On Wednesday 1st July we had our celebration day at St. Christopher's Hospice. It was a hectic morning trying to get everything done in time for everybody arriving: Boards and bunting had to be hung, pictures needed to be displayed, gazebos had to be raised, balloons needed to be blown up and the animations, the slideshow and display of the blog needed to be set up.
We worked through any setbacks and we were ready in time for everybody arriving. We showed people and patients around the display, explaining the project and our work, before going to view the animations inside. After a cheesy introduction of the group waving, it was great to see everyone's reaction to the animations. The introductions to the animations by the patient's were brilliant. Their brief summarys reinforced the narrative of the animations when the story was sometimes hard to tell. Everyone had a great time watching the animations, (despite looking away when seeing ourselves speaking on camera) they were all successful in their own way. We had great feedback from everyone watching which was great to hear as it meant all our hard work was worth it.
The project as a whole has been a fantastic experience. It has been fun creating animations which is something we hadn't done before. At first it was hard to get my head round the process of animation and how to create one, but through the workshops I have understood the processes and I now love creating art through animation. It has been great working with great tutors, a great group and great patients, each one of them individual, each bringing something different to our time at St. Christopher's. For me it has been a very humbling experience, working with people who are in fact nearing the end of their lives, and I shall take from my time there a greater respect for all the hard work the team at St. Christopher's do. I hope also the patients benefited from the time we spent with them, as we had fun meeting and working with them.
Goodbye St. Christopher's!
We worked through any setbacks and we were ready in time for everybody arriving. We showed people and patients around the display, explaining the project and our work, before going to view the animations inside. After a cheesy introduction of the group waving, it was great to see everyone's reaction to the animations. The introductions to the animations by the patient's were brilliant. Their brief summarys reinforced the narrative of the animations when the story was sometimes hard to tell. Everyone had a great time watching the animations, (despite looking away when seeing ourselves speaking on camera) they were all successful in their own way. We had great feedback from everyone watching which was great to hear as it meant all our hard work was worth it.
The project as a whole has been a fantastic experience. It has been fun creating animations which is something we hadn't done before. At first it was hard to get my head round the process of animation and how to create one, but through the workshops I have understood the processes and I now love creating art through animation. It has been great working with great tutors, a great group and great patients, each one of them individual, each bringing something different to our time at St. Christopher's. For me it has been a very humbling experience, working with people who are in fact nearing the end of their lives, and I shall take from my time there a greater respect for all the hard work the team at St. Christopher's do. I hope also the patients benefited from the time we spent with them, as we had fun meeting and working with them.
Goodbye St. Christopher's!
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