Q4 e9 reflection

1.

This past quarter we have been working on our products. My team's product was ZapKey, a key that shrinks your car, thus making it much more portable. The graphic design portions took a considerable amount of time, about just under two weeks. The animations only took about a week. The video portion took about a week and a half, mostly due to the lightning special effect, that took forever. The greatest challenge was definitely the lightning bolt effect, it was very frustrating and not too awfully clear on how to apply it. Something I did learn is how to work with a team that I may not entirely be too similar with, for example I was the only introvert (I actually am an ambivert) on the team. Some feedback from my team was to just go for it and to see how it looks on a design, because I would always ask, "Should I do this or that?"Some changes I made were just subtle changes in the designs to make them look sharper. I personally think my work done this quarter was very good.

2.

I mostly used my class time to work on my projects. When I had extra time I would usually try to find things to mess around with on Aftereffects because I always thought that seemed like a neat program. One thing I did in my free time was make a short little youtube channel intro with a template for the intro of the CW show The Flash. Outside of class we filmed during Power 50 once so we could get the commercial done. One time we didn't utilize our time as well was when we needed to create the presentation.

3.

Some of my strengths are Graphic Design and video. I have always been great at video, so no real surprise there. Graphic design surprised me though as that has never been my thing. I pretty good at animation too. I would maximize these strengths by fiddling around outside of class. For graphic design I would draw and make youtube channel logos and art for me and my friends. For video I would make YouTube videos with my friends about every weekend. For animation I would occasionally make little stop motion videos with my Lego figures.

4.

Some things I need to improve is the rule of thirds in my videos, I have never been too great at that. In animation I need to be more patient with it as it is a more time consuming and tedious process. Graphic design I can use colors and contrast them more.

5.

My favorite part of the quarter was definitely the video portion, I did enjoy that quite a bit. Next time I would utilize the time to prepare the presentation better. I learned that this quarter I need to learn to work better with others as I have usually done things by myself. One goal I would like to set for myself is to improve my video skills much more. Overall, I had a good time this quarter it was actually pretty fun.















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