During the process I felt a variety of emotions which links to the second stage of Gibbs (1988) model. Fear was something that I came across during this project. This was always in the back of my mind when trying to create our film as I doubted our idea at first when I learned what other groups ideas were fearing ours was not good enough.  I was helped overcome this by my group putting the confidence in me that we will make it work by each session developing our idea further and looking into different routes to take it.

The next phase of the cycle focuses on the positive and negative experiences faced in our project. My positive evaluation is learning to work in a group and take direction from each other the develop our idea to it's optimum. A slightly negative aspect of the process was reliability and availability within our group as our schedules were getting busier closer to the deadline.

In the analysis stage of Gibbs (1988) I reflected on all the experiences and concluded that the time we spent on our project allowed area to gain new skills that can be used in later life and provide personal challenge in completing a task that I never would have before.

In the last two stages of the cycle, conclusion, and action plan I focus on if I would change anything that I done during the project (Gibbs., 1988). As an individual I’d maybe change my decision making, as due to my role within the project I had to make final decisions and therefore I feel like I could have been more definite in my decisions and been confident in myself choosing and adapting.

After settling on our concept, we thought about other ways to add an extra layer to our original idea. Therefore, we added the use of colour and black and white to reflected on emotions. We then matched certain videos clips from the film and applied the required tonal range to the featured performers mental state.

Various projects contain many roles however most projects consist with a standard 4/5 main roles and have additional roles that can be paired with another role to help work at an optimum. Therefore, to help assign roles we recognised each other’s qualities and discussed any previous experience to help pair us up to a suitable role. This was a key component of success in our groups collaboration.

Our Roles:

Karly- Producer/Director

Lily- Editor

Ellie- Videographer

Ebony- Featured Performer/ Choreographer

Within the group, each individuals’ roles slightly crossed over due to the workload required to produce the project. Meaning Ellie was set out to be the videographer however, due to us needed a variety of angles all group members contributed to videoing.

When generating ideas for the project the use of other creators’ materials helped inspire and create a flow in our creative process. Our group found that using the Point of View filming (POV) and Day in the Life filming technique helped push forward the projects concept. Both types of videography allowed for our creative interpretation to be enhanced.

The video inspiration (Animesh., 2018) highlighted to us the different forms of escapism- in this video the featured performer uses painting as their escape in everyday life but also enhances an idea of imagery. Our group found a connection with this video in the way that it portrayed the cycle of life, repetition of everyday tasks and how daily life is a continuous pattern of events.

We found that the weather had a major impact on our filming process. Not only is it difficult to film in wet and windy conditions, as a group we found these conditions to be demotivating in trying to put our idea into motion. However, we decided it was best to try and film some clips even if they were not going to be used in the final footage. We concluded that the difficult weather gave us the practice that we needed, for when we had better weather to concisely film our ideas.

To help move our project forward as a group we also came to a realisation that we wouldn't all be able to attend each collaboration meet up. Therefore, instead of cancelling group meetings if a team member could not attend, we met with who was available and kept the other members updated.

With reference to costuming we wanted to ensure that we used clothing items that we already had so we didn’t have to source any costumes, as we agreed to having a limited budget as a group. It was also essential that Ebony- our featured performer felt comfortable with what they were wearing. Securing comfortability was paramount, as the group wanted to ensure that Ebony’s performance was not hindered within the film.

Gibbs, G. (1988). 'Learning by doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods'. London: Further Education Unit.

Jungle (2023). 'Back On 74' [Online Video]. Available at: Jungle - Back On 74 (Official Video) - YouTube

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