Exhibition thoughts - group work Part 8

I started to edit the video into the following sections the basic shots and creating interesting transitions from one another, the point of this was to have a continuous motion throughout the entire thing, we met up enough times to discuss the exhibition. This gave me a lot of footage to work with, enough meet ups to declare the end result of the exhibition. The style of editing is going to be similar to previous year’s exhibitions, I am attempting to give the video more interest with carefully constructed shots that build a story line to the exhibition and this will hopefully be displayed by the type of shots chosen.

These are the basic shots I’ll be using, over the shoulder, close up, extreme closes up and mid shots. 

Exhibition thoughts - group work Part 7

We split into different type of roles in order to complete our tasks and I was personally assigned to record the process, help brainstorm for new ideas, give perspective about the newer ideas. In constructing the tasks, I started working on a rough storyboard. The storyboard was sketched for me to follow the exhibition, I then decided to detail the storyboard, at least start to make it cleaner, the only reason for this was to keep a clear mind of how the footage should look like, my intentions is to create something that would construct interest within the audience, and this would have to be carefully placed in order for the advertisement of the exhibition to be successful, because it’s a way of increasing the audience and their perspectives towards the exhibition.

Exhibition thoughts - group work Part 6

Setting in with the name glow, we decided to implement other important factors such as the use of lighting we intend light to be a huge factor into our exhibition idea, especially since the name of the exhibition is called glow. Originally we were intending to call it something related to black and white, Yin and Yang, or zeal. The name glow came to mind, because I suggested we use glow in the dark spray paint in the dark room, to make the exhibition look and feel more interactive than it is.  The others suggested to keep it clean as possible. I tried to implement as many ideas to make it more original, because it felt like a blank canvas at first. After having the blank canvas constructed into merging a few ideas, the dark room just reminded me of the portfolio room in the previous year’s exhibition. Which relatedly had similar structures to the one we started mentioning the similarities and how to eliminate them from the schedule. Personally I think the portfolio room which was set to be in the black room. 

Picture of last years exhibition: 

Exhibition thoughts - group work Part 5

I decided to sketch out floor plans after we finished brainstorming for one the room ideas as a group; I decided to dedicate a bit more time with the idea of creating how the area will be perceived and how the area is going to be split, we had initially thought of putting one of the rooms, with our portfolio’s which would be easier for the attendees to be able to navigate inside the room and the other room will be provided with the diverse work from each and every student from the course. The white room, in my thoughts should be where the portfolio's should be exhibited, because of deep contrast and emphasis on the portfolio’s, but it could work in vise-versa, however the previous end of year exhibition had a dark room, which made me avoid a repeated idea, however it did work very well because it was beautifully constructed,  white portfolios and well-planned out light sources, which indicated that simplicity does work well for the majority of the audience. 

Influenced with this idea, I decided to put this into the white room , the only problem with this, is the focus of light to be overwhelming, or it would work because the only colour in the room, would be the portfolio, which will put attendees at ease when they focus on just the portfolio alone. The other contrasting elements would be just the black quotes on the walls, which should be over the exhibition stands on the wall.

The other group members have presented very interesting ideas, which we will be discussing further in the following group session. 

Exhibition thoughts - group work Part 4

When constructing an exhibition space keep in mind the safety of the audience. I mentioned this earlier, but I cannot stress this enough, if an attendee gets hurt, not only will it be ruining the exhibition, but also it might cause severe troubles to the exhibition place, other exhibition participants from exhibiting their work, but it might get you into trouble, but there are ways to stop this from occurring. One of the reasons why we ditched the metal and wood room idea, is because metal isn’t particular safe, there are a lot of people that feel a bit off putting when sharp edges are involved, obviously people can take procedures to make the metal safe, but the mindset of metal and the dangers that come with it will still remain there. So one of the elements to keep in mind is how the place is perceived by others. Secondly, look at the floorplan of the room, have the dimensions, see what is possible, make certain people won’t collide into the presented material or each other, something small such like a carpet could make someone fall, if someone happens to be the unlucky individual that does trip and fall on a particular piece, especially if the piece is made out of stone, wood and or metal, it would be devastating. An incident is enough to close down an exhibition, so the health and safety is something important to consider.