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Unit 1 Question:
To What Extent Does our Health Depend on
Technology?
Area of Interaction (AOI):
Health and Social Education
Significant Concept:
Our health is only as good as our health service

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Investigation Stage
Introduction
For this unit, I need to provide a video or an animation to educate a certain group on the health
benefits of a particular technology. My task is to make my video (or animation) interesting and
entertaining to help educate a certain target audience better, and during that process I am supposed to
obtain a good understanding of the unit question: to what extent does our health depend on technology?

Firstly, I have chosen percutaneous coronary intervention to be the technology that I will promote.
The percutaneous coronary intervention, also known as coronary angioplasty, is a non-surgical
procedure used to treat the stenotic coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease.1 The
reason that I am choosing it is because this technology has become more and more widespread today,
and this does not decrease its importance at all. I think it is a good example of how our health depends
on the modern technologies.
I decide to do a video rather than to do an animation. I will choose some suitable software to make
this video and try to make it attractive to my target audience. I will also look for if there is any similar
videos as what I am going to do, and take them as references to help me do the video promoting the
technology. Furthermore, I want to choose my target audience at a certain age group, which will be the
ages above forty. I decide that because the older people will have a much higher risk of getting acute
myocardial infarction, therefore it is very helpful to tell them what a percutaneous coronary
intervention is, and how it can benefit them.

This technology that I have chosen relates to me because one of my grandparents did the
percutaneous coronary intervention some years ago, and the result shows obvious evidence of how this
technology can benefit people. In this case I can say, our health depends on technology. If he did not do
the percutaneous coronary intervention, he will get very high risk of having an acute myocardial
infarction in the later time of his life, and he might get some other diseases that relate to the vessels.
From that I can see how our health depends on modern technology, and how we are benefited from it.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percutaneous_coronary_intervention

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This problem links to the Area of Interaction which is Health and Social Education because people
need to be educated on this kind of problems. They do not trust the technologies sometimes; even the
technologies will help them to keep their health much longer. Our task of this unit is to educate a certain
group of people about a particular technology which can benefit them on health.

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Research
Q1. What is percutaneous coronary intervention?
Percutaneous coronary intervention, commonly known as coronary angioplasty or simply
angioplasty, is a non-surgical procedure used to treat the stenotic coronary arteries of the heart found in
coronary heart disease.2 Angioplasty was introduced to the world by Dr. Andreas Gruentzig in the mid to
late 1970's and is widely used today.3 During this procedure, a cardiologist feeds a deflated balloon or
other device on a catheter from the inguinal femoral artery or radial artery up through blood vessels
until they reach the site of blockage in the heart. At the blockage, the balloon is inflated to open the
artery, allowing blood to flow. A stent is often placed at the site of blockage to permanently open the
artery. The term balloon angioplasty4 is commonly used to describe percutaneous coronary intervention,
which describes the inflation of a balloon within the coronary artery to crush the plaque into the walls of
the artery.5
A coronary stent is a tube placed in the coronary arteries that supply the heart, to keep the arteries
open in the treatment of coronary heart disease.6 It is used in the percutaneous coronary intervention.
It is mounted on a balloon catheter in a "crimped" or collapsed state. When the balloon of is inflated,
the stent expands or opens up and pushes itself against the inner wall of the coronary artery. This holds
the artery open when the balloon is deflated and removed. 7 Coronary stents were designed to
overcome some of the short comings of angioplasty.
The angioplasty procedure usually consists of most of the following steps:
Access into the femoral artery in the leg (or, less commonly, into the radial artery or brachial artery
in the arm) is created by a device called an "introducer needle". This procedure is often termed
percutaneous access.
Once access into the artery is gained, a "sheath introducer" is placed in the opening to keep the
artery open and control bleeding.
Through this sheath, a long, flexible, soft plastic tube called a "guiding catheter" is pushed. The tip
of the guiding catheter is placed at the mouth of the coronary artery. The guiding catheter also allows
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3

http://www.heartsite.com/html/ptca.html

4

http://www.56.com/u75/v_NTQwNDgzNzg.html

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6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_stent

