I found this project to be helpful in terms of developing new skills. While I have known how to edit video for a while and find it a slightly tedious process, it was still good to have to do it again to refresh my memory. I think I would have enjoyed that aspect of it more if I had hired a camera and filmed more of my own footage. Building the website was a positive experience for me. I tried to learn bits of HTML while I was in school but never really got into it properly. The several tutorials in Dreamweaver were very helpful and I feel like the theory behind HTML makes sense to me now. I plan to build my own website in the near future where I can post my work.
As a whole I think I could’ve engaged more with this project, especially in developing content. I think I should have spent more time coming up with a concept. When I look around at other peoples I am impressed when someone is dealing with a definite issue, like terrorism gaming or how we deal with out dead. The difference between those and mine is that mine just tries to deal with the idea of communication technology as a whole and I think it fails to do that because the topic is so huge.
I am pleased with my website though I think for all its bugs it looks quite good. However I am aware that less is more and a minimalist approach would have been more professional and more in line with current trends. When I build my own I will take this into account.
I think my video has some good ideas in it, for example I like the voiceover that takes you through it, but I could have worked more in terms of variety. If I did it again I would try to incorporate the interviews into the montage, I would maybe have changed the music or stopped it sometimes to give the video more varying atmosphere and I would definitely have gone out and filmed some of my own footage.
For the next project I will engage more in the research process, not only that but I will engage more with recording the research process and try to do this in a clear and methodical way that can be looked back on by examiners and anyone interested in the project. I will also look to learn a new process.
