Reflection Essay

Over Finals Week, you will compose a short (500 word) reflection essay for your blog.  This essay will reflect on your group's work, struggles, and successes during the course of creating this documentary.

The blog entries are due by Friday, May 3rd at noon.

Please answer every question in detail:

• What was your biggest struggle during this project?
• What aspect of the documentary makes you most proud?
• What aspect of the documentary would you have changed?
• If you had 6 months to work on this project, what more could/would you have done?
• What aspects of the project were you personally responsible for? Please be specific as possible.
• We can all agree that group is frustrating. What did you do to try to promote a healthy group atmosphere? What more do you wish you had done to help the group?  Do you feel like you contributed a fair amount to the overall project?

Presentation Guidelines

Next week, you will be presenting your projects to the class. This is meant to feel like a showcase of all the hard work you put into your semester, and should feel relaxing and stress-free. I will bring some snacks, and you are welcome to bring any food or drink.

Here are a few things your group should address before you screen your film:

• What got you interested in your topic initially?
• What was/is your thesis?
• Is there any outside information we need in order to understand the situation of your documentary?

As audience members, this is your last chance to earn some participation credit for the semester. After each video, we will have a quick Q&A session for the directors. Please try to ask thought-provoking questions that relate specifically to each video.

Our schedule for presentations is as follows:

Tuesday, April 23
Section 045
RA Life
CSF Building
BSU Leadership

Thursday, April 25
Section 042
The Solar Car Team (Elliot, Chelsey, Keaton, Grant, Holly)
Starbucks (Austin, Dustin, Trevor, Quiara, Clare)

Section 045 
AcoUstiKats
Haggin Hall 

Schedule for the end of the semester

Hey all,

I wanted to give you all a concrete sense of how the end of our semester will break down. Below is a day-to-day look at our final few weeks.

Tuesday, April 9: First cuts of your documentaries due
Thursday, April 11: No Class

Tuesday, April 16: In-class editing
Thursday, April 18: In-class editing

Tuesday, April 23: Final cuts in class (your group will present your documentary and do a short question-and-answer session)
Thursday, April 25: Final cuts in class

EXAM WEEK: we will not meet, but you will have a short reflection essay due. I wish you luck on all your exams.