueSessionsaremeanttohelpthestudentimprove.
Feedbackshouldconsistofconstructivecriticism.
Thissessionshouldnotbeabout‘back-slapping’eachother.Thiswillnothelpyouimprove.
INFOGRAPHICS
USEDATATOTELLASTORYNOTJUSTTOPRESENTSOMENUMBERS…
•Thisisnotacomprehensivesoftwaretutorial
•Wewilllookatsomeofthesoftwareyoumightusetocreatesomesimplegraphics
•Moreimportantly,we’llthinkaboutwhen,whyandhowyoumightincorporateandvisualisedatatobettertellyourstory
WE’LLCOVER
•Whatinfographics&datavisualisationareandwhywemightwanttovisualisedata.
•Infographicstellstoriesbyvisualisinginformation&data-someinformationissimplybestdeliveredinthoseformats.Graphsandmapsarevisualisedgraphics&data-nowwejusthaveafewmoreoptions.We’lltoursomegoodexamples.
•Whatwewon’tcover-BIGDATAi.e.
•Wherewecanusegraphicsanddatavisualisation:standaloneorwithinMMstories/projects
•How-timelines/motionsgraphics/maps/graphs-Somegoodtools…
•CAUTION-manybadexamplesofvisualising,numbersneedstobetreatedascarefullyasallyourotherinformation
•Viewexamplesofgoodandbadpractice
•Exercisewhatinformationinthisstorywouldyouvisualiseandhow?
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization
THEBEAUTYOFDATAVISUALISATION
WHATISDATAVISUALISATION?
It’sinformationencodedascharts,maps,diagramsandillustrationsthatfacilitatecommunication,analysisandunderstanding.
Visualisationsallowpeopletoexploreandcomprehenddatasets,geographicrealitiesorcomplexentanglementsofideasandevents.
Therefore,creatingavisualisationisn’tjustanactofjournalism,butalsoofdesign.
Journalistswhodesignvisualisationsneeddecidewhattheyshoulddisplayandwhy,butalsopayattentiontohowtheyshoulddisplayittobestletaudiencesaccessandunderstandtheinformationpresented.
ITDOESN’TNEEDTOBECOMPLICATED!ITJUSTNEEDSTOCOMMUNICATEDWELL
Middle-East:whobacksimmediatecease-fire?TheinfographicbelowwaspublishedonthefrontpageoftheIndependentinJuly2007.Thisinformationcouldhavebeendeliveredwithwords,theinfographicmakestheinformationVERYVERYCLEAR.
WHICHDATASHOULDYOUUSE?
Say,forexample,thatyouneedanumberforthepopulationofBeijingforaninfographic.Wheredoyougetthatdatafrom?
Findareliablesource!
http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/
REPUTABLEVALIDATEDDATASETS
•Thesedatabasesorrepositoriesaremadepublicbygovernments,publicorganizations,i.eWHOandUN,orreputablemedias,i.e.ReutersandCNN.
•WorldHealthOrganization(WHO)providesaccesstodataandanalysesformonitoringtheglobalhealthsituation.
•UNDataisaUNstatisticaldatabasewithasearchengine.Youcangetworldeconomic,development,andenvironmentalstatistics.ItoffersAPIforyoutoaccessthedatabaseaswell.
•TheGuardianDataBlogisanewsblogthatregularlypostsvisualizationsandmakescleaneddataavailablethroughaGoogledocsformat.
•MicrosoftAzureMarketplaceoffersdatafeedfromthemanydatasourcesthatincludesdemographic,environmental,financial,retailandsportsdata.Manyofthesourcesarefree,whilesomerequiresfees.
•UNICEFholdsallkindsofdata,frommortalityratestoworldhungerstatistics.
•Data.govdatabaseisfromtheUSgovernmentprovidingdatapertainingtotheUS.
•DataMarketisagoodplacetoexploredatarelatedtoeconomics,healthcare,foodandagriculture,andtheautomotiveindustry.
•WorldBankWhereelsetolookforfinancialdataoftheworldbuttheWorldBank?Youcangetvirtuallyanycountry’sfinancialandeconomystandingshere.Someothertopicsincludedare:
NONVALIDATEDDATASETS
•Sometimesresearchingfordataonyourtopic,publicorgovernmentdatabasesmaynotbesufficientorspecificenough.Youwillneeddatafromunvalidateddatasets.Youareadvisedtothreadcarefullywhendealingwithunvalidateddatasets.Manytimesyoucanfindgreatstufffromotherdatasetsorsmallerresearchreports-youjustneedtoconsideritwell.
