Armed Forces Club Reflection

Reflection

 

LSS 3003 - sports, leisure and society

Mohamed Obaid -  H00209588

 

Part 1:

            In this case study, I worked in a group consisting of three students, two classmates and me. We worked in a group because this is the college requirement and to learn how to communicate, work and help each other to get the work done in a proper way. We have chosen Armed Forces Officers Club in our study because it is one of the best places in Abu Dhabi that gathers a lot of facilities such as a five stars hotel, gymnasium, swimming pools, bowling, indoor football playground, tennis, shooting club and some other facilities.

            Gathering information is not that easy as we thought at the beginning; we prepared the questions that we needed to know more about the facilities; as well we divided the work and we prepared the photography equipment. Filming at the club requires prior permission from the administration. We faced difficulty initially in obtaining the permission but we went to the manager to get it.

 

Part 2:

            We interviewed a couple of the club staff and we gathered some general information about the club history; as well we collected some information about the gymnasium and the classes of the cross fit that they offer for the club members. Also they told us about the yearly and seasonal events and competitions that they arrange for the members and non-members as well.

            In my opinion the results were as I expected; also I learnt some information that I did not know before about the club. There are some new things for me such as the cross fit classes, yearly events and some other things.

            The information that we gained relates to LSS 3003 course because this course is about sports, leisure and society and the officers club collects the sport facilities, leisure facilities for the club members. The members can find all these under one roof, that is the Armed Forces Officers Club.

 

Part 3:

            In my point of view our video had a problem with the sound; the sound was not very clear in some parts of the film because in some places there was an echo that affected the sound quality. We tried to find a solution to this fault by using some editing software but we could not fix the problem. The software that we tried was not helpful because most of them were just trial software and not high qualified, so we could not hit the issue. In the early beginning, when we prepare the videoing equipment, we must get a microphone but we don’t have any experience in filming videos so we thought that the camera interior microphone is enough.

            I think that the results are good for the Higher Colleges of Technology; the HCT can hold an agreement with the Armed Forces Officers Club to give the students special offers for the club membership as well the club have a big auditorium that it will offer the college to make the graduation ceremony for the students there. 

            If I were to do the case study again, the first thing that I would do is to get a portable microphone, because as I mentioned before the main issue in our video was the sound. From other sides of the case study, I think that everything was good, the questions are acceptable, and the filming was upright. Finally I would like to film other case studies in future because I learned from my mistakes  and I had a slight understanding of what to do and how to do it.