I mainly used the core competency communication for this project. As a group, we thought of how to incorporate our ideas from the research sheet into our video. We also communicated about what types of images would go well alongside our voice overs. Our first idea for the project was for it to be a new report. I had more of a negative approach to this idea. I thought we should show our learning by doing a documentary because it would be easier to do voice overs and would be more descriptive. However, we fixed this issue by combining both ideas together. I believe by combining both ideas, it enhanced the overall quality of the project. We communicated a lot of our ideas on the project through email. We worked on our project numerous times during flex and lunch. Because of this, we got the project finished on time.
I can improve by being more open and considerate to other people’s ideas. I would also like to improve my speaking skills for the voice overs.
The core competency I used for this project was creative thinking. When creating the poster, we developed many ideas on what material we should chose. We first thought of doing electronic devices, then narrowed it down to television devices. We chose television devices because many people have probably owned an old, outdated TV that they want to get rid of. Also, some people don’t know how to recycle TV’s. We decided to keep the poster simple because many people would get bored to read a poster with a lot of information on it. We also thought it would be more informative if we included the address of the recycling facility.
I can improve by being more descriptive with my ideas. I think we also could’ve added a little more information.
For this assignment, we were asked to create a tableau for Act 1 in The Merchant of Venice. We took a picture for three scenes in the act that depicts the main idea of the book. We decided who would be each character in each scene. For generating ideas for the tableau we looked for the main idea of each scene in the book. We found specific quotes or actions in each scene that would help us create a tableau. We also generated ideas based off memory. I built on our group’s ideas as we were generating them for each scene. For example, I thought that since Shylock was sneaky when making the bond with Antonio, he should cross his fingers. I also thought that he should have a grin on his face because he knows he can get rid of Antonio with this bond. Antonio was a nuisance to Shylock and getting rid of him would feed Shylock’s revenge.
We could improve by picking a better background the first time. However, we did fix this. I think for the Shylock and Antonio scene, we should’ve made Antonio look more worried and nervous about the bond.
