GROUP CHAT By Natasha Davies

Our group chat was useful in many ways, it

enabled us to all communicate as a

group and discuss our music video. Towards the start of the year

we used the group chat to share ideas and

show each other videos that we could get inspiration from.

Once we started to plan the music video we

posted pictures of the ‘blog bible’ in it. We had previously gone through

the blog bible and written our names next to the blog post that we

were going to do. Having this posted in the group chat meant

that all of us were able to view the pictures

easily and it made sure we wouldn’t get

confused about which posts we were going to

do. This stopped us from doing the same

posts by mistake.

The group chat was also useful when discussing

logo ideas for our company. We could all show each other the

drafts we had created and we then discussed whether we liked them or not. We also could quickly tell someone

what they could change to make the logo better. We also agreed on our final logo on the group

chat (picture of the final logo to the side)

Each week we had a blog check by our

teacher and in this blog check he told us about what was good on the

blog and what could’ve been done to improve it and make it better. We

got a ranking each week and by posting the

picture of the check in the group chat enabled

us to all view it and when we got positive

remarks it boosted our confidence about our work and improved

group morale.

The group chat was also useful when it came to filming the music video. We used the

chat to inform everyone of where to go

and the time. We also

discussed what to bring on the

group chat (spare clothes, cameras etc) so everyone was prepared for

when we filmed.

We also talked about the

planning of the music video on the group chat. For example, in this picture it talks about

certain scenes that needed filming. By

posting it in the group chat

everyone was aware of what needed to be

done and we all knew what to do when it came to

filming it.

Overall, having the group chat was extremely useful- mainly for

communication. It was the main hub for all of the planning outside of school and everyone were alerted of messages

immediately so replies were quick. General questions about the work were even asked

on the chat and the immediacy of the replies helped us to get our work done

quicker if we were stuck on something and needed help from someone in the group. It

was also very useful when it came to planning the filming days- we all agreed on

a time and a place to meet and even discussed the train routes and how we were going to get to our set locations.Without the group chat communication

would’ve been poor in our group and we wouldn’t have been able to achieve as

much as we did.