Final Cut

 

CCR 4: How did you integrate technologies – software, hardware and online – in this project?

 

Film Interview

CCR 3: How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

Directors cut

 

CCR 2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

 

Critic's review of a movie poster of our film opening

CCR 1: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

(YouTube style video essay)

 

Group collaboration (reflection) 35

         As a final conclusion to our entire film production, the last aspect I would like to touch on is our group collaboration. Going into this process, I was very cautious in picking my members due to major conlfict in my previous team.

Recap:  I started by talking with Dylan (former cinematographer & current editor) and determined that we would still be groupmates moving into this production. However, after our prior teammates had left the group, we needed a third person to fill the role of cinematogrpaher. After some searching, Miley (current cinmetographer) came up to us and asked to join the group! We ultimetly said yes and started developing the film. In this post, I would like to discuss my perception of our collaboration as a whole and each members individual impact.

Dylan (current editor):  As I stated above, Dylan and I were formerly in a production together, which allowed us to know eachothers workethics and skills. However, I had to take into account that Dylan was switching roles and wasn't neseccarily going to work the same. Nontheless, one thing that helped Dylan and I the most in terms of collabortaion was facetime. As you may know, being editor means constantly communicating with your group to ensure everyones vision is being relayed. Thus, him and I made a plan to call each editing session, so I could get an update on how the film was looking. Looking back, this idea was an extremly smart move in terms of collaboration and something I will take with me into the future.

Miley (current cinematographer): With this production being Miley and I's first project together, I was unaware of how she worked with others. However, her work ethic was no different to that of my own. There were times where she was absent from school for 2-3 days at a time which initially came off as a concern to Dylan and I. Although, the days she was absent never directly affected our filming schedule, they still meant that she was out of the loop of certain aspects like the plot, script, and even filming locations. In the future, if one of my teammates is not in school, its my job to express my concerns and ensure to keep them in the loop in their time away. 

Together: As a whole I belive that we worked excellent together. In the beginning, I initally felt that I was soley leading the group when it came to makeing decisions, specifially the plot. After a few days of conversation, we ended up making further advancments. In hindsight, I understand I am the director and its my job to lead group discussions, however, I think the collaboration process took a little longer this time to kickoff. 

Overall, though this production process wasn't perfect, I believe that it was a big step up from my first production. Though it may seem obvious, having open commutation is key to good collaboration.