The Interim Show: Progress

Roles:

Because this a group project that contained many aspects of which we are trying to get some more professional experience from we had to have roles that would be the same if we were organizing an event professionally. These sort of roles included Event manager, Creative director, sound and lighting engineers etc. To do this everyone put there name down for what they think they would be best at which just so happened to fill every role. Below is the list of everyone and there roles within the show;

Event Manager- Ellie Lindop

Event Organizer- Chloe Murphy

Creative Director- Julius Aleksa

Lead photographer- Charlie Beaumont

Photographer- Ben Simonds-Bedford

Social media designer- Barbora Blažková

Senior Animator- Ryan Brewer

Animator- Veera Kauppinen

Sound Designer- Jack Maley

Kacper Kalicinska

Feedback- Nathan Kennedy

Video Editor (bts)- Barbara Mocholi Jimenez

Production Designer- Florence Rae

Maisie Williams

Ottalie Williams

Motion Graphics Designer- Ira Spiridonova

Operations Assistant- Tristan James Weir

Now these roles were in place we were able to start making progress on things that need to be done.

My role is the Event Organizer which involved me to work very closely to everyone and making sure that they are all on track, know what they're doing and who they should be communicating with. As part of my role I also had communicate with our client and make sure we were doing what they wanted; because this show was to promote ourselves to professional industries we were the clients reinforcing how I had to work closely with everyone to make sure everyone was heard and that we were all on the same page. Not only did I work closely with all the students but also the staff involved for example the universities tech department, they helped us set up and prep all the technological aspects for the event so I had to make sure that what they were doing matched our theme and ideas as well as making sure we were all available on the same days etc for when they were needed. I extremely enjoyed doing this role throughout the evet and think it is something that I could potentially pursue as a career if I wanted as I feel it played to a lot of my strengths.

Starting considerations:

No wifi available

Likely that this will be a ticked event

We will need to specifically target guests

We will have our own entrance from College Green

Steps down into Undercroft could be safety hazard

Disabled access available via cathedral and lift

Online presence to get largest reach

Make use of all of building, window sills and nooks and crannies

Make use of arched ceilings

Possibility of 3D goggles to be sent out to those that cannot attend?

Midnight sky idea - project onto roof space

Jobs:

Because we were starting this event and self promotion from scratch there was a lot we had to do to get it up and running. We already had a theme and location which was great as we had sorted out the most important things. Sorting out our own portfolios and social media for self-promotion was very important but something that people needed to sort out on their own. However, there were a lot of things that needed doing if we wanted to make this event a success. Jobs that need to be done were:

Branding- creating a logo, tag line that would fit with our event name Creative Chapters.

Social media- a hashtag we could use as well as posts to promote the event (this was something to be done closer to the time as we needed the initial branding and some teasers to peak interest).

Showreels (each student) - each student needed a showreel to showcase their work so they all needed making and collected.

Bios and Socials (Chloe/me- Students needed something that guests could see that told them a bit about themselves and their work as well as having somewhere to display their professional social media so that potential employers/guests could see more of their work.

Set up (everyone)- ideas on what we could include and involve in the space we have.

Other Initial tasks include:

Animated sky, snow and book - Ryan and Veera

Animated book for iPad intros - Ryan and Veera

Lighting - Charlie, Tristan, Ryan

Sound - Jack, Kacper

Corporate ID, assets - Julius, Ira

Social media posts - Barbara

Email invitations via mailchimp - Ellie

Selfie Frame designs - Flo, Ottalie, Maisie, Chloe

QR codes to Creative Crunch - Nathan

Profile photography- Ben and Charlie

Target Audience:

Because this exhibition is essentially a practice run for the event in May our target audience for ChapterOne is slightly different to what it will be for the next event. Our aim was to gain feedback and public engagement so that we could make sure that the next exhibition was even better so that when we have people from the industry attend the next event we will be ready and potentially at a professional standard ready for whatever career we enter. For this event our target audience was people who could relate to our work, people it could connect with because of this we decided to stay local. Local people in the creative industries, past graduates who also work in the industry as well as current students and members of staff within the university all of which could give crucial and beneficial feedback that could better our knowledge in what makes a successful event but also how we can improve our work and make it meet a professional standard.