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Halim Kims
Personal Project Process Journal
Topic:
Sand Art
Goal:
To create a sand art animation on the theme of a children's story whilst

documenting improvement in skills and techniques
Inquiry Question:
Criteria:
Supervisor Name: Mr Esmail
SUNDAY, 06 MARCH 2016
Date of Entry: Sunday March 6th 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my excellent reflection skills as I will be reflecting on my final product weighting it against my final
specification. I will also be showcasing my communication skills as in order to give weightings for my final product, I had to
communicate with experts on this subject and my target audience.
Details:
Through this link, one will be able to see the table of my final product weighting against my specification: https://docs.google.com/a/
iics.k12.tr/document/d/1...
Also, as now I am working on the final website for my final personal project report, one will be able to find the specifics and rigorous
evaluation on if I have met the specifications or not in this link:
http://personalproject-sandart.weebly.com/entry-10...
This is the general link to my final website for my personal project report:
http://personalproject-sandart.weebly.com/
WEDNESDAY, 02 MARCH 2016

Date of Entry: Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my reflection and evaluation skills regarding how well I executed the plan during the taking action
section of my project.
Details:
This is the evaluation of the plan. The finished recording of the weekly plan and the calendar that I followed can be seen in this link:
https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/document/d/1....The black letters and the words crossed out are the original calendar
dates and the red are the calendar dates that I have changed.
1) What changes did you need to make (examples might include, lost time, or something took longer than expected?
I have made some changes throughout the taking action stage and they were mostly during the designing phase. One change that I
had to change during the initial designing stage was that drawing my design for the city rat and the country rat which was one of my
initial designs took longer than I expected. This was a disadvantage for me as I had a meeting with Mr. Esmail regarding my initial
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designs. Because I wasn't done with my final design and had to extend the drawing my design for 'the city rat and the country rat'
consequently I couldnt get the feedback for the city rat and the country rat from Mr. Esmail. Another change that I needed to make
was to extend a day of working on feedback for 'The Little Mermaid' final design. This took longer than expected because I thought
three days were enough for me to finish the corrections however, because of school work I was unable to finish the final design in the
time that I originally wanted to. One last final change was the date for the making of the final sandart video. I originally decided to
finish recording the final video on sunday the 14th of February 2016, but I extended this date to one day as it took a bit longer than
expected.
2) Explain why had to make these changes?
Firstly, I had to make the change of extending the finish date of my design for the city rat and the country rat and the final design of
'The Little Mermaid because making the designs took longer than expected than what I had planed originally. Unlike the other
projects that I had during the design cycle in the previous years, the designing for the sandart animation took much more time and
thought to draw taking up half of my planning dates. In fact, this was the stage that took longer than the actual practicing and
creating of the product. Because this was my first time creating a plan for a sandart animation I Didn't take this in to consideration as
much as I should have. Also, I extended the finish date of the recording the final video by one day because I didn't give myself time
to reflect on the feedback given to me as the class presentations of the mid-point video were back-to-back. I should have taken this
in to consideration when I planed out the dates.
3) How did you change your plan to ensure that it kept on track?
The first way that I changed my plan to ensure that I kept on track was when I found out prior there was the JV Girls Basketball at
Ankara on January 29th 2016- January 30th 2016. We would arrive at midnight on January 31st. In order to not make this date alter
with my plans, I made it so that there were no practices on those days on my calandar originally so I didn't have to worry about me
missing any crucial The Little Mermaid practices. Another way that I changed my plan to ensure that it kept on track was overlapping
my exhibition booth preparations with the final The Little Mermaid recording sections. I made it this way because I knew that my
exhibition booth needed special attention regarding the set up as there were many electronics involved. Checking them all out in the
last minute would be impossible. Thus, to be on track with the exhibition booth prior to the exhibition itself, I planed to work on my
booth starting from two weeks before the actual exhibition. Another way that I changed my plan to ensure that it kept on track was to
add the week of the exhibition blank. I did this to ensure that I had some blank time to fill if something went wrong with my original
plan. If I did not have this time open for me, I wouldn't have made the product on time.
4) If you made a plan again in the future, what might you do differently?
If I made a plan again in the future, there are many things that I might do differently. First of all, I should take in to consideration
assignments from other classes and make notes of them in to my plan as well. Because there was no note of this and because the
schedule for the plan was tight, this made me end of staying up all night to finish both tasks because I failed to balance one or the
other out. Making note of these assignments from other classes would help me plan prior to the date of. Also, another thing that I
might do differently is not only give myself one week of lenient time but two. This is because from my experience from this plan is
that even though I gave myself a week of empty time, I barely finished the product on time. Giving me two weeks of empty space
could help me finish the product on time as well as help me get ready for the exhibition booth. One last thing that I might do
differently is that I might decrease the time that I used for the initial designs. Now that I know how to design storyboards regarding
sandart, I feel as I could have finished the initial designs a bit earlier. This time period instead could be sent to designing the final
design as this went over the time period that had been given.
TUESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2016

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FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Friday February 19th 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my presentation skills regarding the exhibition of my product and my reflection skills as I will be
evaluating it on how it went.
Details:
1) Setting Up
The personal project exhibition overall went very well. In the morning my parents and I helped me move aspects of my booth from
the car down to the upper gym. Although we were not allowed to be let in until 8:45, Mr. Esmail allowed me to be at my booth by as
early as I wanted as I had to bring a lot of aspects of my booth from my house. When I arrived at my booth there were two things that
I realized: the first things was that the screen for the live showcasing of the sandart wasn't present and second that my card
introducing my name, my topic, and my goal, the goal was written wrong. Because I thought the screen would be put up eventually I
first decided to discuss the matter of the card. When I asked other students, they too had one of their first every goals on the cards.
After I set up my booth I decided to visit Ms. Gokmen. When I went to Ms. Gokmen, she told me that if I send an email with my real
goal, she would print it for me as soon as possible. The example of the email can be seen in the managebac gallery under the
captions: Email discussion about card with Ms. Gokmen.
After that matter was settled, I went back to my booth and waited for the screen to arrive and eventually it did. The arrival of the
screen was somewhat late but I was surprised and happy to find that the screen was a very huge samsung screen which I think took
part in attracting many visitors to my booth. Pictures of my booth can be seen in the managebac gallery under the captions: Personal
Project Exhibition Booth and pictures of the previous and changed card can be seen under the captions: Personal Project previous
and changed card.
2) The Exhibition
The actual exhibition went great but there were some things that I feel didn't go as well. The thing that did go well is that many
people were attracted to my booth as there was a real live sandbox where they could view what they were doing on the screen.
Especially students in Elementary school were excited about the fact that they could play with sand. Furthermore, one of the classes
that I went to present to Ms. Bakkar's class kindly visited my booth. However, it was a bit hectic to manage as on one side there was
people watching my video while in front of me there were little kids playing uncontrollably with the sand. I also handed out little boxes
of sand which ran out even though I had 99 of them ready.
Moving on, one thing that didn't go as well as planed was the screening of my final the little mermaid sandart animation on the big
screen up front. The video kept on stuttering during the middle and this made many people lose interest an leave. This was a huge
disappointment for me as I was looking forward to seeing the reactions of the audience's faces. Mr. Esmail mentioned that he was
sorry and that the technical support team were advised to test out the screening before hand but they didn't.
3) Feedback Results
The good thing is, I was able to receive feedback from different age groups and people ranging from teachers, parents, secondary
students, and primary students. One of the filled out surveys can be seen under the captions: Example of Exhibition Survey. This was
not in any way to support my specification but I felt as if it could be useful when backing up some of the results I receive for my real
testing against specifications.
Surveys can be seen under this link : http://personalproject-sandart.weebly.com/all-surv...
I received back 10 surveys and the results of the surveys are as shown as:
1. Rate the overall display from 1-10
9.4/10 on average
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2. Rate the quality of the video from 1-10

9.8/10 on average
3. How clearly can you see my process from my display from 1-10
9.3/10 on average
The questions of did you like the video, have you ever come across sandart, and do you want to try sand art in the future can be
seen in the pie charts in the managebac gallery under: survey results of the Exhibition (1,2,3).
The results of the survey are all positive as can be seen. The highest percentage form the pie charts were did you like the video
where every survey answer said yes. I feel as if this was the most important question as this was the question regarding my actual
product.
Overall, I feel as if the exhibition went very well and it was a time where I could actively communicate the process I have been
through in making my product.
FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Friday February 19th 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my communication skills as this entry will be discussing my personal project booth which had to be
changed from my ideal plan.
Details:
1) Works completed
The Work that I have completed is that I have made a final design of my final booth. For this design, the space usage is the same as
before as it is for two tables. However, the only one major thing that has changed is the amount of the samsung screen. I originally
wanted one but as there were difficulties finding a wall to have both the screens on the wall, I decided that I only needed the right
one. Also, this means that I wouldn't have my mac connected to another samsung screen. Another difference from the old design is
that I would have the bottles of sand in the center and on the right of the left table, I would have my final annotated design for display
as there wasn't enough space available on the poster. The final sketch of this design can be seen on the managebac gallery with the
captions: Final Exhibition booth Design.
2) Resources consulted
There were many difficulties throughout the process. First of all, on February 13th, I had an email sent to Mr. Esmail on the topic of
my booth mentioning that we can't mount screens on to the gym walls and that the samsung LCD screens do not have an HDMI
input. At this point I was panicked because this would change my whole booth. He asked me if there was a screen I had at home.
However, later Mr. Esmail send an email mentioning that we might find another place to mount the screen. I replied that I did have a
screen but it was a 38 inch by 23 inch samsung TV which wasn't really possible to be carried around. The next day at school, he said
that he might have a samsung TV that could connect to the camera and that it would be attached to a certain section of the gym
wall. However, this would mean that we would have to shift other people to get me to that spot.This was granted and a picture of this
diagram can be seen in the gallery with the captions: Bird eye view of changed position. I was initially in Filippo's position but in order
for my screen to attach to the wall I had to change spots. The conversations that I had with my supervisor can be seen under the
gallery with the captions: Email on the Booth with Mr. Esmail (1,2,3,4).
Despite these difficulties all of the details are sorted.
WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2016

http://www.youtube.com/v/cqg0F4H5Rwg

Date of Entry: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with my communication skills as this is the entry where I will discuss the final weightings surveys I sent
out to Mr. Fontes and Ms. Jacobs.
Details: Because I am finished with my video I created surveys to hand out to my different experts one being from the English
Department Mr. Fontes and one being from the Arts Department Ms. Jacobs. Mr. Fontes will give me feedback with weightings
regarding the script and Ms. Jacobs will give me feedback regarding the technical skills. The emails sent can be seen from the
managebac process journal gallery with the captions: Final weightings feedback from Ms. Jacobs sent email and Final weightings
feedback from Mr. Fontes sent email (1,2).
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Below are the empty surveys that I have sent out:

Arts Department:https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...
English Department: https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...

Date of Entry: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with my time management skills as I will explain details on my final video.
Details:
1) Works Finished
Today, I have finished the final video and this can be seen as a video under the same date of Wednesday 17th February 2016. The
way that I edited and recorded the video can be seen similar to how I have edited the video as can be seen by entry of Thursday 11th
of February 2016.
2) Differences from the Mid-point video
Even though most of the video is the same, the one difference that is bugging me about the final video that the mid-point video did
better is the audio. If one listens to the audio of the mid-point video, one can tell that it is much more softer and there are less cracks
in my voice. However, because I recorded the final video too loudly for some reason it cracks a lot when my voice gets faster or
louder. this can be seen in 3:25- 3:41 especially when I am expressing the panic in my voice of the drowning prince. It is also present
when I am doing my cackling witch voice in 4:50- 5:56. It is not a lot of breaking but for me, especially when listening to it with
earphones bugs me a lot. I will have to see from my final specification feedback from my technical and skills experts to see if they
mention this as a negative point.
Other than this point, I have improved all of the points I wanted to that I mentioned in the mid-point feedback entries of sunday 14th
of Feburary and Saturday 13th of Feburrary from my target audience, my sandart teacher, and Dr. Percival.
SUNDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Sunday February 14th 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my communication skills and my ability to improve my product as this entry will be on the feedback
that I received from my sandart teacher and from Dr. Percival who will be looking at my script. This process journal will be divided in
to two sections one is feedback on my technique and skills and another is the feedback on my script.
Details:
Techniques and Skills
1) Resource Consulted
The resource that I consulted for my mid-point video regarding the techniques and Skills is my sandart teacher Ms. Eunjun Choi. The
email interview can be seen in the managebac gallery section with the captions: Sunday February 14th 2016 Techniques and Skills
feedback from Ms. Choi (1,2,3,4). the interview was some specific questions regarding my specifications as well as just some general
feedback questions in order to develop my video:
1. Does the narration and sand animation go well together?