•Youwillverifythedatabycheckingwiththedatasetsownersorcomparewithvalidatedsources:Themethodologyinwhichthedatawascollected,Whenwasthedatacollected,Thedatasamplingsizeandsampledataused,Theresearchsponsor,Themotivesorobjectivesoftheanalysis
•Thesearecrucialstepstobetakenseriouslyassomedatasetsmaybebiased.Biasednotinanegativesense,butduetotheobjectiveoftheanalysisperformed.
•Herearesomeunvalidateddatasetsfrompublicorusersubmitteddatasets.
•http://piktochart.com/research-for-public-data-set-and-information/
Trackingdownandusingtheoriginalsourceforapieceofdataorinformationisthefirstandmostimportantstepinresearchingandsourcingdataforinfographics.Failtodothat,andyoumayberepublishinginformationthatwaswrong,wronglyreferencedormisrepresented
Trackdowntheoriginalsourceandconfirmthedata.Don’tuseinformationyousawquotedinaNewYorkTimesarticle,ablogoranyother(traditionalorsocial)mediaoutlet.Payattentiontothesourcequotedinthatarticle!
Ratherthantakingtheinformationyoureadonthewebforgranted,trackitdowntotheorganization,companyorgovernmentauthoritythatreleasedit.Thatisyoursource,notthemediaoutletthatpublishedit.
Youneedtobeevenmorediligentwithwebsiteslikewikipedia.Why?
Followtheinformationpath(i.e.trackdowntheoriginalsourceandconfirmthedata).Thesamegoesforanyblogorwebsiteyoucomeacrosscontainingdataorfactsyou’dliketouse.Findoutwheretheygottheirfacts,confirmthem,thencredittheappropriatesource.Callormailpeopleifneeded-(findtheresearchersperhaps)
•Makesureyou’reusingthemostrecentdataavailableSurveysandreportsgetoutdated–fast.Agoodruleofthumb:ifadatasetisolderthan2009,thenchancesarethereismorerecentdataavailable.Getbacktoworkandfindit.
•Limitthenumberofsourcesyou’reusingThemoresourcesyouuse,themorelikelyyou’llconfusepeople-selectwhat’simportantandwhatyouwanttosay.Aimtocreateaninformative–butnotoverwhelming–infographicordatavisualization.
•Betransparent-Nodataisperfect,sometimeyou’llhavetousedataolderorwithobviousflawsbecausethereisnoother-explainthattotheaudience
CREATINGYOURFIRSTINFOGRAPHICPLATFORM1-INFOGRAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdnroM2bbAk
AGoodTitle
InterestingMainElement
Source!
IN-CLASSACTIVITY
Inpairs,useInfogramtobuildonesimpleinfographicaboutChina’sregionalpopulations.
UsethedatafromtheNationalBureauofStatisticsofChinaat:
http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2016/indexeh.htmMenu2.6
UsetheInfograminterfacetobecreativewithhowyoupresentthedata.Playwithlayout,coloursandhowthedataispresentedoverall.
Onceyouhavecompletedyourinfographic,presentittoclassandexplainthechoicesyoumadeinits
MORNINGINSPIRATION
https://vimeo.com/128373915
MOREINSPIRATION
GOODINFOGRAPHICS
https://www.slow-journalism.com/infographics/society/the-pen-and-the-sword
BADINFOGRAPHICSviatheGuardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics
ADVANCEDINFOGRAPHICSForInspiration!
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/07/21/silk-road/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/17/us/caught-in-the-blast-at-the-boston-marathon.html?_r=0
ACTIVITY1
Whatarethemostimportantaspectsofcreatingagoodinfographic?
Inpairs,listwhatyouthinkarethe5mostimportantthingswhencreatinganinfographic.
Hereareafewsuggestions.Addyourownandlistyourtop5.
ACTIVITY2
Inpairs,goonlineandsearchforinfographics.
Theaimofthisactivityistofindeitherone‘good’,orone‘bad’infographic.
Takeascreengraboftheinfographicandnotedown5reasonswhyyouthinktheinfographiciseither‘good’or‘bad’.
Presentyoufindingstoyourclassmates.
