PSA Production Project-Internet Safety

During the course of the last 3 weeks, I have had the privilege of working with a great group of people on our required PSA assignment. We first began by deciding what tasks each member of the group would focus on. Once we decided this information, each person worked diligently to carry out their task. Once we completed or pre-production activities, we began the actual production phase. My role was to create the shot list and to assist in providing footage for the shots. Our production came to a halt when we discovered that we would need to use moving footage. We quickly regrouped and reassigned different tasks. We then worked together to get all of the footage that we needed for the project. Other members began to fill in the music and narration. Finally, we were able to construct a well-produced PSA on Internet Safety.

Although our PSA in my opinion was a work of art, there is always room for improvement! My only suggestion for improvement would have been to add the use of a different software program for the final production. Our group unanimously chose Movie Maker to use because it is software that we are all familiar with. After learning about Video Spin in week 2, it would have be interesting to try this software and use some if its features such as multiple effects, transitions and sound effects with our footage, sound and narration.

Our group chose to use a Non-Commercial Creative Commons license. This would allow us to borrow works from other people and reuse it for educational use with the intent not to sale.

Our team collaborated with one another multiple times daily through the use of email. We were able to come up with tasks, ideas, updates and much more through this process. One of our group members, Brandy, created a wiki page for posting documents and files. This form of communication also allowed our team to be able to add and edit information that we could all have access to. Most of our footage, narration, images, and documents were stored on this site. Our group also utilized Skype as a means discover how the project was coming along and to correspond with one another in real time.

Overall, this assignment has been beneficial to me. I have learned a lot about myself and others. I have also learned how this type of assignment will work with students when working in a group. It is valuable to know exactly what to anticipate when working with this type of group assignment.