I think that the communication of story is clear and it went well together.
2. Does the sound effects and the song go well with the animation?
I feel as if the sound effects and the song were great and because of them I could focus on the animation much better.
3. Is the video editing done well?
Yes, it is done well.
4. What did I do well in this animation?
In sand animation the transitions of the scenes are extremely important so I think it was great that you found specific aspects of the
scenes that could be transitioned in to another. Also, in a story it is difficult to grab just the important aspects of the story as it is
often too long but you did it well getting across your message.
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5. What can I improve for the final animation? Is the flow of the scenes and the transitions well done? Where can I
improve on this?
- In 2:00 when there is a transition and you spray the sand, you can make this a bit darker especially the edges. If you make it darker
and then poke the stars, it would look more like a night sky.
- In the next scene the little mermaid appears then the boat and then the window but I feel as if it would be good for the pictures to
show and then erase. I would advise you to draw the boat, then the little mermaid, and then the window. Also, when you are drawing
the little mermaid, it is okay to have the back of her head of the screen and have her on the far left as it would appear as if the screen
is larger.
- In 3:30 think that you are using the whole screen and fill the dark clouds on the top and not from the middle.
- In 6:00 I feel as it would be great if there was a difference in the face of the characters. With the narration one can know what is
going on but changing a face from a scared face to a happy face or to a surprised face would be good.
- In 9:09 make sure the transition is not rapid and take some time to show the scenes.
If you feel as if these points are a bit difficult to change you don't have to but the facial expressions of the characters and its changes
are important so I would advise you to focus on these points.
2) Information used from Resource

From the feedback that I received from Ms. Choi, I have used most of the feedback. Especially the feedback on the facial
expressions for 6:00 I have taken in to consideration. I fixed all of these points except for one which was the feedback on the order
the little mermaid appears in the night scene. I had to keep this order as this is the order the little mermaid, the boat, and the window
appears in the narration so, it would be awkward to change this order. For small technical improvements such as the transitions
should be darker and filling the whole screen, I will have to take it in mind when I record the final video. This is not that hard as it is
just a little improvement from what I have already done. Overall, the feedback from Ms. Choi helped me greatly.
Script
1) Resource Consulted
Because I am making a children's story I decided to consult a resource from the English Department to a) edit the grammar mistakes
or formatting mistakes in my script and b) to give me feedback on the content of the script. I have contacted the head of the English
Department Dr. Percival for this by email. The email feedback can be seen in the managebac photo gallery under the captions:
Sunday February 14th 2016 Script feedback from Dr. Percival (1,2,3). This feedback was received on February 11th.
This is the survey he filled out: https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...
This is the corrections in red of the script: https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...
2) Information used from Resource

First of all, there were a lot of information that I used from this resource. One main one was that I corrected the feedback in red and
created a final script which can be seen here: https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...
Secondly, some other feedback that I found useful was that Dr. Percival answered and thought that this piece was appropriate for my
target audience making me even sure that I should stick with the 3rd and 4th graders. Also, I wanted the narrative structure to be
clear in my specification which he replied as it was very clear. One feedback that I used a part of was following the original Hans
Christian Andersen story. At first, I wanted to follow all of the original story. However, because my piece had to be shorter, I took out
some bits which Dr. Percival pointed out. This was the feeling of The Little Mermaid walking on daggers and that she is reborn in to
an air spirit. I did not add the section where she is reborn in to an air spirit but I did add a section about the little mermaid feeling like
she was walking on daggers.
Overall, this resource helped me better understand what to improve for my final video.
SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Saturday February 13th 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my communication skills and my ability to improve my product as this entry will be on the feedback
that I received from my target audience.
Details:

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1) Preparing for presentation

First of all, before I went off to present to the different classes (Ms. Dabinett on Thursday February 11th 2016 from 12:40-1:45 and
Ms. Bakkar on Friday February 12th 2016 from 8:30-9:00) as mentioned in the monday 8th February 2016 entry, I made a google
powerpoint presentation so that it would be easier for my audience to understand my project fully. I divided it in to eight slides in
total:
Title Page
What is personal project
My goal + You are my target audience Because
What is sandart and how I learnt it
What children's story is the animation about?
Video
Thank You
Works Cited
The slides of this powerpoint can be seen in the managebac process journal gallery under the captions: Target Audience Powerpoint
presentation (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) or to see it live, one can see it through this link: https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/presentation...
Besides the Powerpoint I also made feedback sheets for the teachers as well as the children. All the children's feedback sheets and
teacher's surveys is the same but for Ms. Dabinett, I didn't show the subtitles so that question was not applicable so they did not
have to fill it out. This is because I wanted to test the effect of how subtitles changes children's understanding of the video through
the quiz I gave them.
The links to the surveys can be seen:
Student Quiz + Survey: https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...
Teacher Survey: https://drive.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/file/d/0B6a...
2) Reflection on Presenting
As mentioned in the previous section I went to Ms. Dabinett's fourth grade class on Thursday February 11th 2016 from 12:40-1:45
and Ms. Bakkar's third grade class on Friday February 12th 2016 from 8:30-9:00. I filmed the presentations and they will be present
under this link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOeU78DAvcY
Although the presentation went generally well, one thing that went wrong in both classes was the the air mirroring from my mac
didn't work. At first in Ms. Dabinett's class I thought it was a coincidence but this happened again in Ms. Bakkar's class. We had to
call the technicians in both classes. Also, when we connected Ms. Dabinett's computer to the projector, it stuttered and turned off
which stopped the presentation which was a pity. However, besides this problem, I didn't have a problem presenting or any other
presentation stopping problems.
3) Information from Sources

The Information from Sources section is where I will be Analysing the surveys given to create numbers in order to compare the two
classes and to combing the data overall:
1. Quiz Results
Ms. Dabinett's Class (without subtitles): 5.8/10 questions right
Ms. Bakkar's Class (with subtitles): 7.6/10 questions right
Number 6 when showcasing the video was glitching in Ms. Bakkar's class so it was not applicable but I counted it as wrong for the
initial count.
Overall: 6.7/10 questions right
2. Students- Survey results

Ms. Dabinett's Class:
- Did you enjoy sandart animation?: N/A- 2/10, Yes- 8/10, No- 0/10
- Do you feel as if this type of animation is fit for 3rd and 4th graders?: N/A- 2/10, Yes- 5/10, No- 3/10
- Did the subtitles help with your understanding of the video?: N/A
- Would you want to try sandart yourself?: N/A- 1/10, Yes- 8/10, No- 1/10
Ms. Bakkar's Class:
- Did you enjoy sandart animation?: N/A- 1/11, Yes- 10/11, No- 0/11
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- Do you feel as if this type of animation is fit for 3rd and 4th graders?: N/A- 2/11, Yes- 8/11, No- 1/11
- Did the subtitles help with your understanding of the video?: N/A- 2/11, Yes- 5/11, No- 4/11
- Would you want to try sandart yourself?: N/A- 1/11, Yes- 9/11, No- 1/11
Overall:
- Did you enjoy sandart animation?: N/A- 3/21 Yes- 18/21 No- 0/21
- Do you feel as if this type of animation is fit for 3rd and 4th graders?: N/A- 4/21 Yes- 13/21 No- 4/21
- Did the subtitles help with your understanding of the video?: N/A- 2/11, Yes- 5/11, No- 4/11
- Would you want to try sandart yourself?: N/A- 2/21 Yes- 17/21 No- 2/21
I have made pie charts of these datas one for each class for the Quiz section and four for each of the questions in the overall section.
They can be seen in the managebac process journal gallery under the captions: Quiz results pie chart 4D, Quiz results pie chart 3B,
Quiz results pie chart overall, and Overall survey pie chart (1,2,3,4). Also, the children's surveys, one example from each class can be
found under the captions: Sample filled out target audience survey 4D (1,2) and Sample filled out target audience survey 3B (1,2).
3. Teacher- Survey
There are two teacher surveys and they can be seen in the process journal photo gallery under the captions: Ms. Dabinett Mid point
survey and Ms. Bakkar Mid point survey.
4) Information used
Through this feedback session, I feel as if I have gained a lot from it. First of all, I gained information on whether I should be using
subtitles or not. As one can see in the pit charts and the data Ms Dabinett's class who didn't have the subtitles got 5.8 out of 10
questions right while Ms. Bakkar's class got 7.6 out of 10 questions right even though they had a question they couldn't solve due to
a glitch. This can be seen that I should keep the subtitles as they help with the understanding of the video. Even though the students
in Ms. Bakkar's class said that 5/11 the subtitles helped and 4/11 it didn't, most of the subtitle's didn't help choices were justified
that the voice on its own was good so this is not any negative feedback to get rid of the subtitles.
In the specification regarding the understanding by my target audience, I have said that I wanted about 8 out of 10 questions to be
correct overall however the result was overall 6.7 questions out of 10 right. The reason why the results came out this way can be
seen by the comments from the teachers. Ms. Dabinett and Ms. Bakkar both gave only positive feedback but mentions that some of
the questions for example question 6 and 7 could be reworded so that the children could understand it better. I would work on this in
my final target audience presentation.
Also, having 13 out of 21 students overall saying the target audience is right and Ms. Bakkar and Ms. Dabinett stating this, I think that
I could stick with the target audience that I have now.
Lastly, I mentioned again in my specification points that I wanted to provoke students to do sandart themselves. I wanted at least 8
out of 10 children to say that it did interest them for the questions regarding this specification point. This was very succesful. In the
Did you enjoy sandart animation section, 18 out of 21 students said yes and in the would you want to try sandart yourself 17 out of
21 students said yes.
Overall, the changes that I need to make are not in the video but the wording of the surveys so the students can understand better.
However, the essence of the quiz would be the same.

Date of Entry: Saturday February 13th 2016
Subject: This entry will be on my communication skills as this entry will be discussing my personal project booth which I had a
meeting about with Mr. Esmail on February 11th 2016.
Details:
1) Works completed
The Work that I have completed is that I have made a design of my potential booth discussing this with my Supervisor Mr. Esmail.
The both will be bigger than the standard booth having space for two tables. On the table on the right I will have my poster, some
bottles of sand to hand out, and my computer with some head phones to screen my The Little Mermaid video. On the wall on top on
the right I would have a samsung screen connected to the computer so that people can see the video and if they are interested they
could watch it. On the left I would bring my own table with my own light box and I would stand there usually throughout the
exhibition. Behind me would be the tripod and the camera attached to another samsung screen on the wall so that what I am
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working on would be visible live through the screen. The design of this booth can be seen in the managebac process journal gallery
with the captions:Saturday February 13th 2016- Ideal Design for Exhibition Booth.
As mentioned above the resource that I have consulted about my booth is Mr. Esmail as he is also my supervisor but is also the
person who is organizing the exhibition. I had a meeting with him yesterday on February 12th 2016 at lunch time 1:00PM and the
email sent can be seen as proof in the managebac process journal gallery with the captions: February 12th 2016 meeting with Mr.
Esmail Email (1,2). I made a rough sketch of the exhibition booth with him. Because this had to use a lot of technical help his advice
was useful. First of all, he told me a while back that a HDMI chord attached from a screen to the camera would show what I did live
on my light box and I took one home for the winter break. So, during this meeting I asked him if we could find a longer chord as the
chord that we have now is very short at about 1m while the chord that we need from the camera to the screen should be about 2m or
more. Another thing talked about was the amount of electric sockets that I would need. Because I knew that the camera doesn't run
well, only running for about an hour, I would have to charge the camera during the middle of the exhibition. Also, sockets would be
needed for the two samsung screens as well. Thus I wanted about 3-4 sockets available for me. This is all visible in the Saturday
February 13th 2016- Ideal Design for Exhibition Booth in the managebac gallery.
THURSDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2016

http://www.youtube.com/v/rRa6G96McZs

Date of Entry: Thursday, 11th February 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with my process recording and my time management skills as it will explain the steps that I took to edit
the mid point video. This process is important as it will be the way I will edit my final video as well.
Details:
1) Voice Over (Audacity & Garageband)
First of all, in order to edit the video one first has to record the voice over which is what I did first. I did this using audacity and this
can be seen in the managebac gallery under the caption of: Editing Midpoint Video Process (1). Because this was a 10 minute long
recording and because I had a cold at that time, I had a lot of breaks in the middle to drink water or to cough. This is where Garage
band comes in handy. First of all, I processed the audacity file in to an mp3 and uploaded it on to Garageband: Editing Midpoint
Video Process (2). Then I cut out the pieces of the recording I didn't need and stuck the ones I did need together Editing Midpoint
Video Process (3). After this, I saved it as an mp3 file.
2) Video Editing and Sound effects (Imovie)
After the voice over is done, one needs to move on in to the video editing section. First I uploaded the voice over in to a new project
on to imovie and matched the clips of the videos according to the section that it was on for the voice over. To make the transitions
smooth I used the transition of cross dissolve in between clips: Editing Midpoint Video Process (4). After I matched the voice over
with the clip I added sound effects in order to enhance the narration of the animation for the audience to feel as if they are in the
animation as well. The effects that I used were all from imovie under imovie Sound Effects and ilife sound effects. The effects used
were: Bubbles, Seagulls, Ocean Surf, Crickets, Lobby Conversation, Rain Heavy Thunder, Thunder clap, Cave Water drops, and
Footsteps: Editing Midpoint Video Process (5). After the sound effects I also wanted an overall song overlapping with the video. This
is why I used the song Parting of Ways Part 1 which was from a website called Incompetech: Editing Midpoint Video Process (6). The
music on this website is under the Creative Commons licence which means that as long as you give appropriate credit, you may use
the music, even commercially: Editing Midpoint Video Process (7). After I added the music, I imported the video from imovie: Editing
Midpoint Video Process (8).
3) Subtitles (Youtube)
After the video was imported, I added subtitles manually on Youtube: Editing Midpoint Video Process (9). I did this by copy and
pasting parts of the script and measuring the lengths of them to match my voice in the video: Editing Midpoint Video Process (10).
That is how my mid point sandart animation was completed.

