Pitches, proposals and plans
The last blog entries have been my rough workings of my individual project - now fondly dubbed as OptIN!
The pitch was the perfect opportunity to bring it all together and package it into something I could explain quickly(ish) with clarity. A tough but useful exercise to refine the thought process and actually build a plan.
Following the panels' feedback, I was hugely thankful that they found the pitch clear and showed enthusiasm for the idea, with some really helpful tips and advice as how to take OptIN a step further. It's defintely inspired me to consider the project as something to develop beyond the course.
The two weeks of pitches were also a great chance to see my classmates showcase their ideas which I've witnessed grow week by week and the level of presentations was amazing. What I really enjoyed was how many of the ideas had a real tangent of social activism and causes which I find really heartening. As I shared in earlier blog posts, I think this is what's particularly exciting about interactive media is it's potential to bring communities - and causes - together.
As I finish my final proposal, I'm conscious of how a simple spark of creativty and questioning what's possible in using interactive media can really grow into something worthwhile and I think this will be my key takeaway from the course.









