Overall Reflexion

My overall opinion on the night is.... It went very well for an event that was organised in such little time. For example, £390 Ticket sales were made on the door, models fitted all clothes, we hosted an actual live event in a venue and all leadership was by students. 

On the other hand the event had it's negatives for example, the fashion show CD didn't work which made hassle for the DJ because he had to improvise with music for the fashion show! 

Secondly the whole presentation and scheduling/Publicity was very poor... For example, we paid for our event to be held and CRC didn't pay anything and their play was advertised on  the Junction website as our event on the friday had no coverage on the Junction Website! Another problem that we faced was competition from the Takeover which was advertised everywhere and people could either not afford to go to both events or they were confused about what event is what. And lastly we didn't get time to advertise lots unlike the Takeover. 

Personal Reflexion On Bazaar

Before the event I went to The Junction at 2:30pm for the first band sound check at 3:00pm 

. Secondly I made sure the other two bands were all Ok for their sound check at a later time. If the bands had any problems they could come to me and I would sort everything out for them. I also waited for the DJ's to come so I could show the the equipment they will be using for the night and if they were all Ok with what they were doing. 

During the evening when the event started I was DMing (Duty Manager) which consisted of checking toilets for hazards or problems, making sure everything is Ok backstage and the bands were happy. I feel I did my part and made the Night a success because I managed to sell 16 tickets and made sure everyone in the Venue were safe and happy during the running time. 

Negatives; 

-Fashion show CD didn't work. 

-Lack of specific jobs for some people. 

-Logos/designer labels were not presented properly 

-Low Attendance.

-No one in fancy dress.

-No Lighting on DJ.

- Poor Scheduling.

- Inappropriate alcohol consumption.

-Tickets available too late. 

- 1st Band late for sound check. 

- No publicity on The Junction website.

- CRC DJ late. 

Positives; 

- £300 Ticket sales on the door.

- Models fitted clothes.

- Good effort from everyone.

- Excellent work experience.

- Leadership by students 

- Staged an actual live event 

- Worked well with mentors + Technicians 

Festival Research!

READING! 

Reading is probably the most popular festival along side leeds. The Biggest Names play at Reading, Guns N Roses, Blink 182, The Libertines, WEEZER And much more. The festival has been going, in one shape or another since its conception

 as a Jazz event in 1961, a time when audio was in its ‘rock n roll infancy’; before the invention of music as we know it today and the time when the festival laid down its roots as the UK’s premier indie festival. 

The Location of Reading is fairly obvious, it's located in Reading and Is on Richfield Avenue. The dates for this years event are from the 27th - 29th August. Reading has lots of sponsors some of which are, NME, Relentless, Pepsi Max, Gaymers, TUBORG and Viagogo. These are big sponsors so you expect a good line up. 

Reading allows all ages but people under 16 must be accompanied by adults. Reading attracts a main indie audience. The Festival is very strict, no smoking, BBQ's, flags and aerosols are permitted on site. 

http://www.readingfestival.com/lineup/index.aspx

Festival Research!

BESTIVAL! 

The Bestival is an award winning 3 day boutique music festival set at Robin Hill a beautiful leafy country park (a veritable Garden of Eden!) near Downend and Newport in the heart of the Isle of Wight.

The wonderful world of Bestival was born out of ten fun years of pioneering music events and record releases from Rob da Bank's Sunday Best empire. The BBC Radio 1 leftfield DJ had a dream to one day create his vision of how the modern day festival should be. Along with Creative Director and wife Josie da Bank and co founders / partners John and Ziggy from Get Involved that dream is now fulfilled. On a mission to change the face 

of independent festival culture, the fearless foursome are bringing some magic to the shores of the Solent and spreading the love worldwide.

It's Rob and Josie da Bank's creative vision that sets Bestival apart. Whilst the massive musical brain of Rob ensures the Bestival line-up is the most eclectic you'll ever experience, it's Josie's creative wand that casts its magic over Bestival land. From the most original boutique campsite experience, to the Bollywood Cocktail Bar, fancy dress en mass and even a Hidden Disco, it's this uniqueness that makes Bestival a wondrous world of discovery and adventure that will inspire peace, love and dancing not only in September but all year round...

The first Bestival, in September 2004, was headlined by Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim, Zero 7, The Bees, Mylo and Lee 'Scratch' Perry and was a ground-breaking success. 

