the 30th

I had organised a Run through of the other two activities today.
The Big Draw and the Green Screen activity.

I was slightly nervous about today , because this was the proof that we could get these activities up and running and that it would be possible on the day.

James and I picked up the equipment and set it out to practice.

We hadn't got a Green Screen yet, we are only able to get that on the full run through on Wednesday 6th and on the actual event, Friday 8th. With this in mind it was much harder to see technically how the green Screen activity would work, but Ant managed to download some programs which work well with a moving subject.

The Big draw was being timed and Leonie and I practiced drawing a tree, Brad Leonie and I practiced ways in which it could be made more exciting and time efficient. By making a strict and fast countdown till one had to jump out of the frame to take a photograph made it much more lively and kept everyone to a consistent schedule.

The Green Screen was taking shape and they seemed confident for the day. I spoke to both Simon and Patrick about how they would structure their speech and what videos, if any, they would show to bring examples of professional work to go along with their activity.

Mike was filming for the Epic/Funny Video, it was fun seeing everyone's little scenes. I think this brings more of a group feel to this project and its something we can take away with us and remember. It was really fun doing the scene each and thinking of a way to make it funny.

I had a talk with the big draw people and Esther, and in a group we had a talk how to make the activity more tangible and how to use the time allotted more effectively. We came to the conclusion that there should be two different types of animation , pen on paper, and using objects. This gives the students a chance to practice two completely different types of animation. Claire and Esther are going to ,over the coming week, think of what objects that could be used, e.g. plasticine etc.

I feel today wen't really well, everyone was involved and seemed to be enjoying what they were doing. Everyone was discussing ways to make the event better, or improving their activity, I think seeing this group work today made me less nervous about things working on the actual day as everyone seemed to want to be involved and there is such a mix of skills in our group it seems if someone can't do something, another person can help.

I enjoyed working with everyone together instead of in small groups at a time as this also showed what it will be like on the day.
I spoke to Annie about how each of the activities would be structured and she is going to write up a detailed schedule of each activity. It feels like all the organisation is coming together,and the event feels more real now!