Activism Project-Personal Critique

This project was a lot more difficult to get done because we had to work in a group. I usually like working in groups but this time there seemed to be too many people to disagree with every little detail. The first performance was a little rocky because we hadn't really gotten the chance to completely practice and we had to get out the nerves but the second time ran much more smoothly. I really think that we got our point across of child soldiers to people and I think it really opened some people's eyes. We put a short clip at the end of the second performance to give more of a face to the cause and it showed how they can get in touch with an organization, which I think made it all more real and made it more moving than the first performance. We all worked really hard to make this presentable and we tied in everyone's ideas as well as we could. The big thing to do is to put people out of their element and scare them a little so they could get just a little taste of what it's like for these children even though they'll never truly understand the extents of it. I'm glad we didn't decide on doing a film because I don't think it would have been as effective as what we did end up doing.