Project Diary

Feb 12th

• Established Wechat group to make communication easier
• Team member introduction and got to know each other so we can work better as a group

Feb 15th

• Made a plan on when to have a group call to do the initial brainstorm for Staging post 1

Feb 16th

• Group Call: 30mins
• Created a google doc for the initial brianstorm
  • Each of us is responsible for contributing some ideas to the questions under the Sport and Culture section of the project

Feb 22nd

• Group Call: 40mins
  • Goal: finalize the Sport and Culture section
    • Karry Chen: put the ideas to the first 2 questions into cohesive paragraphs
    • Jim Chen: put the ideas to the 3rd and 4th questions into cohesive paragraphs
    • Victoria Qian: put the ideas to the last 2 questions into cohesive paragraphs
    • Ruijie Zhai: connect all the answers together + find images that matches with this section

Feb 26th

• Group chat
  • Goal: brainstorm ideas for the Perspective taking and Storytelling sections

Feb 27th

• Group chat
  • Goal: finalize the Perspective taking and Storytelling sections
    • Karry Chen: put the ideas to the first 2 question of both sections into paragraphs
    • Victoria Qian: put the ideas to the 3rd and 4th questions of both sections into paragraphs
    • Ruijie Zhai: put the ideas of the rest of the questions of both sections into paragraphs
    • Jim Chen: creating the Github site and connecting all the paragraphs

March 14th

• Group Call (40 mins)
  • Discussed feedbacks from staging post 1 and rubrics on staging post 2
  • Discussed about which perspectives to focus on for the storyboard
  • Discussed about ways to make the stories more compelling
• Work Distribution
  • Victoria Qian and Karry Chen: come up with the story arc from the American public’s perspective
  • Jim Chen and Ruijie Zhai: come up with the story arc from the Chinese public’s perspective

March 16th

• Zoom Meeting with Professor Korryn Mozisek
  • Goal: discuss in detail the feedback we got from staging post 1 as well as some confusions we have in order to do better on staging post 2
  • Prior to this meeting all team members reviewed the feedbacks from staging post 1 and had written down some questions that we want to discuss with Professor Korryn
  • During the meeting, everyone had a chance to ask some questions
  • What did we achieve?
    • Have a clearer approach towards staging post 2
    • Have a clever understanding of the expectations for this project

March 22nd

• Wechat group discussion (1 hour)
  • communication on the ways to present the storyboards more creatively
  • Shared our progress and gave suggestions on how to improve for each other

March 23rd

• In-class project time ( 1 hour)
  • Professor Dubreil came to our breakout room and answered some of our questions regarding the perspectives in our storyboards
  • What did we get from it?
    • A clearer idea of how to link the different storyboards to the bigger message
  • Work Distribution
    • Victoria: storyboard from the perspective of a Chinese Houston Rockets fan
    • storyboard from the perspective of Adam Silver
    • storyboard from the perspective of NBA player Lebron James
    • storyboard from the perspective of a Hong Kong student

March 24th

• Wechat Group Call (1 hour)
  • Shared progress
    • Each member shared their script for the storyboards
    • Everyone gave suggestions on what can be improved for the storyboards
    • Discussed what kind of visual can be creative and have a bigger impact for our audience

April 3rd

• Wechat Group discussion (30 mins)
  • All team members discussed feedbacks received regarding staging post 2
    • Discussing feedbacks made us have some new ideas

April 6th

• Zoom Group Discussion
  • Discussed the various personas that we want to create and how that related to the different audiences of our project
  • Each member created a persona representing a different group of audience

April 8th

• Wechat Group Call (80 mins)
  • Discussed ideas for the wireframe for the staging post 3
  • Try to incorporate feedbacks from staging post 2 and revise
  • Try to combine the different storyboards to add richness to the wireframe
  • Each member wrote down some questions that we still have regarding staging post 3 and sent an email to Professor Dubreil to set up a meeting.

April 13th

• In Class Zoom discussion + Wechat discussion （ 60 mins)
  • In class breakout room with Professor Duberil
    • Had a more clear idea of the story arc for the wireframe
  • After class we decided on the final story arc
    • Each member is responsible for 2 scenes of the wireframe (script + visual)

April 15th

• Wechat Discussion
  • Final wireframe out
  • Gathering and brainstormed visuals needed for the prototype
  • Each member is responsible for finding or creating visuals for their scenes in the wireframe

April 17th

• Wechat Discussion
  • Discussed visuals each member gathered
  • Reorganized some scripts for the voiceover for the prototype
    • Karry & Victoria: recording + continue to find suitable visuals
    • Jim and Ruijie: script refine + editing

April 19th

• Wechat group discussion
  • Finish up any leftover works
    • Karry: feedback doc
    • Victoria: updated team charter
    • Ruijie: Team debrief
    • Jim: trailer editing

April 21st

• Playtest
  • Receive feedback, cast sound and add sound effects

April 22st

• Playtest
  • Receive feedback, add subtitles and motions between scenes

April 23st

• Playtest
  • Receive feedback, add more dialogue to make it more interacitve

April 25th

• Wechat Group Discussion
  • Mainly discussed results from playtesting so far
    • Diversify our playtesting group (All Members Involved)
      • Reach out to family members who like basketball
      • Reach out to people from different cultural backgrounds

April 27th

• Wechat Group Discussion
  • Work Distribution for SP4 among team members
    • Victoria: persona, goal section of story development/ incorporate feedback from playtesting/ team bio+team diary
    • Karry Chen: incorporate feedback from SP3/ team experience statement/ team bio
    • Jim Chen: Trailer + Video Mockup + Team Debrief
    • Ruijie Zhai: playtesting data collection/ revise wireframe/ Team Debrief
• In class Zoom Team Debrief
  • Talked about things to improve for SP4
  • Brainstorm and came up with the title for our VR experience
  • Shared playtesting data

May 1st

• Wechat Group Call
  • Presentation Discussion and Work Distribution
    • Victoria Qian: Target audience and goal section
    • Karry Chen: Intro of event +Perspectives section
    • Jim Chen: Why our VR experience is good section
    • Ruijie Zhai: Choices in VR and how that serves the goal section

May 4th

• In class presentation to professionals
  • All team members took down feedback from professionals and classmates

May 6th

• In class SP4 Workshop
  • Discussed Feedback from SP3 and Zoom meeting with Instructor Stephan
    • After discussion, we decided to add some branch plots to our VR Experience to make it more interactive
      • Victoria: China team - Eat - Lose plot
      • Karry Chen: China team - not eat - win plot
      • Ruijie Zhai: HK team - not eat- win plot
      • Jim Chem: combine them together and revise prototype

May 9th

• Wechat Group Discussion
  • Discussed Final version of trailer
    • Jim & Ruijie: trailer script writing + editing
    • Victoria & Karry: video recording

May 10th & 11th

• Zoom Meeting
  • Presentation making (all members involved)
  • Presentation reheasling (all members involved)