In all honesty this assignment stressed me out quite a bit. There was a big learning curve, with so many technical skills that needed to be applied to make the final cinematic even possible. I tried to be more self-aware of my time management and perfectionism this semester as this was an issue for me in first year as well. These are my biggest challenges that I’m still trying to overcome.
In future I need to be more strategic with how I manage my time so that I can meet the given deadline. I did feel a lot of pressure from myself to do well, so much that it prevented me from seeing the bigger picture and from efficiently carrying out our pipeline.
On a more positive note. I really loved working with this group and the art direction was something I felt passionately about. After getting over the technical hurdles, I ended up really enjoying the actual content of this assignment, it was just my time management that let me down. Overall, I’m very happy with my final cinematic.
In the meantime, I need to focus on overcoming my struggles so that I can do better for myself and my team.