Date of Entry: Thursday, 11th February 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with my time management skills as this entry will mention a log of my 16th practice of the final
animation as well as a way for me to record these practices daily.
Details:

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This will be an entry to mention my 16th practice of the final animation which will be the last official practice before I went off to make
my mid-check video.
The Link to the full google document of the daily entries of the Little Mermaid Process is:https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/
document/d/1...
Practice #16
Date: Monday, 8th February 2016
1. Before practice
1) Work to complete today
The work to complete today is to have a full run through of the final version of the little mermaid as I will be recording the mid-point
animation tomorrow.
2) Materials Needed
I will need the light box, sand, the tripod, and the camera to record my process.
2. After practice
1) Work completed today
Today I managed to achieve my goal which was to have a full run through of the little mermaid.
2) Things done better than last practice
As on day 15 I worked on perfecting scenes 11-A and 11-B it is hard to compare the two but it can be done technique wise:
I was able to create much more realistic waves in scene 11-A.
Overall, there were less grains of sand when using the positive method and the negative method.
3) Thinks to improve on
Make sure to not make the window in scene 11-B slanted as it will not be visually appealing.
In scene 3-A make the head and the neck proportionate as it seems unrealistic as the head is too big for the neck.
When transitioning from scene 1-B to 2 make sure to keep the outline and form of the fish the same as when editing it will not be a
smooth transition.
In scene 7, make sure that the waves and the sea are clear as the waves created using the negative method are not clear.
4) Changes made in the Design

N/A
5) Link to practice
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXvUYEc32bk
MONDAY, 08 FEBRUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Monday, 8th February 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with the sources that I have contacted and my communication skills as this entry will deal with
communication with my target audience.
Details:
In order to create my final video as best as possible, I decided to create an initial mid point check of the Little Mermaid Sandart
animation and hand out surveys on my different specifications without the weightings and more comment based. This would help me
fix this mid-point video in order to make the final video. Because my target audience is 3rd and 4th graders, I contacted a 3rd grade
class and a 4th grade class to receive feedback on my video. The good news is that both teachers for 3rd grade Ms. Bakkar and for
4th grade Ms. Dabinett, consented in this presentation. Even though I made a typo that their classes were 2nd grade classes, they
kindly accepted my presentation. I will be meeting Ms. Dabinett on Thursday Feburary 11th 2016 from 12:40-1:45 and Ms. Bakkar on

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Friday Feburary 12th 2016 from 8:30-9:00. Proof of these emails can be seen in the managebac process journal photo gallery with
the captions: Midpoint feedback Email consent Ms. Dabinett (1,2,3,4) and Midpoint feedback Email consent Ms. Bakkar (1,2,3).

Date of Entry: Saturday, 6th February 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with my time management skills as this entry will mention a log of my 14th practice of the final
animation as well as a way for me to record these practices daily.
Details:
I haven't been writing in the process journal for these past few days due to a week of activities for example JV Girls Basketball went
to Ankara during the 29th and 30th which caused an overwhelming amount of homework from other classes which had to be done
early. However, I have been keeping up with the daily entries of the Little Mermaid Process in the google document which can be
seen below.
The Link to the full google document of the daily entries of the Little Mermaid Process is: https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/
document/d/1...
Practice #14
Date: Saturday, 6th February 2016
1. Before practice
The work to complete today is to perfect scenes 9-10 as for the past few days I have been working on focusing on specific scenes to
perfect them.
2) Materials Needed
2. After practice
Today I managed to finish what I planed which was to perfect scenes 9-10.
It is hard to say as it is a different scene but generally technique wise:
I was able to clean the sand out of where the negative technique was used. For example on day #13, the people had a lot of sand
grains visible on their faces but on day #14 the arm had less sand grains.
The speed of drawing was much more faster and less hesitant.
Make sure to make the edges of the hourglass rounded so people know that it is an hourglass once the background is cut.
When cutting out the form of the arm and the knife, be careful not to change the form of the outline too much as it would be awkward
when transitioned by video.
Make the sitting silhouette proportionate of a real life human.
Have the outlines of the prince be much more darker with no grains of sand.

N/A
5) Link to practice
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnBNm5Oxq9I

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FRIDAY, 22 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Friday, 22nd January 2016
Subject: This entry will deal with my time management skills as this entry will mention my first practice of the final animation as well
as a way for me to record these practices daily.
Details:
First of all, before going in to my process, I will be mentioning a new way for me to record my daily practices. As the weekly
recording of my design stage and my initial sandart practices were succesful in working out to find out my weaknesses and success
points, I decided to do a daily recording of my process for The Little Mermaid practices. They won't be extremely detailed as it is only
for a day, but it will help me find out what I should improve on in the next day. Also, I will be attaching a link to the youtube video of
the practices for each of the daily entries. This will be done on a google doc. However, I will still be uploading some samples of some
daily entries about once a week with a link to all of my daily process as well.
The Link to this google document is: https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/document/d/1...
Practice #1
Date: Friday, 22nd January 2016
1. Before practice
The work to complete today is to do a full run through of the final design of the Little mermaid.
2) Materials Needed
2. After practice
Today I managed to do a full run through of the final design made of the Little Mermaid sandart animation.
N/A- As it is the first practice
Make the background of all the scenes a bit darker so that the shapes are visible when doing the negative method.
In scene 1-B make sure that the face of the Little Mermaid is a bit bigger so that the arms and hands can be drawn well.
In scenes 5,7, and 8 make sure to draw the silhouettes in proportion to a real life person.
When making the hourglass figure in scene 9, make sure to make the edges rounded.
I decided to not add the sand grains in the hourglass in scene 9 as it would already be dark.
Unlike the designs I decided to make the silhouettes larger in the animation as it was hard to draw them so small.
For scene 3-A and 3-B the characters and items such as the little mermaid and the ship would be much larger.
In scene 8-A as there is not much space for the small tree and flowers, there will only be one type of flower and no small trees.
5) Link to practice
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73W_ZVcHfIU
TUESDAY, 19 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Tuesday January 19 2016
Subject: This entry will be on the topic of the final script and the final design that I managed to create. This will discuss the variety of
sources that I used to create the script as well as feedback received from my sandart teacher in order to fix my initial final design in
to inking it. The details section will be divided in to the script section which will be first and the design section which will be second.
This is because I used the script to create the design.

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Details:
SCRIPT
1) Works completed
For the script, I have finished the initial script for the little mermaid. Even though story telling is not the main section of my project, I
decided to focus on it as well. A lot of sandart narrations do not include a script. However, my sandart teacher from Korea, Ms. Choi,
suggested that since I am telling a children's story this would be useful. Proof of this can be seen in a messenger chat on Kakao Talk
I had with her on November 1st 2015. This proof of the messenger chat will be on the managebac gallery section with the caption:
Proof of messenger chat with Ms. Choi on November 1st 2015 (1,2). Moving on, I used various sources telling the same story of The
Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and used the reaccuring events. However, because some of them were long and my story
had to be about 10 minutes, I had to cut out some minor events. Below is the evaluation of the Resources and how I used the
resources in order to make my script.
2) Evaluation of Resources
SOURCE 1
i. Information on the Source
This source is from the publisher of Puffin Classics and is a book called Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. As the name infers, this is a
book that contains twelve of Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales ranging from The Little Mermaid to Thumbelina. The book is translated by a
man named Philipp Gough. As the ending varies in different versions of the story while most of the story is the same, I decided to
focus on the ending of the story. In this book, Gough has the Little Mermaid turn in to sea foam and become an air spirit. She then
sees the Prince and the wife searching for her.
ii. Evaluation of the Source
The source is somewhat reliable as Puffin Classics under the publisher Penguin books is a well known publisher around the world. It
has a long history dating back to 1941 in England. Now it is one of the biggest publishers publishing about 150 books yearly ("Puffin
Overview"). However, when the translator Philip Gough was searched up, there wasn't any info on this man other than that he
published many classic books such as Lewis Carol's Alice's Adventrues in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ("Philip
Gough: Books").
iii. Work Cited
Andersen, H. C., Philip Gough, and Naomi Lewis. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. London, England: Penguin Group, 1994. Print.
SOURCE 2
This source is from the website of the British Broadcasting Corporation and is under the subsection of school radio where there are
primary learning sources ranging from nursery rhymes and children's stories. This particular transcript is of the Hans Christian
Andersen story The Little Mermaid and is translated by Rob John. The ending of this story is different from Source 1 as she only
turns in to sea foam but does not show the Little Mermaid's point of view showing the prince's. The prince's point of view is that he
could see her smiling at him.
This source is very reliable because first of all it is from the website of the British Broadcasting Corporation which is a well known
Broadcasting Corporation. It started in Britain in 1922 ("History of the BBC"), and now is global services available in about 200
countries ("Around the World"). Also, the author Rob John is reliable as he has a profile dedicated for him and his books and works
on Bloomsbury which is a widely known publishing company ("Rob John").
iii. Work Cited
Andersen, H. C. The Little Mermaid. Trans. Rob John. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2004. BBC. BBC, 2010. Web. 19 Jan. 2016.
<http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/pdfs/transc...>.
SOURCE 3
This source is from a website called Project Gutenberg Canada and is a translation of the Little Mermaid from a 1930 published book
called Hans Andersen Forty-Two Stories. This story is translated by a man named M.R. James. The ending is very similar to that of
Source 1. However, unlike source 1, the Little Mermaid becomes a daughter of the air while in Source 1 it said an air spirit. Besides
minor word usage differences one can see that Source 1 and Source 3 are translated from the same original story while Source 2
was shortened to match younger audiences.
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This sources is somewhat reliable as the e-book website of Project Gutenberg Canada is not well known as it is just an archive of
free e-books in Canada ("Gutenberg Canada"). However, even though the host of the e-book is unreliable the translator of the story
M.R James is highly reliable as he is a well known British Author who was the assistant Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum as well as
a Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University ("Montague Rhodes James OM").
iii. Work Cited
Andersen, H. C., and M. R. James. Hans Andersen Forty-Two Stories The Little Mermaid. N.p.: n.p., 1930. Project Gutenberg
Canada. Project Gutenberg Canada, 14 Feb. 2008. Web. 16 Jan. 2016. <http://www.gutenberg.ca/ebooks/andersen-mermaid/an...>.
SOURCE 4
The fourth Source that I looked as was a translation from The Hans Christian Andersen Centre from the University of Southern
Denmark. It is a translation of the story The Little Mermaid and was translated by a man named Jean Hersholt. The ending of Source
4 and the wording in general are very similar to Sources 1 and 3. However, like Source 3, the Little Mermaid becomes the daughter of
the air.
The source is somewhat reliable as first of all, it is from a University website, in specific, the University of Southern Denmark which is
dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen. However, the author of the translation, Jean Hersholt, is a Danish Actor that immigrated to the
United States ("Jean Hersholt"). As he is not a professional author, it is hard to have his translation be reliable.
iii. Work Cited
Andersen, H. C. "The Little Mermaid." The Hans Christian Andersen Centre. Trans. Jean Hersholt. University of Southern Denmark,
n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2016. <http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheLittl...>.
3) Usage of resources
After I looked at all of these resources I based my own translation of The Little Mermaid on them. However, there are sources that I
used more than others. As my story had to be short, about 10 minutes, sources 1,3, and 4 were the original stories translated which
was too long for me to have all of the plot in. This is why I used a lot of source 2, the BBC primary students' translated version
mostly. For example, for the ending, I decided to keep it to the prince's view as it did in source 2 while in the source 1,3, and 4 the
Little Mermaid turned in to a daughter of the air. Also, I got rid of many unnecessary adjectives of the sea and the setting that was
present in all of the sources. The most important thing to remember is that I only read these resources and did not copy them word
for word. I used my own words in order to give meat to the story.
4) Script Link
This is the initial script Link with the numbering for the rough amount of scenes:
https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/document/d/1...
DESIGN
1) Works completed
Up until now, I have finished my initial final design. As picked in the specification weighting section. I have been working on the
design for The Little Mermaid. The initial final design was completed and can be seen in the managebac gallery section with the
captions: The Little Mermaid- Initial Final Design (1,2,3). There are a total of three pages and has a total of sixteen slides. Originaly
there were only 11 slides noted however there are scenes such as (number)- A or B which is an elaborated version of the scene. I
divided this by using the script where I had different sections of the script numbered. Also, like the weekly updated process for the
Sandart Practice sessions which can be viewed on the Saturday 9th January 2016 entry, I have made an weekly updated google
document for the complete design stage including the rough initial designs, improved initial designs, and the initial final design. This
will be updated weekly even after today as there will be stages where I will be making corrections even in the final design. I organized
it this way instead of updating on the managebac process journal every time I did something because I found that this way was
much more organized and would be easier for me to compare how I have improved on my time management skills rather than trying
to find all the entries mixed up in the process journal.
The link of the Design Weekly Process can be viewed in this link: https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/document/d/1...
I have also am working on creating the final design from the initial designed but this will be talked more about in the resources
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Before I practice doing the actual animation, I decided to gain feedback on my initial final design from my sandart teacher. This was
done by email on January 20th (although this entry is for the 19th, I added this as it is on the same topic). I sent a pdf file of the initial
final design and asked her if there was anything I should change. These are some specific points she mentioned:
Q: Are there any points that I should fix?
Worried that I wouldn't be able to portray all of the scenes as there are many.
On scene 3-B and on scene 11-b there is a man and a woman respectively facing away from the other person. The direction of their
faces should be changed in order to face the other person as it helps the audience to focus better on the scene.
Q: If there are too many scenes which could be pulled out?

