Week 5 example

Media collaboration is something that I am nervous about, due to previous experiences with media projects. As I did media in high school, I was assigned to complete a group project to create a film. My group was not helpful from the beginning of the project, as they were not willing to hear any ideas- and the single idea that were decided one turned out to be quite unrealistic. I did try to negotiate with the group, but they were unwilling to co-operate, with several group meetings spent in complete silence. It was a tense situation, as some were offended that their ideas were not considered, and often, group members did not appear at group meetings. By the end of the project, group members had cancelled shoot days four times, and the weekend before it was due, we were unable to shoot again. This was all due to a lack of communication with the group, which I really aim to focus on early in the project brief. I am really hoping to change my experience with collaborative media projects, because I agree that it is an essential part of the media field. Without a willingness to collaborated in media, the media text itself suffers though its own poor quality. This is also because constructive criticism in a project is critical for producing great media texts, because no initial idea has ever been perfect.