The workshop that I am going to discuss is the creation of the clustermaps. Our team created clustermaps to identify key ideas for our PSA and to isolate concepts that we wanted to address in it. One of my biggest concerns that we addressed while meeting was the communication methods that we plan on using for this project. Doing a group project when group members are away from each other presents its own set of challenges, such as everyone having different schedules. To resolve this concern, the group decided to discuss the important ideas during breakout room sessions and to meet beyond that as needed. Given that the Monday meetings are mandatory, it’s something that the group can plan on.
I’m happy with the topic we picked for this project. We chose older pet adoption and centered it around our current environment- staying at home. We are attempting to make the best of an otherwise gloomy situation by advocating for a positive action. It’s great being able to choose to work on a topic that you are passionate about. I’m also really happy that the group has managed to say in good contact with each other so far given the abrupt change to our academic and personal lives.
Our group plans on following the scheduled deadlines for the remainder of the project and to stick with what we have outlined. We are going to attempt to make this PSA different than a generic pet adoption video. To do this, the group will be using different topics and styles to reach the same ultimate message. I see this PSA going in a more creative direction than what the group usually does. I think we have some room to express our individual styles, and it would be great to see them shine though both with the presentation and the video itself.
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