Studio Task 3: The End Is In Sight

Now to finish off the dreaded classwork monster, with three A5 images. Beware, as they all have rather large image sizes, so if your internet connection isn't the quickest, don't open them all at once.

First up are what you'd call concept art. They're storyboards for an interactive presentation on how to make toast. Yes, we are still talking about toast.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f146/DuFiat/CS4-is-horrible.png

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f146/DuFiat/CS4-is-horrible-2.png

As you can guess, I have no love for CS4.

The next image is concerned with what you'd call the audience. A very specific part of the audience - this 'mood board' (a collage made to reflect the interests and habits of part of the audience) is for a fictional viewer of the above fictional presentation. Let's call him John. John likes Westerns and a drink at the pub, which is why I've put such images in. Mood boards help designers get a feel for their audience. This may seem silly, but they are an important part of the design process.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f146/DuFiat/Mood-Board.png

With that, classwork is done. Now we may continue onto happier topics.

AAARGH PHOTOBUCKET

It burns us!

It's flowchart time! For toast!

>Second lesson: Enthusiasm - even if it's nothing more than a couple of exclamation points - can be really useful in drawing your audience in. Just use them sparingly, and no more than one ! to a sentence. Otherwise people think you've got problems.

They're right.

Ahem. Continuing on.
Since Blogspot seems to have a problem with images, here's a link to the picture. If Photobucket gives you any guff, just leave a comment and I'll do my best to sort it out.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f146/DuFiat/FLOWCHART_2_FUPB_2.png

A flowchart isn't for the funny stuff. You can work it in there, but for the most part, leave it alone.

I hate Photobucket.

It be a curse, a curse, I say...

Toast. The final frontier. These are the works of the student known online as Mask Superman, boldly going where toast has gone before.

Through a series of Studio Tasks, my classmates and I have plumbed the depths of making toast. Using a toaster. This is heavy stuff, right here. As a present, from me, to you, I'm posting it up on here.

Well, mainly I'm posting it because I have to, but there were some sentimental feelings in there.

Here we go! The first article - A step by step description to making toast:


Making Toast

A step-by-step description

This description assumes you already have bread and a toaster.

1. Make sure toaster is plugged in.

2. Is the toast free of foreign material? If not, remove any offending material. Such materials include forks, cockroaches, spies and burnt pieces of toast. Remove anything that is not part of the toaster.

3. Turn power switch and toaster on. Take one slice of bread and insert it into the appropriately shaped slot in the toaster.

4. Is the bread frozen? If so, press the 'Defrost' button. Press the 'toast' button, and wait until the toaster is finished.

5. Turn the knob surrounded by numbers to about halfway. This is to ensure the toast is not burnt and therefore useless.

6. Press the toast button, and wait for the toaster to finish toasting your bread.

7. Is the toast burnt? If so, swear loudly at your toaster, and shake your fist angrily. Then repeat from step 1 with a different slice of bread, but when at step 6, turn the knob to a lower number than before.

8. Repeat steps 1 to 8 until you have two slices of toast. Place them on a clean plate.

9. Turn toaster off. Turn power switch off.

10. Devour toast with much delight and relish.

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A lesson can be learned here: just because your content is serious (in other words, by following this guide, you will be able to make toast) doesn't mean you have to sound like a robot. Spice things up a little! People respond better to humour, showmanship, and above all the feeling that what they're reading was penned by a human being. Also, don't insult your audience, despite however superior it might make you feel. It doesn't work. It never works. Stop.

Next post - Flowchart!