CSE 591 -- Data Science (Fall 2014)

Prof. Steven Skiena

Project Assignment 5: Final Event Video

Due: After your event date

The final part of your project will be a video report documenting the success/failure of your ultimate prediction.   Edit it down into a coherent story with 15-20 minutes of footage.  Do not run over 20 minutes.  It is OK to be “stars only” instead of full group. Content of the video should include:

• The View of the Crowd: Include footage of other people making their predictions on your event.   We want brief snippets of other people for background, focusing on their call and any interesting reasoning/statements, if they have them.   Probably you gave this in the previous video, but if not do it now.
• Final prediction: Make your final prediction for your challenge in a clear and dramatic fashion.  Explain how you came to this forecast, and what your confidence level is. Ideally do this as a group.  Through the use of charts, graphs, and the output of your program, present your prediction in detail.  Show plot/charts full screen with your finger/pointer pointing out features as you talk.   If certain group members disagree with the forecast, have them explain why and make their own predictions.  This should all be a nice edited 3-5 minute story.
• The Event: if at all possible, film yourselves watching or witnessing or reporting the event: on TV, on the web, on Twitter, whatever.  It is good to start with you settling in to watch, then making comments about how things are going as it progresses, saying funny things occassionally, inter-cut with footage of what is on the screen or what not.
• The Reveal:  Soon as the result of the event are known, film yourself reacting to it.  Did you get it right, close, or wrong?   Discuss your reaction of how the model performed.
• The Post-Mortem:  After the results are in arrange a meeting with me where we will film our discussion of how things went.  Anything else which seems like interesting video to watch.
• Other requested stuff:  For most groups, I will probably request some specific footage/exposition to complete things once we start final editing.   Please do this as well.

After this is edited and sent to me, you can give your camera back to me.

Submission

For the video, prepare a directory on Google Drive which you authorize me (skiena@gmail.com), Dini (jan.diskin-zimmerman@stonybrook.edu) and Nolan Donoghue <nolan.donoghue@stonybrook.edu> to have access to containing (a) a subdirectory named “Footage5” with all the raw footage you shot in it, (b) your 15-20 minute, edited, high-resolution video named “status-report”.  Email me/Dini/Nolan  a YouTube link with your uploaded video so we can watch it most easily.

Also, please update your final report, webpage, presentation and notebooks as requested to provide complete documentation of the project experience for future generations.  To submit please send me (skiena@gmail.com), and Nolan Donoghue <nolan.donoghue@stonybrook.edu> a zip file with the complete website and supplemental materials for me to host on my website.