Self – Evaluation

I was assigned to a team with Thomas Forrest and Rain Shadrach. I couldn’t explain to you the joy I had felt when I was teamed up with them. The project we were working on was a live viral brief working with a national charity called Mind, a mental illness charity. We were told to make an advert to raise awareness for mental illness.

I strongly believe we had achieved the goal set, I believe we worked extremely on this task. Although there were a few problems during production, I believe my team and I had the mental strength to work as a team and also to pull through this.

We all participated in group discussions.  We made sure that everyone did their work and put in an equal amount of effort, which was fantastic. We always respected each other and we thought that we were as important and decisive as each other in this.

Yes, I believe I helped in the task. I was the director of this project, so I had a vision. A vision about how my advert should be. Fortunately, my team saw the exact same vision as I did, which made things a lot easier for me; it was just a matter of getting the work done.

We completed the advert within a day of shooting. I put this down to the sheer mental strength of my team members and the fight they showed to get this advert done, our organisation skills were second to none and also we were extremely professional in this shoot.

We completed the advert in the deadline set. I was confident in getting the work done in time, and I was extremely happy with the team’s performance during the production. We all worked towards a deadline, which was pressure, but I told the team there is always going to be pressure in everything we do, so we worked off that.

I always felt like I encouraged my team to add their own input into the advert, whether it was in pre production, production or post, I always encouraged them to do their own thing. And they did, they felt confident enough to do their own thing, which was brilliant. They used their soundtrack of choice, and the different shots in different order.

I felt as if our team had an understanding between us, we communicated with each other very well, and we always knew what we wanted from each other. We also knew what each other were upto in terms of what the group members were responsible for.

No, we didn’t feel the need to share any ideas. Although, we all put separate ideas forward, we did consider them but we felt it was best to keep the advert as it was because the advert was chosen because of the vision I had, if we were to change the idea then it cheats the whole purpose of choosing an advert because of its original idea.

We listened to each other, because we were a team. We trusted each other, and as I said, without trust, you haven’t got anything, especially in teamwork.

I personally believe I led my team like a leader would do; I respected my team and worked with them well. I believe I directed the production well, and the finished product was exactly how I intended.

I could improve my organisation skills a lot more, as I mentioned above, the problems that arose during our production was because of my disorganisation skills, which I admit too. For example, our adverts included cards, without the cards the advert would have been pointless, and it would have defeated the purpose of it.

I placed myself in the coordinator department. Simply because I consider myself a leader. Out of 4 projects that we have done this year, I have directed all 4. Also, I have directed 3 other projects outside college. I think I have all the qualities as a coordinator.


For my advert, I have recieved positive reviews. From teachers, fellow classmates and also our client itself. They told me what they liked about the advert and what they felt was the main selling point of the advert.

I have developed my skills as a leader, not only to take control of a production, but also to get my fellow team members on board with me. It was an amazing experience, from planning the advert to actually going to the charty itself to shooting the project. Overall, it was a great oppurtunity to get my ideas and my vision across to our clients and also to the rest of the class.

In my next project, I will continue as I am. I will continue to give it my all, as it is in my nature too. I will continue to take charge of all my productions whenever I am assigned to the director role and I will respect my team members as I have always done. If I am not a director in a project, I shall work hard like it is my own project and I will try my best to do what is asked of me.