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Just presented at the peer review this Saturday and got some really useful feedback, thx a lot for Noam, Tarynne and Sandhya pull up this valuable event and also provide enough wine and beer for us to have during the whole day! I was having my 4rd glass of wine while presenting!! It was fun to see other people's projects too . A quick note from the feedback: Now the storyboard is kind of general. Maybe I should try to make it more focus on one subject instead of stuffing all the information in it. I have to figure out if this piece is going to touch on the stigma part or not. Because if it is, then I have to do some studies on the discrimination and stigma related behaviors to make it specific. The music is too happy.

Cut down the copy( the voice over in my animatik), limit them into three sentences. Stay in third party perspective Focus on the main messages I want to /should be deliver, which are: Bipolar disorder is a real illness 20.9 millions people are suffering from this Be a friend, be supportive. Also she has the same concern about the octopus. It's sketchy on the conceptual side, and too difficult to model/rig. I'll seriously consider to take that out regardless how much I love it visually.... Another really valid reminder is the fact that PSA cant live outside the context of campaign or media exposure. That's why I've been shooting out emails, seeking for opportunities to cooperate with organizations that work on mental illness issues. However I do have to work harder to get the connections I hope to get, or start thinking about what other works need to be done to fulfill my purpose. So, my next step will be: finalize the storyboard and rewrite a more focus, object o...

I showed the prototype, animatik and the storyboard to 6 people. Two of them are people with bipolar disorder, one is with depression, three of them are just my other friends. I got some constructive feedback and made me think about the storyline again. It's hard to tell the cup is container. The metaphor I use is valid , people can relate to the drawn experience to their emotional disorders, however they need some instructions because it's not clear in the story The story showed the depression episode of a bipolar, but failed to show the mania part, which made me thinking about creating another story. Showing the negative behaviors of my character doesn't necessarily make my audience reflect to their owns'.