7

http://www.heartsite.com/html/stent.html

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for radiopaque dyes (usually iodine based) to be injected into the coronary artery, so that the disease
state and location can be readily assessed using real time x-ray visualization.
During the x-ray visualization, the cardiologist estimates the size of the coronary artery and selects
the type of balloon catheter and coronary guidewire that will be used during the case. Heparin (a "blood
thinner" or medicine used to prevent the formation of clots) is given to maintain blood flow.
The coronary guidewire, which is an extremely thin wire with a radio-opaque flexible tip, is inserted
through the guiding catheter and into the coronary artery. While visualising again by real-time x-ray
imaging, the cardiologist guides the wire through the coronary artery to the site of the stenosis or
blockage. The tip of the wire is then passed across the blockage. The cardiologist controls the movement
and direction of the guide wire by gently manipulating the end that sits outside the patient through
twisting of the guidewire.8
While the guidewire is in place, it now acts as the pathway to the stenosis. The tip of the
angioplasty or balloon catheter is hollow and is then inserted at the back of the guidewire—thus the
guidewire is now inside of the angioplasty catheter. The angioplasty catheter is gently pushed forward,
until the deflated balloon is inside of the blockage.9
The balloon is then inflated, and it compresses the atheromatous plaque and stretches the artery
wall to expand.
If an expandable wire mesh tube (stent) was on the balloon, then the stent will be implanted (left
behind) to support the new stretched open position of the artery from the inside.10

Q2. How can the percutaneous coronary intervention benefit people and what are the advantages and
disadvantages of this technology comparing with the other technologies used in the same area?
The percutaneous coronary intervention is beneficial for those people with unstable coronary
artery disease.
Stents reduce chest pain and have been shown to improve survivability in the event of an acute
myocardial infarction.11
Although introduced over two decades ago, angioplasty continues to be the most frequently
employed procedure in the cardiac cath lab (either by its self, or in conjunction with other procedures
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http://heartsite.com/html/

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10

http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/74279252-1966575683.html

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http://www.iqiyi.com/life/20121206/a8a0b2f1c4bf26d3.html

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such as coronary stenting). The percutaneous coronary intervention is also known as coronary
angioplasty or simply angioplasty, therefore we can notice that it is the most common form of
angioplasty. The percutaneous coronary intervention has proven to be as effective as and less costly
than coronary artery bypass graft in patients with medically refractory myocardial ischemia.12 Moreover,
the coronary revascularization by coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) is associated with an increased
risk of stroke. It means the percutaneous coronary intervention is safer. With availability of modern day
technology, it is estimated that the risk of death is during an angioplasty procedure is usually less than
1%, while the chance of requiring emergency bypass surgery is around 2% or less.13 It is a relatively safe
procedure and is carried out all over the world.
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), which bypasses stenotic arteries by grafting vessels from
elsewhere in the body, is an alternative treatment. Most studies have found that CABG is better than
percutaneous coronary intervention for reducing death and myocardial infarction. Coronary angioplasty
is widely practiced and has a number of risks 14 ; however, major procedural complications are
uncommon.

Q3. How can I make a video to explain the percutaneous coronary intervention to my target audience?
Firstly, I should collect all the information that I will need in the video, and then I need to try to put
them together and make my target audience interested in my product. My idea is to make a video of the
procedure of the percutaneous coronary intervention. However, it must not only talk about the
procedure, therefore I need to put the other facts of the percutaneous coronary intervention into it. For
example, the video should show the advantages of the chosen technology compared to the other similar
technologies. Moreover, I should think carefully about how I can put all the information in a video that
lasts 3~6 minutes. In the video, I want to use some short animations to explain the technology in more
details, since the animation can show the audience about how coronary stent will work inside human
bodies, and how it can affect the hearts. I will tell a story to my target audience instead of showing too
many serious facts, which therefore may let they find it more interesting.

Q4. Is there any similar product that I can get suggestions from?
There are many similar products that I can get suggestions from. Firstly, I searched on YouTube,
and I found a lot of videos about percutaneous coronary intervention. After that, I looked for the videos
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^ Stroupe KT, Morrison DA, Hlatky MA, Barnett PG, Cao L, Lyttle C, Hynes DM, Henderson WG (September 2006). "Costeffectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafts versus percutaneous coronary intervention for revascularization of high-risk
patients". Circulation 114 (12): 1251–1257. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.570838. PMID 16966588
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UK's NHS endorsed 'Best Treatments' advice on 'clinical evidence for patients from the BMJ' on Coronary angioplasty

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which had the lengths approximately at 3~6 minutes, and tried to learn the way they introduced the
technology. One of the videos that I think it’s really good and may give suggestions to my design is called
“PCI percutaneous coronary intervention /primary angioplasty”15: it mixes up the procedure of the PCI
and the explanation. In this video, we can see how the doctors are working throughout the procedure,
and there are also some people like professors introducing and explaining in details about the
percutaneous coronary intervention. This video gives me suggestions because it tells me how to add
enough information to the video. Moreover, it can help me a lot because I am also going to show the
procedure of PCI in my own video, therefore I can compare my product to this video later on to find the
differences and try to improve it more.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkeH036oigo

