This week was a very interesting and active learning experience. I had the ability to visit the UNT campus in Denton and sit in college classes. Even though there weren’t any video game related courses, I decided to see a video production class. While it is not something I can see myself doing, it was still fairly interesting to see how everything in the production room is run and how much communication they need between each other to produce a live action game show or newscast. There is also a large amount of  different parts, such as audio team, camera men, the actors, and master controls, all working together to produce one single piece of video.

While the game shows were all rehearsals, the newscast was shot live and shown on air, which meant that everything had to be exactly right. Everyone on the team had to be aware of what every other person was doing so that they could all collaborate and produce a successful news footage. I drew a parallel of this work setting to video game development, which is made up of many different parts that have to work together to make the best game possible. Therefore, the team members need to constantly be in touch with each other to discuss various aspects of the game to make sure it is shaping to be how it was intended.

Despite the fact that I was unable to see a class about anything relating to video games, I was still able to learn many things from this experience. It demonstrates to me that the ability to communicate effectively is a universal and very important skill to possess.