EDLD 5363 Multimedia and Video Technology has allowed me to grow professionally through creative collaboration. Our group began working collaboratively prior to this course by email communication. The four members of our group are always thinking ahead and planning for unforeseen obstacles, so we agreed to work with one another before someone was stuck without a group during the actual course. At the beginning of this course, we created a group wiki and Google site to organize our course work and group project.
In the pre-production of our group Public Service Announcement (PSA) project, we discussed possible topics and roles that each person would be assigned for the actual production. Joyce came up with the topic of “Staying in School” and we all agreed that it would be a great topic that we could use in our current professions. After Joyce suggested that we come up with a rap for our narration, I immediately wrote a rap for our script. With a few revisions and the assistance of my colleague Robert, we created an inspirational rap that discussed the effects of dropping out of high school. Robert assisted me with putting the music and rapping the script that we had created for our PSA. Overall, I was responsible for the script and editing of our video. I also assisted our group with creating our collaborative sites and I helped keep us organized during the project.
Our group PSA, “The Misery of Dropping Out”, can be found on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VIs6qGySY&feature=youtu.be. This video was created as a Public Service Announcement to encourage students to stay in school. It was created to encourage students to think about the effects of dropping out and the possible misery that it could bring to their lives. It also shows how their choices will affect their children's lives.
The PSA group assignment allowed all of us to learn more about Creative Commons licenses, pre-production, production, post-production, and video editing. Even though we all had assigned roles, our group all pitched in on every aspect of this project. If I had an opportunity to change anything about this project, I would extend the PSA to include more lyrics. I would not go over 2 minutes. With Robert’s assistance, I have already written a second verse that includes more effects of dropping out and Robert has already created a beat and rapped the new song. Eventually, I think I will create another video that includes live shots. It will be more like a music video with a powerful PSA embedded within it.
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