Unit 2A

For my arts project I have worked with a group of people, planning what activity we will demonstrate. We decided on doing a one-off practical animation workshop. I took charge of organising the workshop. I wrote out an equipment list, made questionnaires and decided on important details for the workshop. I will also demonstrate a simple animation to the workshop attendees. The other members of the group will do tasks such as setting up equipment, teaching and using the iPad to show the attendees what their finished animation looks like. 

We have chosen to teach attendees how to create hand drawn animation. This will involve them drawing a set amount of images that will change slightly in every picture so that the animation will work. Once pictures are taken of every image, they will be turned into a small animation by an app called iMotion. This is used so that the person can easily see what they have made when we play the animation back to them. The aim of this task is to show people how simple and enjoyable creating this type of animation is. 

A Leader is someone that takes charge of a group of people. They organise the group when involved in various tasks. 'Leadership' is when someone puts various qualities and skills into taking charge of a group. A leader can benefit everyone because they create a feeling of guidance and wisdom within the group.

Qualities and skills that are useful to make a leader include: effective communication, ability to hold interest, reliability, intelligence, confidence and enthusiasm. I would like to be leader that can lead a group using these qualities and skills. 

During this project, I would like to work on my confidence. I think that to be a good leader you need a good amount of confidence so that everyone else in the group can feel confident in what they are doing. I feel like I need to work on this because I am not very confident. 

I know and have known many good leaders. Teachers are a great example of good leaders because they use their authority, enthusiasm and all of the other qualities of a good leader into teaching a class of students. They manage to hold the student's attention for an hour and have the ability to explain tasks effectively. They are always there to talk to and are reliable when students are faced with a problem. Teachers also have a huge amount of enthusiasm for their subjects that they teach. You can tell that they love what they teach and therefore they teach it well. Teachers are good leaders.  

I have experienced holding the role of a group leader in a few situations. Some of which include class projects, sports activities and events. I have also seen other people take the position of a leader. I have seen good examples of this in sports activities, friendship groups and in work environments.

When we commence with our workshop, I will take the role of group leader and apply what I have learn't and observed to be the best leader I can be.