AICE media studies group blog

    For my upcoming projects in media studies, I will be working in a group with two other students. The two students that I will be working with are Jorge Lopez and Katie Weiss. Last year in media studies, Jorge and I were in a group with a different group member. This year however, we decided to find a new group member and we came across Katie. I feel that we as a group will work well together and have great chemistry overall. We all are hardworking and stay on top of any task that is thrown at us. 

    I have known Jorge Lopez since we were in middle school and I have been friends with him ever since. The chemistry between Jorge and I is great beacuse beacuse of how long we have known each other for. We also hang out a lot and do things outside of school like going to the gym. He is also great at editing and he can get creative when he is filming a scene. I feel that Jorge is especially good at editing beacuse he knowns how to pay attention to certain details. These attributes of his can be very useful for our upcoming projects in this course. 

   As for Katie, I only recently got to know her this year. But based on what I have seen, she is an excellent student who works extremely hard. She is in the same period as Jorge and I which makes it significantly easier to communicate as a group. Katie is great when it comes to being creative and artistic. These attributes of hers can be very helpful later on as creativity is vital when it comes to filming.

    This year, I hope everything goes as planned and that our team chemistry works out. I have high hopes for our group because we all possess qualities that will enable us to succeed in this course. I am really excited and cannot wait to see the future of our group.



    

    

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