CS220AU Digital Portfolio (2022)

Overview

This GitHub repository is the template for the CS220AU assignment in 2022. It demonstrates minimalistic ideas for

• project management
• web hosting with GitHub Pages
• web-design with Markdown language and
• evaluation with the assessment.md and the dp-checklist.md files.

Portfolio items

The portfolio contains:

1. Website: The tools and techniques used in the production of the video are listed below:

• Iphone 13 "Cinematic" feature for filming the interviews
• Adobe Premier Pro and iMovie for video editing
• Online footage from Pexels and Pixabay
• Voice recorded using BOYA lavalier microphone

The website showcases how media is marginalizing the effect of wars and bombs on climate change while presenting a case study of Palestine's war. It showcases statistics and analysis about climate change release while correlating it with media representation. Moreover, the website presents a survey conducted at University of Essex. The URL of the website can be found in the sidebar, under 'About'. The homepage uses the information in the index.md file.

2. Self-and peer-assessment using the marking rubric in the assessment.md file.
3. Portfolio overview providing a succinct overview of the portfolio and an outline of completed tasks (Log) and in this README.md file.

Log

• 2022-10-10 Introduction to the website (Github) and understanding of the module material and assessments.
• 2202-10-11 Introduction to the digital identities and existential risks.
• 2022-10-18 Registered in Github, read the READ.ME file.
• 2022-10-22 Changed profile picture.
• 2022-10-25 Managed to edit the account type since it was not created in the right format and watched a YouTube video.
• 2022-10-27 Decided the type of content that will be included in the portfolio.
• 2022-11-02 Decided the target audience of interviews.
• 2202-11-06 Research about the topic.
• 2022-11-06 Came up with a research Question.
• 2022-11-07 Found resources and studies to strengthen the argument.
• 2022-11-15 Finalized the survey and interview questions I will be asking.
• 2022-11-22 Interviewed students and recorded their answers.
• 2022-11-25 Collected footage related to the introduction of the video.
• 2022-11-28 Got a microphone.
• 2022-12-02 Started editing the online footage.
• 2022-12-11 Wrote the script for the voiceover.
• 2022-12-11 Continued researching the topic and collecting information.
• 2022-12-16 Finalized the results of the survey.
• 2022-12-22 Made slight changes in the interview questions.
• 2023-01-03 Interviewed a chemical engineer.
• 2023-01-06 Worked on the post-production process for a couple of days.
• 2023-01-10 Edited the old man's interview and added B-rolls to the video.
• 2023-01-11 Worked on improving the voice of the interview because the microphone did not work for many parts of the interview, unfortunately.
• 2023-01-12 Gathered more online footage.
• 2023-01-13 Academic research and collecting information.
• 2023-01-14 Recorded the voiceover and edited the footage in a way that matches the voiceover.
• 2023-01-15 Academic research and collecting information, made edits on the Read.me file and added music to the video.
• 2023-01-16 Had some technical issues with Adobe Premiere Pro where I lost some of the edits I made but I managed to do it again in short time.
• 2023-01-17 Academic research and collecting information and translating the video.
• 2023-01-18 Academic research and collecting information and reviewing everything.
• 2023-01-19 Editing the small details in the Index and Read.me files.