Supervisor meeting #8 year 2 - October 8th 2019

Andrea McSwan PhD Research Year 2

Light for the Blind: Exploring 3D Animation and Immersive Digital Film, to Represent the Perceptual-Experiences of the Blind

Supervisor Meetings:

Date: 8^th October 2019

Meeting no: 1 year 2 (8)

Present: Phillip Vaughan (1^st) Fraser Bruce (2^nd) Caroline Erolin (3^rd) Andrea McSwan (Student)

Tasks set and completed since last meeting:

·         Upgrade completed and passed!

OPD Training and Teaching booked

·         OPD  - 12^th November. How to Write a Great Research Paper, and Get it Accepted by a Good Journal

·         Teaching MSc Animation & VFX and Undergraduate VFX module

Events booked

·         InGame Showcase 18^th Oct – Women in Games

·         How to get into the VFX industry 18^th Oct

·         Storyboarding workshop 20^th Oct

Planned:

·         Contact Aaron, David and Sally

·         Review examiner’s reports and notes

·         Research how to conduct semi-structured interview

·         Research cultural probes and design in depth

·         Contact RNIB to discuss Public Engagement event in Spring 2020

·         Contact VocalEyes to give update on upgrade

·         Contact Hannah Thompson with update on upgrade

·         Contact Fiona Fyffe-Lawson re booking Matthew level 5 space for spring 2020

·         Contact marketing? Public Engagement event

·         Meet with Scottish Sensory Centre again

·         Teaching

To be discussed:

·         Ethics

·         Conferences. Papers to write, submit

·         Next steps

Next meeting….