Yet to take form our fourth project brief is well and truly taking hold. Early on we have been asking quite demanding questions. Today we have been able to sit down and summarise our process so far and brainstorm our options left open to us. At this point there are far too many pathways that we can take under such broad and indirect guidelines. Our approach is certainly one of caution, patience and comprehensive research in terms of action as it seems becoming too dedicated to an unacceptable program is our biggest risk. As our class co-ordinators and teachers continue to modify and adapt the project requirements we are seeking to establish strong foundations from which our artefact will take structure.
Our brainstorming began with some points of research that run tangible to themes or studies discussed in class. These will become the key references in our annotated bibliography and from there we can delve further into concepts that interest use and will be useful for our project. We also summarised what we understood “texts” to mean as a media concept and key components which we could expand on. Then we arrived at the questions that have been stalled by the project outline which was still being morphed by the teaching staff. We set out a brief outline of what mediums are available to us and we are leaning towards the multimedia platforms of a website domain or powerpoint presentation – incorporating all our various skills and interests. Our focus, inspired by lectorial notes and separate readings, is the use of conventions and forms and we discussed types of media which had strong conventions.
I’ve learnt from the first few weeks of this project the bureaucratic procedures which are used to create a cohesive basis for a collaborative project. For the moment I am unsure whether it is absolutely necessary but the detriment it has on efficient progress within the group is immediately apparent. Further affecting our movement through this piece is the timing of this project and its requirements with the schedule of our media content. We are unable to make decisions that will aid the outcome of our project as information regarding what is required of us is being with-held. However, we have gained an understanding of what it is to work collaboratively and efficient means of doing so.