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Bibliography
WEBSITES:
Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Angioplasty
Coronary stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_stent
Stents
http://www.heartsite.com/html/stent.html
Menu of available cardiac tests and diseases
http://heartsite.com/html/

BOOKS:
UK's NHS endorsed 'Best Treatments' advice on 'clinical evidence for patients from the BMJ' on Coronary
angioplasty

VIDEOS:
冠状动脉血管成形术_视频在线观看 - 56.com (percutaneous coronary intervention_video online)
http://www.56.com/u75/v_NTQwNDgzNzg.html
血管成形术 3D 动画演示_HeJQ_新浪播客 (percutaneous coronary intervention 3D animation)
http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/74279252-1966575683.html
专家为你解密心脏支架术疏通血管恢复供血-生活视频-爱奇艺 (the expert telling you about PCI)
http://www.iqiyi.com/life/20121206/a8a0b2f1c4bf26d3.html

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▶ PCI Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Primary Angioplasty - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkeH036oigo

MAGAZINE ARTICLES:
Stroupe KT, Morrison DA, Hlatky MA, Barnett PG, Cao L, Lyttle C, Hynes DM, Henderson WG (September
2006). "Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafts versus percutaneous coronary intervention
for
revascularization
of
high-risk
patients".
Circulation
114
(12):
1251–1257.
doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.570838. PMID 16966588

INTERVIEWS:
Interview of Hefeng Xiyu (a Chinese short film maker) 10.12.2013

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Evaluating the sources
In general, the sources I have used in the research section are unbiased, valid and reliable. I have
looked through many other sources, and then I chose these sources because they have better qualities
compared to the other sources I have read.
As we know, Wikipedia is the biggest free encyclopaedia in the world. It is usually unbiased; and it
is valid because it updates the information frequently and has clear references. However, it is not so
reliable as some other sources since everyone can edit it. Sometimes its information might not be
professional or not even be exactly correct. Nevertheless, I think Wikipedia is still reliable for my
researches because I only use it to find the definitions of the words, such as PCI, stent, and angioplasty.
Therefore it is reliable and unbiased. Furthermore, I think the Wikipedia has given too many details
which I don’t need to use. Therefore I only choose to read and reference a part of it.
And then I found a really good website that introduces angioplasty (which is also called the
percutaneous coronary intervention), coronary stent and heart diseases. It is a reliable source, because
the facts that is includes are rigorous; and I can find evidences from other sources to prove that they are
true. However, this source is not unbiased in general. It has its own opinion: you can see it is supporting
one of the statements and disagree with another. At the research section, I think I should collect all the
different information about my chosen technology. Nevertheless, this website called heartsite.com is a
valid and reliable source for me, and it is more professional than Wikipedia.
The videos are valid and reliable because they introduce correct scientific information. In these four
videos I have used as sources in my research, I think the 3D animation helps me the most. It is because
this source is really valid and reliable: it clearly shows how the coronary stent works inside the vessels.
The video on YouTube which is introducing the procedure of percutaneous coronary intervention is also
valid, since it teaches me how to put the information into a video. The video of the expert telling PCI is
reliable but not so unbiased. It is professional, but it does not talk about the other side of the truth.
The interview was very interesting. I talked to a Chinese short film maker, and he taught me a lot
about how to make a good short video. I think it is a valid and reliable source, although it would not be
one hundred per cent unbiased, since we could not think so critically while we were talking instead of
writing or reading.

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Design brief
Defining the goal
My goal of this unit is to educate a certain age group of people on the health benefits of a particular
technology by making a video. My chosen technology is percutaneous coronary intervention. I need to
make a video which will be attractive to my target audience, while it can describe the applications of the
percutaneous coronary intervention and how this technology will benefit people. I also need to consider
how to make a good video. For achieving my goal, I should do lots of researches on my chosen
technology, and how it is beneficial to a certain group of people. Moreover, I should look for some
examples of similar products so that I can identify necessary and desirable characteristics. I will also do
some studies on how to make a good video and what software that i am going to use, since that my goal
is to make a video introducing my chosen technology to educate a target audience.

Target audience
My target audience will be the people above forty years old. The people at this certain age group
have higher risks to gain heart diseases and coronary diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction. My
chosen technology, percutaneous coronary intervention is particularly beneficial to the people who have
those diseases. I will introduce this technology to the people above forty years old, educating them
about what a percutaneous coronary intervention is, how it works, how it will benefit them and what
their advantages compared to the other technologies using to solve the same type of problem. I choose
this group of people to be my target audience because I think the information in my product is useful for
them, and they may find it interesting that what I am going to introduce them.

