brainstorming for media project

We dove right into the brainstorming process as soon as we had assembled our group together.  As is often the case with group projects, everyone has a different idea within their head about how they want the project to go.  The process of breaking this idea down to make room for the other group members ideas is often not an easy task.  You must strain and squirm to keep your mouth shut when an idea is presented that does not fit into the schema that is present within your head.  This however did not seem to be the case for our group.  I found myself inspired by my group members ideas rather than disgusted.  This was quite a pleasant surprise, for it was not often that this happened to me when confronted with a group project.  I typically felt like the only one who had good ideas and I would end up taking over the project even though I did not want to simply so that my fellow group members terrible ideas would not make it.  This was an exception though.  Finally I had found the perfect group..hopefully.  We began talking about animals and thought that might be a good subject to start on.  After brainstorming about different video techniques, we could not seem to narrow it down enough to make it a concrete topic.  Then we discussed the idea of sports in high school and what issues might arise within them.  From there we talked about kids not making the team or making the team based off of certain stereotypes.  This idea eventually evolved into the subject of steroids.  Steroids, a very common drug used typically by men to gain incredible amounts of muscle have caused a great amount of controversy over the years.  We decided that there would be lots of good information on this topic and it would be a good one to settle on.  We then discussed our parts within the video.  We determined that we would create two stories happening at the same time, one involving steroids and the other not, and have their paths cross at some point in time.  When the paths cross, we talk about the positives and negatives of steroid use and how it effects children in high school.