AS Live - Evaluation

What went well?

After our jobs were decided myself and Sydney got together to first create the style bible for the show, this consisted of us creating the color scheme and fonts that would be used for the show. This went very well and we worked together really well, which gave both of us great chemistry for working together.

Although I was in the graphics team, I didn't know how to create graphics as I had never used photoshop before, luckily, Sydney taught me and within a day I knew how to use the basic elements of Photoshop. Something which I've now downloaded at home and plan to use for my future projects, even after I leave uni.

What didn't go well?

Nothing really on the production side of graphics went wrong. We had a few stressful weeks towards the end of pre-production as some of the meetings we had with producers weren't clear enough or felt like we were going around in circles for a while, but we all worked through it as a team and we were able to create some nice color palettes.

Development and changes:

If I had to do this project again the first thing I would do is ask for clearer communication between everyone, as it felt sometimes (in general) that things were being lost in communication or some didn't know what they were 100% doing.

For myself personally, I would make sure that I knew some basics about Photoshop and graphic creation before applying for the roles as it seemed to make things more difficult for me as I didn't know really how to make graphics until a week or so into production.

Overall, this unit was fun to do, as not only did we all have to work as a class to get the production - instead of being either on our own or small groups, as with most units - it also enabled me to spread my skills into graphic design, something I had not done before as I primary focus on being an editor or writer for the projects I have done throughout uni so far.

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