SuggestedGooglesearchterms:
“infographic”…“countryinfographic”….”healthinfographic”….“goodinfographic”…”badinfographic”
BASICMAPS
UseGoogleMapstocreateasimplemapthatyoucanembedinyourproject
http://gallagher-photo.com/environmental-stories/toxic-price-leather-pollution-india/
LEARNMOREABOUTMAPS
THEGUARDIAN
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/may/24/raise-awareness-with-maps
https://kartograph.org
http://polymaps.org
PICTORIALINFOGRAPHICS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzI9RzvnwZA
ClearTitle&Sub-title
DuotonePicture
ColorfulIcons
DuotoneText
Source
CLASSACTIVITY
Inpairs,createa‘countryprofile’infographic.
ThepurposeofthisinfographicistointroducekeystatisticsaboutChinatoanaudiencethatknowslittleaboutthecountry.Theinfographicwillsupportajournalisticstorythatisbeing
writtenaboutthecountry.ThejournalisticstoryisabouthealthissuesinChina.
Selectwhatdatayouwanttohighlight.
UsethecountryprofiledatafromtheCIAWorldFactbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/profileguide.html
YOUHAVE1HR30MINSTOPRODUCE1INFOGRAPHICBASEDONTHEABOVEBRIEF
Onceyouhavefinishedyourinfographicyoumustpresentittoclassforcritique.
ASSIGNMENT
MakeaninfographicaboutCLIMATECHANGEorSINGLESDAY
Youmustcreateapictorialinfographicvisualisinginformationordataexplainingkeyaspectsoftheissue.(Youmustinclude1-2chartsintoyourpictorialinfographic)
Choice1—ClimateChange
Choice2—SinglesDay
Youmustplanyourtimetoincluderesearchtimeforreadingaroundtheissue,locatingreliabledatasourcesandverifyingdata.
YourinfographicMUSThavethefollowing:atitle,subtitle,clearmessageinthevisuals,visiblestatisticsandsourcereferenced.
Embedyourworkontoyourdigitalplatform.Besureyouattributeyoursourcesinanappropriateway.
DEADLINEisSUNDAY5thNOVEMBERatmidnight.
PossibleDataSourcesforAssignmentTopicCLIMATE CHANGE
NASA - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet: Evidence https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
WORLD BANK - Climate Change Data https://data.worldbank.org/topic/climate-change
BBC - Climate Change by the Numbers https://www.aaas.org/multimedia/climate-change-numbers-bbc
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS - Each Country’s Share of Co2 Emissions http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/each-countrys-share-of-co2.html#.WffUDcaQ1E4
Google Search suggestions - “climate change in numbers”, “climate change statistics”
SINGLES DAY
STATISTA - Alibaba’s gross merchandise volume on Singles Day from 2011 to 2016 https://www.statista.com/statistics/364543/alibaba-singles-day-1111-gmv/
BBC - China's Alibaba breaks Singles Day record as sales surge http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34773940
China Daily - Alibaba's Singles Day sales hit 10 billion yuan worth of goods in seven minutes http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2016-11/11/content_27340660.htm
Google Search suggestions - “singles day statistics”, “singles day trends”, singles day numbers”
SOMENICEONLINETOOLS(THEREAREMANY,MANYMORE…)
•https://magic.piktochart.com/templates
•http://www.easel.ly/
•https://infogr.am
•https://venngage.com/
•dipity
•http://timeline.knightlab.com/
MOREONINFOGRAPHICS
http://www.multimediatrain.com/infographics-other-forms-of-infographics/
https://www.wired.com/2013/10/13-sterling-pieces-of-data-viz-from-the-best-american-infographic-2013/
ADVANCEDTECHNIQUES&CREATINGANIMATEDINFOGRAPHICS
AFTER EFFECTS TUTORIAL : Infographics animation techniquehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAUSjMty8RA
After Effects Tutorial: Easy 2D Animationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3i3MtdmoEI
Motion Graphics - AFTER EFFECTS Basic Tutorialhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q6oloI800w
Alberto Cairo's tips for more effective data visualization http://ijnet.org/en/blog/alberto-cairos-tips-more-effective-data-visualization%E2%80%8B
Cool Infographics - Design Toolhttp://ijnet.org/en/blog/alberto-cairos-tips-more-effective-data-visualization%E2%80%8B
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