Media Event Lesley 8th April

Today was the actual Media event that we as a group have been planning for months as this is part of our assignment which was to organise an event. We all had to meet at 8.20 outside the main house where we then greeted the BTEC students who we were going to prepare the day for.

My role for the day was runner and grip as well as helping rig and DE-rig rooms such as the quick draw and the green screen room where I helped to DE-rig the lights and the tripods and help carry back equipment. My other role was making sure that the main room was empty for other users of the room as it was only booked out for the morning session where we met and greeted the BTEC students and the lecturers,a s well as the students ambassadors.

Overall i felt that the day was a complete success as everyone carried out their roles really well and the schedule of the day worked really well too, for example activities ended when they were planned for.

I felt that the students got really involved with the activities, in particularly the "big draw" as the students we asked to draw an object, such as a tree and we would take a picture every time they did something using stock motion to speed up the process. This involved the students having to line up and take it in turns to each draw a section of the picture and we would then capture their movements.

I felt that the green screen activity went particularly well too as by the second and third time it was carried out everyone got involved and any technical issues were sorted out without hesitation. Again I felt that the students were involved as the object of the activity was to have a person stand infront of the screen and to guess the picture that was showing behind them on the green screen. Whether it be an animal or a person.

Also the guest speakers were particularly interesting, particularly hearing about how they started off and got into the industry and what route they eventually decided to go down, for example cameraman, producer, director or presenter.

If we had to plan this event again I would make sure with the evaluation forms to clarify o the students that they were double sided as some were not filled out due to confusion with the questions.