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Admittedly, not Nick and I’s best work. We usually put out projects that reflect our high standards and strong work ethic. We were under a pretty tight schedule and we both had very limited knowledge on how to use Prezi. It’s not the easiest program to use. We found it really finicky at times and almost too dumbed down, as if it were trying to be too user friendly which limited our creativity.
However, after looking at some of the results of our peers today, I was astonished with how refined and complex some of the projects were. Hindsight is always 20/20 and mine is certainly telling me we could have done a few things differently. For starters, I would have really liked to put some background music in. I think it adds a level of atmosphere to the interactive documentary that can not be achieved by any number of photos/videos/text. I also would have liked to have spent a little more time on the animation and zooming effects.
We did do some stuff right though! I am really proud of the journey that the viewer is taken on and I think the information in our prezi is very relatable to anyone from age 15-30. We go over life events that almost everyone can relate to in some way. Wether falling off your bike resonates with you or your first crush in middle school broke your heart, there is a failure for everyone in our project. I also like how failure at each age is very different and can have differnt consequences while they still all follow the same formula.
FAILURE + CONSEQUENCE = LIFE LESSON LEARNT
(Without a consequence, the failing person cannot possibly learn.)
In a way, this project has been a life lesson for myself. I learnt that you must always try and dig deeper in the project briefs. To me this seemed like a very straight forward brief, perhaps one of the most straight forward briefs yet, and that could have been my biggest mistake. The projects that I liked the most from my peers were the ones that were the most abstract. One in particular has close to 50 slides and is depicting the journey of an anime characters failures. While that may not seem that abstract, It was certainly something far away from what the briefs suggests!