Final Capstone Reflection Journal

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Paul Valencia Jan 9, 2023

Final Capstone Reflection Journal Entry


What I learned about my subject is how I can show people my interest of art in a
way people can find the topic interesting and learn more about how I can use my
own art skill to make an animation. Another thing I learn is how my understanding
of animation can help me improve in the future.
How this project is relevant to me, the school and the community is how I can
teach it to the people who like animation and want to try animation for
themselves. Why this topic is relevant to me because it also teaches me more on
how animation works and how to create one.
How I demonstrated the six competences throughout my project was telling
people my own experience with animation and introducing myself on why I like
animation. I also tell them some answers that the viewer may find confusing like
“what happens if I make a mistake” or “how do I make sure which frame is
which.” I also talk about the notes I got from my Mentor and from my own
Researching throughout this whole project.
The impact it had on me when doing this project was that it helps me further
understand animation, and it made me happy of my way of expressing the topic I
like by showing a video and editing it while remembering how to edit the video. It
also impacted me in a way where I always remember what to do for the project
like its always in the back of my head so everyday, I keep on reminding myself
about the Capstone and what I need to do. While working on this project I had to
get out of my comfort zone and ask my mentor some questions about animation
and I use those notes for my Capstone video Project.
What I was most proud of during this project was how I was able to put all my
recordings in one video because video editing can take up lots of time in the day
and you must make sure that everything in the recording sounds right. I was
proud of my own ability to turn 7 to 8 recordings in one single video about a topic
that inspired me for a long time.
The difficulties I have during this Project was finding the right video editing
software and how I’m going to record my process on show step by step for
animation. How I was able to solve that problem was by talking to my cousin
about video editing software’s and one of the software’s he recommended me
the most was a free video editing software called Davinci Resolve. Another
difficulty I had was trying to figure out how am I going to record myself showing
the step-by-step process of animation. I was able to solve this problem by
watching a YouTube Video on best software’s to use for screen recording and I
found one software that was very comfortable for me to use called OBS Studios
because I can use that to screen record my project and to Remux (convert) my
recording files from MKV file to Mp4 file.
The one thing about my finished project I wish I could change is how I could have
explained all the details of animation in a way I did not stutter when I speak about
my mentors notes and experience of animation. So, one thing I wish I could
change is to not feel nervous when talking about a huge topic while showing the
animation process because I want to get out of my comfort zone and speak very
clearly on showing my inspired topic without feeling nervous.
Some advice I can give to a student who will be completing their capstone project
this year is to always prepare for what their Capstone is before hand, always stay
on task, and create a schedule on how they are going to plan and work on their
Capstone project.
What source of research that helped me out the most was from a Video about
how to animate in Krita because the speaker Jesse J. Jones show some notes
about animation, and I use those notes with my own experience to show how the
step-by-step animation works in a way it is clear to understand.
One thing about my approach to my project that I wish I could change is that I
would spend more time with creating and showing different animation principles
in Krita because I would have given the viewer more in-depth details about the
different principles of animation and how It can be used into every animation that
exist in today’s world of digital art and animation.

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