The bestival is located on the Isle Of White and is a 3 day festival starting on the 9th September and finishing on Sunday 12th September. The Bestival is aimed at a Funk audience from the age range of 16 +. Bestivals main sponsors  are Coca Cola and Heineken. They also have smaller sponsors like FHM, TVR, 24 Fun and many more. 

 

http://www.bestival.net/#/artists/2010-lineup

Festival Research!

DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2010

Download Festival is the biggest Rock festival in the world, with the biggest names in Rock history playing over a three day period including Aerosmith, AC DC, Motorhead, Rage Against The Machine and many more. The festival is held at Donington Park, right next to East Midlands Airport Donington Park lies where the three counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire meet. DOWNLOAD takes place on Friday the 11th June 2010. Download attracts anyone who has an interest in this genre of music (Rock). Download gets funding from many other music companies. KERRANG!, Bbc Radio 1, Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and hmv. 

http://www.downloadthefestival.com/home/

Kettle's Yard

Yesterday we visited Kettle's Yard Gallery which is a contemporary Art Museum. 

It is mainly visited by students and Tourists and is used for viewing all different kinds of Art. 

One thing that caught my eye was Christopher Wood's painting of Paris, which I studied for GCSE and we did not get to view the original because we did not know where to find it. Also Kettle's Yard is a very different Gallery compared to others in Cambridge because it's inside an actual House and is more relaxed inside the gallery. 

Interview with Simon Bates

Nathaniel; What are your views on the Youth Takeover and do you think it will be an overall success?

Simon; Great Idea, came from a group of young people that The Junction work with. Hopefully develop new audiences and getting more people involved in The Junction. The day is planned with big Artists. Young people see it as a young persons event because it has been organised by young people.

Nathaniel; If the Youth Takeover is a success, do you think it will encourage regular workshops and events?

Simon; It's the whole plan, working with a small amount of young people and hope to make it bigger. Maybe use it to recruit enough young people to run a weekend event next year with enough funding.

Nathaniel; You mentioned having bands playing in the evening, how many bands are playing and do you not think having bands play.. It might spoil the theme of the event?

Simon; Wanted to put an event where all young people can takeover the junction no matter what their Genre. And being the best value for money.

Nathaniel; Do you think the Youth Takeover will encourage more venues to do the same?

Simon; Hopes that other venues will be inspired by the Youth Takeover and could do something where Young people Takeover more than one place, i.e take over the CITY!

My views on the Interview today, I think I have received some key information from simon today that will help finish the Article. Also I feel that the answers go into depth, therefore we can have a whole page dedicated to youth takeover which will attract lots of young people to attend.

Final Article on Youth Takeover

Youth Takeover Article

 Youth to Takeover!

A group of Young Ambassadors from Cambridge have been granted 6.5k to fund a youth event this year at The Junction. It is said to be one of the biggest and best  youth events at The Junction. With over 300 confirmed guests on the Facebook page and the event is 2 months away. 

They call it the Youth Takeover! There are workshops going on throughout the day with the biggest and best UK DJ’s. Shy FX is top of the bill and spoken word legend, Luke Wright. The workshops range from Mixing, Dance, Spoken word, Sound and lighting, Comedy and Digital Arts. 

Simon Bates , Youth manager at the Junction promised “The Youth Takeover will not disappoint those who take an interest in the workshops that are being put on.”

You think that this would be enough antics for one day but there is more to come... In the evening there will be a Dub-step/ Drum&Bass evening with some various bands. 

The workshops are free to view but to take part it will be £3 and the evening will be £5 on the door. Even if you are not interested in the Genre of the Day/Night, come along and your view on music may change. 

SECTION 3 MUSIC

YOUTH TAKEOVER - The Junction

The Young Ambassadors at the Junction have been granted 6.5k to fund a youth eve

nt. And they have decided to do a range of workshops from, DJ-ing, dance, spoken word, sound

, lighting, Comedy and Digital Arts. There will be a headline Dj (Shy FX) and

 other DJ's TBC. Also there will be bands playing in the evening event and lots of DJ's too. This will be a great event and is perfect to cover for an Article.

 

*Scene progress report*

So far I have researched and found filming producers in Cambridge, also I have been in contact with Bigfoot Productions by email and have asked them for an interview. BigFoot Productions are a Filming Production Crew in Trumpington. Secondly I have done a few blog posts on BigFoot about who they are and what they do. Lastly I could improve on the research I am doing by getting in contact with more than one Filming Production crew and getting an interview with a more variety so then I can choose the best Interview for the job. ( The Scene Newspaper)   

Big Foot Productions

I have researched and found Big Foot Productions are a Film and Television company that caters mainly for the japanese television, but also caters for others. They are based in Trumpington which will be fairly easy to get an interview and find out more about their productions. 

