Tanner McBee
Final
Reflection
This year in e-Communication I
learned a lot about animation. I haven’t been the best at all of it, and I
might have fallen behind quite a bit. But I did learn a lot. I think the
subject that I learned the most of was special effects. This was one I was
looking forward to and the one I did the most work in. I liked learning how to
use Maya and After Effects. I have also learned more about working with a
group. During the final project, I
learned that I am good at taking charge of something like that.
We learned mostly everything we did
in this class from the teacher showing us how to do it and then we have to
replicate that in our own way. We can ask for help along the way and if we
needed to, the teacher would re-teach something if we really needed it. I would
have liked it if this teaching process was a bit different, but overall, it was
ok.
Why is this important? Well I am
going into video next year and I think that the things I learned in this class
will help a little in that class to. I may be able to add a 3D object to a film
or even add some special effects. I think that with what I have learned in this
class for just one year, will maybe even help me get a job later on in life.
Well I have a lot of weaknesses
when it comes to animation. At the beginning of the year, I didn’t get anything
turned in, and if I did, it was either late or not very good. But now in second
semester, I have been doing a lot better in getting assignments turned in on
time. Yes, there were 1 or 2, but the ones I did turn in have met in
expectations of the project. I might not be the best at this class, but I have
improved quite a bit in my opinion. When it came to the final project I was
assigned with making some of the special effects. I did a lot better job than I
thought I was going to do.
I don’t know if I am going to use
the things I have learned in this class to much. I may or may not use it in
Entertainment next year. But I might be able to use it if I did YouTube of
professional video later on. My dad also does Internet marketing and says he
would love for me to for some of the things I learned for him as well.
There are a few things I would
change about this class. I think that the current teaching method. I think that
instead of the current teaching method of showing us the entire project on
screen and the telling us to recreate that, I think we should go step by step
as a class. That way nobody falls behind and gets confused.
I liked this class because I had
lots of friends in it. The content was fun to learned but I could get frustrating
at times. The teacher is funny and I love the e-Communication program and I
cant wait to go on with it. Thanks for a great year.