Major constraints
There are many different constraints that will limit me on design. I should take care of laws (such as
copy rights), time I will have to make the product, the software I use and my skills to use this software,
my knowledge of the technology that I am going to introduce, and many other things. I think the major
constraints for me to design the product are time and knowledge.

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Design specification
Limits
Function:
It must not talk about the other technologies
Appearance:
It must not contain too large/small font size
Content:
The information must not be too difficult to understand
The content of the video must not let the audience feel too serious
Material:
It must not be only text on the screen
The background sound must not be uncoordinated to the video
Size:
It must not be longer than 6 minutes

Demands
Function:
It must give a clear description of the chosen technology
Appearance:
It must have good control of colour on each page/scene
Content:
The video must have a title
It must contain at least 10 facts
The information in it must be useful for the target audience

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Material:
It must contain a combination of text, images, scene in a video
It must have sound
It must have different scenes
Size:
It must be at least two minutes long

Wishes
Function:
It should compare the chosen technology to its similar technologies (to show the advantages of the
chosen technology)
Appearance:
It should have a combination of colour
The general style of the video should make the audience feel and comfortable
Content:
It should contain a scene showing the procedure of the chosen technology
It should include enough scientific information
It should contain more than 15 facts
Material:
It should include at least three different scenes
It should contain a combination of video and animation
Size:
The length of background sound should accurately fit into the length of the video
It should have a good control of the length of each scene

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Test plan
Test table
Test Name

Expected
Outcomes
Does the video have a title?
Yes
Does it give a clear description of the Yes
percutaneous coronary intervention?
Does it contain at least 10 facts?
Yes
Does it have a good control of the Yes
length of each scene?
Does it contain a combination of text, Yes
image and scene?
Does it have sound?
Yes
Does it have a background sound Yes
which lasts throughout the video?
Do the texts have too large/small font No
size?
Does it last longer than two minutes? Yes
Does it last longer than six minutes?
No
Is the information too difficult to No
understand?
Is it scientific enough?
Yes
It there only text on screen?
No
Do you think that the background No
sound is uncoordinated to the scene?
Does it compare the percutaneous Yes
coronary intervention with the other
similar technologies?
Does it talk about another technology No
in details?
Do you think the video is too serious? No
Is the information in the video Yes
useful?

Actual
Outcomes

Comments/improvements needed?

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Evaluation
First of all, I think I have made improvement on the investigation stage. Throughout this section, I
have learned a lot of things about doing researches, testing product and evaluating the work.
I was a little struggled with the design specification part in this section, because I could not think
about enough demands and limits to the product that I am going to make. Therefore the design
specification could be one thing that I need to add more details to. Moreover, another thing I need to
add more details on is research. I have done enough research on the chosen technology, but I could also
spend more time to explain how I can make the video and what techniques I am going to use.
Furthermore, I don’t think there is something that I missed out, but I really still have a lot of things to
improve.
My design brief and specification are OK. For the design brief, I have identified my chosen
technology and my target audience, and also the type of my product. Moreover, I may need to explain
more on each small section. The design specification, as I said, is where I am struggled with. I could not
think about many demands or limits of making my product; however, I did write at least one for each of
the small title. Then I think the testing ideas are sufficient because I have used all the limits and
demands that I wrote in the specification section; but I also put some wishes into the test plan when I
think they are necessary.
I still need to add more details on the research section, but I think for this stage my research is
enough. I have answered all the guiding questions and collected enough information about my chosen
technology. Moreover, I have used five different kind of sources which are website, book, video,
magazine article, and interview. Most of the sources I have used are unbiased, valid and reliable.
For the next product, I will make a better time plan for this large section. I should not hastily do the
work at the end of the stage, and I should make sure that I have time to check through what I have done
before the deadline. Moreover, I need to do more research, and try to make it exhaustive. I will also try
to use a range of sources, and different kinds of sources. As for the design specification, I should think
about it carefully and add a few more to each of the demand, limit and wish part.

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Design Stage
Evaluating storyboards
Design 1:

Test Name

Expected

Actual


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Outcomes
Yes
Yes

Does it have a good control of the
Does it contain a combination of text,
image and scene?
Does it have sound?
Does it have a background sound
Do the texts have too large/small font
size?
Does it last longer than two minutes?
Is the information too difficult to
understand?
Do you think that the background
Does it compare the percutaneous
Does it talk about another technology
in details?
Do you think the video is too serious?
Is the information in the video
useful?

Outcomes
Yes
Yes

Yes

Should be
yes (have
not written
in details)
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes
Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No
Yes

No
Yes

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Design 2:

Test Name

Expected
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
image and scene?
Does it have sound?
Yes

Actual
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes


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Does it have a background sound
size?
understand?

