Multimodal Project Reflections

• What are my modes? (Audio, video, image, text: Be general and specific...which)

The modes that I utilized for my multimodal project included video, audio, and text. I took an excerpt from a large documentary I found on You-tube and added a track that I found suitable for the excerpt. The video also included audio and narration so I overlapped the track I added with the video, giving the narration and audio priority over the music. Once I implemented the music with the video, I added my own text into the video to help present what I wanted the viewers to think about. The text consisted of controversial questions concerning the aircraft and some general information on the aircraft itself. Once my editing was complete, I matched the audio, video, and text into a video that I found satisfactory to what I wanted for my class presentation. 

• What is my platform? (youtube, ppt, prez, etc.)

The platform that I decided to use was Microsoft Windows Movie Maker. The reason that I decided to use this platform was because I had experience with it in the past. It is the only platform I felt comfortable with for the project and , in my opinion, is the easiest to use. 

• What is my concept?...The nature of my inquiry?

The concept that I chose was to present something I knew i was going to feel excited about. Currently, I am following a controversy that is very relative to my career goals and so I picked that controversy to present in the form of a video. The issue is that the researchers and developers at Boeing have unleashed an outstanding new strike fighter for use by the US Navy and Congress is hesitant on the decision to add it top the 2015 Fiscal Year due to budgeting concerns. At first, the nature of my inquiry on the topic was to be as informational to the viewer as possible, but I changed my approach due to some suggestions and made it more opposing to excluding the aircraft from the 2015 Fiscal Year. At first I did not like the idea of changing the approach but as I edited further I realized it made sense. 

• How can it be better?

Honestly, I was very satisfied with the outcome of my project. The only improvements I would like to make to the project is if I could add footage of a live debate between congressman, Boeing representatives, and the Secretary of Defense about the military budgeting controversy.