Update on Speech info...

I had changed my speech after the first class but did not upload my new information...The First Promotional Message on the Edison Phonograph

_ Who is speaking? Len Spencer

_ Why was/is the speech important to society? The speech was important to society because it was the first machine ever invented that could record and replay anything. Speeches, musics, plays and other forms of information and entertainment could be heard worldwide and by anyone.

_ Why do you feel in is important or interesting? The speech is interesting because it is the first time that people could stay in their homes and still experience entertainment that was coming from some sort of machine. They did not have to have a live band playing and they did not have to provide the entertainment.

_ What is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech? It has a classic feeling and is promotional yet it is modern in the sense that it is a new invention for the time period.

_ What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses... The is filled with confidence and makes the listener believe every word. He puts emphasis on certain words to get the point across. There are not very many soft words in the speech which helps with the promotional aspect.

_ What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or ruhed? "the great wizard of the new world, My voice is the clearest, smoothest and most natural, I am a genuine Edison phonograph, Ask the dealer." are all emphasized and show feel loud or paused.

_ Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are key/emphasized words? "the great wizard of the new world, My voice is the clearest, smoothest and most natural, I am a genuine Edison phonograph, Ask the dealer." Also I want to stress how he always says I am and I can

_ How does it make you feel? This speech gives me a classic yet modern feeling.

_ How do imagine that the audience felt? They feel inspired and in awe that this is a machine talking.

_ Could there be another interpretation of the speech? It could be thought of as playful and funny because of how he says his words and that he is a man talking as a machine.

Journal 14

What inspired me the most this semester? That is such a hard question to answer because there have been many different designers, artists, and articles that have inspired me. Watching all of the videos on TED have helped me learn a lot about designing and what other designers do to solve their problems. At times it is confusing though because one person will say something that helps them while the other will completely disagree with it.

I think the project that inspired me the most was this last one. The speech project made me pick something that had a history behind it and had been a part of a large impact on others lives. The phonograph was a major invention at the time and had changed the way many people lived. Before it there was no way that someone could be recorded and played over and over again. I picked the speech based on those reasons and knew that I wouldn't mind listening to it over and over again. The research that was put into creating a motion of the speech also inspired me. Browsing through youtube trying to find type animations was very beneficial. There are many of them that use the same technique and do not very much in their transitions. My goal was to create a motion that was consistent but used transitions that were unique and fit with the overall tone.

I learned a lot while working on project 4 and do believe that it was because we had to do so much research on other designers and motions. If I really do want to become a designer I have to first find the concept, mood, and tone that I want to depict. I have to stick with it and make it work. Their work inspired me and I realized that if I really do want to become a designer I need to push myself harder. That is what I did for the "cursed" speech.