Having been in collaborative teams and having worked on my own I can confidently say I’ve enjoyed working alone on projects. Before you think I’m an arrogant prick let me elaborate. I find myself much more liberal with my creativity when working alone. Sometimes in a group environment I feel somewhat constrained with presenting ‘out there’ ideas because of time constraints and the fact that everyone’s input needs to be considered. Alone, I am much more forgiving with the crazy ideas that I know I need to generate on the path to a solid project idea. I find myself much more efficient when working alone purely because I get to schedule everything around my own timetable and that is much more convenient than scraping to find a common free period for a group. I will completely contradict myself here when I say this term’s project that I am embarking on is that of a duo. Although I love to work alone, there are certain people whose ideas seem to integrate so perfectly with mine and even if our ideas vary, it is very easy to find a medium that suits the both of us. Daniel is a very dear friend of mine who does not study film but has an immense passion for cinematography. On a group holiday, Daniel and I collaborated to make a dance video which I was, at first, weary of because of my history of working alone. However, he took direction so well, I found myself so easily bridging my idea over to him. Having a much greater practical knowledge of camera technique, he offered great insights into the visual design process. Often the most difficult process is trying to elaborate my editing ideas to an editor; the final result seems so removed from what I had envisioned because of subjective interpretations. Despite having no previous knowledge about dancing, Daniel took my editing direction so well. I had to break down the music beats, which coincide with the cuts of the shots and he took it from there. Usually I am pedantic about my cuts because of what I envision however, Daniel suggested many edit techniques that I had not previously planned and admired them greatly. It is for all these reasons that I believe we collaborate efficiently and effectively as a team and are going to embark on this project together. We have our first meeting this coming Tuesday about the project … will update on progress J