Project Introduction & Initial Thoughts

The assignment given is to create a visual representation of soccer in poster form.

A person should be able to view our poster and easily gain a deep understanding of soccer and the rules governing the game. It is not quite as easy as it sounds. I have seen previous students attempt similar projects. They toiled over the deffinitions of hundreds of game terms and related jargon. The word "ball" alone could easily take an hour to fully define. They sweated over the appropriate visual style to convey the message most effectively. And they stayed up for nights slicing, piecing together, and (most importantly) econimizing the most pertinent data to be used. Even after all their work and effort, many of the students' projects left me confused and frustrated.

I have no experience playing soccer. I have no experience watching soccer. I know that players kick a ball into a goal, and that is the extent of my knowledge. Yet, I see my lack of knowledge as a benefit, not a hinderance. As I learn the game of soccer I will pay close attention to which bits of information make the most sense to me... what types of information contain the most data with the least bit of congnitive struggle... and the what order of the information recieved makes comprehension easiest and most pleasurable.


which info (ex. deffinitions/rules/story/feild diagram)
info type (ex. graph/long text/captions/numbers/photos/symbols/video)
info order (ex. feild diagram -> player positions -> player action -> name of action -> result of action )