Evaluation wtcb
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Emil, Aaron, Steven, and the author were tasked with creating a documentary about video games for a university course. The author researched the history of video games and created a PowerPoint. They were responsible for editing the final piece. However, the rest of the team did not take their responsibilities seriously. Deadlines were missed and the author felt alone in caring about the quality of the project. As a result, the final documentary was rushed and of poor quality compared to professional documentaries about video games. The author believes they could have created a higher quality project alone rather than depending on an uncommitted team. Overall, the project was deemed a failure by the author.
Evaluation wtcb
- 1. Working to a Client Brief Assignment 2 Evaluation For thisassignment,we were taskedwithcreatingaproductbasedaroundwhatour future universitycourse is;formyself,Emil,Aaron,andSteven,wouldbe VideoGames.Thus,after consultingwithone another,we decidedtomake adocumentaryaroundthe creationof a video game. How my Team worked together, and how I contributed: My responsibilitieswere toresearchthe historyof videogames,whichIdidinthe form of a PowerPoint;foundhere: https://www.slideshare.net/AmyWilkins1/a-history-of-video-games I was alsoincharge of actuallyeditingourfinal piece,andgettingittoa highquality. My team,quite simply,was abysmal.Peoplemissedlessons,andattimesitfeltIwas the onlyperson whocared aboutthe final product.Where Idove intomyresponsibilitieshead-first,myteam membersdidn’t,andthusthisledtomy otherresponsibilitiesbeingdelayed.Ibecame sostressed that my mental healthwaseffected.Inshort,Ifeltthiswasunfairandselfishof the othersinmy team. Did I hit the brief? Where did I go wrong? No,we didnot hitthe brief,inmypersonal opinion.Itwasrushed,itwas sloppy,andoverall Iwas not happywithhowitcame out as a final piece.Myaimwas to create somethingof high-quality, withgoodsoundand video.Somethinglike: This– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH5MgEbBOps(The Lastof Us, 2013) Or this- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9tLcD1r-6w (Horizon:ZeroDawn,2017) Or eventhis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvlrNcn0hpY(The WalkingDead,2012 – 2018) The above documentaries are centredaroundvideogamesthatIlove andholdnearto my heart, and are videosthatIhave watchedmultiple timesbecauseof the qualityof theircontent.Butalso because there isa nice balance between interviewsandgameplayfromthe respective games. However,whatwe endedupwith,wasthis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji7IAauWW_s&t=102s As youcan see there isa stark differencebetweenthe aforementioneddocumentaries,withtheir high-qualityfootage andlighting,andthe soundqualitythatdoesn’tleave the audiencestrainingto hear,and the ‘documentary’we created. So,as forwhere Iwentwrong;quite simplyitwouldbe workingwithateam, insteadof onmyown.I couldhave definitely,undoubtedlycreatedsomethingof higherquality,hadInotbeenlimitedtothe ‘documentary’ideathatEmil,Aaron,andStevenwantedtodo.Forexample, Icouldhave usedmy owntools,at home,todesigncharacterconcepts,environmentconcepts,storyconcepts,etc.fora videogame.Inhindsight,Iwouldhave done thisandhadmyprojectfinishedwithinamonthof beinggiventhe task.
- 2. In regardsto the productionitself,though,the entiresettingwas,inmyopinion,horrible.Itwas dark, itwas bare,there wasno character to it,and simplyputitwasboring. To thisday, I’mnot entirelysure whythere wasacamera inthe background,butI suppose it was there justtoput somethingthere. Itwasobviousuponasecondlookthatit wasrushed.Thiswas because,as previouslystated,people didn’tdowhattheywere supposedtoandthusour productionsuffered (lackof documentation,planning,storyboards,etc.). Client and Peer Feedback There wasmixedreviewswhenitcame towhat people thoughtaboutthisdocumentary.Most importantly,the client(ourtutor,Kevin) gave usourinitial feedback,andtoldusto include different thingsinthe final edit,suchas interspersedvideogame footage tomake itmore of a ‘seriesof talkingheads’.But,asI am so busywithotherthings (andbeingthe onlyone whoisseemingly willingtoeditatall),I was unable tosetthe time aside toput any furtherworkintothisproject;at all. It isworth notingthatI didattemptto do this,butmy editingexpertise wasa) notvast enough,and b) limitedtosimple edits.Icouldn’tcutthe videoupwithoutitbecomingchoppyandevenmore unprofessional-lookingthanitalreadywas. However,uponshowingmypeers,Ireceivedoverall positive feedback. Whetherthisissimplyoutof politenessorif theygenuinelyenjoyedit,Iamunsure.But,regardless,itdidreceive positive feedback. Overall,Iwouldputthisprojectdownasa failure.Ididthe bestwiththe time,resources,and the team-membersIhad,butam extremelyunhappywiththe overallexperience,too.Whatshouldhave beena fun,creative projectbecame somethingIdreaded,andIwouldn’tdoanythingthe same if giventhe chance.