Evaluation

1.

Constraints:

I did face some constraints when making my advertisement for the awards evening. I used and image from a certain website which had copyright at the bottom and therefore I was not able to include this on my poster. The image was found on Google image search; although the picture would have been appropriate for the poster it was not possible to include it for legal reasons.

Regulatory/professional:

I was working with the live team and we were talking about the template we were going to use for the screen. We had to choose something that would go well with the logo and look professional. In the end we decided to use black and gold as the theme, however there were many different ideas which would have been inappropriate for the evening.

Financial: Within the class, we spoke about what we were going to include in the awards night. We suggested using a red carpet however for financial reasons this would have been too expensive and would have easily exceeded the college budget of £100. However, in the end we were fortunate enough to be able to get a good red carpet to use for the event via a student which cost £45.

2.

Leadership:

I had to use leadership skills in one aspect of the post production for the awards evening. When working with the live team I had to create a video montage of the nominations for the BTEC first years and the BTEC National second year’s news reports and music videos. I created most of the video itself and I also decided personally what 15 second clips I was going to choose.

Communications/Meeting requirements:

Towards the end of the pre-production, I was asked to help make the final tickets and try to make them double sided. I had to put across my ideas with another student as this was a difficult task. In the end we decided to photo copy the tickets and try to make it so they fit and our double sided. Although the picture and colour quality of this was not as good as we intended it still looked professional.

I also had various conversations with students about there ideas and what we could include, people suggested many different things such as balloons, the red carpet, food and drinks, after parties etc.

Achieving agreed outcomes/working to timescales:

In general I met the timescale required for the pre-production work. However I did have some problems when creating my poster design. I had a set deadline to post my poster on the blog. I had difficulties because I was trying to create something that would appeal to our target audience and would make people want to come to the event.

There would be a number of things that I would do differently if the awards evening happened again. Although the final video montage worked really well, I would try to make it more advanced for the awards evening, this would include animations and would look more professional. Furthermore, I would have changed my poster design slightly because I now have a feel of what the award ceremony is like and would know how to design the poster for the target audience.

The adverts and awards evening would be acceptable in a professional work place because it is a great way to appreciate and recognise people’s achievements and the work that they have created. From the awards evening we are able to put everybody’s hard work into one night and people who are not part of the college were able to see this.

Furthermore the students from other years who may have not seen all the work which was put together throughout the year have the chance to do so on this night. I believe it would be a good idea for a company to recognise there achievements for their employees the way that the college has.

The radio advert would also be a good idea because it can advertise the event to people may be interested in seeing work that is not necessarily main stream. (I.e. work that has been done using a limited amount of materials).

Visiting the Hawth Theatre

On the 20th May I went to the hawth theatre to see and plan our arrangements for the scamps event taking place on the 23rd June. I took various photos to help me determine the health and safety measure which will need to be considered. I looked at mainly the stage area, backstage where the dressing room, make up area and toilet is. I also looked at the corridor behind the stage where the nominees will be coming out. I then filled out a health and safety sheet, as a producer I need to make sure that everything is running well and that the area is safe.

Awards Flyer

Researched Events

The oscars

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is among the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremonies in the world.

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, May 16, 1929, at the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood to honor outstanding film achievements of 1927 and 1928. It was hosted by actor Douglas Fairbanks and director William C. DeMille. The 80th Academy Awards ceremonies, hosted by Comedy Central's The Daily Show host, Jon Stewart, were held on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

AMPAS, a professional honorary organization, maintains a voting membership of 5,829 as of 2007. Actors constitute the largest voting bloc, numbering 1,311 members (22 percent) of the Academy's composition. Votes for Oscars have been tabulated and certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor Price Waterhouse) for the past 73 annual awards ceremonies.

The 81st Academy Awards honoring the best in film for 2008 will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

The London Film Festival

The Times BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening over 300 films from 60 countries. The festival, the LFF, currently in its 52nd year, is held every year by the British
Film Institute and currently sponsored by the Times newspaper.

The 2008 Festival will run from 15 October to 30 October. The Festival presents selected new films from the full spectrum of world cinema, with an extensive schedule of industry and public forums, education events, lectures and celebrity interviews.

The festival is divided into themes which cover different areas of interest - in 2007 these are; Galas and Special Screenings, Film on the Square, New British Cinema, French Revolutions, Cinema Europa, World Cinema, Experimenta, Treasures from the Archives, Short Cuts and Animation. In 2007 the festival, whilst focused around Leicester Square and the NFT in central London, used 18 venues around central London for their screenings.

A few years ago the Festival decided to include screening venues outside of London into its coverage. The LFF 'tours' other locations with a selection of the festival's films; in 2006 there were seven venues which covered England and Wales.

The Brighton Festival

The Brighton Festival is an annual arts festival which takes place in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, UK each May. It was founded in 1966, and is the largest multi-art form festival in England.The 2006 festival organised over 200 events during 23 days which were attended by over 500,000 people.

The festival includes organised processions such as the Children's Parade, outdoor spectaculars often involving pyrotechnics, and a great deal of theatre, music, literature and visual arts in venues throughout the city, some of which are brought into this use exclusively for the festival.

The V Festical (Virgin)

The V Festival is an annual music festival in England, the first to be held simultaneously at two sites - currently Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire. Originally, the festival took the name of the current year, with the first festival being named "V96". Since 2003 it has been known as simply the V Festival.
The "V" represents the Virgin Group, and began as another means of promoting Richard Branson's companies. The event is sponsored by Virgin Mobile, with Virgin Radio the official radio station.

The festival generally takes place during the penultimate weekend of August. Its weekend format, low queuing times and professional organisation have given it a loyal audience. The festival sold out in record time in 2006.