at the beginning of this project i was really worried, firstly that it was with a group so that relying on other people and also having them rely on me was very scary.  I also didn’t know who i would be working with or where to even begin with the whole audio piece. another this i was worried about was the fact that i was really bad with editing and using the technology effectively to produce such a project that everyone else in the group would be happy with the standard.  when  i was given the group i was very honest with the other members telling them i was better with the organisation, ideas and writing side of things rather than the editing. they were really supportive and let me have a lot of creative power with how the audio piece would turn out where they took it upon themselves to do the editing.

from the get go i thought the only way to present was through a radio piece. where we could incorporate different layers of sound like music, sound effects, and different peoples voices in order to create a more meaty piece of work, rathe than someone recording an ‘essay’ like piece of information on our main topic of attention.

i also came up with the idea that when looking at attention, the idea of celebrity attention got me really intrigued as it is such a big thing on social media and social media in general and the attention surrounding the amount of time we give to social media. it interesting that social media in particular the celebrities and the products they endorse on social media is so hugely followed almost like an obsession for the followers.

so our group began brainstorming different ways to incorporate radio and celebrities and came up with the original plan to have a song to come out of the song and have two presenters introduce the idea of attention and celebrity culture, ask the public some questions about there own media consumption, have an interview with a media guru and then finish off with a song that reflects the discussion about media/attention/celebrities.

we met up a few times to discuss and plan and record the idea we had come up with, first recording the intro, and then awkwardly walking around the RMIT library with release papers seeing if we could get students to answer our media questions.

the next time we met up we recorded the interview with the media guru, with three main questions one about attention in general, one about the kardahsians and their media impact and one about the infamous Danielle Bregoli the ‘cash me outside’ girl and that encompassed the idea of micro-celebrities and the culture of following people that don’t do much for society. i guess the interview covered the idea of always bing connected as well.

then editing began and although i didn’t really have much to do with editing other than know what was going in and out and helping to find which pieces of media we would add in there was an issue the interview didn’t record properly so there was a slight change in the script and the interview which originally took 15 minutes to record only had a small bit that actually worked.

the team however work really well together there was always communication and even encountering some issues there was a way to work around it and get the final cut done with the theme of attention covered. i feel really lucky to have worked with such cooperative people and such respectful people every idea was taken into account and everyone was comfortable and understanding of each others needs. my initial thought about working in a group presentation made me nervous but i had such a good and successful experience it has completely relaxed me infant three brains is much better than one.  not only were we able to pick up each other where we were weaker with skills like for me editing but we were able to manage those weaknesses and even overcome them a bit.

overall i believe we managed to develop and produce a very effective piece of audio work that met all the project briefs requirements, we were able to take constructive criticism which made our product even better in the end. in reflection i’m really happy with the accomplishment of finishing and having i believe a pretty cool piece of work to show for all the effort and time we spent making the project.

So overall thanks to my amazing team i would work with you guys again 🙂