2. Students’ Negative Responses in the Open-Ended Question.
Although majority students gave responses in positive way, nevertheless, there were some students considered the audio-visual project in negative way. Students’
past experience in making audio-visual project might influence their perception in the recent time. The followings are the students’ statements which differ considerably
from the previous statements on how students perceived the audio-visual project.
a. Audio-Visual Project was Time and Energy Consuming.
Since audio-visual project was a complicated project, it needed extra time and energy to be consumed. In fulfilling this project, there were many processes which
had to do such as deciding the theme, making script, casting, shooting, and the last was editing. Therefore, one full day would not enough to finish it. Sometimes, what
students had done for the project could not be accepted by the teacher because of certain reasons, consequently they had to make the new project. The following
statements show the students’ complains on their experience: “My project team to make audio-visual assignment wasn’t good enough. We
made this project inefficiently. Too much time and energy were killed. The three products that we made were failed to be presented to the teacher. I know
that our plan not always can be, so for the future I will make the better one.” XI IPA 1, Quest. 59
“It wasn’t easy to make audio-visual project using multimedia equipment.” XI IPA 1, Quest. 58
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b. Audio-Visual Project is Confusing Assignment.
Audio-visual project was the first experience for most students. In so doing, it could not be denied that audio-visual project was considered as confusing assignment
as stated in the following statements. “Audio-visual project made me confuse and I had no clue how to begin. I
spent much energy, mind, and material for this project and the result not really satisfying because we didn’t prepare it well.” XI IPA 1, Quest. 61
“Until now I still confuse about how to make a good short film or advertisement.” XI IPA 1, Quest. 36
Concerning to the students’ responses above, it could be assumed that they were still confused on how to carry out audio visual project. It was caused by their
background that they had not enough experience and knowledge on audio-visual project include how to operate the equipment, how to act as other figure, and how to
edit the film as implied by student in the following statements. “Technically, we were not really mastering the equipments occupied in the
audio-visual project. This project was quite confusing. This affected the film result that there were still some parts of the film which were blurred, unstable
or shaking, the unsmooth movement, and unconsciously, we did not recognize that the cameraman was seen in the film. We were also imperfect in
positioning the actor. Septian, XI IPA 1
Beside technical matter, the rules of making the project also resulted in students’ confusion. There was also a student who still took “freedom” and placed it
in the main reason to make a film as what they want. But in fact, students should have to understand that not all things that were considered good for one person or group,
not always good for others. The student wrote: 65
“This project was the first time for most students in this school. That is why we hadn’t enough knowledge and experience on it. There were too many rules
for deciding the theme, duration, language etc. that might limit our idea. Sometimes it made us feeling confuse and difficult to finish that project.
These factors could limit our ‘freedom’ to create the project like what we want.” XI IPA 1, Quest. 38
c. The Students’ Limited Knowledge which Resulted in Unsatisfying Product.
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