Reflective Piece

Being put into a group of people who were new to you is very different and hard to adapt to. In-group activities cooperation is the key to creating exceptional work. The hardest part about the project was communication, which was caused by the time restraints each other’s classes held. The group I was only met 2 times, which wasn’t necessarily anyone’s fault. Other classes are just important as WRD 111, thus we must treat them so.

            By far the documentaries introduction was the most prize winning. The introduction was catchy, not to say others groups weren’t. Instead of starting with a simple interview, the introduction jumped into activities that the BSU held. The introduction tells everything about a documentary, consequently we nailed the intro into an exceptional documentary. At least we can say so with the time given. However, there were changes that I would’ve made over a longer duration given to complete the task. The transitions between interviews were a little scratchy in the sense they didn’t connect. If more time was an option more interviews could’ve been recorded to help give more options. Going back to the original purpose of the documentary we wanted to find how well/bad the communication was between members and leaders, however with the lack of time not enough interviews were held. If more interviews were held, the documentary could’ve been created giving the impression the leaders and members were answering to each others questions. Again, with more time the transitions, which weren’t all that amazing, could’ve been put together much smoother. Also, more interviews would’ve helped the group’s documentary stay on topic.

            At the beginning when deciding on what to focus on in the BSU I was the one who looked around on the BSU website of UK to determine aspects of the group that were so called “memorable”. When preparing the outline of the entire project, I was given that role. With the role, I created the outline of the documentary, giving each member their role, and creating the transitions for each slide. As an assistant I helped to place the material: pictures, interviews, and slide transitions into the best-fit spot. Being a very organized individual, I organized the groups meetings, generally in the time that best fit the majority of the group.

            I’m a very social individual, being put into a socially quite group was a hard start. When other groups were deciding on their projects, our group would sit there in quite. I would talk and spark conversation as much as possible. I knew without communication the group would never succeed in finishing the project. Ergo, I would always gather advice/notes in class that I would then send to the group. I would ask for everyone to send me advice on what they thought of the idea, again how ironic would it be if our group would have a failure in communication when the documentary was primarily focused on the same topic? If I somehow knew of the group before I was placed in it I would’ve tried to become familiar with each individual to allow no awkwardness once we were put into a group together. When its comes to equal participation, I believe each member including myself gave equal effort. Like I said before with the time restraints of other classes I was having trouble coming to meetings, however I created an email group to help keep everyone up on what has and needs to be done. Even when I couldn’t meet with the group I made sure to email them of my progress and vice versa.

           

Sorry for the inconvenience, however I did have an exam at 1030am this morning and did forget to submit the essay. Hope you understand and have a great summer, also had a great time in class, thanks.