Final Report

The challenges and tribulations of being a group assignment

When conducting group assignments there are various issues to overcome such as meeting new people and being able to have group meetings that do not clash with our timetable and many more. There were not many challenges and tribulations experienced in this group assignment as the group we formed have known each other for years giving us an advantage when it comes to being able to communicate and give our opinions, as when it comes to other groups they may be shy as they do not know each other, keeping their options to themselves.

One main challenge in the group was the clash of timetables where only a few people where at university for one day with no breaks and others with free time on other days. A solution to this problem were the use of online resources and social networks to keep in contact such as Facebook and Wikispace to communicate in private group conversations and Google drive as well; where all group members are able to view the same document at the same time whilst editing. Another solution with the timetable clash was that we call came to university on a day where we were free and spend a few hours discussing our blog and videos. Another advantage our group had is that we all live in the same neighborhood, allowing us to be able to have group meeting off campus.

Another challenge were other commitments; others had other assignments and others had work; it was hard to be able to get bits and pieces done, however we through Google drive we were able to access the same document and edit when they were able to. Being a group of 4 people with a open marking matrix, splitting tasks were easy as each person in the group had skills in particular sections, such as filming skills and equipment, organisational skills and computer skills.

2. The process of creating the video.

Before beginning the physical creation of the video, our group decided to take some time to brainstorm ideas that would relate to the material on our blog as well as being suitable and practical to take place. Once we had suggested a series of ideas we narrowed the list down to the concept of an informative, yet amusing video on individual’s knowledge on viral videos as well as their opinions on the infamous “Gangnam style”.

After all the practicalities of the video were decided upon we took to the streets to interview willing individuals of different ages and races on our decided topic. The filming of the introduction and interviewing for the video was completed in one day, with each group member taking turns to interview and film.

Once the filming process was finished, the video was edited by removing unwanted footage and adding effects and music to create a video that was as seamless as possible.

3. How does the video relate to your blog?

Since a common trend these days are YouTube and famous videos, for our blog we decided to do viral videos. Our video was interviewing people about a particular video what was well known to everyone with the highest views ever which was Gangnam Style by PSY. The video is presented in a way where it seems that our group Viraleak has an actual YouTube program where we interview people about common viral videos.

Comedy is a trend on YouTube these days so we also tried to make the interviews as funny as possible such as dancing with the interviewers, asking informal questions and creating awkward situations.