Video Presentation Notes

Shot Sizes and Angles

• Full socks and character emotion representation in videos.
• Focus on actions and chart size in images.
• Justification of shot choices.
• Consideration of multimodal text, including images of things or people.
• Shot size selection depends on purpose and role.

Angles

• Low angle and high angle shots to alter the effect.
• Close-ups focus on emotions.
• Mid shots focus on actions.
• Wider shots give more details about the scene.

Critique of Verbal and Nonverbal Elements

• Nonverbal elements to consider: sound, gestures, and visuals.

Communication Models

• Miscommunication: Can lead to confusion, animosity, and misunderstanding.
• Transmission Model: Communication as a message moving directly from one person to another. This is an oversimplified view.
• Transactional Model: Acknowledges the complexities of communication, like a game of catch where feedback is exchanged to create meaning together.

Complications Arising in Communication

• Subjective lenses: Humans interpret messages through their own perspectives.
• Perceptual filters: Continually shift meanings and interpretations.
• Variables influencing perceptions: knowledge, past experience, age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, or family background.
• Interpretation based on relationship with the other person and understanding of semantics and connotations.
• Distractions: External stimuli can cloud understanding.
• Emotion: Can affect understanding.
• Increased complexity with more people involved.

Practices for Better Communication

1. Recognize that passive hearing and active listening are not the same; engage actively with feedback.
2. Listen with eyes, ears, and gut; communication is more than just words.
3. Take time to understand as you try to be understood, remembering communication is a two-way street.
4. Be aware of personal perceptual filters (culture, community, family) and don't assume your perception is the objective truth.

Multimedia Design Principles

• Keep related material together spatially.
• Ensure audio (e.g., voiceover) matches visuals.
• Highlight importance using color and font size.
• Redundancy principle: Visuals and text should complement each other, avoiding repetition.
• Chunk information to avoid overwhelming the viewer.
• Use images that include humans as representative participants to increase engagement.
• Coherence: Focus on the topic and purpose, avoiding irrelevant information.

Multimodal vs. Multimedia

Enhancing Posters

• Include a QR code to link to a video.
• Animate elements.
• Add hyperlinks for further information.

Model of Communication

• Interact with audiences.
• Provide more information to persuade and inform.

Animations and Presentation Programs

• Examples for creating instructions.
• Use different animation presentation programs (e.g. Canva).

Assignment 2 Instructions

Overview

• The assignment demonstrates growth in understanding of the material.
• Demonstrates awareness of ethical aspects and inclusivity in professional communication.
• Connections between unit content, readings, and own research/experiences.

Key Points

• Include examples from school settings or personal experiences.

Reflection Journal

• Create a Word document to record responses each week after tutorials.
• Start with your current definition of professional communication.
• Reflect on learning in relation to the question: What features and strategies enable effective professional communication?
• Conclude with a new understanding of professional communication.
• Support with academic references.

Weekly Reflections

• Write a 250-word reflection each week, supporting it with academic research.
• Focus on two or three key points from that week that resonated with you.

Rubric

• Reflects topics within the first four modules.
• Assesses understanding of communication theory and ethical application.
• Awareness and sensitivity around communication with different stakeholder audiences.
• Quality of writing and inclusion of references.

Important Notes

• Critical task: must pass to pass the unit.
• AI is not permitted in writing reflections.

Samples of Reflexivity

• Reflect on week 2 content.
• Clear that there are personal skills examples.
• The references are used meaningfully and should strengthen the argument.
• Use published high-quality materials.