Achievement Earned: Quest 8 Finisher/ Non-fiction Smasher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y9laTHhhxk
Looking back at this project, I seriously enjoyed it. I am usually not one for larger projects, but this was completely worth it. For once I didn't procrastinate, but instead got it done early and presented a week early. All thing considered, it was pretty sweet being done early, because then I was able to focus on geography and science homework.
I made this with windows movie maker, and it took 7 hours to finally slap all of the audio, pictures and video together. This is not including all of the work finding pictures, citing sources, and learning about my topic. Overall, it was worth every second.
One of the things that I left out of my project was an experiment that I had planned to do, but if it would have been included, would have pushed the project a little past 20 minutes. I was going to test whether people have a tougher time with a possible prize, and if they are more anxious or nervous because of the thought of not reaching it. I would have offered people a prize for finishing a Battle Block Theater level in a certain time. As the time needed to get the prize came closer, the idea would have been that they would have been more nervous then people without the prize.
As far as what my project turned out to be, I think it could have been much much more in terms of quality. Going back to Ira Glass, he said that it takes years for your work to live up to our own tastes, and that most people quit along the way. So looking at this, it turned out pretty good for an English project, even though I had a plan of what I wanted and was unable to reach the final steps. In 4 years, I'm sure that my work will suit my tastes, and that I will be happy with everything I make. But right now I am content with the project, not absolutely happy, but content.
Some things that I felt needed improvement was the audio quality, pictures matching what I am saying, and just the over all feel of the project. I guess by the over all feel, I mean that the project felt like it was made by an 8th grader, while I had wanted it to feel like it was made by a pro-video editor who has years of experience. So I guess that in a few years, I might be just that.
