Failure Blog

         Looking back on this semester, I believe my biggest failure was not planning properly. When I am first assigned a project my head starts spinning with crazy ideas. I usually pick one of them and begin attempting to complete it. Eventually, I finish the project and I review it. At this point I usually come up with a brilliant new idea and have no time to complete it, or the time for the photo/video has passed. If I could go back and re-do every project, I would sit down and brainstorm for 15 minutes before each one and come up with the best idea then.

        

         Reflecting on this failure has shown me that I come up with the best ideas after I think about the project for a while. From now on when I want to do something creative, I will plan more before attempting to complete the project.

         Also thinking back on this project I realized my favorite project of mine was the “Walk to class” project. I liked the fact that I had multiple pictures and could arrange them in any way I wanted. I also liked that when I took the pictures all I had to do was take pictures of everything I saw, instead of thinking about the reason behind each picture.

         This project which I consider to be a successful one has shown me that when I have a very defined prompt I am less likely to dislike my project once it is finished. This makes complete sense and is actually a very common subject of consumer behavior. When given more choices consumers are less satisfied with their purchases, as opposed to when they choose from less options.

         If I had to change or re- do a project. I would re- do the video project. After seeing the other projects I thought of a lot of better ideas that could have improved my project. I think the video project was awesome and I wish I could have done something I was happier about.