Other Group Ideas 2: Electric Cars and Train Service

The two other ideas from our group included:

Electric Cars:
A point was brought up about how electric cars are slowly taking over from both diesel and unleaded cars. The idea mostly consisted of promoting the electric car and showing them in a good light. This can lead to possible staged live interviews in which we can interview on of certain electric car manufacturers such as 'Tesla' and maybe even get a possible test drive.

I'm not too well informed on the subject of electric cars and I'm in a slight disagreement with the idea of electric cars (Not the idea put forward in the group, I must stress, but rather the concept as whole). Therefore I have some strong opinions on the concept which could be incorporated into this group idea in some way.

The Modern Train Service:
Another idea put forward, by Cailan, is the The Modern Train Service. This idea gives an opportunity for us to speak to everyday commuters who use the train and other public transport (with their permission) as well as possibly talking to the train mangers and driver or staff in the tube a discuss with them how they feel about the current state of the train service.

Again, this is also a subject of which I know very little of. I do not use any train services meaning next to no experiences which I can put forward into the group and I only really now what I catch glimpses of on the news. However, I do also think that this idea can be interesting to do with more develop such as what form the show could take (this is also true of the Electric Car idea).

A worry I have is that, due to my inexperience and having little to no knowledge of both of these subjects, I didn't have as much input to say than I did with both my Beatles idea and the Brands Hatch idea. My worry is, because of this, my group might think that I'm not helping to develop their ideas but its simply the case of me not really knowing much of what they are talking about therefore no being able to add to the discussion.

Also, I was told by Alex that they had been brain-storming these ideas for several weeks as they looked at the brief several weeks prior (they were in a group before and presumably had been working together as a three again before I joined yesterday) while I only properly found out about the brief and what it entails very recently. Meaning it was hard for me overall to pitch in to these ideas as the three had already spent a lot more time discussing them without me already. Which also meant that I felt my own idea was being quietly 'pushed under the carpet' as it were.

However, hopefully this won't lead to any mishaps. Despite not feeling I had to opportunity to have much of a say due to lack of knowledge and not having been in the longer discussion taking place within the three group group members prior, I did listen to everything that was being said and I will hopefully gain more of understanding of the subject of their ideas to a point where I can put a good amount of input into these ideas during further development.