Week 11

Now in my newly appointed role as the Art Co-Director, I researched some articles for advice on how to manage a group. I found the article "How to Manage a Group of Professionals" quite helpful. It can be found at http://www.pmpconnect.com/_blog/Company_Blog/post/How_to_Manage_a_Group_of_Professionals/
It's advice included:

• being a source of creative ideas and stimulate creativity in others
• enforce standards
• being a constant source of encouragement
• criticizing and correcting in a productive way
• express your passion and investment for each project, no matter how small

This past week I had a meeting with Tyler and in Google Calendar, we created a schedule for each of the upcoming animations (this includes the Cucalorus, Final Exam Week, Thanksgiving, and Christmas animation shorts). We also created a document in which we brainstormed ideas of the narrative structure for each animation. I am excited to see what Tyler will create with our new alien friend, Cosmo!

I also drafted an email for scheduling the College Tour to George Mason University. It looks like the meet up with GMU faculty and students at the Virginia Film Festival went very well and I am excited to hear how it went in class tomorrow. My goal is to confirm a College Tour date by the end of this semester.