I worked so well with my group last year that stubbornly I felt pessimisstic about being put into a new group especially as so many other students were put with at least one other person they'd previously worked with. However, we met and laughed and shared similar jokes and it all looks promising!
My new group are:
Clare Mangan
Alan Wills
Kirsten Noel
Samantha Kapatalumba
Callum Kerrins
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Thursday, 2 August 2007
Summer Project
The last project of the year. And by far the most demanding!
Put into groups of 7-9 with Television Production, Interactive Media and Scriptwritting students.
Roles are 'designated' but not really stuck to, and there is little time managment or cooperation by several group memebers.
The idea is decided a good 3weeks before the shoot date- and things look complicated but managable!
However, the first draft of the script is shown to all members of the group only one week before the shoot date and finally finished 2 days before! STRESS!!
i felt that most of the directing role was accomplished by me- with hardly any of the group contributing ideas, motivation or enthusiasm.
We used 2 'professional' actors which turned up on time and knew their lines (yes!) but one was less keen about the times she wasn't on camera as she had an exam 2 days later and wanted to concentrate on revision. Not really a stress that i wanted- as well as coping with being the only driver, organising location and the other group members. 2 of which didnt come to the shoot...
Television Production is all well and dandy (and enjoyable) when you actually have a productive group.
We developed a complicated idea and it actually turned out suprisingly well. I handed the tapes to somebody else and let the stress go.
The final film look good...a little confusing narrative...but looked (and sounded) pretty good!
what have i learned? not to take all the stress on myself...until the next time. And try and produce group schedules and insist that these must be stuck to. Time management is KEY.
Put into groups of 7-9 with Television Production, Interactive Media and Scriptwritting students.
Roles are 'designated' but not really stuck to, and there is little time managment or cooperation by several group memebers.
The idea is decided a good 3weeks before the shoot date- and things look complicated but managable!
However, the first draft of the script is shown to all members of the group only one week before the shoot date and finally finished 2 days before! STRESS!!
i felt that most of the directing role was accomplished by me- with hardly any of the group contributing ideas, motivation or enthusiasm.
We used 2 'professional' actors which turned up on time and knew their lines (yes!) but one was less keen about the times she wasn't on camera as she had an exam 2 days later and wanted to concentrate on revision. Not really a stress that i wanted- as well as coping with being the only driver, organising location and the other group members. 2 of which didnt come to the shoot...
Television Production is all well and dandy (and enjoyable) when you actually have a productive group.
We developed a complicated idea and it actually turned out suprisingly well. I handed the tapes to somebody else and let the stress go.
The final film look good...a little confusing narrative...but looked (and sounded) pretty good!
what have i learned? not to take all the stress on myself...until the next time. And try and produce group schedules and insist that these must be stuck to. Time management is KEY.
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