If you would take out a scene I think one of 2,7, or 8 would be a good choice.
Q: How is the transition of the drawings? Is it smooth?

There is a difference with drawing on paper and sand so I think you will find out once you start transitioning this drawing on sand.
Even though I didn't take out any scenes from the initial final design, I have taken in to consideration the feedback on the direction of
the faces. The evidence of this email can be seen in the managebac process journal gallery with the captions: January 20th 2016
proof feedback on Design from Ms. Choi (1,2). The final design that is inked and with the changes will be seen in the managebac
process journal gallery with the captions: The Little Mermaid- Final Design (1,2,3).
MONDAY, 18 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Monday January 18 2016
Subject: This process journal entry will showcase my time management skills regarding the taking action stage of actually recording
the product. This will also showcase my time management skills as I am making a sub product which will be useful during the
exhibition.
Details:
1) Works completed
The work completed that I want to share in this entry is the 'tripod' that was made in order to help the camera stay up my head for it
to record what was going on in the light box. This is a very important sub product that should be made because without this 'tripod'
recording a professional sandart animation would not be possible as the screen would be slanted if a regular tripod was used. The
recorded information below are the stages that I took to make my final tripod that I will be using for recording my process and for
recording my final product.
First of all, before I made any other move of creating something my self, because I didn't know if I should by a tripod or not, I
contacted my supervisor Mr. Esmail. This was during the group meeting of January 15th 2016 and proof of this meeting can be seen
in the gallery section of my process journal with the captions: Group meeting proof email on Friday, January 15th 2016. In this
meeting I mentioned the PTA loans that went on last year and if it was possible for me if I could write to the PTA asking for money to
buy a tripod that fulfilled what I wanted it to do. This tripod can be seen in the gallery section of the process journal with the captions:
Manfrotto MF 055XPROB Tripod. As can be seen in this photo the Manfrotto MF 055XPROB is a tripod with a horizontal arm which
can be used to film the sandart animation directly from above. However, according to Amazon, this tripod model costs $229.48
which is too much for my family and I to buy. This is why I went to Mr. Esmail with the proposed idea of receiving a grant from the
PTA. However, we decided that this was not a feasible idea and resorted in creating a 'tripod' our selves. Mr. Esmail gave me a
suggesting of using the clothing racks that our school uses to hand the camera up from there. The sandbox would go in between the
clothing rack. The model of the clothing rack that our school had was from Ikea which was Mulig. The width of this clothing rack was
99cm. A picture of this can be seen in the managebac gallery under the caption: Tripod making process (1). This seemed like a
possible idea so we went down to where the storage room was and obtained a clothing rack. Mr. Esmail gave me a clamp and the
clothing rack to my house to try it. The materials received can be seen in the managebac gallery with the caption: Tripod making
process (2). However, the problem with the clothing rack was the width was only about 95cm not including the metal side bars while
the sandbox's width was about 98 cm. Pictures of these measurements can be seen with the captions: Tripod making process (3,4).
Even though the measurements were very close, it ceased to be the correct measurement to fit with the sand box in between.
Because this didn't work I consulted my other resource which was my parents. Together we went to bauhaus and bought a clothing
rack that goes upwards only. It had holes in it so we bought a metal bar and taped it firmly on to the clothing rack to create an upside
down L formation. After this we screwed a selfie stick on to the camera and put the metal bar through it. However, because we had
to balance the camera out, we used a bottle with sand in it to make a weight. Also, the height of the tripod is just above my head at
175cm so that it doesn't hit me. This process can be seen through the photos with captions: Tripod making process (5,6,7,8,9,10).
This was the final tripod that I am going to use.
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3) Challenges/ Difficulties faced

The challenges faced while making the product was that the first attempt in to making the tripod with the Mulig clothing rack failed.
At first, I didn't know what to do as that seemed like my last resort. However, by consulting another resource I was able to make
another tripod which I can use in recording my process.
THURSDAY, 14 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Thursday January 14th 2016
Subject: In this process journal I am going to be explaining about the resources that I use throughout the process of designing my
product.
Details:
I contacted my sandart teacher back in South Korea, Ms. Eun-Jeun Choi and discussed with her specific questions that could help
me enhance my final design before I am too far in to designing my final product. This discussion was on Thursday January 9th 2016.
I had a discussion with her on a korean messenger application called Kakao Talk. Below is the discussion created in to a question
and answer format. The actual discussion can be seen under the gallery section of my process journal with the captions: Discussion
with Ms. Choi on Thursday January 9th 2016 (1,2,3,4,5).
Q: Is "the little mermaid" a good topic?
I think that it is a good topic as long as you make it become one. Also, it is good as long as it is not a very long story.
Q: How many minutes should the video be?
I think 10 minutes would be enough.
Q: How much does it take you to make one succesful sandart animation?
It takes about 3-4 weeks including the designing stages.
Q: May I send you my final sketch on wednesday or thursday for feedback (January 13-14)?
Yes you can.
2) Usage of Resource
Using this resource I decided a detail to take in to consideration in my sandart animation. I decided that the piece would be between
12-18 slides as it would be adequate for the video to be about 10 minutes long. Before I went to much in to designing my final
design, thanks to this interview, I was able to get insight on my design in this case on how many slides I should have in my
animation.
SATURDAY, 09 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Saturday January 9th 2016
Subject: This entry will show my time management skills as this is an entry where I will discuss the general sandart practices that I
had. This is an excellent show of my time management skills as process is recorded everyday I had a practice which helps me also to
reflect upon my works.
Details:
The link to the google doc where I record my general sandart practices can be seen in this link: https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/
document/d/1...
This link also provides me with recordings of the practices uploaded in to youtube with the general sandart practices log as well.
MONDAY, 04 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Monday December 4th 2015
Subject: This process journal entry is going to be explaining about the video that I filmed during the week from December 21st to
December 27th 2015. This was the video that was made due to a suggestion by my fellow peer and my supervisor Mr. Esmail. This
entry will have three sections: resources consulted, the information that I compiled and the video uploaded to youtube.

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Details:
1) Resources Consulted
The reason why I came to creating this video is because of a group meeting three other peers and I had on Friday, November 27th.
Proof of this meeting can be seen in the photo gallery section with the caption: Group meeting proof email on Friday,
November 27th 2015. In this meeting, when my supervisor and I were discussing about my project, a peer named Philipp Schilk
suggested that I create a video of the skills that learned and give technical names my self. I thought that this was a great idea since
during the sandart lessons that I had, when I asked if the skills had any technical meanings, except for two, my sandart teacher Ms.
Choi would say that there weren't any specific names given to these skills.Thus I found it a great resource that I could make to use
while I would be making my final design.
2) Information in Video (Script)
First of all, for those who do not know about sandart, sand art is the medium of art performed by combining the frame by frame,
resulting in a story that has meaning, and can be understood and enjoyed by everyone (Vermoorder, pers.comm.). The equipment
consists of a camera and tripod to record and a light box which projects light in order to cast shadows on the sand. While I was
learning Sand animation, I figured out something very amusing. Because sandart is a relatively new form of art and animation, only
being around for about 10 years (Choi, pers.comm.), there are no specific names for different types of skills. Thus, in order to
enhance my own understanding of the different skills of sandart, I decided to create a skills video regarding the different skills that I
learned during my ten sandart lessons.
First of all, there are two different types of ways one can draw on a light box using sand. These are the only two specific skills that
have a name:
Positive Method: The positive method is when one holds the sand in their palms and using the strength of their pinky finger creates
lines with appropriate thickness on the white light box.
Negative Method: The negative method is when one draws on an already sand covered light box with their fingers, clearing off the
sand.
Moving on, there are a four different sub methods that I organised that can be used in sand animation:
Clearing: Clearing can be seen as a form of the negative method but isn't always so. Clearing is a very important technique in
sandart as it is the technique of making sure that there is no sand left in the shape you are making. An example of clearing can be
seen when one is clearing the insides of a circle and when one is making a smiling mouth.
Spraying: Spraying can be seen as a form of reaching the negative method. When one sprays sand, one should remember to hold
an adequate amount of sand in their palms and rock their hands back and forth to have the sand fall out from in between their
fingers. Spraying can be used to transition from day to night or also to make bushes or small trees.
Poking: Poking is an important skill that uses one's nails. Poking like its name implies is a form of the negative method when one
pokes in the existing sand to create a reacquiring round shape. This can be used in small flowers on trees or for stars.
Slitting: Slitting is an important skill as it can be used in many different cases. One can use it to add upon the positive method or on
the negative method as well. Like Poking, this skill uses one's nails to create a line across the sand. This can be used when making
eyes or the sun.
The reason why there was more skills for the negative method is because the positive method is a straight forward method where
one creates the form they want using the strength of their pinky fingers.
These skills will be used to enhance the final design of 'The Little Mermaid'.
SUNDAY, 03 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Sunday January 3rd 2015
Subject: This process journal entry will show my critical thinking skills as I test my final initial designs against the criteria that I have
created.
Details:
1. Weighting against specification
The weighting against specification for each of the criteria and designs can be seen in this link: https://docs.google.com/a/iics.k12.tr/
document/d/1...
2. Justification of Final Choice
First of all, it is evident that the design that should be chosen is the design of The Little Mermaid. The Little Mermaid had the highest
specification weighting points of 10 out of 10 points while The sun and the moon followed with 7 out of 10 points and The Town
Mouse and the Country Mouse following right behind with 6 out of 10 points. One criteria which set the Little Mermaid apart from the
others was criterion five which mentions "The sandart animation should use most of the techniques learned in noeul sandart
academy". My goal of testing was to have 10 or more techniques and shapes learned in noeul sandart academy visible in the
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designs. One can see that the design that incorporated this the most was The Little Mermaid with 12 skills/ shapes learned visible in
only 6 slides. This surpasses the other designs and is an essential aspect on why I have chosen The Little Mermaid. If the designs
are designs that I never learned before, this would make my already difficult goal harder. The only way that I could give myself a
lesser burden then what I already have was to use aspects of what I learned from noeul sandart academy. Another criterion that set
The Little Mermaid apart from the others was criterion 4 which states "The script should match the target audience of 3rd and 4th
graders". The other stories like "The Sun and the Moon" and "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" are stories that are relatively
unknown to Istanbul International Community School's 3rd and 4th graders. Thus in order to grasp the target audience's attention
The Little Mermaid was a better alternative than the other two designs as it was popularised by Waltz Disney. Overall I feel that The
Little Mermaid was the best possible design to elaborate on.
SUNDAY, 03 JANUARY 2016

Date of Entry: Sunday January 3rd 2016
Subject: This process journal entry is going to be showing my excellent critical thinking skills as I break down each criteria and
elaborate on why the criteria is important, how I will measure the success, and how I would know if the criteria was succesful.
Details:
As mentioned in the planning section, the eight different criteria that I will be looking for in my product is:
1. The quality of the sandart animation should be professional.
Why: The quality of the sandart animation is very important because this is the criterion point that will assess the visuals of my
project. Even if one planned the sand art animation very nicely, if the quality of the sand art animation is not done well, then the
conveyance of the message could go down as well. This includes all aspects that might relate to quality such as the artistic quality
which deals with the artistic side of quality and the technical quality which will deal with the editing of the animation.
How: One tool that I might use Asking feedback from professionals such as my sandart teacher. Because she is a professional, she
will be able to give me advice and feedback on the artistic quality of the sandart animation. Also, asking feedback from artists in
general for the artistic quality can be useful as well. Even though they are not sand artists because all art is connected, it would be
feasible to ask for artists such as Ms. Jacobs and Ms. Russel the primary art teacher for help. For the technical quality, this can be
asked to the technical department teachers such as Mr. Esmail or Mr. Davis as they will be able to asess me on my usage on imovie.
Test: I will know if the criteria was successful by sending the sand art animation out to artists mentioned in the above. I will create a
survey rubric consisting of different aspects of sandart techniques where they could grade me out of 8 on each criteria. This will not
only include questions from this specific criteria but other criteria as well. If I get more than a 6 out of 8 for the average of the
questions related to that criteria, I would say I was successful in the artistic aspect since sandart is relatively hard.
2. The script should match the target audience of 3rd and 4th graders.
Why: The script matching the target audience of 3rd and 4th graders is extremely important as there is a limit to their language
usage at that age. I have to control the language that I used in the script so that it is not too difficult for the 3rd and 4th graders.
However, this age group is very difficult to please as if it is too easy, they will think it is for little kids and abandon my video. Thus, this
criteria is important in the aspect of keeping my target audience.
How: One tool that I will use is to ask people that are relevant to 3rd and 4th graders. First of all, I will have to receive feedback from
3rd and 4th graders themselves and if they thing the script is suitable for them. Secondly, I will ask their teachers on if they think that
this script was appropriate for 3rd and 4th graders. Moving on, I will ask the primary art teacher as she can assess both criteria 1 as
she is an art teacher and criteria 2 as she is the teacher of my target audience regarding art. Lastly, I will ask the English Department
for feedback as they would know what type of language would be appropriate for the target audience of 3rd and 4th graders.
Test: To test this, I would hand a survey with criteria to the english department, the primary art teacher, and the teachers of the class
to assess this criteria out of 8. If I receive a 6 out of 8 or higher, I would say that I have succeeded in meeting my criteria. For the
feedback for my target audience, it will be a yes or no question. If at least 80% of the students say that the script is appropriate for
3rd and 4th graders I would consider myself succesful.
3. The sandart animation should communicate the children's story well.

