the greatest moment in the mashup process was not finding the parts but putting them into an order. the process of sorting out the different quotes and photos to form a coherent story that flowed was the most fun. it was like a brain teaser or a puzzle to take these parts all from different sources and put them together in a way that fit. finding the parts of the mashup were more of a challenge, not in the form of a puzzle but in the form of just getting it done. because i required to use quotes from certain sources it was more of an assignment to find quotes then it was a scavenger hunt. the quotes that came from sources that i chose were more fun and didn't have this feel because i had more freedom in choosing them. however i understand why there were required sources to find quotes from.
if i were to do this using only quotes from sources i chose i think that i would have had a greater experience and would have felt more of a natural flow when putting it all together. with the mashup i did for class i never felt that i got past the assignment part to have a greater connection with the material. a way that this project could be improved would be to find a way to take some restrictions away. that does not necessarily mean take away the required source, just find a more natural way to fit in it. This could be in the form of changing how they are integrated or change the amount that they have to integrated, but those are just a few ideas.
in conclusion i can see the potential in a project like this however the limitations take away from the experience that the creator when building a mashup.
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