Project Journal Week 8

During this week each member completed the tasks agreed during the end of last week. This meant, as stated previously, that I would be undertaking half of the film analysis and the entire Software Risk Assessment write-up. Analysing the film was a lengthy process but was completed on time in accordance with the project management. The focus of the analysis was on Mise-en-Scene, but more specially, lighting and colour. This is because our final artefact will be based on one or both of these elements. The sequences chosen from the film were the opening scene, the dream sequences and the closing scenes. This is because these segments of the film demonstrate interesting colour and lighting techniques.

Once I had completed this section I began the write up of the Risk Assessment. This entailed detailing each software choice and assessing it in terms of risk to the investigation and artefact creation. As a result the following points were chosen in order to assess the risk.


· Cost
· Artefact focus
· Availability
· Toolset experience
· Loss of time
· Installation

Once both these documents had been completed in draft form, the remaining days of the week were spent refining it by the Editor (Nick). Once the majority of the Design Document was written refined, it was sent to the supervisors to ensure it was along the right lines.


After this meeting, the group decided it would be a good idea to see Dr John Charlton (See team blog for more details). The major point that was realised during this meeting was the fact that the Geneva Appraisal Questionnaire (GAQ) system that the team had planned for testing was not suitable. This was highlighted after a discussion with Dr Charlton who realised that GAQ could not be used in a test as it is mainly used with social interaction.

A team meeting was called to discuss the next plan of action. It was decided that this could mean a potential major change for the testing procedures. If a justified questionnaire relating to colour emotion can found, then the testing phase can contine with no changes. However, if one cannot be found, then a new testing method will need to be thought up.