In design thinking, one way of doing things called the "d.school" model from Stanford University. It has five steps:

• Empathize: This is like putting yourself in someone else's shoes. You watch, listen, and talk to people to understand who you're designing for and what problem you're trying to solve.

• Define: Once you understand the problem and the people involved, you write down a clear statement that describes the challenge. This statement guides your actions.

• Ideate: In this step, you and your team come up with as many ideas as possible. You don't judge them right away; you let your creativity flow to find new and creative solutions.

• Prototype: Now, you start building a version of your solution. It's okay if it's not perfect at first. You can make changes and try different things. This step doesn't need a lot of time or resources.

• Test: After you've made a prototype, you show it to the people who will use it. This helps you understand their needs better and make your solution even better. You keep going through these steps and making improvements until you have a good solution.

Remember, you can go back and forth between these steps, and they don't always have to happen in order. It's all about being flexible and finding the best solution by trying things out and learning along the way.

The first step of any project is brainstorming. Your first idea is to begin with your worst idea, you don't know if its trash or treasure unless you compare it to something. Come up with as many ideas as you can at this stage. No idea is a bad idea!

Now that you have some ideas it is time to chose one of your options. 

One of the things you need to consider is some projects may not be able to easily meet all the criteria for NCEA qualifications. For instance a video game-play montage it may be difficult to describe the purpose, potential users, get constructive feedback. However a tutorial about how to play the game, or part there of, can much more easily define these criteria.

Some other ideas that would make good final projects: 

• Promotional Videos: Promotional videos for products, services, clubs, or events, incorporating visuals, text overlays, and background music.

• Tutorials and How-To Guides: Instructional videos with screen capture to guide viewers through various processes, software usage, or DIY tasks.

• Podcasts: Record and edit podcasts discussing some topic and informing the audience, improving audio quality and adding music or sound effects.

• Video Resumes: Create dynamic video resumes that showcase someone's skills and qualifications.

• Short Films and Documentaries: Short films or documentaries by editing video footage or animation, and integrating audio effects or narration.

Complete Step 3 in your Audiovisual Design Document now

The topic is quite hard to grasp and you are going to have to be able to write a clear set of requirements (what someting must do) and specifications (how exactly it's going to do it) for your project idea.

Watch the video to help get a good understanding of the topic and then complete the worksheet below. Make sure you make a copy of the doc and then have a go filling it out. All instructions are inside the document.

Next, you'll need to try to justify, with evidence, why this design is going to be awesome. 

Does it fit the theme? 

How will it meet the needs of the target audience?

How will you respect the principles of manaakitanga? Kaitiakitanga?

Don’t forget to include research to back up your claims. Use the internet and add a bibliography of websites or articles that you used. The better you do this section, the better prepared you will be for the exam.

Fill out section 6 of your storyboard now.

note: Justify - To support an argument or conclusion with evidence