May 5th – Final Update
This is my final update on the work I have done for CrewmembersDirect.co.uk. Today Jason held a final meeting in the Richard Crossman building where we could collectively bring together what we achieved and discuss what is going to happen next.
The first thing I brought up at the meeting is that Natalie had still not given me the questionnaire results, which could potentially make me look bad for not doing one of my biggest jobs. Jason understood the situation and was happy to give me another week to complete it as I will continue to work for him after the module has finished today. Luckily Natalie brought in the results today for me to look at, and, at a quick glance I was able to see exactly what I have to do over the next few days. I am a little disappointed that I can’t write what I have done with the results on here because of the knock-on effect others have caused, but I am still part of Jason’s team and this information s very important to the final part of setting up his website.
Jason told us he is hoping to have the payments made and the website fully functional by August this year.
He was extremely happy with the work I have put in over the past few months with the interview, the photography and the research. However, he is a little bit disappointed with the group as a whole that we didn’t complete the interview in time. This was purely down to a lack in communication between everybody.
Firstly, despite me writing up the script, treatment and recce, I was only told that the filming of Jason was going to commence 2 hours before it was supposed to, and I couldn’t attend because I had work. Secondly, the interview didn’t go ahead anyway because they had forgot to tell the client (Jason) himself, and he was away at a meeting in Milton Keynes. This, I believe was very unprofessional on all of our behalf. On a positive note, it is a valuable lesson learnt and I’m sure everybody involved with the filming will be writing the same.
From this experience I have gained a lot. One of which is the ability to approach people appropriately, which will help me in the future as a journalist. I have also learnt to keep my time well by not leaving things to the last minute. Both of these are key attributes which I will need within the industry and are clearly something I needed to work on.
I have also become aware that I need more practice at working in a team. I think my communication skills could improve more, and I could possibly push harder for things that I want other people to do for me in order for me to complete my tasks. I think I did work well on my own (I’d go as far as saying I work best on my own) because I got the work done, I knew what I needed to do and I just did it and got on with it without having to rely on other people. However, I understand that this is not always going to be the case in the real working world, hence why I am adamant that I will work harder to work as a team in the future.
