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Reflection

This year...

I think this year has been both extremely enjoyable and exciting, but also extremely stressful. I have loved doing a bit of both convergence and entertainment in this class, my favourite having been convergence and filming our own mock ONW Now. Though, it was stressful due to the groups I was placed in a couple of times. Those groups included people who wouldn't work, and people who wanted everything to center around them. This was not a healthy group to work with and we did not get our videos done either of those times. This does not speak for the independent projects and other groups I had worked with, in which my/our videos turned out fairly well. Being with the negative groups has better helped me work around restrictions and set backs, however.

There were also a few technical errors with the quality of mics, cameras, etc, but that doesn't mean I haven't learned how to get around those mistakes with a bit of editing. I feel I have a better grasp on the dolly, boom mic, camera settings, and editing softwares we use.

Difficulties

Managing a project is always difficult in a sense that, in my personal life, I have work scheduled almost every day and activities the day I don't work, so staying after at all is a struggle. This, I feel, is the only real thing I need to work on. Though this was a drawback, I can say I effectively worked with people best I could on a tight schedule and got to editing what I can with such little resources.

Conclusions

If I were to take away something from this year as a whole, it's how to use equipment for convergence when working on ONW Now, and I am glad to know that I can work on such a big project at our school. The only real thing I need to work on for this before we start is being comfortable in front of the camera. Other than that, I feel like this year has readied me for the next years to come.

Improvements

In next years, I think making sure groups are being handled properly when there's drama is key to a successful video.