Post+Production+Debrief

 1. As a team, debrief about your experiences producing the PSA.  2. Individually, add a 150-word post to your course blog related to the project. Your post should:  · clearly analyze the group’s pre-production, production, and post-production process; shot and editing selection; Web delivery formatting decisions.  · offer insights into how the group can improve their public service announcement.  · identify copyright attribution for assets.  · discuss your team’s collaboration and interactions with each other.

**Please record comments below**

I enjoyed working with everyone on the PSA and if we are to do future group projects/work for classes I would love to work with you all again. I think we communicated well on the job assignments and everyone contributed. In the future I would suggest that maybe we use the google talk (as it was suggested by one of the group members in an email) or possibly skype to communicate. However, the wiki worked well for us and what we had to do. I believe our editors did a fine job of blending the audio to the video, our script was well done and the video and photos went well with the narration. Thanks everyone. //Patti Shields 9/20/10 10:23pm//

Before we began the project we all identified our strengths and correlated them with the job assignments. After everyone settled on what our best contribution to the group would be, we began brainstorming through email and a wiki on PSA ideas. We tossed around ideas on how we wanted the video too look. Karen’s script went perfectly with our ideas for filming. We did not have to make any changes to the script, because editing the audio files allowed everything to mesh perfectly. Karen’s script included the laws that coincided with our PSA. We included the copyright information at the end of the PSA. Communication and collaboration were mainly achieved through email and on a wiki. I would have preferred to communicate through chat, but everyone has different schedules. This being an online class it is evident that time is precious to all. Nevertheless, we were able to successfully communicate and complete our PSA. There were a couple of times that we were able to communicate through chat on the web conferences. I believe our team meshed very well and everyone possessed the same level of dedication. This dedication allowed for a successful collaborative environment. Everyone’s commitment allowed us to finish our PSA early. If we have additional group projects in the future I would love to work with the same group of people. Jo'celyn Williams 9/22/10 3:12 p.m.

When we started the project, each group member told their strength and volunteered for areas they preferred to do. We started by communicating through email and quickly added the wiki so that ideas were stored and easily changed as needed. Our schedules did not allow us to have a video chat as we would have liked, but we managed to communicated without problems through the wiki. The project seemed to flow easily, with someone always willing to step in and take over each task. Our PSA was complete ahead of schedule which allows each member time to complete other assignments without feeling rushed. I enjoyed working with this group and would gladly work with them again on another project. I appreciate each of them for their work ethic and fantastic attitude in completing the PSA. Karen Smith 22 September 2010 4:55 pm

At the begining of week 3 of this course, we were told to join a group for our PSA assingment. We were able to form a group through the use of the discussion board. After our group was formed, Amy created a wiki for us all to communicate and collaborate on. We all brainstormed our thoughts and ideas about what topic our PSA would be about. After only a day, we all decided to complete our PSA on "No Cell phones in School Zones". We later communicated our strengths/weaknesses and all duties were assigned out to each member. Karen decided she was best with script writing, Jocelyn and Amy decided on editing, Patti decided to complete the audio, and I decided to complete the video. We all planned out a deadline for all duties. In our pre-production phase, we all have a outline of what we were expecting to accomplish. I created a draft of the shot list. After I completed the video, I had to go back and edit the shot list because I made several changes to the video. Everyone stayed on top of their assigned duties and we actually finished the PSA video ahead of schedule. The only thing that would have made the experience a little better would have been if we were able to communicate using Google Talk. I really enjoyed working and communicating with each of my team members. We were all blessed to have such dedicated members on our team. I look forward to working with the same members in future assingments in the program. Anthony Hargrove 9/24/10 9:23 pm.

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During the pre-production process I was responsible for creating a wiki to correspond as a group. We discussed our strengths and weaknesses and decided on a job for each group member based on that assessment. As a group we came up with a plan and made a list of deliverables. We discussed topics for our PSA and decided on “No Phone School Zone”. I think we all agreed that this was an important topic to cover. Once the topic was agreed upon, Karen began writing the script.======

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When we got to the production and post-production phases we were prepared and ready to go. Anthony and Jocelyn did a great job taping the film and Patti recorded the audio. Once complete Jocelyn added the audio to the film and she and I corresponded on the editing. Copyright information was added in during editing to the end of the video.======

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I think we worked really well as a team, and I believe that shows in the final product. I agree with Anthony that it would have been better to use Google Talk instead of only corresponding through the wiki and email. In the end I think our PSA is effective and grabs the viewer’s attention. I enjoyed working with all of the group members and found this to be a valuable experience.====== Amy Britt 9/26/10 11:16 am.