History of the Earth Videos

And finally, the videos are released, after almost two months of work. Enjoy!

Note: Sorry about the minor audio issues from exporting, please ignore them; also, sorry about the video format (google drive shared links), as blogger and youtube uploads had various complications.

UPDATE: google drive videos no longer available, instead see this final post for the higher quality youtube videos!

Part 1: Introduction, Precambrian Eon, and Early Paleozoic Era

Part 2: Late Paleozoic Era

Part 3: Mesozoic Era and Early Cenozoic Era

Part 4: Late Cenozoic Era

Progress Report: Details and Delays

       Overall, I am satisfied with my progress thus far, though I have recently experienced significant setbacks. Having finished my first topic, I severely underestimated the amount of material there was to cover, and I ended up splitting up the topic into four videos. This involved recording and editing additional footage for transitions between the videos, but I am pleased with the results. I will be releasing the finished 4 videos on this blog this week, so check back for them!

Almost-finished Topic 1 videos

        The past couple of weeks, I had some extracurricular events and also became sick, which severely affected my work on 20 time. Because my work on the project has been mostly out of class, with only some research and the blog posts being done in the limited class time provided, this was especially problematic. 

        However, I have since resumed my research and production of my second topic videos. In order to stay on schedule, my next videos will be shorter but will still cover the planned material. If it comes to it, I may drop the final unit topic in favor of spending more time on the others. My goal is to finish the second topic videos by the middle of May, finishing the research and presentation by the end of April. Fortunately, I do not believe the static pages at the end of the project pose much of a problem, as I can organize some of my information-heavy pre-video research for my topics and compile it to fit my needs.

        I am currently in the process of researching and organizing my resources for my second topic. Though it will remain undisclosed for the moment, I can say I am learning much intriguing information about the topic. I am rebalancing the amount of information for this topic, and will also better emphasize the questioning format of this project. Moreover, the organization of this topic is less linear, so it requires me to more carefully choose what aspects to talk about and in what way. Anyway, as this topic is less covered than other groups of its type (still undisclosed), I think it will similarly intrigue the watchers. Onward with exploring biology!