Good communication is a key skill when working in a group of three. It is very important that everyone knows what is going on, and each member can communicate to the others about ideas. I also feel it is important to be able to communicate to each other in between meetings, this way things are not forgotten, and more time can be spent discussing the ideas.
In our group we use different methods of communication, depending on the information we wish to share with each other. One method is by telephone, which allows us to communicate very quickly. If we want to share an idea by simply discussing it with another member of the group, the telephone is the quickest way to do this. Another method is by e-mail; however this is much slower method of communication and is only used if we wish to share a lot of information, which could include videos, pictures, or music.
The most used method of communication in our group is facebook. This social networking site allows us to either send messages, which are like e-mails, or use facebook chat which is like a much quicker version of texting. However, both these methods on facebook allow you to send video, picture, or music links; therefore much more information can be shared between members of our group. This is invaluable to our group as we are constantly watching videos on YouTube or listening to music, which can trigger ideas about things such as Intertextuality, or representation.
The last piece of communication we use is our blogs, which is not a direct method of communication. We can put things on our blogs knowing that other members of our group will read it; therefore we can share information which we do not urgently need to share with the other members. Therefore, we can take information from each other when we need it. This stresses the importance of our group roles, where we can take important information on each other’s specialities when talking about the film as a whole.
