STUDY #5

For the second study, we were instructed to use insights given by members of the class from study 4 to try again and further refine/advance for study five. However, the only comments we received were quite unhelpful as we were instructed to merely present more dogs, which is alright as our class members really only had positive things to say. This is difficult as it does leave my group and I with much to alter, however, it is good because this allowed us to focus more so upon the efficient and proficient functioning of the piece. Here we definitely did struggle and gave it our best attempt, however, our most notable alteration was in fact (suggested by classmates) presenting more dogs. Not only does the piece prompt the audience to smile, which would naturally evoke pleasure, yet it also tapps into our natural endearment towards dogs, and the sympathetic erge provoked by the face of a distressed dog. Thus we were content with the primary notion of the study, however, it was upon conception where we faced many challenges. As I stated previously we faced many problems with the facial recognition software we gave it our best attempt to refine the piece as best as we could, as this is all a very new learning experience for my group and I.