{"id":7596,"date":"2021-12-02T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2021-12-02T16:36:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:36:27","slug":"evaluation-of-a-master-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=7596","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of a Master Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Title:<\/strong> The Creative Process, Journey to First Animation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author:<\/strong> Jenna Seikkula<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University:<\/strong> Aalto-University School of Art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Department:<\/strong> Design and Architecture Department of Media Visual Communication<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Year:<\/strong> 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords:<\/strong> Animation, Creative process, Motivation, Problem solving, Failure, Tokyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level of design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This Master Thesis looks very clean. If I had to guess, I would say the University has their own template for students to use for their thesis or papers and such. It could even be a Latex template. This makes it look very organized and consistent and I think is very helpful and time saving because you don’t need to think and stress over typography. layout and style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree of innovation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The empirical part of this thesis is about a short animation that the author did during her studies. It took her about 2 years to develop the topic and six months for the whole production. The theoretical part focuses on the whole creative process and the motivation and research of the animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it is a classical short 2D frame-by-frame animation inspired by japanese anime and Disney movies I would say it is not very innovative. She even used Photoshop as a tool for drawing and animation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The author did everything herself, except the music. This is a lot of work, and she talks about the motivation and the process in her thesis. She also mentions her struggles and how to finish a big project on your own. Which I think is very interesting and personal. I like how she reflects on herself and the project and writes about it.
Outline and structure<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The structure is very clean and every chapter has a connection, to her work and you can see the influence and the thought process behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degree of communication<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

It is very easy to understand, and she describes and explains everything. I think she also didn’t use any abbreviations or acronyms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scope of the work<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The work consists of 77 pages, including title page, Table of Content, Bibliography and references.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orthography and accuracy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I did not notice anything. The thesis was very clear and easy to read and understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Literature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Bibliography is quite short and consists of only 7 entries. There are some books and articles about animation, creativity and even motivation and problem solving. After that she lists all the references she has used or discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n