Summary of Rotation Stage

The Rotation stage has been good because it has forced me to take part in things I would have never even think about doing. Out of the four subjects and stages, I definitely enjoyed the Photography and Broadcasting stages more than the others mainly because I was previously interested in them and had more of a grounding on each of these topics. I therefore found it easier to come up with realistic and completable ideas unlike during the Sound design and Animation stages. 

I least enjoyed the animation stage out of all of them, which was too my surprise because I was expecting to not enjoy the Sound Design. This was mainly because how long it takes to create such a little segment in the animation, and during that week a lot of time was spent sat in front of a computer screen key framing movements and transitions which is something that doesn't automatically appeal to me. The Sound Design stage enlightened me to the complexity of sound and how much it can influence a piece of work. I learned the most this stage and am grateful that we did this before the broadcasting stage because it made me think about how to record the sound properly in a high quality instead of using the microphones from the cameras (which when watching the footage back mainly just pick up the wind resistance). 

The rotation stage has also helped me with my time management and planning skills. Before I didn't really understand and value the point of planning out all projects in as much depth before construction took places so that everyone knew what they were doing and when it would have to be done for. Instead I would let projects go and try and make the best of the situation as I was presented with them. However this usually ended up with me or other individuals being forced to have a far higher work load which was un fair when working in groups. 

Overall I think the rotation was a great idea, as it lets us ease in to the subjects we can potentially expand further. It definitely made me rethink about what I could then go on to do as a bigger project in the pathways.