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      For our commercial project, we got the choice of working in groups or by ourselves. I chose to work in a group with two other people. Their names are Lili Amblard and Angie Mendez. I chose to work with them for many reasons. First, I chose to work with Lili because she was one of the few people in the class who I knew already. Last year we had dance together, and she was really nice so that was my first reason for choosing her. As the class went on this year, we talked more often and she is still very nice but also has a good work ethic. She completes her assignments on time and in-class if we have the ability. She also has a very positive attitude. This makes it easier to work with her because negativity while completing a project can be very stifling. My other partner is Angie. I met her this year in Media Studies and we're in the same grade. On the first day, all three of us sat together and started talking. So far, Angie is a really good student who is always on top of her work. To my knowledge, she completes assignments as soon as they're given and is a fast worker. She also is really talented at drawing. She can draw dimensions with amazing detail and is good at shading. This would be extremely helpful when it comes to things like storyboards. Angie and Lili both bring different things to our group and I think we will work well together on this project.  



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