Theresa and Vicky
We worked mainly on the design of the websites for the past few weeks. We finalized the layout and added more details into our design. For the home page, we added hovers to each box that link to different subpages of the website. We finished the about page with a short description of the Sapporo Upopo Hozonkai Society and a small gallery with some pictures of them. For the events page, we transported the blogs they had on their old websites to our page. Before, we had two separate tabs for “Sounds of the Ainu” and “Textiles of the Ainu” that show pictures and videos of their traditional instruments and clothes. However, after the feedback session, we decided to combine them into one tab “culture” so that it won’t complicate the viewers. We also did a contact page at the end with the information on their social media accounts.
For the upcoming weeks, we will be working on the members’ page and perfecting the culture page. For now, we only had information on two members. So we decided to put pictures and short descriptions of the two members first and maybe the person who takes over the website later could add more members. For the culture page, we will update it with more materials we got last week from Roslynn.
Demo of Website Navigation
Sabrina:
Over the course of the past few weeks, I have been assisting with web design and condensing/translating content from the Sapporo Upopo Hozonkai Preservation Society’s original website. I spent about two weeks working with a friend outside of class to translate the entirety of the interviews. After translating, I sent Roslynn a draft cut of two full interviews with subtitles included to verify and edit the translation. After gathering feedback from both classmates as well as Rosylnn, I condensed the interviews into four final cuts focused on culture/tourism, design, dance, and purpose/mission statement, with additional photo/video assets based on the content of the segment.
Ashley:
This week’s progress report consists of finalizing the performance video and creating a one-minute intro montage video introducing the Sapporo Upopo Hozonkai. There were some details about the performance that was confusing, so I met up with Roslynn and discussed the details about the performances as well as the names. She went over the names of the performances during the workshop and explained the significance of each piece. I am also working on a montage video to put under the About Page describing who the Ainu are. The other performance video will be under the Culture Page. With the footage that we already have, compiling the video should be fine. For the background of the montage, we contacted Roslynn and she provided some audios we could use for the background music. Both videos should be ready to go by the end of this week.
