Imprezive

     Although the rubric for our presentation via the Prezi creative presentation website is not available yet, I have decided to do an analyses of a previous Prezi work and comment on the technique and general aesthetic of the presentation. As this course revolves around the subject of the death I searched for the topic "Death" and selected a general presentation through that title. This is the presentation I have selected http://prezi.com/qryxgoutuiii/death/ which was contributed by Gabrielle Jones.

     To begin Gabrielle guides us through her presentation by asking some simple questions relating to death. This was done in a sequence of interactive title placement; the interactive portion is the ability to go back and forth between the titles which include varied definitions on the topic of death. This brought to my attention the importance of presentation style as I viewed other presentations as an automatic cinema type presentation. Given the amount of research necessary and the collaborative nature of our presentation I view the cinema type presentation as being slightly out of range given the time consuming nature of a regular school year. The presentation style given by Gabrielle is reasonable, but the form is more constructive as an almost jot note form, which in my opinion, would take away from our presentation.

     The collection of images associated with the presentation is in good number, as they is no point where the presentation is too wordy nor too encased in images. All the images are instantly recognized as being from internet sources, something our presentation avoids primarily to focus on the images that we ourselves have taken. The images and information were clearly referenced at the end of the presentation which I felt was important as to not draw away from the presentation while still adding integrity to the work. I feel, outside of photographs, that it is necessary to exclude in text citation.
    
     I noticed that this particular presentation included sound clips. While there was limited consent for our presentation to include, as well as limited time for preparation of sound clips, what the sound clip would be useful for would be in future presentations akin to ours. Since our presentation is based off the arrival and deaths of Hawaiian people on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia it may be appropriate to at some point include voice recording of existing family members on the island of Hawaiian descent, or of other locals with memories of the arrival, practices, and deaths of the Hawaiian natives.