Concerning deadlines, I definitely feel I allowed my work to pile on top of me over the course of this year. I allowed myself to slip away and lost motivation. It wasn’t until recent weeks I realised the damaging result of my lack of actions.

I really feel I have learned that doing my work on time and keeping on top of everything is much better than putting it off until this very moment, where I have been straining myself to finish work I did months ago. 

It has been difficult, but it was also avoidable. I hadn’t really considered the consequences of this at the time. I also hadn’t realised how behind on work I’d really allowed myself to slip into.

In Naomi’s class today, she has asked of me to write about what I believe were faults when working on set yesterday, and to overall reflect on my experience. 

I definitely feel like we could have been more prepared and organised when it came to equipment checking. Due to the lack of organisational skills, we were left without use of a boom mic because it hadn’t any battery charge. This is for sure something that should and could have been avoided. I’d say in the future, we thoroughly organise the equipment better. I think this could be done, by equipment checking, and ensuring we have full battery and everything is working accordingly before we head off to film. This can decrease largely the chances of complications happening on set. Further preventing any set backs. I feel like, as a team, we worked very well. However there were moments, specifically at the start, where it took far longer than necessary to set up and get started. There was an issue with job roles, no one seemed to know what they were doing- or at least didn’t seem very confident about it. We eventually sorted this out and were able to get some footage. But this was definitely something that I will personally ensure in future these implications do not occur again. There needs to be no confusions with who is doing what. There must be a team meeting before hand, where everyone’s opinions and concerns will be discussed, and a constructive clarification on what will happen and who belongs to which job role. It’s very important that everyone is comfortable with the role they have.

In Naomi’s class today, she has asked of me to write about what I believe were faults when working on set yesterday, and to provide productive personal criticism. 

I definitely feel like we could have been more prepared and organised when it came to equipment checking. Due to the lack of organisational skills, we were left without use of a boom mic because it hadn’t any battery charge.  This is for sure something that should and could have been avoided.  I feel like, as a team, we worked very well. However there were moments, specifically at the start, where it took far longer than necessary to set up and get started. There was an issue with job roles, no one seemed to know what they were doing- or at least didn’t seem very confident about it. However we did manage to get the ball rolling once a few roles were switched and Tristan made the conscious decision of appointing Marcus the role of camera operator. (Previously, Tristan had the role of camera operator but admitted he didn’t feel it was the appropriate role for him.) Thankfully, this helped everyone as there wasn’t the option of procrastinating. It was definitely needed and I feel we as a team should all appreciate that. 

Personally for myself, I feel I could have done a lot more in organising and communicating previously with the team. However I was absent from Sean’s previous lesson which meant I only learnt what we were doing as we were doing it. My time keeping, responsibility and reliability is something I do feel could easily and most certainly be improved. Despite that, I feel like I took my role seriously, was vocal with ideas and possibilities with the group, and was very open with other ideas. I also believe I made myself available and easy to work with. I also had a strength with communicating on set.

Well, allow me to explain this with very little difficulty. (It’s quite easy to grasp!)

In premier, or any alternative editing software, all you need to do is select an ‘in’ and ‘out’ point on your chosen clip. Afterwards, select a point in your projects timeline where you have decided to insert your clip. 

Myself, Joao and Marcus conjured a variety of thought through ideas for our group documentary project. We decided our roles, how we would evolve our ideas and all our possibilities for our documentary. During discussion amongst ourselves, we brought forward many ideas and theories. Therefore, with the brain-storming that we’ve achieved today, we can move on to further developing our documentary. 

Knowing the importance of communication, we have decided on using social media to exchange information and to inform and involve each other in our individual research. I will be learning about modern and recent Graffiti, Marcus will be discovering the history of a Graffiti tunnel that is local to the college. Last but not least, Joao will be looking at the history of the Graffiti art lifestyle and the importance/meaning it holds upon some people.