Why: Getting the message across for the childrens story is very important because this is the core of the sandart animation. Without
the message, the animation cannot exist. With that said, even if the techniques are advanced and the skills are at a high level, if the
audience doesnt know what you are trying to say, their attention will be taken. Also, because the target audience of mine are 3rd and
4th graders, it is important that the sandart animation communicates the children's story sufficiently so that they do not get bored
during the middle.
How: One tool that I might use is children. Feedback from children while practicing is a good idea because since this is going to be
based on a childrens story and targeted towards children, children have to understand the story. I might go in to a 3rd or 4th grade
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class to get feedback on my work. I will also go to English teachers for feedback. Even though this might seem a little bit off, english
teachers are a great source when it comes with story telling. We have been recently learning about the structure of literature, so if I
ask english teachers they can give me feedback on aspects of the structure of literature is clear in my piece.
Test: I would create a question sheet asking questions about the animation and hand them out to children seeing the sandart
animation for the first time. This means that I could not go in again to the class mentioned in the tools section. Then I would see
which questions were answered correctly. Out of the students in the class if there is an average of 8 out of 10 questions, correct I
would say that the message section was a success. For the English teachers, I would create relevant sub questions regarding this
criteria. If I get more than a 6 out of 8 for the average of the questions related to that criteria, I would say I was successful in this
criteria.
4. The sandart animation should follow a narrative structure.

Why: It is important that the sandart animation should follow a narrative structure. This is important because it is the bones of the
animation. Without an exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, and a denouement, the children's story will not be interesting
as there is no ups and downs. In order to have my target audience of 3rd and 4th graders interested, it is crucial for the sandart
animation to follow a narrative structure.
How: One tool that I might use to see if the sandart animation follows a narrative structure is to create a list of bullet points including
the exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, and a denouement. Also, I will contact the English Department and have them
analyse my script to see if it includes a clear narrative structure. Because I am not a professional and native english speaker, it is
important to have double ways of measuring my success.
Test: There are two tests I will carry on. First, I will create a list of bullet points including the exposition, inciting incident, rising action,
climax, and a denouement. If there is a clear one for each of these five sections, I would consider myself succesful. Also, there will be
a question on the English Department teacher survey regarding this criteria, if I receive more than or equal to 6 out of 8 points, I
would consider myself succesful.
5. The sandart animation should use most of the techniques learned in noeul sandart academy.
Why: It is important for the sandart animation to use most of the techniques learned in noeul sandart academy. This is because
without using most of the techniques used in noeul sandart academy which is the basics, I will not create a strong enough base
foundation to add harder skills and techniques on top of it as well.
How: There are two ways which I will be able to measure the success of the criteria. First of all, I will create a chart to see how many
different shapes/ techniques that I learned in noeul sandart academy I used in the animation. This way I will be able to know the
exact number of shapes/ techniques I learned I used. Another way to measure the success of this criteria is to ask for feedback from
Ms. Choi, my sandart teacher. As she is the one that taught me all of the skills and techniques she should be able to know what is an
adequate amount of skills/ shapes to use that are appropriate for my animation.
Test: Firstly, I will create a chart to see how many different shapes/ techniques that I learned in noeul sandart academy I used in the
animation. If I have at least 10 aspects learned in my animation, I can safely say that I was succesful. For the feedback from Ms.
Choi, the question for this criteria will be under the survey rubric mixed with questions from the other criteria as well. If I at least
receive a 6 out of 8 for the question related to this criteria, I could say that I was succesful in meeting it.
6. Transitions supported by editing should be smooth.

Why: It is important for the sandart animations transitions supported by editing to be smooth. The transitions are very important
when dealing with sandart animation as the story and the message needs to flow smoothly together. Even though the story itself is
more important, without the transitions, the narration and the video will not be synchronised.
How: There are many ways that the transitions supported by editing could me measured for success of the criteria. This criteria too
can be divided up in to two sections the artistic section and the technical section. For the artistic section regarding the artistic
transitions, a survey question regarding this could be sent to the primary art teacher, secondary art teacher, and my sandart teacher.
For the technical transitions, a survey with a question on this criteria could be sent to one of the teachers of the technical support
team. This would give me insight on two different ways of approaching the topic of transitions regarding sandart animation.
Test: I would first test the artistic transitions by sending a survey question regarding this could be sent to the primary art teacher,
secondary art teacher, and my sandart teacher. When averaged all of these numbers out of 8 out and I get at least a 6 out of 8, I
could say that I am succesful. For the technical aspect, If I receive at least a 6 out of 8, I could say that I am succesful as well.
7. My skills and techniques regarding sandart should have improved from beginning to the end.
Why: Documenting improvement in skills and techniques is the most important criteria because this is the section which is the most
challenging for me. Since sandart is a relatively new artform and since I have only learned it for 10 lessons when it actually needed to
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be 3 months, documenting my improvement is crucial to this project because it shows that I challenged my self. Also, documenting
improvement in skills needs to be done to measure my improvement in skills and techniques.
How: Since my sandart teacher was with me since the start where I initially started learning sandart, feedback from her is very
important. About every 1-2 weeks of my creating section, I will send a video of me practicing to her. She will then tell me how I can
improve in what way and what things that I am doing well. She and I are the only ones that would know if I improved or not. Because
I would most likely be biased for myself, it is better to ask a 3rd person to measure my improvements.
Test: I would know if the criteria was successful by sending her my final animation as well as a mid-point check of animation as well.
With the two videos as well as the 10 lessons in which she saw me, she would rate my improvement in skill from 0-8 and this will be
on a rubric survey which will include questions regarding other criteria as well. If I receive at least a 6 out of 8 I would safely say that I
was succesful in this criteria.
8. The sandart animation should make people be inspired to do it themselves.

Why: Lastly, but as important as the other criteria the sandart animation should make people be inspired todo it themselves. In the
personal project, it is no use if I only have fun with what I am doing. Even though, my goal is to develop my skills and techniques,
while in this process it is good if it inspires other people to try sandart animation themselves or just merrily make my target audience
of 3rd and 4th graders want to research more about sandart.
How: Since I will be going in to my target audience's classroom to present my product and receive feedback, I will also be adding a
survey as well. In this survey there will be two questions regarding this criteria one on if the children enjoyed the video or not and
second if they would want to try it themselves. Another way that I would be able to measure the success of this animation is to add a
section like this only with weighting on the classroom teacher's survey.
Test: For the survey of the target audience, if I at least get 80% for each question say that they enjoyed the video and would want try
it themselves, I would say that I was succesful. Also, for the teacher's survey if a receive a 6 out of 8, I would be able to classify
myself as succesful in this criteria.
THURSDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2015

Date of Entry: Thursday December 17th 2015
Subject: This process journal entry is going to be summarizing my time management skills regarding the design stage of my
product. The stage I am at know is I have finished my three initial rough designs and am working on a detailed corrected version of
the designs to compare to the specification to pick one final design. This process journal will be divided in to four sections: works
completed, resources consulted, challenges/ Difficulties faced, and the evaluation of the progress.
Details:
1) Works completed
The works that I have completed regarding the design sections up until know is I have finished working on the three initial designs
which are on The Sun and the Moon which is a korean children's story, The Little Mermaid, and The Town Mouse and the Country
Mouse. These designs can be seen present in the photo gallery section with the captions: Initial Rough Design- (name of the
children's story). Even though this will be elaborated upon the resources consulted section, I have also had a meeting with Mr.
Esmail, my supervisor on December 11th to get feedback on these pieces to work on my detailed initial designs. Currently I am
finished with the Detailed Initial designs for 'The Little Mermaid' and am working on the corrections for 'The Sun and the Moon'. After
I am finished with the correction for 'The Sun and the Moon' I will be moving on to the corrections for 'The Town Mouse and the
Country Mouse'. These Detailed Initial Designs will be located after the Initial Rough Designs with the captions: Detailed Initial
Design- (name of the children's story).
2) Resources Consulted
On December 11th I had a meeting with Mr. Esmail which I arranged to receive feedback on my Initial Rough Designs. The email that
I have sent for proof can be seen in the photo gallery section of my process journal with the caption: Email sent to Mr. Esmail
about meeting on December 11th. This meeting was arranged on the 8th of December. With the Designs that I had (challenges
with this will be mentioned in the third section), I received a point of general feedback from this meeting use technical names for the
transitions and skills that I am going to be using. Because the initial rough and detailed design would only contain six slides from a
potential animation, it was too broad to add details of specific transitions that were going to be done in the designs so I added side
notes in the initial rough designs and added the section of techniques in the detailed initial designs so this feedback would be
achieved.
3) Challenges/ Difficulties faced
The challenges and Difficulties faced came from the miscalculation of time. I initially wanted to get the feedback for the rough initial
design of 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse'. However, I couldn't finish this design on time which resulted in me not getting
feedback on this story. However, because the feedback from Mr. Esmail was feedback that could be applied to all of the designs, this
was not as much of a problem than I expected.
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4) Evaluation of progress
Because I am working to my plan, I believe that I am on track regarding progress. One might think that I am behind because I am still
on my design stage. However, the point of sandart is to design your own sand animation with thorough thought and it is not
something that can be taken for granted. After I am finished with all of the detailed initial designs they will be up in the managebac
gallery section.
MONDAY, 02 NOVEMBER 2015

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Date of Entry: Monday November 2nd 2015
Subject: This process journal entry is going to discuss the changes made in the Brainstorm as I decided a topic for my sandart
animation which I decided it to be children's stories.
Details:
As mentioned in the subjects section, I decided on my topic for my sandart animation which is going to be children's stories. I
decided to pick this because I have always been interested in fictional stories and I felt as if sandart animation was a great way to get
children engaged. Also, the topic of children's stories is broad so that I can think of many different possibilities in the planning stage,
but it is narrow enough to put as a goal. If I have a specific children story for example snow white in my investigation, I felt as if this
would limit me in the future stages especially in the plan stage because my topic and medium is fixed. If my topic is loosened a bit,
then I think that this will help me become much more creative.
There are a number things that I changed in my initial updated brainstorm because of the change of this specification. The first thing I
have changed is the goal. The initial updated goal was "To create a sandart animation whilst exploring skills and techniques" but I
have changed this to "To create a sandart animation on a children's story whilst documenting improvement in skills and techniques".
Even though this is a bit lengthy, I found it to be a exact representation of the topic that I am going for and the goal that I am trying to
achieve.
Also, another section that I have edited is the question of "What topic should I do for my animation?". I kept all of the other
possibilities just in case and because it shows my thinking. However, I added on to the Korean folk tales and children's stories
branch by adding a section that says Watching existing sand art on children stories because I have already reviewed one on the Ugly
Duckling. Also I added a general question branch to this brainstorm which was "who would be my audience?". I added branches of
potential audiences such as parents or the children themselves and asked myself relevant questions. Specific changes can be
seen in the Pictures Process Journal in the newly added Brainstorm for April 2 2015.
SUNDAY, 01 NOVEMBER 2015