They have had over 13 years of experience in commercial and television programme production. 

They have helped in many big commercials and Tv Productions like; 

Elizabeth 1 (1999) 

Shakespeare (1999) 

Wallace & Gromit production (2001) 

Tv Man union 

NTV - David Beckham special. 

Researching the Junction

Prep For The Junction

- What does your job consist of doing, and what are you in charge of?

 - How did you end up in working at The Junction? 

- What Do you personally get out of your Job? 

- What kind of Qualifications did you need to work at The Junction? 

- Is there a a higher role you would like to achieve? 

- What training have you undertaken before you started your job? 

The Junction has 3 performance spaces; 

- The Junction 1, otherwise known as the J1. The J1 was opened in 1990 and has a capacity of 1050. The J1 is mainly known for hosting Club nights, fiver nights and other big names. 

- The Junction 2 is a 300 standing or a 220 seated. J2 was opened in 2005 and is mostly known for Comedy, theatre, dance and world music. 

- The Junction 3 was opened at the same time as J2 and is known for the Arts and youth developed. 

- J1 has two bars in the main space, with a third lounge bar open upstairs on club nights, all serving a range of alcoholic and non- alcoholic drinks. 

During the week the Bar is open at 7pm. For late night events, the bars close approximately half an hour before the event ends. 

- J2 is open during events and serves alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks, also serving a range of soft drinks and coffee's. 

Researching Television + Video, Interactive Media

I Researched different Television and Video companies in cambridge and found that there are 2 different professional Television companies. Dawe Media Productions and Filmlink UK Ltd. I plan to contact Filmlink UK Ltd this week, and ask to have a meeting with them to find out more about what sort of film production they do. I hope to make it an interview style too. They are based in Trumpington, so it will be easy to go and speak with them. 

Scene Session 1; Initial Research

What's on in Cambridge? 

Cambridge Corn Exchange - 

Comedy - Jimmy Carr - 11th March 

Music - Editors 17th March - The Stranglers - 18th March - Masters Of Rock IV 5th March 

The Junction - 

Samba Homework

I selected this video of an american class performing samba at a spring fling because it reminded me of our Creative&Media class. They look like beginners and so is our Creative&Media class. Secondly I liked it because it was entertaining to watch and humorous at times.

The Performance was lively and vibrant, also the band was in time with each other and they knew who was doing what. Secondly they were all dancing along together which made the performance more lively and more professional. The band were in bright clothing like the brazilian carnivals. They also had the conductor in the middle, this shows us that they follow his commands.

It has been filmed at an american school in pennsylvania. It is a spring fling and directed by a man called Mike Steven's.

Homework

Find A Samba Video (Youtube, vimeo) 

- Write about why you chose it.

- write about the performance 

- write about the costumes 

- where has it been filmed, any background Information? 

- Link to your own experience at the junction

Campaign Reflexion Day

My Plan was to...

- Gain at least 12 signatures 

- Raise awareness and spread the word about my campaign 

- To receive feedback and criticism 

- To gain pictures as evidence for my campaign. 

My plans didn't really change I manage to gain 13 signatures and talk to some students about my campaign and receive small amounts of feedback. Lastly I managed to take pictures as proof of my campaign. I managed to Inform people about my campaign and meet some new people.

Next time I would put myself out more and try to inform more than 13 people about my campaign and maybe target groups of people instead of individual people. Because it would save time and effort talking to more people at one time. 

Next week I am going to send an email to Cambridge City Council and see if they can do anything to enforce or lower the price first. 

Today I managed to get 14 signatures from students at the college, through persuasion and them agreeing with my Campaign. I took a couple of pictures of students signing my petition.

Plan for Today's Campaigning

Today, I will be talking to and asking people of their views of my campaign and if they see potential in my campaign, then I will ask them if they would like to sign a petition to drive my campaign further. I will be trying to target Students and young people for my campaign because they are my target audience. I aim to spend about 3-4 minutes with every student or try to locate groups of students so I can save time and talk to more students at once. 

I will use different techniques like, persuasion, statistics and politeness to win my audience over and get them to sign my petition. I hope to get at least 12 signatures today because it's a good amount and can progress further after, if I please to do so.