Yes

in details?

No

No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes

No

No
No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Do you think the video is too serious? No
useful?

No
Yes

It might be a little bit confusing. It is
not a very good choice to introduce
PCI in chatting.

It does not compare PCI with other
technologies, but it explains in
details about different types of
angioplasty which is useless here.

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Design 3:

Test Name

Expected
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
image and scene?
Does it have sound?
Yes

Actual
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes


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size?
understand?
in details?

No

No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Maybe yes

useful?

Yes

It has compared PCI with the other
technologies very well because it
highlights the advantages of PCI.

It is always talking about the
technology.

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Design 4:

Test Name

Expected
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
image and scene?
Does it have sound?
Yes

Actual
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes


The first scene is not very important,
but it is too long

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size?
understand?
in details?
useful?

No

No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

No
No

Yes

No

No

No

No
Yes

No
Yes

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Evaluating the chosen design
My chosen design is Design 1. I choose it because it is my favourite design, which has a clear
storyline and meets all the specifications. This design gives a clear description of the percutaneous
coronary intervention, showing its advantages by comparing it with the other similar technologies, and it
also remembers not to talk about another technology in details, otherwise it will make the audience fell
confused. Moreover, I think Design 1 is a good choice for me to make my product, because it is
introducing the technology through a story, instead of just give scientific explanations of the use of the
chosen technology. Furthermore, this design includes a combination of text, images, and animation,
which will make the product much more interesting.

Aiming to create a better product, I also decide to put some elements from the other three designs
into Design 1. For example, I would like to use a rule of narrator in the story to explain to the audience in
a more direct way, just like what I did in Design 3. Furthermore, I might use one person’s point of view
to make the audience identify with the characters, as the method I utilised in Design 4. According to me,
all four of my designs could be improved much more; nevertheless, I think Design 1 I the best one in
these four, and perhaps I can still keep the advantages of the other three, trying to put them into Design
1, if they will fit. I will try to keep developing my chosen design till the day I start to film it.

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Plan Stage
GANTT Chart

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Prototype design 1
Prototype design 2
Prototype design 3
Prototype design 4
Evaluation of Designs
GANTT Chart
Step-by-step Plan
Create Product
Inviting the Actors
Preparation of Film
Create the Title Page
Filming scene 1
Filling the gap between scene 1 & 2
Filming scene 2
Filming secne 3
Making Short Animations
Filming scene 4
Filming scene 5
Put the Scenes Together
Add Sounds to the Film
Check the Finished Product
Process Journal
Test Plan
Evaluate
Contingency Time
Feedback
Improving the Product

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This is a Gantt chart which aims to show how I will organise the time for my designs and the
product. In the left hand side of the Gantt Chart, I have listed 27 different tasks. Those are the important
tasks that I need to do in this section. Moreover, the small red bars are showing the starting time,
finishing time, and duration for each of the tasks. From the Gantt Chart, it is easy to see that I plan to
spend 12 hours on actually making the product; and it will takes me about 25 hours to finish the whole
section of work. The reason why I make this Gantt Chart is that it presents the time which I should take
to finish the product, reminding me about every small sections in this stage, and it can help me to get
myself organised. The Gantt Chart reminds me about the process rate.

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Step-by-step Plan
Date
11.7.2013 (lesson)
11.12.2013 (lesson)
11.12.2013

Time taken
1
1
0.5

Task
Make a GANTT Chart
Do a step-by-step plan
Invite the actors
Briefly introduce my story to the actors,
explaining what they need to do
Prepare for making the film
Write up a script of scene
Open Windows Movie Maker, starting to
create a title page
Save it on the computer and USB
Filming scene 1: a woman is watering
her flowers, and then she falls down
immediately
Filming scene 2: the woman is brought
to hospital, and her daughter comes to
see her
Filling the gap between scene 1 and
scene 2 using Movie Maker
Find some sound effects

Tools/materials used
Excel, Word
Word
Pen, paper, and the
storyboard design

11.14.2013 (lesson)

1

11.16.2013 (at home)

2

11.17.2013 (at home)

2

Filming scene 3: the conversation
between the doctor and the woman’s
daughter
Add short animations to the video
Find some similar products and try to
get suggestions from them

Camera,
PC,
Windows
Movie
Maker, Flash maker,
Imaxthon Explorer

11.19.2013 (lesson)

1

On the internet, find some videos that Firefox, YouTube
introduce the procedure of angioplasty
or PCI

11.19.2013 (at home)

1

Filming scene 4: the procedure of Camera, white cover,
percutaneous coronary intervention
Imaxthon Explorer

11.21.2013 (lesson)