Date of Entry: Sunday November 1st 2015
Subject: This entry is going to be about sources on the topic of my sandart animation which is going to be children's stories. These
sources are going to describe the background of children's stories and how they come to be in general. Also, the sources are going
to describe the benefits that children's stories have on children as well. Finally, the final source will evaluate a children's story told by
sand art. The planning stage will go in to detail on the specific children's stories that are going to be used and I will be
evaluating them against my specification criterion that are going to be made.
NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT IS MORE FOCUSED ON SAND ART THEN CHILDREN STORIES ITSELF
Details:
SOURCE 8
1) Information on the Source
This source is about the cultural evolution of story telling and fairy tales as can be seen by the title of this journal. This section which
consists of twenty pages is the first chapter of this journal and explains a brief thoughts on the origins of story telling and goes on
with its different subsections which are Human Communication and the Origins of Fairy Tales and Other Genres, Simple Genres and
Their Complex Interaction, and Memetics and Cultural Evolution ("Human Communication and Memetics"). This journal is from a

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website called the Princeton University Press which is a publisher that is in close relations with the University of princeton and has a
variety of different sources.
2) Evaluation of the Source
First of all, this is a reliable source because it is from a world ranking universities closely related publisher, which is princeton
University. A source from Princeton University is very unlikely to be unreliable. However, except for the beginning when is states a
breif thoughts on the origins of story telling, the rest is not of interest to my topic because all I need is history on children's stories
which can branch out to story telling.
3) Work Cited
"Human Communication and Memetics." The Cultural Evolution of Storytelling and Fairy Tales (n.d.): n. pag. Princeton University
Press. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. <http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s9676.pdf>.
SOURCE 9
This source is a source, like the title says, that describes the history of Story Telling. It is an excerpt from a journal by a man named
Dr. Michael Lockett called The Basics of Story Telling. Dr. Lockett mentions different theories of where and how story telling first
came to be talking about the Pyrenees Mountains, the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Africans, China, and India. It talks about how
story telling emerged from these different countries in similar patterns (Lockett). At the end it shows an adapted story by Dr. Lockett
called the Calif of Baghdad.
First of all, this source is fairly reliable as can be seen by Dr. Lockett's biography. He mentions that he has given three thousand
different presentations in 14 different countries on story telling. He is an author as well who published nine childrens' bilingual picture
books. Also he worked at various Universities such as Bradley University, Aurora University, and Western Illinois University. Also he
was a reading council officer for over 25 years in the MID-State Reading Council as well as the Illinois Reading Council. Finally, he
also worked for the International Reading Association ("Bio for Dr. Mike Lockett"). One can say that this man is credible. However,
just because he is good at story telling doesn't mean that he is an expert at the history of story telling. This can be cross referenced
with other sources as well.
3) Work Cited
"Bio for Dr. Mike Lockett." The Storyteller Online - Dr. Mike Lockett. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2015. <http://www.mikelockett.com/
bio.php>.
Lockett, Michael. "History of Storytelling." The Basics of Storytelling (n.d.): n. pag. Mike Lockett. 2007. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.
<http://www.mikelockett.com/downloads/History%20of%...>.
SOURCE 10
This article as the title states talks about The history of Children's books. This is from a Newspaper called The Atlantic and was
published on January 1st 1888 which is quite a long time back from now. It is written by a man named C. M. Hewins was a woman
writter and a librarian. First she starts off with a quote from William Makepeace Thackeray and goes on to describe the Babees Book
which puts the reader off track. Then she goes on with explaining about children's stories and what different people have said about
them for example, there is a quote by John Locke who is a famous philosopher.
First of all, the problem with this source is that the publishing date is January 1st 1888. The fact that is more than a century old is
worrying as I have to use information on the history of children story telling and since 1888 is already a far away history from the 21st
century and many things have changed, this might not be valid. However, quotations for example by Thackeray and John Locke can
of course be used. This is because even if time has passed what people have said in the past doesn't change. If this applies to my
topic, I might use this for the hook section of my write up.
3) Work Cited
Hewins, C. M. "The History of Children's Books." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 01 Jan. 1888. Web. 01 Nov. 2015.
<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1888/0...>.
SOURCE 11
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This source is a research paper for a student named Jill Eck from The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout for the Master
of Science Degree Career and Technical Education. Because it is a research paper, the sections are divided in to Chapters. Chapter 1
is the Introduction which includes detail on the objective of the research which is to figure out the relations between story telling and
learning. Chapter 2 is the Literature Review section which talks about Definitions of Story telling and the prior studies done on story
telling. Chapter 3 talks about the Research Methodology and starts talking about the Research the Jill Eck did herself and the
planning that this took. Chapter 4 discuses the results on story telling's relations with learning that she has obtained. Finally Chapter
5 discusses the Summary, Conclusion, and potential areas of further study.
First of all, since this is a research paper done by a student and not a professional, the ethos of this piece goes down. However, there
are sections of this research paper that is very useful. For example, in Chapter 2 where it talks about prior studies done on story
telling's effects, this can be very useful to my case because I am trying to prove that story telling is indeed helpful and that is why I
am going to be trying to communicate children's stories to children using story telling by sand art. I will include information from this
source in my investigate write up.
3) Work Cited
Eck, Jill. "AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING WITH ADULT LEARNERS IN SUPERVISORY
MANAGEMENT." AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING WITH ADULT LEARNERS IN SUPERVISORY
MANAGEMENT (n.d.): n. pag. The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout. May 2006. Web. 2 Nov. 2015.
<http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/thesis/2006/20...>.
SOURCE 12
This source is a presentation and an explanation about how visual learning can help children. This is presentation and explanation
journal is made by a man named Stuart J Murphy who is a well known Visual Learning author and Consultant. Murphy first talks
about an overview of the topic of visual learning by skills in which schools value and what students have a struggle with. Murphy
then moves on to the next section of his write up talking about Developing Social/Emotional Skills in Children. Then he continues on
to define visual learning and how he sees this to be. Then he frames and specifies the Visual in Contextual Learning. After this, he
mentions specific modeling behaviors. Modeling behaviors are methods that help children have better behavior. Then the
presentation goes on to talk about interdisciplinary working.
First of all, this source is somewhat reliable because Stuart J Murphy who is a well known Visual Learning author and Consultant as
mentioned in the above section. However, what might be a limitation of this document is that it doesn't have any backing to support
its case. If there was some backing for example statistics or studies that have found what he is trying to support, it would have been
much more elaborate and strong case. If I am going to be using this in the Investigate section, I will have to cross reference Murphy's
statements with statistics and studies from other sources.
3) Work Cited
Murphy, Stuart J. "THE POWER OF VISUAL LEARNING AND STORYTELLING IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION." Storytelling in
Early Childhood(n.d.): n. pag. Pearson. Pearson. Web. 2 Nov. 2015. <http://images.pearsonclinical.com/images/ecsimarch...>.
SOURCE 13
This article is from a website called Teaching English which is run by the British Council and BBC. The information in this article as
can also be seen by the title is Benefits and Tips while using Story telling. The article is divided in to six different sections which first
starts and goes in order to: What can storytelling offer?, Storytelling and intercultural understanding, Other benefits of using
storytelling in the classroom, Commonalities of cultures around the world, Performance techniques, and A last word ("Storytelling Benefits and Tips"). The first section which is called What can storytelling offer mentions the benefits that story telling has on children
in bullet points. The rest except for this section is tips and tricks whilst story telling.
First of all, this source is very reliable because it is from a website that is managed by both the British Council which is an
organisation which deals with education and culture, and BBC which is one of the most reliable news sources that one can find.
Though the sources are reliable there is not much detail in the points only giving bullet points for readers to follow easily. If I am going
to be using this in my investigation, I will have to cross reference with different sources that do have statistics and studies to prove
that story telling does indeed benefit children and so will by project which will be telling a children's story through sand art.
3) Work Cited

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"Storytelling - Benefits and Tips." TeachingEnglish. British Council, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2015. <https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/
article/storyte...>.
SOURCE 14
This is a sand animation made by a man named Oleg Somin who is a sandartist from Russia. Because I am going to be doing
children's stories, I wanted to look at a sand art that a children's story was already used as for inspiration. This sand art animation is
using the story of the Ugly Duckling. It uses skills that I have not seen before such as using a stick for drawing positively adding
white shadows to different sections of the work. For example, this can be seen in 1:50. Also, since this is a video and special effects
can be added, one can see that Somin added a blue filter to a sad section in the video as can be seen in 2:51. Also, this can be seen
in 4:01 where a light is coming out of the fire place as well. Even without narration Somin manages to communicate the story of "The
Ugly Duckling" very well. The video is noted in the April 2nd 2015 video of and is named "Ugly Duckling, fairy tale".
First of all, this source is somewhat reliable because although Oleg Somin's work is great, there isn't a biography or website I can
find which has his biography where I can check his education or his clients to see if he is a famous professional or not. Also, I have
learned a lot from watching this video. The first thing that I have watched is that one does not only have to use their hands and can
use sticks for the performance for different effects as well. Also, when one is not doing a performance live, one can use filters and
technology in general to enhance the story line of the children's story. I will take this in to consideration when I am making my own
sand animation.
3) Work Cited
Somin, Oleg. "Ugly Duckling, Fairy Tale." YouTube. YouTube, 28 Feb. 2013. Web. 01 Nov. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=_sH0vGTAz7c>.
SUNDAY, 01 NOVEMBER 2015

Date of Entry: Sunday November 1st 2015
Subject: This entry is going to explain and evaluate sources found for the investigate section of my project. These series of sources
are going to be dedicated on the topic of sandart and only the medium itself. The next process journal will evaluate sources
researched on the topic of the sandart.
Details:
SOURCE 3
This source is of an interview done with my sand art teacher Ms. eun jun choi. This interview was done on august 13th 2015 which
was the last lesson of sandart that I had had before I headed back to Istanbul from South Korea. Ms. Eun jun choi as mentioned in
my previous process journal post source entry 1 is a professional sand artist who currently works at noeul sand art academy which
is the only certified sandart academy in south korea. Ms. Eun Jun Choi was a design major in Yonsei University which is one of the
three most prestigious schools in South Korea. Also, every since she taught sand art she has also been handing in sand animations
for corporation advertisement such as samsung and IGM. Also, she received countless awards regarding the making of sandart and
handing them in to competitions. Some awards include the special award in the Safety and Health UCC competition made by the
government and getting the 2nd place in the Love of Ulsan (city in korea) UCC competition.
I asked my teacher about general questions and information on sandart and also asked about my weaknesses and improvements
while doing the sand art course. The questions and answers in korean and in english are as follows:
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1. Can you shortly explain what sand art is?
Sandart is an artistic medium conveying a story or message using sand and a light box.
2. What is the most important thing whilst doing sandart?
The most important thing is to convey the message that one is trying to get across using story telling clearly.
3. What makes sandart different from other mediums?
Sand art uses sand and sand has a characteristic of being warm and smooth so consequently when one is trying to convey a hard
and heavy topic, with transferring this in to the medium of sandart one can convey the message more emotionally and smoothly. This
is an advantage of using sand art.
4. What are the different uses of sandart?
These days it is used for classic music concerts, plays and other dramatic performances. It is also used for advertisements on tv and
for corporations, movies, and experience education for students as well.
5. What are my strengths in sandart?
First of all, sand art is something that you have to dedicate a lot of time in to and is not as easy as people think. However, I have
looked over Halim as she practiced and took the lessons and one of her strengths is that she learns things taught very quickly and
she can aply these skills and develop them well as well.
6. What are my weaknesses in sandart?
Halim needs some practice refining the edges of shapes but this is something that she will have to work on during her practice times.
Also, if she practices shaping and the composition aspect of sandart, she will have a great final piece.
7. Today is the last practice, how have I improved from the first class to the last?
In the begging since sandart isn't an easy subject, her skills of trimming shapes had some weaknesses. However, near the last few
lessons her shapes have become clearer and her skills to use these shapes and applying them have increased as well. She learns
things very fast so it was a pleasure teaching her.
8. Lastly, I want to ask you about your view on the future of sandart.
Its been less than 10 years since sandart was properly introduced to the world, its only been 6 years. They say that it has become
more known however there are many that still do not know the existance of sand art. I wish that sand art was not only used for
artistic and performance purposes but different branches such as education and other contents.
This source is very reliable because my teacher as mentioned in the information on the source, comes from a background of a
prestigious school in korea majoring in design. Also, she has won many awards as listed above regarding sandart. However, because
it is translated from korean to english and because I have done it myself, the wording may not be the best making it less reliable to
english speakers when they are looking at this source. However, I have used the korean and english dictionary to translate to make
words as accurate as possible so this might reduce this problem.

