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JAMES EVANS 1104110
SEMESTER 2 REPORT
FILM INDUSTRY UK: MFC5072
A Reflective Report on the Process and Performance of our Group
Presentation: HowBritish is a British Film
We were set the task of giving a 15 minute presentation to the
class on a topic of our
choosing (provided it was relevant to the module). This report
documents the development
process as well as an evaluation of how successfully we
collaborated as a group and how
effective the end product was.
As a group we decided to look into the question, How British is
a British film? It was a
topic that we personally found interesting, so thought that our
finding would be entertainingto our audience. It was also a topic
that we believed would provide a wide scope of results
when researched, enabling us to make an informative
presentation. Our aim wasnt to force
an answer upon our audience, but to provide relevant
information, added with our personal
feelings on the subject to help the audience form their own
opinionthis was something we
decided on as a group early on in the proceedings.
In terms of how we would put our presentation together we took a
logical approach that also
existed to amount an equal workload to each of us. Firstly, as
our chosen topic was so broad
we decided what avenues we would discuss and came up with some
general points to
research. We split these points between us and began research
individually. Once we had
returned with our findings we again tried to come up with a fair
way of distributing tasks.
Each group member was given a task in accordance to their
strengths; I believe we were all
level headed when it came down to this and put egos aside. Jack
is the most skilled when it
comes to computers, so he was given the task of the look of the
presentation and handouts
and putting them together in their final stages. It was decided
that I perhaps had the best
writing style of the group, consequently I wrote the script that
we would present, and decided
on the voice we would use. The script was put together from our
collective findings. We
divided the presentation so that it was roughly equal in terms
of speaking parts; however it
was thought that Beccie would be the best candidate to lead the
presentation.
When it came to the actual performance of the presentation I was
pleased with the outcome. Ibelieve the content was good, if a
little too heavy rather than entertaining. I also think that it
wasnt the most engagingpresentation; this could have been due to
the small amount of
visual aids. We did incorporate some visual aids such as charts
to better demonstrate our
points and summarized our arguments into digestible bullet
points on the slide. However,
there were slides that were fairly plain, leaving nothing but
our voices to engage the
audience. It was a conscience decision to leave out video clips,
because we were looking into
the industry on a broad scope rather than studios, directors or
films clips wouldnt have been
appropriate. On a personal level, I felt I remained audible and
coherent throughout the
presentation, perhaps I read a bit quickly at times and wasnt as
charismatic as I could have
been, but overall I believe I delivered solidly. I believed each
individual in the group
presented in a similar vein in this regard, solid but a little
uncharismatic. Overall though, Ithought the informative nature of
the content that we presented was enough to establish a
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good presentation. I think we did well collectively not to
stumble through the script that was
written. One potential negative of our performance was in
answering the question at the end,
the previous few groups hadnt been asked any, which I think
somewhat lulled us into a false
sense of security that we wouldnt posed with questions. Once
asked there was a moment of
hesitation, I eventually answered the question confidently but
possibly not entirely
coherently. Although I do feel this was a small problem that
hopefully didnt detract from theoverall presentation.
As a group, we worked together quite efficiently. There were a
few differences in opinion in
the direction we should take but these were quickly resolved as
we were able to make
compromises. It was to our advantage that we know each other
well and live together in a
student house. This made it easy to arrange and successfully
attend group meetings. Equally,
it enabled us to badger each other if we thought a group member
wasnt pulling their weight
something that fortunately wasnt required much. I feel we all
put a fair effort in and shared
the workload so there were no altercations. In all honesty I
couldnt really fault the members
of my group as we all completed the work that we had agreed upon
in our meetings on timeand to a decent standard. There is no reason
I can think of to mark down my peers.
Names Jack Smith Rebecca Adamson
Did (s)he attend group
meetings regularly and make
themselves available for
discussions, planning and
action ?
5 5
Did s/he contribute to the
needs of the group? e.g.
produce ideas, listen to
others, provide
leadership/direction, help the
group function as a team?
5 5
Did s/he do what was agreed
to be done at meetings?
5 5
Did s/he take a fair share ofthe work and carry out the
role(s) and tasks assigned
effectively?
5 5
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