The Script - Instructions for the Post

The Script - Instructions for the Post

Andrew Todd Marcus

The primary purpose of your Presentations  at NuVu is to describe the creative and technical journey you undertook in developing your project. In this post you will write what you are going to say, slide by slide, for your Final Post.   During your presentation you will not read from this script. It is here to help you frame your presentation and give insight to website visitors.

Feel free to organize the post by slides in the presentation. The example below if for a build studio but the concept holds for a film/animation studio.

Slide 1: Write out your title and tagline.
Slide 2: Describe your Problem/Solution or Thesis
Slide 3: SAY NOTHING!
Slide(s) 4: Discuss how each precedent inspired/informed your design.
Slide 5: Discuss your initial sketches - how they arose from your brainstorming and how they informed the start of your design process.
Slide(s) 6: Discuss each iteration - Briefly describe major design changes and how they effected the overall project arc and design.
Slide 7: Walk through the construction diagram to describe the technical aspects of the final design fabrication and underlying structure or electronics functionality.
Slide 8: Explain your functional diagram - how is your your project used or function in the world.
Slide(s) 5: Walk through each of the final images and describe the overall use/design of project.
Slide(s) 10: Discuss the final prototype, what was a success, and where your project might go from here.

Your post will:

  • Introduce the general context of your project
  • Present the thesis or design problem and how you approached the solution
  • Using precedents, begin to tell the story of the genesis of your actual design.
  • Describe the overall design concept.
  • Delve deeply into the heart of the design process through a description of major design iterations.
  • Thoroughly describe the final design technically and functionally through the reference to your diagrams.
  • Walk through the final images, discussing how everything came together.
  • Discuss the conceptual and technical challenges you faced. These should be broad view issues, not hyper-specific technical issues.
  • Your vision for where your project can go.