The Last Evaluation for DT (Ever)...

Well, the task this time is to evaluate my MMP against my Design Specification. There's a problem, I never wrote a design specification (once again due to time constraints, hmm, I detect a pattern here...). So I guess I'll just say what I think about my MMP. I like it :D Considering it was the first time I'd done something like this, I'm happy with what I did. There are a few things I would have liked to do differently though, and some stuff I should have done differently. I really would have liked to do my MMP in the style of 'Some Days'. I really liked that MMP and I would have loved it if I could have done mine in sort of the same style. I had nowhere near enough time to do that though, and I'm not sure I would have the artistic capability :D
Now for the things I should have and could have done. There is only one of these. Some of the text font and colour was hard to read over the picture, so I should have changed the photo size in one or two of my slides and I should have simply changed the font and colour in some of the others. As well, I think that some of the colours don't really seem lullaby-ish. I used them because they were very visible, but I think the theme of my poem would have been nicer and more clear if I had used softer colours (not like electric green and bright red).
Lastly, the arguments of stuff I didn't do. First off, we have to remember that with Shakespeare I missed 4 classes of DT, and so I sort of had quite a bit less time than others. We could argue that I could do some stuff at home, even so, I still missed out on 340 minutes of class time. Because of this I didn't have time to do certain things, like the Design Specification and the Storyline. However, even if these things are not done, I think that writing a storyboard for something that is already completed is fairly redundant and pointless. Do you honestly want to give me a grade for writing down what I've already done? It's like a movie director writing the script to a movie that is already finished. Pray tell, what is the point? As for the design specification, well, I will quote the blog that had the article about our design specification:

- Poem approved by Mrs. V!? *

- Time (min 1 min – maximum 3 min)*

- Images or Video (resolution, self created, copyright)

- Text/Fonts (how many lines per slide, how many fonts, color of your fonts?)

- Sound ( with lyrics or without?)

- Effects/ transitions (any, how many?)

- Credits*


* must

The point of me quoting this is to show that all I needed to have done is credits, a poem approved by Mrs. V and an MMP within 1-3 minutes. I have done all of this. I'm not too sure what I'm missing...

Lastly, my favourite argument is the one about the credits. I was told that I should have cited my sources for the photos I used. Firstly, the website you gave us to find the photos on were public domain. All the public domain images do not need to be cited, there is no copyright issues with them. Secondly, I would argue that all those people who had MMPs that were over the three minute mark obviously failed at following the instructions. Remember, it was a must that our poem be between 1 and 3 minutes. I would not risk my grade by making the poem longer than the requirements quoted. I followed all the requirements. I had credits. I just didn't cite where some of the photos from. This is my public apology to all those I may have offended or angered by using their private photos and not citing their sources. I apologize, but hope that as artists you will understand that I would not like to bother my public with technicalities. I want my public to see the art. Making credits that are twice the length of my MMP would just make the audience bored of my poem and I would have had a lower respect from the audience. Lastly, I would argue that all those who cited their MMPs photos by saying: 'photos taken from DeviantArt and Google' did not really cite their sources. I could have done that too and kept the length of my credits down, but that is not properly cited. I did not want to rush something because I believe the audience would have noticed. So I did not bother citing the photos. The audience wouldn't have cared and to the artists, I apologize once again.

All in all, I am happy with my work.

And thank you Ms. Katarina, for spending two years with us, through the thick and thin, tiring deadlines, stressful projects, and frustrating MYP criteria.

Thank you once again,
Will