Blog post #10: A Reflection on the Experience
I thought Iād use my last blog post to reflect on the journey of trying to bring an app to life (even to the extent that we did). I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it - as a writer-director, I had no idea how out of my depth I would be on the interactive media course. However, with the safe environment created by the lecturers as well as the other students on the course, I felt really supported in all of my ideas. It was also nice to turn off the super-academic side of my brain that is required to write essays and start playing up the marketing side of it - what is marketing if not finding ways to get people excited about a project/product? With Graffiti-ED, because I was trying to get you all excited about it, I got excited myself!Ā
It was also incredibly useful to talk about the projects (both individual and group) to each other in breakout rooms - itās been hard for everyone to communicateĀ and get motivated for schoolwork during the pandemic and sharing about the trials and tribulations about the project(s) really helped in that regard!Ā
Another thing I liked was getting to properly design the project proposals and presentations. Yet another aspect of the creative experience that is lost in essay-writing - it seems to be frowned-upon when I make my text pink or add in a photo (...or a gif of Mickey Mouse jumping up and sayingĀ āhot dogā) into an academic essay, but in Interactive Media that is encouraged!Ā
Anyway, not to get too cheesy, Iām very grateful to everyone who participated in the module - lecturers and students alike - and would like to wish everyone good luck for any future interactive media endeavours!Ā











