Alberta Trip Reflection

Hi guys! It’s Alex! Back with another blog post! This post, I am reflecting on our trip to Alberta for our PGP course. The driving question for this post is: “How did you persist and manage your impulsivity on this field study in order to question, think and gather data to complete your project and enjoy yourself?”. This question is talking about the work that we did in Alberta. Such as, our Tyrell Video, our Ghost Town Video, our Daily Note and other pictures and documentation we created. So, let’s get right onto the blog post!

Royal Tyrell Video

For this video, even though, we had very little time to plan, film and edit our videos because this was a surprise task, I think I still persisted well into completing this video. I had some troubles with the audio at times, which effected my video quality and I also had trouble finding out what to say that would really interest the viewer. This may not have been my best video yet, but it was pretty good. If I were to do this project again, I would make sure that my audio is understandable and doesn’t hurt the audiences ears (actually putting my mic on my shirt instead of holding it up) I would also put more effort into how I was talking about my artifact. Here is my video:

Ghost Town Video

I think that this video turned out pretty well, my group and I all cooperated very well together and planned everything out. The only thing was that we didn’t communicate well enough to figure out who was bringing the cowboy hat for our film. We had someone who was supposed to bring it but it ended up not being at their house. On the other hand, I still think that we had a good storyline and this video might have been one of the best that I’ve made so far. If I had to do this again, I would just make sure that we are all communicating properly.  

Daily Note

I am pretty proud of how my daily note turned out. I think that my writing was well done, the look of it is not too all over the place, and I got some pretty good pictures as well. I’m also pretty glad that I managed to never be behind and always had my daily note up to date everyday during the trip. But, if I were to do this assignment again, I would probably make my writing a lot shorter because, it is really really long. Here are some examples of what my daily note looks like from my favourite days!

 

Other stuff

When it came to things such as always thinking about how place impacted certain people and getting content for my “This Land Is Us” video, it really varied. In most places, I took a lot of pictures and videos but didn’t interview someone or didn’t think really talk to many people there at least. Other places, I interviewed and talked to lots of people but found that I didn’t get enough pictures and videos from different angles. If I were to redo it again, I would definitely try to keep a good balance between the two.  

 

In conclusion, I think that I did in fact persist and manage my impulsivity very well during this trip. My videos and Daily Note turned out pretty good. If I were to do this trip all over again, I would definitely take more pictures and videos of my trip, especially at the places that I interviewed people at. I also think that I had a good balance between having fun and learning at the same time. This trip was an amazing experience and opportunity to learn about how place impacts certain people because what place better to do it than Alberta the landscapes and different lifestyles are super diverse. Bye and I’ll see you in my next blog post!

 

Alex