Who supplies your electricity?

[sebastianebarb]

Contact: Aidan Smith Due: open Task: create an animanted video (Such as) with this script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H0HoTaP0CVoaDFHN4LrmEI1D825k5u9ZXgQKpaLwvyA/edit?usp=sharing

[sebastianebarb]

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1H6-eiGQxHELxYOiFW7Tzl2v3mtQQiSMG&authuser=sebastian.ebarb%40boston.gov&usp=drive_fs

[sebastianebarb]

comments: The transitions are pretty fast. I had a hard time reading the text before it disappeared and went on to the next scene. This was a comment from two of my colleagues as well. There are a few scenes where parts of the electric bill are circled in red. These highlighted areas are hard to read/see. Could we show a "zoomed in" image of that part of the bill? I already have those images prepared. I can't remember if I sent them to you or not, but I've attached them below (see both "highlight_cutout.pngs"). I'd ideally like for the Eversource version to pop up in the scene, "As a default, your supplier will be Eversource, the utility that serves all of Boston," and have the competitive electric supplier version pop up in the very next scene, "However, if you've signed a contract with a competitive electric supplier, their name will be listed here instead." It looks like there might be adequate space in the upper right-hand corner of both of these scenes for those cutouts, which would be great. Also, the version of the bill with the competitive electric supplier text is attached below. I'm good with most of the textual changes, except I'd like to revisit one. You shortened, "The delivery charge on your bill is paid to Eversource and covers the cost of delivering electricity to your home. Eversource manages the electrical wires and fixes any problems when the power goes out," to, "Eversource manages the electric wires and fixes any problems." What do you think of something in the middle, like: "delivery charge: is paid to Eversource for managing and maintaining the electric grid." This would mirror the scene, "supply charge: is paid to whomever supplies your electricity," and it gets the point across succinctly (Sidenote: My grammarly plug-in doesn't seem to like "whomever" in that line above. That's my mistake. Would you change it to "whoever"). A different icon might go well in the scene, "Eversource manages the electric wires and fixes any problems." See the attached example where I combine some existing City of Boston icons. I'm open to other combinations as well, but I like what the wrench adds to the image overall. The exclamation mark could be omitted. Instead of using the dollar icon in the scene, "supply charge: is paid to whomever supplies your electricity," could we use the electric bolt icon from the scene, "Eversource manages the electrical wires and fixes any problems"? In the scene, "The supplier sets your rate and sources your electricity from generators," I like the "hydropower" and "gas" icons+text. I'd like to exchange the "electric" text+icon for something else. Could we use our wind and solar icons and text (attached below)? Timetable: What sort of timetable do you feel is reasonable for finishing this video and the other two? I ask because I'm in the process of scheduling a 6-part webinar series on the topics discussed in these three videos. That webinar series would run from September 21 — October 8. Would it be possible to finalize the three videos ahead of those meetings? I would love to share them out around the same time as these webinars for maximal impact.

[sebastianebarb]

Video #1 (Who supplies your electricity?) The transitions are still too fast. When the delivery and supply portions of the Eversource bill are circled in red, early in the video, they are too small to see. When the supply portion of the bill is "blown up" on two different occasions, it happens too quickly. The text below the blue line appears almost at the same time as the zooming in occurs, which means by the time I'm done reading the text below the blue line, the "blow up"/zoom-in is disappearing Is there a way to use "Asset 2" attached below instead of the existing graphic? I just pasted "000" over the "617" to make it a bit more accurate.

Video #2 (Electric contracts) The transitions are still too fast.