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3) Work Cited
Choi, Eunjun. " ." . N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2015. <http://blog.naver.com/ejun84>.
Choi, Eunjun. "Interview on Sandart." Personal interview. 13 Aug. 2015.
SOURCE 4
Nanda vermoorder is a sandartist from indonesia and has very famous corporations for clients such as the Best Western Hotel,
Yamaha, Novotel, Ibis and more (Vermoorder). I contacted various sand artists by email. The artists that I contacted were Nanda
Vermoorder, Ronnie Chibber, Badal Barai, Didi Rodan, Nitish Bharti, Ilana Yahav, and Kseniya Simonova. The only artist who
contacted me in time with the interview questions answered was Mr. Vermoorder. The conversations me and Mr. Vermoorder's
road manager Gaga had are noted in the photo section of the process journal. Below are just the texts of the
conversations:
i. Email 1 sent by Halim
Dear Mr.Vermoorder,
First of all, thank you for taking your time to read this email. My name is Halim Kim from the Istanbul International Community School
in Turkey and is in the 10th Grade. In our school before we move on to 11th grade we have to do a project called the Personal
Project. In the personal project what you do is you pick a topic you are interested in and explore that topic and take action. The topic
that I picked was sandart. I have taken lessons on sandart and know the basics of animation. So, I decided to pick this as my topic.
My goal of this project is to create a final sand animation that is well made and professional.
The first stage of this project is Investigating about sand art and this process is very important to our project since it is research on
the base and knowledge of the project. I decided to contact a professional, you, in order to obtain information about sand art. May I
ask if it is possible that you could take just a few minutes in order to answer these questions on sandart for this project:
1. What is sandart?
2. Can you describe a brief history about sandart?
3. What is the most important thing to remember whilst doing sandart?
4. How is sandart different from other art mediums?
5. How is sandart used presently?
6. What are the different specific skills and techniques of sandart?
7. What are the methods of plotting out a story with sandart?
8. What makes sandart difficult?
9. What advice would you give to beginners taking sandart (like me)?
10. What is the difference between a live performance and a recorded performance of sandart?
I apologize for many questions but a reply would be most greatly appreciated. Also, I would like to ask if you would be able to give
me feedback on the animation I will make for my project in the following months?
Thank you for reading this email, and a reply sometime this week would be greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
Halim Kim
ii. Email 1 sent by Gaga
Dear Halim Kim,
I'm Gaga (Road Manager Mr. Nanda Vermoorder). I've told your questions to Mr. Nanda Vermoorder and he has given the answer.
Below is an answer directly from Mr. Nanda Vermoorder.
1. sand art or commonly known with the sand animation is an art performed by combining the frame by frame, resulting in a story
that has meaning, and can be understood and enjoyed by everyone.
2. For history, you cand find it on google.
3.There are some important things to remember when doing a sand animation art. First, the meaning of the story we will show on our
sand animation. Second, how the arrangement of the pictures that we make. the third is the point where you will create a new image
from the image that you have previously made.
4. There are a few things that distinguish the type of sand animation art other painting in General. the first is the media used, sand
animation using the mainstream media in the form of special sand with special masses. Second, sand animation is an art that can
also deliver more than one message to everyone who sees it. third, sand animation presents a story, not just the one picture alone,
there are stories in the sand animation is a composite of several images that have meanings that are related.
5. At this time, sand animation show widely used as live entertainment in many events, such as a corporate event and personal
event. in fact, in the near future, I use a sand animation as a medium of art therapy in psychology.
6. It is a must-have basic skills of drawing. After that, you have to learn the techniques in making sand animation, such as how to
hold the sand, make a shape with the fingers, and many more (sorry I can't give you in detail about the technique because it makes
should be done directly).
7. The first thing is the purpose of a sand animation was made. the second thing is the message that will be communicated to all
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people with sand is animated, and the third is what the core who wish to delivered in sand animation.
8. For me, none of the things that make the sand animation is hard to do. The most important thing is practice, practice, and
practice.
9. Do a lot of practice and do exploration narratives and forms.
10. There is no significant difference between live shows with recorded performance. There is only a difference in duration.
Best Regards
Gaga (Road Manager)
iii. Email 2 sent by Halim
Dear Gaga,
Thank you greatly for your reply. I apologize for another question, but in the future as I proceed with my project, is it possible that Mr.
Vermoorder would be able to give some quick feedback on my work?
This would be a great help for me as a professional like Mr. Vermoorder's feedback is greatly valued.
Best Regards,
Halim Kim
iv. Email 2 sent by Gaga
Dear Halim Kim,
You're welcome.
I'll say it to Mr. Vermoorder. I think, he will do it with pleasure.
Best Regards
Gaga

First of all, the source is very reliable because it is from a professional sand artist. However, a limitation can be that this is not a direct
interview and there is a person in the medium who is Mr. Vermoorder's road manager Gaga. However, since she has noted that
"Below is an answer directly from Mr. Nanda Vermoorder" I think this is not a major issue to worry about.
3) Work Cited
Vermoorder, Nanda. "Nanda Vermoorder." Nanda Vermoorder. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2015.
<http://nandavermoorder.wix.com/nandavermoorder>.
Vermoorder, Nanda. "Questions about Sand Art for School Project." E-mail interview. 25 Oct. 2015.
SOURCE 5
This source is from a newspaper article website called The telegraph. It is about how the famous sand artists Kseniya Simonova who
is the Winner of Ukraine's Got talent is earning fame on the internet. The article first mentions this statement briefly and proceeds to
describe Simonova's work in a short timeline format. The work that the author of this article Ian Johnston is describing is a work
about the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine.
First of all, this source is fairly reliable because The telegraph is a source that is looked highly upon and also the work that Ian
Johnston, a journalist, is describing is a work that is done by Kseniya Simonova who is the winner of Ukiranes got talent with using
sand art which doesn't leave any room to question her skill level. I will use this source in my investigation as an example of a present
day famous sand artist.
3) Work Cited
Johnston, Ian. "Sand Artist Kseniya Simonova, Winner of Ukraine's Got Talent, Becomes Internet Hit." The Telegraph.
Telegraph Media Group, 19 Sept. 2009. Web. 01 Nov. 2015. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/
howabou...>.
SOURCE 6

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This source is a book called Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets and is written by a man
named Giannalberto Bendazzi. This book covers the world history of animation which also happens to include information about
sand art. This book discusses about different people who are related to sand art for example Caroline Leaf who widely experimented
with the medium of sand art and Gisle and Nag Ansorge who were also contributors to sand art as well.
This source is first very reliable because it is made by Giannalberto Bendazzi who is an animator and a former professor at the
Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and one at the Universit degli Studi of Milan who has been studying animation and
the history of this medium for 40 years. This shows great reliability to the subject. However, a limitation to this source is that it doesn't
cover the modern medium of flowing sand animation like I am doing since this is fairly modern and focuses on stop motion sand art
animation. However, since this type of animation evolved from stop motion sand animation and since this uses the same medium of
sand, I believe that this is very relevant and a useful source to use as background information for this topic.
3) Work Cited
Bendazzi, Giannalberto. Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. Vol. 2. N.p.:
Focal, n.d. Google Books. Google. Web. 1 Nov. 2015. <https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&...>.
SOURCE 7

This source is a communication piece of a corporation called the green umbrella in korea which is a NGO which funds children and
cares for them. Specifically it is called the green umbrella orchestra which is a campaign that this NGO is trying to do for children.
The story follows a young girl who is from North Korea who comes to South Korea. She goes through many hardships but she finds a
way to overcome this by playing music by joining the green umbrella orchestra. This is different from the Ilana Yahav video that was
shown because it is for a specific purpose for the audience. Also, it has narration in the background which is different from the
previous sand animation reviewed. Also, one can see that since this is not a live performance, the edges are cleaner and there is
more detail than Ilana Yahav's work which was done live. The video will be shown in the november 2nd post and is tittled
" " in korean.
First of all, this source is very reliable because it is made by eunjun choi, my teacher and also a professional sand artist in South
Korea. She is reliable as she has graduated with a degree in design in yonsei university and has won various awards by making sand
animations.
3) Work Cited
(doesn't show up correctly on managebac)
Choi, Eunjun. " ." YouTube. YouTube, 29 June 2015. Web. 01 Nov. 2015.
FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2015

http://www.youtube.com/v/YIOsIbqpR5s
FRIDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2015

http://www.youtube.com/v/wtvMYGxpdrI
THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2015

Date of Entry: Thursday October 15th 2015
SOURCE 2
Subject: This entry is going to be my second source that I am going to be analysing is a professional Jewish sand artist named Ilana
Yahav. She is one of the most well known sand artists presently with Kseniya Simonova. I am going to be talking briefly about her
and then I am going to be analysing one of her pieces "You've got a Friend" in order to see if there are any new techniques that catch
my eye that I haven't learned before. I will use this source to see if there are any different techniques that professional sand artists
use and if I can use it in my final animation.
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Details:
1) Information from the source
I find that looking at professionals' works before I start to plan out my own sand art is essential because since I only know the basics
of sandart, if I just make a piece of work only with my knowledge, it might not be the most professional work that I have produced.
However, if I take a look at professional artists' work I feel like I would get to know more techniques and skills in order to enhance my
work. The professional that I am going to be talking and analysing work from today is Ilana Yahav. Ilana Yahav is a Israeli sandartist
("Life Story Written in the Sand"). Yahav always persued and showed artistic talent because before she started her sand art career,
she had a puppet studio and specialized in special effects for ads and movies ("Life Story Written in the Sand"). She was very
succesful with this artistic business as well because she made puppets for a famous Israeli Satire show ("Life Story Written in the
Sand"). She had majored in this field in Hollywood California, United States ("Life Story Written in the Sand"). However, now she is a
professional sand artist. Some of her famous works include "Ever Since you Left", "Give Peace a Chance", and "You've got a friend"
("Sand Art by Ilana Yahav"). The piece that I am going to pull out techniques from today is "You've got a friend".
First of all "You've got a friend" is a short 3:55 piece and is about a lonely person who is taken out of their misery because they have
got a friend. Some of the techniques that I didn't recognise or didn't use when I had my lessons was in 0:22 when she made the
birds with just her fingers while I need to draw a straight line and then push it up to make a figure of a bird. For this technique, I feel
like my idea is better since I am not strong at spraying sand with my finger because they are not wide. Also, another technique I
found interesting was in 0:25 when she was drawing the tree I learnt to draw the stem and then the tree top but she does the
opposite. I think I will utilise her idea because it is easier to flow your hand in to one way drawing the top of the tree, then the bark,
then the shadow. Another place I found a usage of a different technique was 1:07 when she just drew one finger first and then
proceeded to draw the rest of the hand. I have learned to draw the palms first and then drawing the fingers. Since I feel like my
method will be easier, I will continue to use my method. Finally in general, I noticed that there were a lot of uses of symmetrical
clearing for example in 1:23- 1: 32 to make a tree. This is something that I briefly touched upon when I had my lessons but they were
not taught. I feel like since it brings balance to the piece I will use it in some point of my final product as well. One can see the
video in the youtube post section for October 16th 2015 the title is "Sand Art by Ilana Yahav - SandFantasy - "You've
Got a Friend"".
Overall, I feel like seeing this video and analysing her techniques gave me a better idea on what skills I would like to develop and
what techniques I would add to my final product.
2) Evaluation of the source

Even though Ilana Yahav is a well known artist, there are some questions that we have to ask so that we know that she has qualifying
ethos to be credited. First of all, it does not mention what school she had graduated. All it said was that she had graduated in
Hollywood California, United States working with the arts ("Life Story Written in the Sand"). If there was more of a specific place or
major she had, it would have given much more credibility as a professional. Also, another question that we can ask is how does
special effects and sand art relate. All that Yahav mentions is that she had done special effects in professional positions but in order
to raise her credibility of sand art, she should have noted on how sand art relates to special effects or about how she translated to
sand art ("Life Story Written in the Sand"). However, because I am just analysing her work and not what she had said on sandart, her
ethos doesn't count as much as it could.
If these points are added to her "about me" page, I feel like she would have a much more credibility as a sand artist and I would feel
100 percent sure about using her work than now where I am questioning if she is a reliable source.
3) Works Cited (Managebac changes Works Cited from the proper one)
Works Cited
"Life Story, Written in the Sand." Ilana Yahav. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2015. <http://sandfantasy.com/about-me/>.
Yahav, Ilana. "Sand Art by Ilana Yahav - SandFantasy - "You've Got a Friend"" YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2015.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIOsIbqpR5s>.
THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2015

Date of Entry: Thursday October 15th 2015
SOURCE 1
Subject: This entry is going to be different from a normal entry which has the works completed in the week. This entry is going to
have information on a useful source used in my project. This is one of the first sources that I used which were a series of 10 lessons
where I learned the basics of sandart at a place called noeul sand art academy in Seoul, South Korea, from a professional teacher
named eun-jun Choi. This source will first explain what information was attained from the source and then evaluate this to see if this
source is reliable and how much of a relevance it has to my personal project.

