All-in-all, I really enjoyed the work we produced last semester. I think Katy and I worked really well together and produced a piece of work that was really close to what I had originally envisaged at the start of the project. Both of us received some of our highest marks ever, with complimentary and very useful feedback to accompany those marks.
Some issues that I plan to be wary of this semester, when considering the last, include...
1) My Use of Social Media.
- In my feedback, it was mentioned that my social media campaign was lacking. This was, in part, because of the fact I only started my social media work once the book was finished and ready to be fully marketed. This meant that these posts seemed to 'come out of nowhere', so to speak.
- To avoid making this mistake again, I will post the production process of our comic as we create it. This will hopefully build hype for our product, and get our audience more involved in our brand.
2) My Design Work.
- I really enjoyed working on the design elements of the comic, to a far greater extent than I had expected. I was really proud of my work on the covers (back and inside), logo and poster for the exhibition.
- During this project, I will volunteer my design skill to help Katy and utilise them more. I will also use these design ideas to boost the social media content mentioned in the last point.
3) App Development.
- As partially anticipated at the start of the semester, the development of an app to accompany our comic proved a little tricky. Due to this, I did not end up with a publishable app.
- The app still comes as an optional part of the project for me this semester. I don't intend to put too much weight into it. However, if I do give it a go again this year, I intend to do more research and take more time for it to really make it work.
4) Exhibition Display.
- While I was really proud of my layout design for the UniQube last semester, the execution didn't really live up to what I had planned. We also agreed to print the pieces on my personal printer, instead of through the uni or a professional, and I think we really slipped up there, as we were then limited in both size and quality.
- This semester we already have much grander ideas for the degree show! So this will immediately improve this side of things. As well as this, we will print through a professional printer this year.
5) Teamwork.
- Generally, Katy and I worked brilliantly together! We were complimented by many people on our teamwork skills, and both agreed we were super happy with how it all went. However, minor issues are always expected to surface when working in a new situation with a new partner.
- To make sure we're working together in the most optimal way, Katy and I have planned to sit down together to discuss and review last semester in a little meeting on Sunday (13th Jan). We expect to find no issues in this meeting, and instead to clarify things that have been previously mentioned (working out fitting deadlines for each element, making sure we are both fulfilling our roles correctly as if we were working in a published creative team). We also mentioned this idea to Gareth and Ade in our end-of-project presentation and they agreed it was a good idea.
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