We were assigned our groups this week and I could not be happier than if Beyonce herself suddenly gained 40+ years of audio essay/documentary/thing production and personally chose me to be in her group!
I was lucky in the sense that when groups were assigned, people were turning to me, asking me to point out who they were working with. This is not the ideal way to start a group project. I have previously worked with both Patrick and Amber, and get along with both very well, so I think this task will go well!
We decide that, for our project, we will be looking at the superhero fandom, with a focus on (although not limited to) Superman, and how political and social change in the world impacted on the fandom demographic and the superhero stories themselves.
We also completed a SWOT evaluation which read as follows…
PATRICK
Strengths: Leadership, organisation, project management
Weaknesses: Stress, technical ability, formal writing
Opportunity: Creating schedules, making sure everyone knows what they’re doing, chairing meetings, etc
Threats: (We had to start the next task by the time we got to threats)
AMBER
Strengths: Creative vision, good eye (ear?) for detail, interview/talking skills
Weaknesses: Lack of confidence, formal writing, research abilities
Opportunity: finding/interviewing people, putting together creative/out of the box designs, polishing work, etc
Threats: (We had to start the next task by the time we got to threats)
BRIDIE
Strengths: Formal writing, research abilities, previous sound editing experience
Weaknesses: Stress x3, time management, I’m an Aquarius so I have a God complex and take issue with having to identify my weaknesses (or ‘taking criticism personally’)
Opportunity: Writing/editing formal documents, finding information on topic, etc
Threats: (We had to start the next task by the time we got to threats)
We then started an audio task to get us familiar with the recording device, although I have a feeling that we won’t be doing the editing task next week (because I am writing this a month in the future. One of my issues is time management.). The most helpful thing I learned was how to connect the recorder to the computer, a task that is far too difficult for something that basic.
