Capstone Reflection

By going to capstones, I learned that I'm already behind. Everyone's advice to me was to start earlier than the actual semester of Capstones. While I have my idea already secured in place, I really don't have much fleshed out about it. However, I did see a very good capstone where the person doing it didn't even know he was going to be doing a capstone until the start of the semester when he was informed that he could graduate then. It turned out pretty good, too. It was my favorite of the few capstones that I did see. Something I found surprising was how much people really used their timelines. I knew it would be helpful to have, but when I asked the question about whether or not they found it helpful, everyone said it was (even if they weren't using it all the time). I'm not a very organized person, so I can see how it'd be a big help.

Capstone Interviews

Name: Ellis Gary

1. Why did you choose this for your capstone project?
   He wanted to learn more about photography, but he also wanted to teach about it.
   
2. What are some of the changes that you had to make between your original idea and what you are presenting today?When he first started, he was all over the board. He had to narrow it down a lot to get to where he ended up.
   
3. What is your opinion of the timeline for your capstone? Was it helpful or a waste of time? Why?
   He did not make a timeline/wasn't forced to make one. He thought that it would have been very helpful to him to have one, though.
   
4. If you could change anything about your capstone, what would it be?He'd want to be better prepared and have better planning throughout the duration of the project.
   
5. What advice would you give me in planning for my capstone?
   His advice: Start early. Don't procrastinate. Make sure you plan things out. 

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Name: Thint T. Cho

1. Why did you choose this for your capstone project?
   She chose this capstone because she felt there wasn't enough good information out there on the culture of Burma. Apparently, if you look for information on Burma, you'll only find information about how bad the government is.
   
2. What are some of the changes that you had to make between your original idea and what you are presenting today?She changed the entire interface by midterms. The colors were an orange/sunset theme and she ended up not using them. She had to cut back about 15 pages for the presentations, as she wouldn't have enough time to go through everything with people otherwise.
   
3. What is your opinion of the timeline for your capstone? Was it helpful or a waste of time? Why?
   She found the timeline to be very helpful in keeping her organized. It changed a lot by midterm and was generally tentative and changeable.
   
4. If you could change anything about your capstone, what would it be?She would have added more videos instead of having slideshows of pictures.
   
5. What advice would you give me in planning for my capstone?
   Her advice: Start early. Gather all the information you'll need first and don't wait for the actual semester of your capstone to start working on it. 

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Name: Saviss

1. Why did you choose this for your capstone project?
   He worked in Lenscrafter for a number of years and knew what he had to do, but the newer employees could use a tutorial.
   
2. What are some of the changes that you had to make between your original idea and what you are presenting today?He had to cut it back a lot. He originally wanted to do more models and went down from 50 to 3 to eventually 1 (very well done) model.
   
3. What is your opinion of the timeline for your capstone? Was it helpful or a waste of time? Why?
   He didn't use the hard copy of the timeline very much. He had a very good idea in his head of when he wanted things to be completed, and allowed himself some time to change it if he needed to.
   
4. If you could change anything about your capstone, what would it be? He would have changed the lighting of the scene to make it better, and he would have focused the scene a bit better.
   
5. What advice would you give me in planning for my capstone?
   His advice was to start now.