Reflection


 Hey bloggers I finally did it! I finished and submitted my commercial. This project actually made me very proud as I put a lot of effort into it. This was for sure a new experience as it was the first time I did a editing project. I ended up uploading my first YouTube video for this project which was also a little new for me. I learned how to operate Cap Cut which was hard but worth it in the end because now I can use it if needed. Most importantly I just liked the idea of me being able to make a video and publish because it can build knowledge that I might use in the future

During this project I felt more informed on how to make a short commercial. I noticed it takes careful planning. I see you also have to be picky to be able to make something that would satisfy you. Making a project to present to the world will surely have it's ups and downs. I was taught this idea by all the work I did to get this done. I explained these ups and downs on my production blogs as I was going through the process of making my commercial. But my blogs helped keep me on track to doing this project and kept me thinking ahead of time constantly. I would also try to improve with every production blog I made and made sure it wasn't all for nothing. This project also made less nervous of being more social with things like this for school and helped me overcome other fears.

There was for sure many steps I could have taken to improve my project.  I felt like I would procrastinate a lot and have to stay up doing work which made me rush. I also felt I was very indecisive when choosing my songs, pictures, and videos. I think I could have been more professional about my project. I felt the organization for it could also use some improvement as it would make the video neater and more eye-catching. I saw that Cap Cut has a membership to pay that gives you additional features and maybe I'll invest to try out new features. Overall looking back I could have made it much better but things like this help me improve as I learn from mistakes.

I feel that this project was generally an incredible experience for me. It gave me another interest in things I can do for fun like editing. It helped me improve on uploading and also editing videos which can be used in the future. I was learning new things left and right which to me was helping my understanding a lot during the commercial. Overcoming the feeling of it not being good enough and being more confident was also a huge impact this project has left on me. In terms of technology I also understand how to operate different software and apps a lot more now and will continue to learn. Overall I'm glad I made this commercial and I hope to improve on upcoming events.



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