Capstone Reflection

         The reflection upon capstones kind of has given me vision to what I always believed and knew about capstones. You begin early as possible. This way you can experiment along the way instead of playing it extremely safe. You keep in mind scope. You will burn yourself out on a project which will kill you if you don't find the perfect time frame. Do something edgy. This doesn't mean "new" necessarily, this just means push the boundaries on things you might have already known about. Also, last but not least, don't let capstones kill you. This is supposed to encapsulate the process of what you have learned. If you aren't having fun with it, you probably have either broken some of the rules listed in the latter, or you truly don't love what it is Media Arts in Science has to offer. All in all, my reflection is that capstones is difficult, but it doesn't mean it's supposed to be miserable.

Capstone Night

Nathan Moody

1.Why did you chose the capstone that you did?

To further press my abilities in storytelling. I really wanted to push this forward.


2.What are some changes you had to do between the original idea and the finished products?

I actually didn't have to change anything.


3.What is your opinion of the timeline? Was it helpful?

I had to do the timeline for school, other than that, it wasn't helpful other than the fact I could see if I'm at the correct spot at this time.


4. If you could change anything, what would it be?

I wanted more physical material, but that was out of my means when it comes to cost.


5.What is the word of advice for me?

Stick to what you know. Try to do some things new, but don't try to do a bunch of new things.






Zachary Paquette

1.Why did you chose this project?

To have something I could stick with with terms of longevity of the semester without getting burnt out on the project.


2.What did you change between the first idea and the finished product?

Not a thing.


3.What is your opinion on the timeline...?

Useless.


4.If you could change anything about the capstone what would it be?

My room location because I'm barely noticeable and it kind of sucks.


5.What advice would you give someone going into their capstone semester?

Experiment and push yourself to the boundaries of something you already know and not the boundaries of something brand new.



Colby Krintz

1.Why did you chose the capstone project that you did?

To work on my flash. I never have and thought it would be a good move to do it.


2.What are some changes you made between the first idea and the finished project?

I had to simplify the videos of flash because I needed to spare time.


3.What is your opinion on the timeline?

If I worked on it last semester maybe I would have been able to do more?


4.What would you have changed about your capstone if you could?

Maybe work on it longer to make it look cleaner and much more nice.


5.What advice would you give someone going into their capstone semester?

If you have any time start working on it now and get your idea into place.