Group Meetings - Miss Georgiou

Group meetings are meetings in which the groups get together at specific points in the production process of the sequence to discuss this process. The purpose of these meetings is to be able to develop on ideas which have been discussed and find a way how to develop the idea even further to make the thriller as successful as possible as well as planning the filming and the content of it s as to make final decisions together. This is essential as team skills are developed through this which is key when working on a production with a group. It helped our sequence to take shape as we were able to benefit from each other's ideas for specific points within the thriller and incorporate both of these into our final piece in order to create a sequence that is thrilling and engaging for our audience therefore both Kate and I were extremely pleased with how the sequence looks overall. It also enabled us to properly think about our ideas and which idea could be used for a greater effect at particular parts ensuring we knew exactly what to include. A main strength from our group meetings is that we made room to incorporate an equal amount of each other's ideas into the final sequence so that we were both considering one another which was a positive outcome regarding our teamwork skills.

When carrying out group meetings, I have learnt that you need to think extremely carefully about the content and considering the final outcome of what you are filming. For example, on the first round of our filming, we were very unorganised and therefore a majority of our shots came out looking very out of focus and blurry forcing us to scrap all of the footage and start again. This was a major set back for my partner and I as our confidence levels were destroyed and we had no faith that we could produce a thriller sequence of a high standard. I have also learnt that when working in a pair, I need to listen to my partner more and her ideas as I could be missing out on a golden opportunity which could possibly make our sequence look very professional and improve our chances of getting a higher grade. When working with Kate, we had some stressful times for example, when the filming went wrong and the editing wasn't going according to plan we would get extremely stressed due to the strict deadlines we have to meet which caused some argument. Next time, in order to improve this, I will ensure that I know exactly what I am doing such as asking the teacher for help if I don't know how to use the tripod or the camera itself. I will also make sure that actors are hired which take their role seriously as, if we had used Harry from the beginning, we wouldn't have had to film the entire sequence all over again and we could have possibly had more time to edit resulting in there being no stress or arguments and we could have possibly met the deadlines sooner. When reflecting back on the production, I would only change some aspects within the planning stages such as during our research and planning, we wasted a lot of time on our blog posts and therefore had less time to film and edit however I am glad we had the setbacks that we had due to eventually producing a media piece we are very proud of and looks professional. I believe that this was because after we failed with the filming the first time, it made us more determined to do it in the correct way and produce the best thriller we possibly could.