Animation Final Reflection

Well, now I will post my animation final reflection. I'm not going to continue animation, since I already chose entertainment video as my main focus, but here is one of my last blogs.

Valuable Takeaways

This one is a bit different from the video final. I'll address each focus of eComm (Technology, Collaboration, Communication, Project Management, and Leadership) and how this class helped me grow in each.

Technology

There's a lot I learned here. I learned pretty much most of Adobe After Effects, whether it came to how to start a new project, or chromakey (a fancy word for green screen). I also learned some 3D modeling and animating in Maya. Our teacher showed us how to do most of it. To me, this stuff is important because it didn't only get me an A in this class, but no doubt I'll also use these concepts in video. However, it was hard sometimes, mainly because Maya likes to crash. But other than that, I learned a lot.

Collaboration

This is a skill that every person has a little or lots of knowledge for, because we live in a world surrounded by other people. In work, it means working with your coworkers, and not hurting them in the process. In eComm, we worked on a group project for a short film using special effects and chromakey. Even when we weren't working on the group project, sometimes I was stuck and asked for the help of people around me. Other times, they were stuck, and I helped them. Other times, we all didn't know what we were doing, and had to ask the teacher or look at the instructions.

Communication

This is another skill that everyone has to some degree. In eComm, we had to communicate a lot. I mean, it's in the name: eCommunication. When we worked on that group project I told you earlier about, we had to text our partners when we wouldn't be able to film or if we have a camera. Communication is what makes everything run.

Project Management

This is an important skill for school and work. If we want to succeed in anything, we have to get all our projects and assignments done and turned in. So we all had some experience with it. With eComm though, it was about getting through our group and individual work. I did pretty well on this, but a few times I had to come in early or stay after school to get things done. So I learned to use class time well.

Leadership

It doesn't matter if your a natural leader or have to rehearse conversations with people, all of us will have to lead something sometime in our lives. In eComm we had to show people what to do and how to do it, and organize locations for our group to shoot. Animation is a bit more individual than video, so our leadership was mainly helping people who were having trouble.

What I'll Do with All This

Of course, I'll bring it all into next year, and then expand my knowledge for it. Then when I graduate, I'll go into college with a head start. I'll still expand my knowledge of these skills there. Then I'll graduate and go into the workplace, and I'll still expand my knowledge of these over my life.

Conclusion

Well, I suppose that's enough of this. Have a great summer everyone, and I'll see you next year when I'm a junior!