LO2: Second Meeting

Second Meeting- LO2:

Today we had another group/ class meeting.

Firstly, we discussed what we should exhibit in the festival and came to the conclusion that we should try and show as much of our work as possible both as individuals and as part of groups. We would:

·        Show the films for record, documentaries and animations.

·        Exhibit performance costumes

·        Exhibit props for record and performance.

·        Exhibit artefacts

·        Exhibit banners

·        Sample range- planning/ research sheets

·        Sketch books/ blogs on computers

·        Animation sets/ props

·        Everything done and made

We then outlined the resources we would need to use including computers, the large screen, a small number of display boards, paper, card, manikins, photoshop.

We discussed how we would collectively organise a festival by splitting up the roles evenly. Each, or a small group of people would be in charge of a certain role, as shown below:

Myself- Collect documentaries

Melissa/ Katie/ Lucy- Collecting artefacts

Gabriel- Collect animations

Charlotte/ Alex- Sketchbook/ sample sheets

Nikki- Gather Record Unit films

Laura- Costumes

Ben Sofield- Record props

Beth/ Liz- Collect props for Performance unit

Kira- Animation sets

We debated the length of time for which the festival should be shown, with original suggestions of just one day. However, it was also mentioned that this was not enough to exhibit our full works to a large enough audience possible, so three days was mentioned instead. After a class vote, it was decided to split the difference an go for two days instead.

We them discussed what time to put the festival on, and two hours was suggested and passed forward from 5-7 pm.

Then we discussed how we would showcase our work, and it was suggested and agreed that our films for the Record Unit should be shown on a loop on the screen, as people would find them more interesting than the documentaries and longer than the animations. However, we would still have the others on clear display with each documentary being shown on a separate computer in the library, and each animation being shown on a separate computer in the link corridor. The problem of the audio of the films being played in the background overpowering or clashing with the audio from the documentaries was brought up, but then it was also mentioned that the surrounding computers cannot be play sound out loud. We decided that the best option would be to supply a pair of headphones next to each computer, which would hopefully, when put on, drown out the backing noise of the film loop. Headphones would also be supplied for those computers in the link corridor, where fortunately the sound of the film loop in the library could not be heard.

Sheets and sketchbooks would also be on display, being laid on a pile on top of a table, possibly with the top one open, giving an example. The artefacts would also be on display on another set of tables.

Cameras would be set up in different places around the room to record at least one of the two evenings.

To finish off the meeting, we further discussed other roles people in the class should have such as Iona doing a schedule for the event, Courtney in charge of refreshments, Ben Woods doing both a plan of the library and counting the amount of computers there.

I suggested that my soundtrack to A Midsummer Night Dream should be available to listen to, and Mrs Kearns said that that was a good idea and suggestion. She also said that she would be in charge of Laminated Name Badges to make us seem more friendly and approachable to our guests, and ideas for refreshments were mentioned including crisps, cheese crackers, sausage rolls etc.

Patrick Johnson 11S1