Second group session for "the city"

The group session today was a mix of good and bad. The good is that we finalised that the the focus of our animation would be on homelessness, and Annabeth mentioned the big issue magazine. Indya jumped on that idea, obviously excited by it. Me and Poli didn't have a clue what it was and was shocked to find out that it was an organisation that helps homeless people get back on their feet by encouraging them to sell magazines instead of begging, their motto; working not begging.

The bad of the group session was us coming to that conclusion.

We spent so much of the group session trying to explain our ideas and each member of the group had a different way of explaining and we all were struggling to understand each other. I can see this being a real issue because we were all getting frustrated that the group wasn't understanding each other's ideas and when we did understand, the ideas weren't always agreed upon. I wanted everyone's ideas to be apparent in the animation so everyone is engaged and motivated to work together.

I hope that everyone really pushes what they want in the animation and don't feel that they can't express what they want. After this group session I get the feeling that will happen so I need to try to get the harmony in the group again.

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Pendulum - Stop mo

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trying times - story outline

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