Overall, it’s been a busy semester but a great one. I’ve enjoyed the media course so far, and I look forward to next semester.
What have you learned?
This course has taught me about the importance of cooperation and collaboration within group projects, it sometimes may be difficult, which is beneficial because it gave me experience and new ways to work on group projects to ensure that we are working as a team. Another element of learning that has occurred would be how to use the video recorder and the zoom microphone, and how to hire equipment in general. This was beneficial for me as I did not have a fancy microphone and therefore, my work was at a higher quality thanks to the IT at RMIT. I’ve also learnt valuable skills with particular programs, especially iMovie and Garageband, my tutor also pushed me to think more abstractly and to add a little more creativity with my work to make it more interesting, he was very good with advice and feedback with my individual and group work.
How have you learned?
I believe that majority of my learning came from peers and my tutorial lessons. The practical workshops were far more beneficial for my learning as I was able to hands on try everything, and speak to my tutor at the end of the lesson to ask further questions. However, when I was unable to attend my tutorials, the friends I have made in this course were extremely helpful, and they spent time with me to help me understand and keep me up to date with the workload that was being handed out. Also with our project briefs, the peer feedback, as well as the tutor feedback also was helpful for me to learn to expand my creativity and to help me improve my skills within the media realm.
What you found most challenging in the course?
The most challenging about the course was the short time we were given the projects. The first one especially took me a long time to come up with an idea, and by the time I had an idea, I had a short duration of time to put it all together, which made things a little bit stressful. Another challenge within this course was definitely the group assignment for Project Brief 4, the teamwork wasn’t there, things weren’t done in time and I had already had problems with one group member in another assignment. Therefore, this task became quite frustrating and stressful because we weren’t essentially working as a team the whole time.
What you discovered about your own creative practice?
I have discovered with my own creative practice to spend less time brainstorming for a perfect idea and to get out, attain footage and let the ideas flow as I continued to move forward. I’ve also discovered that I need to complex my ideas further, and to not stay in a similar idea, to look outside the box more. I have also discovered that I come up with my best ideas when I bounce of other people, when I was in out group assignment, the more we discussed what we wanted to do and our ideas, better ideas came about, and I think it’s very important to make sure everyone is throwing in their opinion so can maximise our opportunity to attain the best idea.
Here is the learning graph about Semester 1:
Learning Graph
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