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Is a GoPro good enough?
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On my last skiing trip we were using a GoPro but started thinking about it's downfalls (memory running out, battery running out, not being in the shot, missing certain moments etc).

Skip a few months down the line and "Designing a ski film system" has turned into my dissertation at St Andrews, and I'm trying to collect opinions from skiers.

Would you mind filling in this super short survey (10 mins) to share your thoughts, it would be really helpful to get some opinions to guide my designs!

https://standrews.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3UIGYuEMaDNKZgi
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

I've just "filled" in your form. Go back to school and learn how to do it properly. (hint: radio buttons are not multi choice)
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Filled it in, but agree the survey needs a lot of refinement. Some of my answers were all or most of the above. Asking someone how they feel when they are skiing is like asking them how they feel when they are eating - it depends.
Have you deliberately excluded snowboarders and other potential mountain users or would you not want to sell a product to mountain bikers etc?
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@Ski lots, i gave up at the first question - agree entirely about "how they feel" - I had no idea how to answer, then thought 20 minutes of this - no thanks
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Hmm. Yes. Very strange first questions, completely unanswerable. So didn't get on to any subsequent questions. If some of those are more focussed, and more susceptible to reliable analysis, it might be best to put more subjective and qualitative ones at the end. But not the existing questions - which are meaningless. How do I feel before a ski trip? How do I feel about what? Work? The state of the nation? My love life? How many pairs of socks to pack? The snow forecast?
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@pam w, obviously either your love life, or how many pairs of socks to pack. Laughing The rest are all too depressing. Sad

@pinoPalladino, same feedback as above. If you simply ask for free text answers, you'll get a bunch of random comments and opinions that you can't usefully analyse, if anyone bothers to complete the survey. You say you're looking to design a filming system, then ask questions about feelings before a holiday. It's a strange start.

Why not use your experiences as the basis for a structured series of questions. E.g. 1 Do you currently use a video camera on your winter holidays (yes/no)? 2. Would you video more if the system was easier to use (lots more/some more/about the same/less/not at all)? Which of the problems below limit your use of video (memory card full/battery life/difficulty framing the shot/filming at the wrong time/none of the above/other)? And so on. You can finish with a couple of open-ended questions to cover stuff you've not thought about - but keep most of it simple and quick to complete, and you'll get far better results.
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 Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

I'm afraid I agree regarding the questions - I tried but failed.

survey wrote:
The aim of this project is to design a system which will record skiers as they ski down a mountain.
By participating in this questionnaire you will be asked to answers questions which are designed to allow us to derive insights that will guide our design process.

By analogy, if you asked an old skool skier for "insights" about the next generation of ski...
you'd not have ended up with modern shaped skis; reverse camber; or snowboards.

And if you'd asked a bunch of surf photographers for the same assistance, you'd never have created the "Hero".

To describe a GoPro as "a system which [records] skiers as they ski down a mountain" seems like missing the point
of a camera whose very name explains what's really being sold.
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