Hello! I hope everyone is doing well! I haven’t had a chance to post an update in a while because we had been working on an exciting project in Humanities. We all chose an issue in Greenwich that we wanted to focus on, and then everyone took a role in producing a film that talked about the issue and what steps needed to be taken to solve the issue.
At the end of the whole project, everyone had to complete a reflection, where we each talked about the benefits of making the documentary, what we learned, and what we learned that we could’ve don’t better. This was beneficial, as it allowed all of us to really analyze what we had been rushing to finish, and give it more of a general overview instead of a cut by cut look. It helped us to see what we could improve on, and how the class worked well together.
In general, there was only positive feedback, but I think what really stood out to me was my tendency to prefer to work alone on projects, and not have to rely on other people to do their fair share. This is true in a lot of my other classes, where people will do sections, but there is only one person doing a job. For instance, in our project, everyone edited pieces, which in the end turned out to be a bit of a nightmare. People were handing stuff in late, there would be music where there shouldn’t be, pieces went missing, etc. This is prevented in single person editing. However, obviously in a class environment, you can’t only have one person editing a class project, so it was understandable. Overall, I give working in groups a 2 ½ /5.
Second, the reflection helped us to figure out what we could’ve done better next time. For me, this would be really trying to work better with others, and to overall put more effort in. In the beginning, I didn’t put effort in where I could have, and I was wishing that I had by the end. With my background in cinematography, videography, and editing, I think I could have helped a lot. I give my overall effort a 3/5.
Thanks for checking in, and I hope to see (or not see, because that would be weird) next time!
-Graham Ornstein
Graham's Inlab Experience 