Collaboration and Communication

Collaboration is crucial in any filmmaking and the approach I have for it this semester, is to continue and develop new teamwork skills. Good, honest and continuous communication is one important aspect of excellent teamwork. This semester, I am to try at least as hard as last semester and more. I was already prepared in week one and told the persons in the tute I was interested in working with, that I want to work in a tute, targeting the grades distinction and high distinction only. I think, when starting off and being honest already from day one of a beginning group work, the grade setting is crucial for how the group will work together and whom to work with. I talked with La-Ra about it, and she wanted the same and therefore we decided from then on, that this semester at least the two of us would work together on the docu production, targeting the same goal. Also, because I was lucky to get a work placement at the ABC, I informed both the group and the tutor about it and in this way the agenda for the group work knows its flexibility.
In TV 1, the ‘how to communicate’ worked when all group members were ‘all in’ for it (checking emails and having phones nearby at all times). In terms for the assessments, setting up a Google Waver is making it easier to share files and communicating instant feedback on this.