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-There was nothing done within this week.
-We was briefed and introduced to the Diss prep

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-I began to note down a few lead questions in my notebook. I knew that I wanted to go for a topic that was primarily focused on the black community and the Animation industry.

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For this week, I started to look into what topics I wanted to cover for the research section of my dissertation. I decided to divide my research into 3-4 major sections that had a distinctive theme for each one. Each theme would be related to proving my lead question with supporting evidence.

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I started on my formative presentation which gave further insight about what my dissertation would be about.

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-At first, I didn't necessarily do anything towards my ethics this week. The reason for this because I was still a little unsure how I could go about doing anything related to animation.

-After some consideration, I wanted to try putting together a focused group interview with a few of my friends who are black creatives, and who are deciding to go into a different industry than me.

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Finally, for the last week I started writing up my dissertation preparations. From day 1 to 3 I did spend quite a while on the proposal and the research review sections. However by the end of the week, I was finished with everything and finalising the final details for my diss prep

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Summer: What I hope to achieve during summer

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Summer: What I hope to achieve during summer

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During summer I am hoping to make an early start on the practical side of my dissertation. I want to have atleast achieved the 3-4 character designs with the first week of summer. Then between the second and third week of summer, I want to have dispatched the designs to my targeted participants. The reason I want to fit this into the first few weeks of summer is so that I can get the participants' detailed explanations on their designs. This could help speed the process up on collecting the results from my practical.

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After summer, I decided to change my practice due to the fact that my first idea didn't feel achievable at the time. Considering that the practice involved parents and their children, I believed that this wouldn't be appropriate or time consuming in having to find the parents with kids who fit the age requirement for my dissertation practical. This the lead onto me using LinkedIn and connecting with an amazing Matchmove VFX supervisor who already was in the industry.

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Week 9: Interview With Kofi-Opoku Ansah (VFX Artist):

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Week 9: Interview With Kofi-Opoku Ansah (VFX Artist):

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I connected with Kofi immediately after finalising the final idea of my practical. On the 10 November 2022, I managed to arrange a zoom meeting with Kofi to ask him about his input on my lead question "How Does the Lack of Black Creatives Impact the Animation Industry?". During my interview I was able to get know a little about his role, his creative journey as a black creative and the topic surrounding the issue on 'Diversity'.

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Week 10: Reaching out to my Tutor about my practical

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Week 10: Reaching out to my Tutor about my practical

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Although I was confident in my practical, however, I really wanted to get a further opinion on my interview. My tutor provided me with the feedback needed for my dissertation. My tutor said that my practical was a good way to represent my lead question. He also advised me to edit and cut out irrelevant parts in my practical.

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I started writing out 2000 words of my practice based dissertation to give myself a good kickstart. Despite being caught up with work, I made it my priority to try do 1000 words a day to stay on top of my schedule.

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Week 12: Proof reading, Wrapping up and Submission.

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Week 12: Proof reading, Wrapping up and Submission.

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In this last week, I managed to achieve in finishing my dissertation. I've proof read, merged and created the PDF for my submission.