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Details:
1) Information from the source
Before I started the project, I believed that the most important thing to do before I start doing any deciding on a topic for the sand art
or even start the project, was to learn the techniques in sandart. Since I started brainstorming for my personal project before the
summer, I decided to take summer break as an opportunity to make a basic knowledge on the techniques of sandart. I decided to do
this in the only certified sandart academy in Korea which is called noeul sand art academy located in seoul, Gangdong. When we first
called the academy and asked if I would be able to create a professional video in a time span of 5 weeks, they said that it would be
hard but if I learned the basic techniques, I would be able to utilise them in to making my animations even though I wouldn't have full
lessons on story boarding. I felt like this made the goal to create a sandart animation more challenging for me since I would know
only the basis, and this is good because the personal project is supposed to be challenging. When I went to learn at noeul sandart
academy, my teacher was Ms. Eun-jun Choi, a professional sandartist. I had two lessons one on thursday and one of saturday of
each week for five weeks. Below is a time line corresponding to the skills learned in each lesson with a slide show/ video to
accompany it which can be seen above in the youtube post for Friday October 16th 2015 written as Sand art lesson
progress (Note that not all of the things learned will be put in the slide show due to length):
Lesson 1: Learned the basics of manipulating sand- laying out sand (pulling sand from one end of the light box to another to create
a dark background), spraying sand (Using spraying to create gradations and shades), Positive and negative method (Positive is using
your hand to draw lines with the sand while negative is to lay out the sand and outline on there).
Lesson 2: Using the positive and negative method to draw scenery and nature such as: trees, branches, flowers, dessert, hill, sun,
and the sea.
Lesson 3: Using the positive and negative method to draw space, using a new technique of laying out sand ( to swirl layout around
an object so that the focus is on that object), Using basic shapes to draw birds.
Lesson 4: How to draw special types of flowers (roses), different was to draw clouds, Basic shapes to draw birds (eagle, chicken,
pigeon, bird eye view etc), using smooth lines to draw more accurate birds (learning how to draw the wings, the beaks), how to turn a
number and evolve it (number 2- swan-duck-pelican).
Lesson 5: Drawing aquatic animals (Fish using basic shapes, dolphins, whales, octopus, jelly fish, shrimp, crab), learning how to
draw thick tree bark, mid term (drawing a scenery of land and a scenery of the sea), Drawing cars using the positive and negative
method.
Lesson 6: Using positive and negative method to draw buildings and houses, to create our own unique houses, how to make brick
walls (by concentrating sand on a particular spot on a light box until it is white in the inside).
Lesson 7: Drawing peoples heads using the negative method and positive method (faced front and faced to the side- faced to the
side is utilised more), How to draw hands in different positions, practice with both a person and hand by replicating work by a foreign
artist.
Lesson 8: Drawing short animation (of a man sitting down at a beach), Transforming scenes from one another (family sitting in a hillin a air balloon-family boat ride- standing besides sun), drawing the full body and the skeletal figure.
Lesson 9: Transforming a scenery in to another scenery (beachside city- amusement park).
Lesson 10: Reviewing how to draw the hand, scenery with full body people, communicating cyber bullying (how to draw a laptop, a
phone), Reviewing animals (Deers, birds).
As one can see there is a clear development of skills that are visible as the lessons proceed. Even though it has only been 5 weeks,
one can see that taking the lessons helped rather than not.
2) Evaluation of the source

This source was very useful because it creates a base for me to develop my skills. Even though I didn't learn in the academy how to
create story boards to create full top notch animations, learning the basics of sandart will help me able to utilise these skills in to
making my own story boards and animation. Also, it was useful as I could show my development in skill and exploring skill since this
is a crucial part to my goal of the personal project which states, "To create a sandart animation whilst exploring skills and
techniques".
I find this source reliable because this source has a lot of ethos. My teacher, Ms. Eun Jun Choi was a design major in Yonsei
University which is one of the three most prestigious schools in South Korea. Also, every since she taught sand art she has also been
handing in sand animations for corporation advertisement such as samsung and IGM. Also, she recieved countless awards regarding
the making of sandart and handing them in to competitions. Some awards include the special award in the Safety and Health UCC
competition made by the government and getting the 2nd place in the Love of Ulsan (city in korea) UCC competition. More
information of her achievements can be seen from her blog which is:
http://blog.naver.com/ejun84
3) Works Cited
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Choi, Eunjun. "Sand Art." Sand Art Classes. Noeul Sandart Academy, Seoul. 16 July 2015 - 13 Aug 2015. Lecture.
SUNDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2015

Date of Entry: Sunday October 11th 2015
Subject: This process journal entry will summarise my second meeting with Mr. Esmail, my supervisor. Also, it will talk about how I
fixed the brainstorm and added more information to it with the information from this meeting.
Details:
1) Works Completed last week + Resources consulted
The work that I have completed last week for the personal project was having my meeting with my supervisor and editing the
brainstorm again due to the meeting. We had the meeting on October 9th 2015 at 1:00PM which was the lunch break time. In the
meeting I first gave a report on my progress showing him the edited sections in my brainstorm. First I asked him what he thinks
about my new goal which was, "To create and explore sandart animation whilst documenting improvement in skill". Mr. Esmail, still
felt like this goal wasn't the best that we could make so he told me to fix this goal again for the next time we had the meeting.
Secondly, we talked about the equipment that I would use for the performance and practice. I already had the sand box and the sand
so the discussion was mostly on the tripod that I would use and the type of camera. He told me that the school recently bought hd
cameras which were Canon 650d DSLRs. He thought that this would be the right camera to film and record my work and he said he
was going to arrange it so that I could borrow this camera for the weekend or the week long break that was coming up soon. This
would risk the fact that I would have to pay money or replace the camera if anything went wrong but I was willing to risk this factor.
Also, when I asked about if I could be provided with a tripod, he said that our school recently bought many tripods which I could use.
However, I mentioned to him that for sandart, one of the specifications for the tripod was that it had to be able to face straight down
to film parellel to the sandbox. He said he would try and see if this could be made or if a tripod could be altered to do this.
Thirdly, we talked about the source availability for my project. Since sand art is a fairly recent art medium that has been developed,
there are not a lot of professional pages or sources that discuss this. However, my supervisor told me not to worry about this since
types of sources depends on the types of project. For this type of project he said that professionals' help is a great source for
sandart.
Also, we talked about the balance between the topic of my sand animation and the medium of sandart its self. When we had the
assembly about resources that we had to use, Ms. Bond, our Librarian, mentioned that we had to have sources on our topics and
our mediums as well. I asked my supervisor if this was mandatory for me since my main focus was on the medium and the topic
could be anything. Mr. Esmail mentioned that I would have to research on the topic but I would have to focus mainly on the medium
of sand art since it was the most important part of my project. This would result in having more specification points for the medium
than the actual topic would have.
Mr. Esmail also gave me some points to add to my brainstorm which was "What will be the Legacy of this project?" and "What is the
point of this project?". I added these to my brainstorm. I also fixed my goal from, "To create and explore sandart animation whilst
documenting improvement in skill" to "To create a sandart animation whilst exploring skills and techniques". This goal is much more
shorter and concise. I will ask for feedback of this goal the next meeting. My Updated Brainstorm is in the photogallery.
3) Challenges / difficulties faced
Some challenges and difficulties faced was that I didn't know that there would be professional documents or sources for my project
since sandart is a relatively recent art form. However, by asking my supervisor, I was able to find an answer. He said that since there
wasn't much documented sources. People and professionals could be sources as well.
I think I am on track right now because I have already had my second meeting in the time frame that we had to have our meeting.
Even though I am still in the phases of fixing my brainstorm, Making a strong base is more important than starting with the written
report. Next week, I will start with the source research and note two sources in time in my process journal.
TUESDAY, 06 OCTOBER 2015

Date of Entry: Tuesday October 6th 2015
Subject: This process journal entry will summarise my first meeting with Mr. Esmail, my supervisor. Also, it will talk about the initial
steps I took in to making a brainstorm on questions and things I have to accomplish. I will also mention the feedback received from
Mr. Esmail on the brainstorm and how I used this to created a more detailed version of my brainstorm which I am going to get final
feedback from my supervisor at the second meeting.
Details:

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1) Works Completed last week

The most important thing when starting the personal project is to start brainstorming your ideas and create a solid base from where
you would start your personal project. If you do not have a strong base, there is little chance that you would have a successful
personal project. Last week, I started working on this base by making a brainstorm of what I already know or did and what I should
do. It also helps to see the overall layout of the current process I made this brainstorm by using a website called Coggle which helps
users to make easy brainstorms by making branches. Some important points mentioned in the brainstorm is of course the main idea
which I put as "To create a sandart animation which reflects my improvement of skill". I also decided on my global context to be
personal and cultural expression. I chose this global context because it fit my project well as I am expressing my creativity through an
art medium called sand art as stated in the description of personal and cultural expression which is, " Students will explore the ways
in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and
enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic". Moving on, Some of my branches for the brainstorm were "How can I learn
the different skills of sand art?", "What routine will I follow to improve my skills?", "What topic should I do for the sand art
animation?", "What is a successful sandart animation?", "What Equipment do I need?", and "How can I present this animation?".
The sub branches and whole initial brainstorm can seen in the managebac gallery.
With this initial brainstorm, I scheduled a meeting with Mr. Esmail and edited my brainstorm according to the feedback that I had
received. This will be elaborated and continued upon in the resources consulted section of this entry.
Because I am still in my initial stages, I have not started researching about my topic and have specific sources but I have had my first
meeting with my supervisor, Mr. Esmail. The meeting was during student directed learning time which was after lunch on Thursday
1:30 PM. The first thing talked about in this meeting was the fact that I was still unsure on my goal which was, "To create a sandart
animation which reflects my improvement of skill". Since the goal is the thing that you are aiming for and is the core of your project, I
felt like a good goal should have a impact in the reader's mind so that they can remember it. However, I felt like my current goal did
the reflect this and I told this to my supervisor. Together, we came up with different key words that we could use in the goal. The key
words were: Improve, skill, area, sandart, communicate (idea/thought), exploration, manipulation of sand, transformation, and
expressing. With this, I was able to create a newer goal which is, "To create and explore sandart animation whilst documenting
improvement in skill". However, I am still not happy with this goal and during the second meeting I will ask my supervisor to review
this goal with me again.
Another area discussed with my supervisor was on how the brainstorm could be improved. Mr. Esmail gave me some ideas on more
branches that I could add such as "What is sand art?", "Why study sand art?", "What do I already know about sand art?", and
"Where do I get the information from?" which are questions that aren't visible in my initial brainstorm. I added these later in at home
after we had the meeting in school. Also, he said to add a point about money that may be used in learning sand art since it is the
factor that matters between learning from professional versus on youtube. Another elaboration was that he suggested I add
specifications for the camera and the tripod on how much of a good quality camera and tripod I would need in order to record and
present my sand art animation. I added both of these points to my brainstorm as well. This was the end of the meeting and the things
to do were elaborate on the goal, add in the extra items to the brainstorm, and take pictures of the sand art lessons that I took to
make a slide show of development. I have, as can be seen from this section, elaborated on the goal and added the extra items to the
brainstorm but I have yet to make a slide show of development of lessons. I will do this until the end of this week. The updated
brainstorm can see in the managebac gallery.
3) Challenges / difficulties faced
Even though this is just the start of the personal project, I had not a lot but one challenge faced during the process. This challenged
was mentioned in the previous section. It was making the goal. As mentioned, I felt like my current goal "To create a sandart
animation which reflects my improvement of skill" didn't accurately and interestingly described my project so when I had my first
meeting with my supervisor, I asked him about how I could improve it. Together we came up with potential key words that can go in
to my goal which were improve, skill, area, sandart, communicate (idea/thought), exploration, manipulation of sand, transformation,
and expressing. Because of my supervisor who helped me overcome this challenge I cam up with an elaborate goal using some of
the key words which is, "To create and explore sandart animation whilst documenting improvement in skill". Because of the
supervisors help I was able to overcome my challenge.
Since the initial goal is to finish the investigation that is due on November 2nd 2015 I feel like I am on track. Also, another goal is to
fill in one process journal out of three minimum process journals which is due in October 16th 2015 which is approximately a week
and a half from now and I have filled in one entry. I feel like I am on track for this as well. What I have to do now is to set up a meeting
with Mr. Esmail. preferably during lunch (12:40PM) on thursday October 8th 2015 and ask him about my updated goal and
brainstorm. Also, I need to start researching about my topic to get information for my investigation which is due on November 2nd
2015.

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To create a sand art animation on the theme of a children's story whilst

WEDNESDAY, 02 MARCH 2016

TUESDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2016

Halim Kims Personal Project Process Journal

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FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2016

2. Rate the quality of the video from 1-10

FRIDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 2016

WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2016

WEDNESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 2016

Below are the empty surveys that I have sent out:

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SUNDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2016

1. Does the narration and sand animation go well together?

2) Information used from Resource

2) Information used from Resource

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1) Preparing for presentation

3) Information from Sources

2. Students- Survey results

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4) Changes made in the Design

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4) Changes made in the Design

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Q: If there are too many scenes which could be pulled out?

Q: How is the transition of the drawings? Is it smooth?

MONDAY, 18 JANUARY 2016

3) Challenges/ Difficulties faced

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3. The sandart animation should communicate the children's story well.

4. The sandart animation should follow a narrative structure.

6. Transitions supported by editing should be smooth.

8. The sandart animation should make people be inspired to do it themselves.

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2) Evaluation of the Source