1

Filming scene 5 in the school (try to use Camera,
tripod,
the roof as a background scene
Firefox,
Windows
Add an ending page to the video using Movie Maker
Windows Movie Maker

11.23.2013 (at home)

1

Put all the five scenes together in a Windows
video
Maker
Fill every gap between two scenes and

Firefox, Word/paper,
Windows
Movie
Maker, USB

Camera,
Windows
Maker,
Explorer

PC,
Movie
Imaxthon

Movie

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make them look smooth
11.26.2013 (lesson)

1

Add sounds to the film
Add a soft background sound
Add different sound effects

USB, Windows Movie
Maker

11.28.2013 (lesson)

1

11.30.2013 (at home)

2

Windows
Movie
Maker, Word
Windows
Movie
Maker, Word

12.1.2013 (at home)

2

Check the product
Make sure it is finished
Check the finished product once again
Use the test plan to examine it to see
whether it is a good product or not
Evaluate the product
Justify what I have done for the product,
and how I did that
See if there is anything that I can still
improve
Think about how I can do even better
next time

Word

In the Step-by-step plan, I have set the date for accomplishing the various tasks; and I have again
mentioned the durations. In the date column, I have also shown that whether the task should be done in
lessons or at home. Regarding the tasks, different from the one I had in the Gantt Chart, here I have
explained each of my tasks in more details, trying to write up a procedure for them in which is aimed to
help me have a better understanding of what I need to do while I am actually creating the product. For
the tools, I have listed all the programme and software that I will need for that particular task; I also put
the materials I will going to use, such as camera, notebook and paper. I think my Step-by-step plan is
clear and precise; and I will be able to follow my plan to create a good product.
This is not my exactly original plan; I have made some changes after the lesson I started to make my
product, because I realised that my invited actors were my parents, who really could not help me film it
during lesson times. Therefore I had to rearrange my time plan and move all the filming parts to my own
time. And then I put some other works which would last less time than filming into those days that I
would have lessons. Therefore, my present Step-by-step plan is the above one, which I am now very
pleased with. If I could improve it more, perhaps I will write more details about the tasks, and maybe
give more time to film Scene 4 and Scene 5, which I think that the time is a little bit pressing.

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Process Journal
Date

Time taken

11.12.2013
(at home)

1

11.14.2013
(lesson)

1

11.16.2013
(at home)

2.5

What I have done

What I need to do
next
Invite the actors (my mother and Writing up the
my father), explaining what they script for each role
need to do
Look at some similar products on Using
Windows
line to see what they have said in Movie Maker to
their videos
create a title page
for the video
Write up a script of scene
Filming scene 1: I ask my mother Filling the gap
to go out to water her flowers on between scene 1
the balcony, and then she falls and scene 2 using
down
Movie Maker

Tools/materials
used
Pen, paper, and
the
storyboard
design
Firefox,
Word/paper

Camera,
PC,
Imaxthon Explorer

I didn’t film the scene that the
mother is taken to the hospital;
and I think I will find a photo or a
short scene in some TV programs
to show a patient is brought to
hospital instead
Filming scene 2: the daughter
comes to see her mother
I have found some sound effects
on the internet
11.17.2013
(at home)

2

Filling the gap between scene 1 On the internet,
and scene 2
find some videos
that introduce the
Put scene 1 and scene 2 together procedure
of
angioplasty or PCI
Filming scene 3: the conversation
between the doctor and the
daughter (played by my father
and I)

Camera,
PC,
Windows Movie
Maker, Imaxthon
Explorer

Add short animations to the
video to demonstrate how the
stent will work in a human body
11.19.2013
(at home)

1

Filming scene 4: the procedure of Filming scene 5
percutaneous
coronary

Camera, Imaxthon
Explorer, Windows

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intervention (again, I need to use
a mixture of video, images and
cut of films because I cannot
really present an operating room

Movie Maker

11.23.2013
(at home)

1

Filming scene 5 in the park near Adding an ending Camera, tripod
to my house
page to the video
using
Windows
Movie Maker

11.23.2013
(at home)

1.5

Add an ending page to the video

Filling in every gap Windows
between scenes
Maker

Movie

Put all the five scenes together

11.24.2013
(at home)

1

Fill in the gaps, making the movie Add the other Windows Movie
more
smooth
and
more sounds that are Maker, Imaxthon
comfortable to watch
needed to the film Explorer
Add different sound effects

11.28.2013
(lesson)

1

12.3.2013
(at home)

1

12.5.2013
(lesson)

1

Add a background
sound

Add the other sounds that are Check the product
needed to the film
Make sure it is
finished
And now I change my mind,
because I don’t think it is
necessary for this video to have a
background sound; moreover, if I
add a background sound, it will
become strange when the
characters are talking
Check the finished product once Use the test plan
again
to examine it to
see whether it is a
good product or
not
I have started to evaluate the Justify what I have
product
done
for
the
product, and how I
I have used the test plan to see did that
whether my product is good or See if there is
not so good as I expected
anything that I can
still improve
Think about how I
can do even better
next time

Windows Movie
Maker, Firefox

Windows Movie
Maker, Word

Word

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Evaluation Stage
Test the product
Test table:
Test Name

Expected
Outcomes
Yes
Yes
image and scene?
Does it have sound?
Yes

Actual
Outcomes
Yes
Yes

size?
understand?
in details?
useful?

