Selection Rejection Report

For my project my alternative solutions came down to three major ones. There was the choice of a book, a website, or a video. Two of the options when investigated ended up being all together way to much work to finish by the end of the school year. As shown in the design matrix both the website and the book would end up involving a lot more effort then the video. In addition to requiring more effort they would also take more time and be less clear then the video. What a lot of it comes down to is people learn better when watching rather then reading. If someone can see how something is done then they can try to replicate it themselves. Without seeing how something is done they must first learn it in their mind before they are able to replicate it.
Many people say that a picture is worth a thousand words. If this is true then it takes about a page in a book to equal one frame in my video. This means that it would take many words to explain something that would be simple to get when using a picture. I could insert pictures into the book, but the problem with that is a lot of times you need to show motions and the way things are turned, and using arrows this could become confusing. The problem with a website for content is that you would run into the same problem of having to write everything, and then the additional problem of having to have the user navigate the website. If a novice makes a website they tend to be very confusing and have things in odd places.
As far as pictures are concerned it is much harder to put a picture in a book or on a website then it would be to make a video. If you have to insert a picture into a book then you have to move the text around it. You run into the same issue on a website, but with a video you can do a still frame and then just voice over what you need to say so people are able to look and listen at the same time. It is difficult to look at a diagram and read the text at the same time. An additional problem with websites is that pictures once inserted do not appear correctly depending on the format of a computer.
Video clarity is another issue, obviously no video is available in a book, but on a website internet connection often affects video clarity, in addition to file sizing.
Overall the production ease is what comes into question. The project needs to be able to be finished by the end of the year. A book, if it was going to be more then just a pamphlet would take a lot of writing and editing, possibly more then a years worth. A website concerns a lot of web coding. Websites are also time consuming to construct, especially if you don’t know what your doing. The video is the chosen solution because a novice film producer can often make a good film.