Project Critique Form                   

Sam Utiger

AVT 180-008

Critique

What ideas did you incorporate into the piece?

I incorporated my feelings about ivory into this piece. My idea was that while it would be easy to make laws that ban the sales of ivory, that might not solve the problem.  In fact, the laws could build up demand, by making seem more precious or rare, and make hunting elephants even more profitable.

Do you think the piece is successful?  Why or why not?

I think this piece is successful because I think it does show the horrors of ivory, but also shows what would happen if we were to ban the trade all together, i.e. that the hunters would get more profits and would have more incentive to hurt the animals.

Self-evaluation

What skills did you learn through working on this piece?  How did you employ these skills in your work?

While working on this piece I learned how to create moving pictures using photoshop.  I also learned how to use color overlay and dissolve.

What challenges did you face?

I had a hard time illustrating my point that banning the ivory trade itself would not work.

Did you find a suitable resolution—if yes, what?  If no, what would you change?

I think I did using words and images together. 

What revisions would you make if you were to do the work a second time?

I would add more moving pieces, because I mainly focused on color overlay and dissolve.