Nature of Project and Concerns
In starting this project, I wanted first and foremost to create and tackle something which I have never before attempted to do in my life and which could potentially offer me new skills and knowledge that could be applicable to future jobs, projects, and even problems that I undertake. Likewise, being a creative project itself, I also wanted to create something which I could still use in the future and could serve as some sort of tool or equipment for me to have.
As such, the initial idea that I had for this project was to create a makeshift drone using helium balloons and building a balsa wood rig for my iPhone and that by attaching a strong wire to it, it could offer me a certain amount of control over it so that I can take aerial video shots with it. However, after considering the amount of time and lack of necessary and proper information that I would need in order to complete this project, I decided not to do it, and instead, still wanting to create something that I could use for video equipment for my iPhone, I decided to create my own selfie stick instead. While I have previously seen and used a selfie stick in the past, I have never really attempted to create one of my own and as such, I thought that it would be an exciting challenge not only to learn how I could create one of my own but also, to have one for my personal use only. In this case, the main concern that I had before I embarked on this project would be the amount of time that I would need to successfully build my own selfie stick but also the availability of the necessary materials that I would need in order to do it. However, regardless of the time constraints and the availableness of the materials I needed, I was determined in creating this project, and though I might fail, I would learn something from it.
Problems Encountered
The first issues that I encountered with my project were, first of all, the different amount of videos or web resources that there is for making one’s own selfie stick. I quickly realized that the guides or tutorials that I wanted to use for the creation of my own selfie stick were either too simple or too complex to make, either by having some guides simply instruct one to tape the iPhone to a spatula or by having other videos weld things together. I was initially not able to find a medium difficulty instructional tutorial that could guide me into creating my own selfie stick by not pursuing either a too easy or too difficult approach to it.
However, once I was able to find a video that did have a medium style of difficulty tutorial for people looking to do their own DIY selfie sticks. The next problems that I encountered were that I was not familiar with some of the materials used in the video to create the selfie stick, as well as the fact that some of the steps in the video to create my own selfie stick did not really work for me the same way. Starting with the materials, the problem I had with this was that I was not familiar with what a PVC pipe was, and so I bought small pieces of plastic tubes that I ended up joining together to create one long plastic tube which I now realize could have been achieved by just merely purchasing a PVC tube instead as was used in the tutorial video. Furthermore, the other problem I encountered while building my selfie stick was that of finding a way to attach or glue together my spare iPhone case to the metal supports in my selfie stick which would become the rig for where I place it. The main struggle I had in this situation was that in using the hot glue gun to attach my rubber case to the metal bands, the glue was not resistant enough to actually connect both things and due to this I had to resort to using tape in order to fix this problem I had.
Tutorials and Guides Used
Purpose of the Assignment
Credits
Many thanks to Mr. SunY and his tutorial video for helping guide me through this complicated process.
Also thanks to Wiki How for giving me other ideas as to how I might create my selfie stick.
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