Academic Methodologies

Prof. Dr. Lena Gieseke | l.gieseke@filmuniversitaet.de | Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Session 03

The homework should take < 2h. If you need longer, please let me know next class.

Research (optional)

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Your Paper

Task 03.01 - Script: Finding a Research Questions

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Task 03.02 - Storylines

Answer the following questions (which are based on the Tripod method):

I. Complete the following three sentences:

  1. I am examining/working on/writing about … → What am I writing about? (name your research topic)
  2. … because I want to find out/understand/show … → What do I want to know? (name your research question)
  3. … in order to understand/determine/verify… → Why do I want to gain this knowledge? (state your research goal)

II. Reformulate what you have written:

  1. Rephrase 3. by finishing the following sentence: The goal of this paper is to …
  2. Reformulate 2. as a question.

III. Define your methodology:

  1. Describe in one sentence how you are planning to answer the question formulated in II.2. by finishing the sentence: I answer the research question…

Submission: Submit I - III for up to three different ideas. If you are already decided, you can submit fewer, but you must decide on max. three directions. This submission are not the final questions yet.

Example

(generated with the feedback of Claude)

Generative Typography
I.
  1. I am working on a p5.js sketch that deforms letterforms in response to microphone input amplitude …
  2. … because I want to determine whether deformation approach 1 or approach 2 better preserves legibility under live audiovisual performance conditions …
  3. … in order to derive a production-ready, real-time design setup for legibility-preserving text deformation in live audiovisual performances.
II.
  1. The goal of this paper is to determine which amplitude-to-deformation mapping preserves legibility while maintaining visual responsiveness in live audiovisual performance.
  2. Do viewers rate approach 1 or approach 2 for letter deformation as more legible during an audiovisual performance?
III.

I answer the research question through a user study in which ten viewers watch two short video recordings of the same audiovisual performance, each rendered with a different deformation approach, and are asked to (1) recall the displayed text measuring the error rate and (2) rate its legibility on a Likert scale, with results analyzed descriptively.

Answer all questions directly in a copy of this file. Submit your copy as am_XX_lastname.md in your submissions folder (replace the XX with the number of the session).

Please add the following header at the beginning of your Markdown file:

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Happy Researching!