Proposal Draft
To ensure I'm on the correct direction of preparing for my final year degree essay. I've prepare a proposal draft for my chosen topic for the essay to be confirm and supervised by my tutor.
Your proposed research question: How and why UI/UX plays a major role in interactive design?
Your proposed topic:
Scope of enquiry:
The essay will discuss on experience design in old and new media. Old media includes television, radio, newspapers, magazines, book and other medium which do not contain digital interactivity. While new media are internet, website, smart phones, computer multimedia and medium which allows users to access instant content anywhere, anytime. In the essay i will trace back to the history of evolution of experience design; to show the changes of experience and the interfaces from back then to now. After describing the history of evolution, I will formulate ideas on the art history of modern art and how some of the art would probably be the inspiration of the current interface's trend. I will be comparing both the modern arts and UI of current trend on the similarity and differences. I will also be using semiotics such as icons/symbols/signs to dissect the UI and also Shanon & Weaver's transmission-feedback theory to discuss on the UX perspective, explaining how does the theory can improve the UX.
Relevance of your enquiry to your personal practice:
In my final year project I will be producing a mobile game. The mobile game is a combination rhythm and strategy. In the rhythm game, user will have to tap according to the beats to perform different actions. The main purpose of the mobile game is to survive different waves of attack by performing the combination of beats. Therefore, by researching UI/UX on the paper I will be writing on will be relevant to my FYP. It is because it will be able to enhance the quality of the mobile game by using the researches of UI/UX in the paper. The mobile game will focused more on visual effects where user will have time to experience different visual effects based on the combinations tapped.
For the timeline given it is possible for me to formulate the idea and further research on the essay I will be writing on. The research includes: Semiotics, Transmission-Feedback (Shanon and Weaver), trends of current UI/UX, history of the evolution of UI/UX, modern art movements which shares certain similarity on the UI and UX. In the 14 weeks, I think it is feasible for me to research and write the essay. Besides that, I can use secondary sources as my references which will ease me in terms of researching.
Timeline for your enquiry process:
I will have to submit the proposal draft on week 8 to be reviewed by my tutor. After getting feedback from tutor, I will have to refine and finalize the proposal and submit the final proposal on July 30th (week 10). To score more in this module, I will have to do more one to one tutorial with my tutor to get more feedback for further refinement on the proposal. After submitting the proposal, I will still be updating my blog on the researches I've found which will help in terms of formulating ideas and thoughts for my final year essay. The final essay submission is on the final week of next semester.
