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Final Reflection on Project Brief 4

Finally, the envelope for Project Brief 4 has been and sealed, in other words, we have reached the end. There has been a lot of learning that has taken place over the course of the project, especially considering that it was a group effort, which means there’s always more than one perspective to take into account.

Luckily our group was very dynamic, everybody brought a specific skill forward which was vital in creating the final project. From the earliest meeting we all established that video production was our collective strength. Due to this we ended up creating a video product which was new and adventurous. Before I further elaborate on this; the collaborative contract needs to be mentioned. Throughout our first and second meetings we constructed a contract which outlined the role and responsibilities of all the group members, additionally there was a plan for conflict resolution. We were fortunate enough, as mentioned previously, to not need conflict resolution at any point. However the roles and responsibilities got us to think about how we would go about creating the video. This was very helpful in assisting the process of arranging the production timeline, we simply split up the work and consulted on when it was to be delivered, at the convenience of the person responsible.

This initial planning as well as the synergy between cooperative group members allowed us to easily create our meetup times for our soon to be ‘choose your own adventure’ video. The early meetings also gave us time to come to the same vision as to what the final product would look like, we all understood the basic concepts of using Youtube annotations and what was practically possible; yet another strength of all having a video production background among group members. This made the conceptualization and writing process a fluid process.

Due to the divided workload and the constructive collaboration the whole project was easily filmed within three main meetings. Once this was done the post production process began, we used Facebook as our communication platform, constantly sharing footage, suggestions and ideas, this meant that the final project was truly one born from group collaboration.

However, this post production stage is also where i believe there could have been improvements. Although we did decide on who would be doing the editing I believe the post production work load was not evenly distributed. It is arguable that certain group members did have more time to contribute to the project, so this was the way the work naturally distributed. The way it ended up being structured was that one group member mainly worked on the editing. The others provided feedback and helped with the paperwork and filming process. Although this might be unevenly weighted it sadly does make sense. Editing is a very personal process, often when too many people edit the same project there is a loss in consistency of style. Thus, in a way it was for the benefit of the final project that one person did the editing. It allowed for there to be a consistent tempo and visual feel to the work.

The final product created I believe did achieve the initial goal of the project. It provoked thoughts about the ways we use and notice media in our daily lives. Given more time the project could go into further detail and have more choices and commentaries, however, as a starting point it achieved its goal.

Overall, this project has been a very constructive group assignment. With contrast to other group work it was painless and efficient. I believe that the final product created will be well received and has created a platform for future development.

 

Workshop Week 11 – PB4 Feedback

Tyler Perry was unable to make it to class today because he got kicked off a plane. Long story short – he was flying in complimentary business class, and because of this he was the first asked to leave when the plane filled up and they needed more space. However the show must go on, we still presented our draft to the class. Here is the feedback received:

  • Feedback received: Desire for more narrative and character motivation. Suggested that music be add to the video and a concrete way to show time passing. A back button would help audience return to begining of the video and try other choices.
  • Issue is keeping the video neutral – perhaps have it weigh out the ups and downs equally across both streams.

Workshop 10 – PB4 Feedback

Once again we used the workshop time to review and discuss everybodys progress on Project Brief 4. It seems that the revisions on our concept went down well. Last week i mentioned that our artefact would be a ‘choose your own adventure’ video.  We decided that instead of having the video based around choosing the story we would use the choices just to hi light the fact that there is a decision being made. This was due to the feedback we received from the class, stating that we should not get too hung up on the story. The video will be structured around the idea of “Noticing Media” and will bookend with shots of a student in a classroom learning about media and presenting the findings, respectively.

We started building the decision map and presented the ideas to the class (attached below). They seemed to like the idea that in order to convey our research there would be an info button. This allows them to request further information if desired, but enjoy the adventure otherwise. Tomorrow we plan to film the first shots of the video.

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Workshop 9 – PB4 Info

Todays tutorial was dedicated to workshopping our Project Brief 4. Firstly the whole class presented their concepts and artefacts concerning their topics and we shared ideas and feedback with each other. There seemed to be an interest in focusing more around the ways audiences interact with audiences. Also, there seems to be some interest around the ways the media actually effects the audience.

We have finally decided to put a voice overs into our final video presentation. We have decided to present “audiences” with a choose your own adventure video that focuses on how a person interacts with media. The outcome of the video will focus on the effects of media while the content of the video focusses on the way people interact with media.

At the current time we are still putting together a full map of what choices will be given to the audience throughout the video, and we are still refining our ideas on  how we will share our research

 

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