However, I think my biggest personal struggle was just working with a group. Not everyone was as motivated as I was to make a great documentary, and this really upset me. I'm not the type to just sit back and let someone do everything for me, and I would not be okay with taking a grade that I did not earn, especially on a project so demanding.
With all the bullshit aside, I still think that we managed to put together a good documentary. I am most proud of all of the voiceovers that we used throughout the documentary. I felt that they added a more professional-looking touch. The only thing that I would've changed about our documentary were the few things that only someone as anal as me would notice. The few grammar errors here and there and the part where we did a voiceover and the sound kind of faded out and then came back in. If we were given six months to do this project, I think that I would have done two separate interviews for each person that we had in the documentary so that editing could've been easier. Also, I would've looked for some way to make it more engaging or funny–just something to hold the audience's attention.
My responsibilities for the documentary were filming and editing, and I contributed a great deal with both. I filmed all of the shots of the RAs in Jewell Hall and the shots of students. With editing, I was responsible for piecing together the opening and the section about RA preparedness.
I'm not sure what I did to promote a "healthy" group atmosphere. I wasn't exactly nice, but I wasn't exactly mean either. I think that my role was more of The Enforcer. I told everybody what they needed to have done by the next class, and I think that I helped us to stay organized and on track. I don't think that there was much else I could have done to help the group, considering that I already think that I did a lot. I feel that my contribution was more than fair.
