Project 2, Individual Brief

For my group’s community project, we are going to make a flag and a documentary on the making of the flag, and about life in Chinatown.
The guiding questions for Unit 2 that I would like my group’s project to focus on are: what are the obligations of individuals to a collective, and other individuals within the groups? What are the obligations of a group to its members, and how do we find and maintain balance between our private selves?
Our solution to involve people from Chinatown into our project is by featuring and interviewing a few residents and workers in the documentary, or at least interviewing a few residents about the history and life of the neighborhood.
I think the skills I bring to our group are organization, creativity and a laid back, agreeable nature. I think my agreeable nature is beneficial to the group, because it allows decisions to be made easier. My skills as an organizer, allow me to take charge as a leader and make sure that our work is completed at a decent time prior to the due date, and allows our group to make and keep any meetings to work on the assignment outside of class. Finally, my creativity is beneficial to the group’s progress because I can help with coming up with the vision, and create the final project. Like Aidan, I am a film major, so I can help gather footage for the video through my own film camera when we visit the neighborhood. While I am not physically artistic like Claire is, I can cut, tape and glue objects together well to help create the flag. Thus, I think my creative skills will benefit the group’s progress by being a happy medium between the flag and the video.
I would like the audience to receive a better understanding of the culture and history of Chicago’s Chinatown. I would also like my group’s project to trigger the audience’s reflections on their identity and purpose in their society as well.
As for my goals and objectives, I would like to create a well-structured and visually appeasing project that answers the guiding questions of what are the obligations of individuals to a collective, and other individuals within the groups? What are the obligations of a group to its members, how do we find and maintain balance between our private selves, or to answer the guiding questions that my group will eventually select. I would also hope that my project triggers thoughts about identity and community for me and for my audience. Finally, I hope that by creating this project I will have an enjoyable experience with my fellow group members, and get a better understanding of what a community is, as well as what it means to play a role in my community.
I look forward to creating and presenting this project.