Capstone Questions : N420 Final

For this Capstone Assignment, we interviewed three of the students presenting at the Capstone on Friday. We interviewed Jesse Praeuner, Kenny Van Velzen, & Santiago Casar -- all of which did an amazing job & had wonderful projects to present.


1. Why did you choose this for your capstone project?
     - Jesse : Had no idea what he wanted to do, but decided he wanted to take a shot with it & write audio.
     - Kenny : Has an actual entrepreneur dream to create an urban company & took the actual LLC, and used the dream of that. Then took my 3d skills and used them as well.
     - Santiago : I'm applying to different jobs in LA & all of them seem to be asking for a reel roll. I thought it would be the most logical step.

2. What are some of the changes that you had to make between your original idea and what your are presenting today?
     - Jesse : Nothing really.
     - Kenny : My actual idea was to create a video, to show the company. But decided to go with more text and print & can be used for other means. I didn't want to sacrifice what the company actually was.
     - Santiago : Changed the idea of what I was doing, I was doing a documentary. But changed it to the reel roll, so that was one change. Another one was the scope of it, but then realized that I wasn't going to be able to pull it off.

3. What is your opinion of the timeline for your capstone? Was it helpful or a waste of time? Why?
     - Jesse : Wrong person to ask for that, I'm probably the worst procrastinator in the world.
     - Kenny : I think its helpful, but you have to stick to your own plan no matter what.
     - Santiago: Waste of time.

4. If you could change anything about your capstone, what would it that be?
     - Jesse : Would have started working on it sooner.
     - Kenny : Probably continue it more, and would have started earlier.
     - Santiago : I would get a lot more feedback, from people and the faculty. Feedback can only make it better.

5. What advice would you give me in planning for my capstone?
     - Jesse : Schedule yourself an easy semester for yourself, so you have more time to work on your capstone project.
     - Kenny : Start right away.
     - Santiago : The learning process, not so much the product. By investigating- I learned tons, it was like a class that I learned the most.