PSA Post-Production Reflection

Wow! What can I say? I began the PSA production with great trepidation.  I did not know what would happen.  My experience with group work hasn’t always been the greatest.

This assignment began with a fabulous group coming together.  We quickly started our pre-production assignment.  Everyone in the group was willing to help in all areas.  During this process we learned how to use Anymeeting.com for our web conferences, Dropbox for a storage area, and Google docs to collaborate on scripts and narration. 

In week 5, production really took off.  We had completed all of our pre-production tasks including videotaping, writing scripts, storyboards, and narration.  Everyone in the group worked diligently to get our PSA completed.  We learned to use Anymeeting.com to videoconference four times during the production process.  It was a great tool to use to see everyone face to face and discuss changes that needed to be done to make the PSA better.  We were able to record the meetings in case we needed to review what we had decided.   It was exciting to see everything come together and have changes made to the PSA almost instantaneously.

I have learned so much in EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology about making movies and using different kinds of software to make the movies.  Making the digital story, podcast, and PSA has really expanded my knowledge of digital media.  Not only did I expand my knowledge but I was able to work with four fabulous ladies and I gained four friendships.  They were truly encouraging and motivating during the process. Thanks to Dana Boozer, Germayne Yanez, Gina Castillo, and Shelbi Blackmon for all of the hard work.  All of you have taught me so much during the production.

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December 10th Web Conference Reflection

The web conference on December 10^th was great.  In this conference Pamela Comer joined us.  Pamela works with TK20.  Dr. Abernathy said there were three things we would need to upload to TK20 – collaboration document, pre-production document updated in Week 5, and the team video.  Pamela suggested we go to the Artifacts tab first when we go into TK20.  She said we needed to create and upload the artifacts first, then go to the Course Binder and attach the artifacts there.

There was also clarification given regarding the documents we will submit. The pre-production document is the one we completed in Week 3 and submitted.  That document will be updated for Week 5.

Final grades will not be done until January according to Dr. Abernathy.  She said EPIC would be closed after this weekend and grades will not be posted until January. 

After attending this conference I felt a little more at ease regarding what we were supposed to submit in Week 5. 

December 3 Web Conference Reflection

The web conference on December 3rd was full of information for the upcoming week.  In the third week we will begin our pre-production for our PSA.  The groups should already be formed at this point. If someone was not in a group it was suggested they post a message in the discussion board asking to be part of a group.

The amount of information discussed in this conference was overwhelming. Dr. Abernathy said everyone in the group would need to submit the same form.  There was clarification given regarding the Shot List.  For instance, if there was a person sitting in the car then we would need to list that person as the talent and the car as the setting.  Also we will need to shot more movie clips and photographs than we will need to allow us enough footage to edit. 

In addition to discussing various aspects of the pre-production week, Dr. Abernathy discussed the problem with grading for the Week 2 assignment.  She said the grade would not be included in our average because of a problem in EPIC.