My groups seminar “Breaking In”.

I joined the group a few weeks later as I was actually part of the Film group so communication with me about the project was very minimal as no one really knew who I actually was to be honest. The group had already formed into mini groups each being in charge of certain sections such as food, cameras, tech, game creators, set design and people to contact in the industry.

Contribution and collaboration: I kind of floated across two working on the questions for the seminar and on the day set up the design for the seminar such as lighting, props etc.

Proactive Learning: My learning very much stayed the same as I felt I didn’t actively seek to improve my skills. Throughout each of the seminars I have viewed,  I felt I engaged with the interviewees and what they had to say as well as taken on the information given but I did not try and improve my skills after each class. Some of the information I had already known through the work I did on a a couple films.

Participation: I have attended all but 2 seminar this year. I have left a class early due to work commitments. I could have attended a lot more but priorities of other school work got in the way, and found myself paying more attention to them.

Connections & intersections: I feel the value of these seminars is to help us, as students, get an inside understanding of what the industry is like from actually professionals working in them. Its a great way to ask them your own questions to see what they would do/respond to. Overall I have found that my learning as a group has stayed the same. You can’t really win in group university assignments as there is always one person who seems to lead. As I joined the group late my opinions were very much invalid at that point so my learning defiantly stayed the same. I feel as though these seminars have helped me understand the importance of persistence and hard work. Not just in this industry but in all. Speaking to a couple of the interviewees really helped me understand where I stand, and what I should do to move forward.

If I were to give myself a mark as part of the group I would only give myself a C (60%) as I felt majority of the main work was done prior to me arriving, so I felt I didn’t contribute as much ideas as I could have. The group did very very well and on the day I worked as much as I could to gain some sort of recognition. In terms of an overall mark for the entire semester, I felt I could have done a lot better and my mark has defiantly remained to a C.