No

No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes
No
No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No
Yes


No
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

While creating the product, I don’t
think that the background sound
needs to last throughout the video.

To fully test the product, I have used the test table to assess my video. According to the result, I can
say that my product is relatively successful because it has almost met all the specifications. The only one
it did not meet is ‘the video must have a background sound which lasts throughout the video’. However,

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I don’t think it is necessary after finishing the product, since I have added different sound effects and
different background music to each part of video. The scenes explore different emotions and explain
different aspects of the technology, therefore there would not be only one background sound
throughout the video.
On the other hand, although all the other specifications have been met, there are still a lot of things
that I can improve for next time. For example, for comparing the percutaneous coronary intervention
with other similar technologies, I did not fully demonstrate the advantages of using PCI instead of the
others. Though I should not explain another technology in details, I can say something more about their
disadvantages compared to PCI and the risks of using them. Finally, to critically evaluate the product, I
should say that the product maybe scientific enough, but maybe not. This is because the product has
included enough scientific information, however it did not show enough shooting skills which may let its
overall level go down. Next time I need to improve my filming, otherwise it will affect the quality of the
product.

Questionnaires:
According to the results of the questionnaires, my product is successful on introducing the
technology to my audience, but it also needs some further improvement. The product has given a clear
description of the PCI to the audience, helping them have a better understanding of this particular
technology. Moreover, the audience also think the product is useful for them: it gives information of the
technology and how it relates to people’s health. Some of the audience think the product is very good,
but also some of the audience think that it just meets the specifications. I would like to see both results
because they can show me the strength and weakness of my final product and help me to improve it
later. For example, the audience think that I need to make sure the scenes are fluent; and maybe I can
cut a little bit off the conversation. From the questionnaires, I can see in general, my product is OK, but I
still need to improve my product carefully.

Final summary of the product:
Based on the tests above, I think my final product is successful. It has clearly described and
explained my chosen technology, the percutaneous coronary intervention; and it is scientific enough
which has included at least 10 facts. According to the target audience, I think they will find this video
useful since it introduces the PCI and demonstrates its advantages compared to the other similar
technologies. The final product has successfully educated my target audience about the percutaneous
coronary intervention, letting them recognise how their health will depend on technology. My product is
successful because it is useful and beneficial for the target audience. However, I can make the video
more attractive and organised, in order to let the audience feel more interested while they are educated
by the information shown in the video.

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Evaluate my performance
In the investigation stage, my overall performance is OK. I think I could do more research, especially
on the film shooting and how to make the final product. I have used a wide range of sources, such as
videos, websites, interview and so on. Most of the sources I used are reliable enough, because I have
looked at their authors to ensure that they are experts in those fields of studies; and I have read through
different sources to see whether one of them says right or wrong. As for the design brief, I have done a
clear description and explanation of my goal and my target audience; I have described and explained the
major constraints and the criterion, but not very critical. For next time I can try to explain them using
more compact language. The design specification is more or less alright, however I think I need to add
more into it. I could think about more demands, limits and wishes which guide me to create a good
product. The test plan depends on how the specifications work; and I think this part is OK because it has
included all the demands and limits that have been mentioned before, which could actually help me to
assess my designs and the final product in the later stage. I can improve this stage by adding more
research and improving the design specifications.

As for the design stage, I did four different designs. Because I have already confirmed which design
that I would choose, I did not make the last three designs as good as the first one. Furthermore, I think I
have used some similar ideas in different designs. I should make at least one more good design in order
to compare it with the design I choose; even if I would not change my mind finally, I could notice more
aspects which I could improve from the other designs. I chose Design 1 because it is the best one which
has met all the specifications. Nevertheless, there is still something I can improve: I may add more
information about the technology, and try to find a better way to introduce the chosen technology
instead of only representing the information by conversation. I can use some short cut of videos, more
images and some short animations. I am pleased with my performance in this stage; and I think for next
time, perhaps I can try to do one more design.

