Now is a great time for me to address some of the conflicts in my group from the past few weeks. First, I want to start in week one where everything started. Going into the film project, I was hesitant to collaborate with a group because of conflicting opinions. I'm not confrontational, so if any issues occurred then I knew I would try to ignore them. Still, I wanted to do the project with my friends and already had an idea. Once we all agreed on the idea it was smooth sailing until we got to scheduling. When Indy and I were available on weekdays and weekends, Madelyn was not. There was no way around it, so we decided to cut our planning into almost two weeks instead of four. This was so we could have everyone there on the day we filmed, which was February 17.
During week two, most of the plans that take a few weeks happened in one. On some of the days during this week Madelyn was gone and we had to text her what Indy, and I discussed in class. She would either misinterpret what we said, or she lacked communication with the two of us when we would discuss parts of our project. For instance, she was the narrator for the script but didn't answer us all weekend. We still didn't have the finished script the night before filming so I had to help out. I was very frustrated because we divided the roles out earlier in the week and she just was not communicating with the group. But it’s alright because we all have or will be helping each other throughout this process.
After trying to film, we had to find another day so we could all be there. Unfortunately, the only day we could film was on a school day and Madelyn said she wasn't able to miss school again after the Friday before when she was absent. At this point, we had to film, so while Indy and I were at my house, she was at school doing other work for the project.
Ultimately, the rest of the week was good, and we were starting to understand everything, but Madelyn missed school twice again. Then she said she could not miss it anymore. I was disappointed by this, but I never confronted her, which is typical for me.
At the end of the day, however, we all understand the project's concept and what needs to be done to make it the best film opening. I love my friendship with Madelyn and Indy and would never want any tension to happen which is another reason why I never have confronted either one of them. I would rather put more stress on myself than mess with the peace in the group. I understand this is a different view of me on my blog, but it felt necessary to discuss my experience so far. Reflecting on these last few weeks, I hope to remain focused on the present as I am in the final few weeks of this project.
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