The context of practice module is
one of the longest module throughout the year, looking back on what I have
achieved and file the work together help me to comment on the process that I
have went though and clarified what I have not done well enough or missed out.
Started with blogging on the
context of practice blog, I summed up the lecture notes as I took notes on the
booklet and transferred onto the computer in order to post then on the blog. Procrastination
sometimes affected as the note was not typed up onto computer on time,
therefore some loose sheets had been lost. In that case I would refer back to
the power point used during the lecture and seminar sessions to recall what I
have missed. The biggest difficulty I experienced was the essay, it is the
first time to write essay in a formal standard with Harvard reference. The
ability of summing up ideas and sort them by logical ways is what I need to
improve. I have tried to do mind map for the purpose of making the ideas clear,
it did helped largely, but if I am going to write an essay, I would maintain the
effective method I used and seek for other methods that suit me better. During the
middle of the essay, I also struggled with finding the best way to organize the
language in order to express what I want to express. I think it is caused by
lack of reading of academic writing. However during the course of writing the
essay, I feel that I have gained a great experience and practice of this level
of writing skills.
The other part of the module is the
practical part, which is the animation response. I started to think about the
practical part which is the animated response to the topic I have chosen, I
found that the definition of the title is still vague to me, though it is a
broad title that allows a wide range of arguments, I intent to go near to an
abstract animation. I generated all sorts of ideas that are totally different
from each other. I struggled to make my mind on one of the idea, eventually I
went for an abstract one where I feel I could include some interesting sorts of
materials. Photoshop and After Effects are the two main pieces of software I
used to create the animation. What I would do to improve if I can do it again
is to refer to more similar kinds of animations before I actually starts to
process mine.
Ultimately, a habit of recording
information in order to absorb it afterwards, and essentially read more books
to broaden horizon, when writing an essay can easily reminds up and refers to
books or journals. Watch more animations to gain knowledge in all kinds of
animations but not only one.
