Culminating Blog Reflection

During the course of my Capstone project I learned a lot of new things about my topic and myself. In the beginning one of the hardest parts was trying to communicate with my mentor and try to find a way to meet up, but I soon got over that because I had to do this project. I learned that communication is definitely the most important part of life. I learned to collaborate, because in order to complete my capstone I had to work with my mentor to learn new things. I used creativity while writing my research paper because although all the information was already  there for me, I had to come up with a way to put it all together. not to mention rewriting an entire paper over. Critical thinking was also involved in writing my research paper because I had to form my own judgement on my topic.

Throughout the capstone project I gained more knowledge about cinematic technology. This is very helpful to me because this is the sort of job field I wanted to get into. I learned that I need to be responsible and make sure I use my time wisely. But i think the most important thing I learned was that it's better just to do everything beforehand so that you're not rushing to finish a project. I also have to be able to talk to people and be more assertive in order to get things done. I learned that I can't be lazy and procrastinate, it won't help at all.

I think the biggest problem that I faced was actually meeting up with my mentor to get my hours done. He lives in Folsom and I don't drive so that was a major problem. He also has to travel often for his work because he goes and sets up theater and for concerts. Another problem I was challenged with was trying to remember all the abbreviations and what they did. I over came them by talking in depth about them with my mentor and him helping me understand what they did and how they functioned. He would often give me examples to help relate them to what we were talking about so it would be easier to remember. Throughout this experience I obviously learned more about this topic, but also more about myself.