Unit 2 Part C

When we started our workshop, the whole group felt a bit nervous. We had set everything up and had started our activities but were waiting for a member of the public to express an interest. No one was interested at first or if they were, they were too shy to approach us. As we realised this, we approached the public ourselves and managed to interest a few people to come and have a look.

Here are a couple of examples of people who had a go at our workshop.

Here was our first participant. She was a young girl who decided that she would like a go at creating stop motion animation. She brought her father and he supervised her while she was drawing. We all helped in the process of showing her what to do. At first, she seemed nervous but she soon understood the simple steps and went right into it. She wasn't sure what to draw but we gave her some suggestions and she chose something that she liked. After drawing on each piece of paper to create her sequence of images, with our guidance, she took photos of her drawings, using an iPad that we had set up, with an app called iStopMotion. After she had taken the photos, we showed her her finished product. The girl and the father seemed very pleased with the outcome and were interested to know more about animation.

Here is a picture of me showing someone how to create stop motion animation. She didn't feel like giving it a go as she was busy but she was interested to see how it all worked. She sent me feedback of the workshop.

"The animation workshop was nice to see as many people seemed intrigued by what was going on. I had a look myself and Katie showed me how the process of creating an animation works. I enjoyed talking part and I feel like I now know a lot more about animation than I did before."

From presenting this workshop, I feel like my leadership skills have developed. I feel more confident in approaching members of the public and leading a group to pull off a successful workshop. I dealt with the problems, such as getting people to join in, along the way and managed to sort them out quickly and efficiently. Next time I hold a workshop, I will feel more confident in myself, my team and communicating with the public.