Now that I had completed my lo-fi prototype, I was able to create a list of what additional content I needed to source online to take my project to the high-fidelity prototype stage. While we were given the text content for this project we were not given any visual content such as images or videos. Now I will need to go and source this content online, being careful not to infringe on anyone’s copyright, I will therefore be looking for assets which are either open source or have a Creative Commons Licence allowing their use. I will also be careful to ensure I keep a list of all my sources so I can attribute all assets appropriately.
Firstly, from my wireframes, I created a list of the content I would need to source:
I also highlighted the pieces I felt I would need to create or adapt myself.
Now I needed to find the assets I required.
I started by using Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) a site which hosts and makes media available for download that is usable under Public Domain or Creative Commons licences. I will still need to attribute my images and most came from NASA’s public domain collection. I will ensure proper attribution on my website.
Once I had downloaded all the images I needed I placed them all on my Miro Board (https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVNvUDPz8=/?share_link_id=123791211155) and sorted them into where I was going to use them, for some topics I collected multiple images so I can decide which best fits the visual style of my project.
I am also planning to build some original assets for this project in particular a Saturn V interactive infographic and a graphic showing the journey the Astronauts undertook from Earth to the Moon and back again. For this purpose, I downloaded several similar pieces to use as inspiration for my creations. I will create my graphics to match the overall style and feel of my project.
I also want to include video within my project and again I used Wikimedia to find suitable public domain video clips that I can edit to fit my needs. This included the clip of the Apollo 11 Launch, clips of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon and carrying out experiments as well as other video content showing different space missions for my intro video. I intend to edit these together to make a short but exciting introduction video which will be placed at the top of my website and take up the full initial viewport.
Unfortunately, these videos came in a format that I could not edit using Adobe products, I needed the videos to be in the mp4 format. I therefore needed to find another source which I could download videos from. Thankfully, the solution was NASA themselves who offer downloads of certain videos from this website https://www.nasa.gov/specials/apollo50th/videos-download.html. While these videos were more like television or YouTube episodes they contained the content I was looking for so therefore I could edit the videos to meet my needs.
In the end, I was able to source the content I needed from three videos, a video of the launch of Apollo 11, a video of Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong working on the moon and I was able to edit the content I needed for my intro video from the video download of “Seventeen Seconds of Fuel Remained”.
Finding Wikimedia Commons was a great find for me as I could search for the images I required and know that I could use any images I found. This is often an issue with Google Images where you have access to great images but can rarely find the correct copyright information or who requires attribution, this is highly frustrating but thankfully Wikimedia Commons seems to offer a solution.
Unfortunately, Wikimedia Commons does not provide videos in a format that would allow me to edit them, however by finding public domain videos provided for download by NASA themselves I was able to overcome this issue.
I am now ready to start planning and creating my original assets for the project.