Claudia Alfred's Reflection On Video

My group chose the topic Folk Cultures left behind by our ancestors mainly because we realized that much emphasis is no longer being  placed on the different forms of folk cultures practiced  in St Lucia  and children of school ages are not aware of  those traditions left behind, such as pottery making, paintings, fishing, farming, dancing and arts, to name a few.  I was  very excited to be doing a video around my community, which is Choiseul, however along the way we were faced with many challenges that I didn't anticipated.  To begin with we had to go to seven different areas to shot the videos,  and these places were far from the main road, where vehicles do not traverse and are not reliable .  On the  first trip, we managed however to take a few shots, upon returning home we realized that the main video, which  was the interview with the gentleman about  chair making was not recorded, mainly because the camera the school loan us did not come with a charger and as a result we couldn't use it.  So I had to go back to my house to get my camera.  We then returned  to Mongouge a second time on foot to do the video again where we were completely soaked in the rain.  Another challenge I personally faced was how to edit the videos using the fantasia programme, I am not very verse  with using such programmes and it completely put me off.  In as much as I enjoyed being and learning new  applications in the EDET class, with the exception of PowerPoint, most of the applications were new to me and seemed Greek.  Yet my worse of all challenges came on the day we had to submit the assignment with group members not keeping up with their promises by making excuses and not even showing up.  This is indeed an experience I will never forget.