Teamworking
In lesson, we had to watch a video of a Orchestra performing. We were then asked to fill out a form about the Orchestra and label which roles were most like ourselves and not. In the Orchestra, the performers all have a different part but have to work together so that the performance is successful. The part which I thought resembled me was The Chorus, I this because The Chorus is made up of people all doing the same role and blending together as one. I am like The Chorus because in group work I don’t think I would work in a leadership position where I make important decisions and instead prefer to just go along with what everyone else is doing.
We then had to all work in our own team in class and were given post-it notes. The assignment we were given was to make a flip book about a caterpillar. We all had to work together to make a story of the caterpillar eating and moving from each post-it note to the next, like in The Hungry Caterpillar. Everyone was given a role in the beginning, middle or end and had to make their own part.
I was given the end part of the flip book, which meant I had an important role as I was in charge of finishing the story. I started out by making a storyboard with four slides which show the start, middle and end. I decided to end the story by making the caterpillar dig into the ground and disappear. I then added ‘The End’ to help the viewer understand that the flip book has ended.
I then started to draw the animation on the post-it notes and made lots of drawings which were the frames of the animation. Each frame shows the caterpillar moved over a little bit so that when the viewer flips through it’s as if the caterpillar is moving and as if it is slowly digging a hole in the ground and going under. It was important to make each frame look similar so it seemed all part of the same animation, and I drew from left to right because we were all told to start on the left and end on the right so each persons part would join up to the next persons part to make the story.
When I first filled the form out, I chose The Chorus as I thought that this related more towards my personality in group work, but in this project I played a more independent role like The Soprano. In the Orchestra, she helped to end the performance and had to do her part alone, which was similar to how I had to create the end of the animation. I have now re-done the form as my thoughts have changed. At the start of the session I would have hoped to have worked on the middle part of the animation like most of the other people in class were, so my part didn’t stand out as much, but the role I played wasn’t too bad and I felt comfortable doing it. I would maybe like to try more roles like this in future group work, but I still think I am more suited towards a role such as The Chorus.