In the plan stage, I have done a GANTT Chart and a step-by-step plan. The GANTT Chart is to
present how I organise the time for my designs and the product. It presents the time which I should take
to finish the product, reminding me about every small section in this stage, and it can help me to get
myself organised. The GANTT Chart reminds me about the process rate. And a step-by-step plan is to
describe the exact steps I need to take to create the product. In this plan, I have clearly described what I
should do every day, mentioning the time taken to do and the tools or materials I should use. In order to
improve my performance in this stage, I can make the step-by-step plan more detailed, explaining at
what point which tool/material is needed to be used, etc.

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Finally, for the create stage, I think my product is successful in which aims to introduce the chosen
technology to target audience. Although this product still needs improvement, it has already met the
specifications. Throughout the create stage, I have met some problems that I really struggled with;
however, I have solved them using correct methods finally. For example, I did not know how to shoot a
scene which the ambulance came and took the patient away; therefore I only filmed the patient fell
down on the floor and next scene she was lying on the bed, using an image of a coming ambulance to fill
in the gap between two scenes. Moreover, during the process of creating the product, I have made
some changes instead of following the plan: I did not use a background sound which lasts all the way
through the video, because I think I should add different sound to each different scene. That is why my
final product did not meet one of the specifications because I have changed ideas. Aiming to introduce
the percutaneous coronary intervention to my target audience, this is a successful product; however, I
can improve my shooting skills next time to enhance the quality of the product.

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Evaluate the impact of the product
Impact on me:
During creating the product, I have learned much information about the percutaneous intervention,
the stent and other similar technologies. I have investigated to what extent our health depends on
technology, and now I think in most cases we need the technologies to support our health. I have
learned how to film and how to make a good short video. I need to make a video which will be attractive
to my target audience, while it can describe the applications of the percutaneous coronary intervention
and how this technology will benefit people. I did lots of researches on my chosen technology, which
also educated me on not only how the PCI would work but also how to keep myself in health. Moreover,
I looked several examples of similar products as mine, learning different aspects of the information.
During making the product, I have also discovered some good software for video and animation design.

Impact on my target audience:
My target audience are the people at a certain age group above forty years old who have higher
risks to gain heart diseases and coronary diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction. The technology
been present in my product, percutaneous coronary intervention, is particularly beneficial to the people
who have those diseases. The video introduces the PCI to the people above forty years old, educating
them about what a percutaneous coronary intervention is, how it works, how it will benefit them and
what their advantages compared to the other technologies using to solve the same type of problem. My
target audience will have a brief understanding of the percutaneous coronary intervention after
watching my short video; and they will find it very useful because their health might depend on this
particular technology.

Area of Interaction:
According to the area of interaction, my video states that people’s health will depend on technology, to
a large extent. For now, people use technologies frequently, and our life will depend on technology
more and more. To bear the brunt, we cannot deny that our health depend on technology. As the
science and technology developed, our dependency on these new technologies becomes unavoidable;
nevertheless, it should not be a horrible thing for our human beings. We can use the technologies and
keep developing them, making sure that all Mankind could be benefited by the technology. That is one
of the main reasons why I create the product, because it will educate people about how to use the
technology correctly and its advantages.

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Questionnaire
In order to assess our product, we earnestly request you to fill in this questionnaire. This is a
questionnaire regarding the short video which introduces the percutaneous coronary intervention.

Please circle the range of your age:
0-17

18-34

35-44

45-above

After watching the video, have you understood what the percutaneous coronary intervention is?
Yes

A little

No

Do you think the video is useful?
Yes

A little

No

To what extent do you think this video has clearly explained the technology? (5 is very good and 1 is
poor)
5

4

3

2

1

Do you like this video? Why?
Yes, it is very interesting. It uses the conversation between doctor and the patient to explain the
technology, making the story not be too serious.

What do you think it still needs to improve?
Maybe a little bit be careful with the flowing of the scenes.

Thank you very much!
2013-12-12

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Questionnaire

0-17

18-34

35-44

45-above

Yes

A little

No

Yes

A little

No

poor)
5

4

3

2

1

More or less, the shooting seems somewhat strange. The idea is very good, but you need to perform it
well.

Try to write a story line or full script before filming. Make sure you know that every second you shoot is
necessary.

2013-12-12

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Questionnaire

0-17

18-34

35-44

45-above

Yes

A little

No

Yes

A little

No

poor)
5

4

3

2

1

Yes. It is a good video. I have experienced the procedure of percutaneous coronary intervention; I still
learnt a lot of things from your video. I thought the PCI was the only method which can deal with heart
coronary disease.

It is very good. Perhaps you can shorten the conversation between the doctor and the daughter.

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