In my opinion, our Third Year Exhibition, Lightbox, was a massive success. A lot of work was spent planning and raising funds for the venue, food, drinks and equipment, and took a lot of time an energy. What was probably the most beneficial to the project was the fact that we met up on a weekly or bi-weekly basis to keep updated on what we wanted to do, and how to do so. It was interesting to see how different people had different ideas on how the exhibition could be presented, and so we were able to work together in order to find something that everybody wanted - a space where one could easily display their development or other work alongside a larger screening area.
In order to raise funds for the venue, we concentrated on the traditional method of a bake sale. However I pushed for it to be a vegan-specific bake sale in order to be more inclusive and attract people who were interested in seeing how things could be made without dairy products. To promote the bake sales we used conventional means such as posters and fliers as well as embracing modern means by creating a Facebook event which people could share and get in contact with us directly .We also opened a Go Fund Me to let people voluntarily donate money online if they did not want to, or could not make it to the bake sale. With the funds being over £300 we were able to provide the first 40 people with a free drink as well as providing snacks for all, which would encourage people who many not have usually attended exhibitions to come to the event.
We were originally going to have our exhibition space at Harry's Southside, but because the venue had to have some construction work which was planned after we had booked the time slot, they kindly offered to host the event at Harry's Bar, which turned out to be a much better space - it was much larger, so could accommodate more people and artwork, as well having two projectors (Harry's Southside did not have any). The venue was also underground so the factor of lighting making the projectors less visible was no longer a concern.
To promote the event we again used traditional means such as posters, as well as Facebook and Instagram. We created our own website to post news and sneak-peeks of things we were working on. The poster designs allowed everyone to contribute a piece of artwork in order to promote their own art as well as the night. We able to put fliers and posters around Edinburgh and Glasgow in order to encourage the general public to come. Harry's Bar also helped with promoting the event on their own social media.
For my own area in the event I wanted to focus on my development work, including 3D and character design work. I also found that some of the 10x10 stills were visually interesting and so decided to include those as well. In order to attract more viewers, I exhibited my 'Drawing a Day' projects from 2016 and this year, which many people enjoyed flicking through. If given another chance to put my work on show, I would have liked to 3D print some of my characters in order to let people have a look and move them around, rather than having to look at pictures of a turnaround on a wall.
Overall I'd say that the experience of putting together the event was a great one. The venue was packed with both people we knew and people we didn't, creating a great atmosphere on the evening. I was also very happy with how my work turned out.
In order to raise funds for the venue, we concentrated on the traditional method of a bake sale. However I pushed for it to be a vegan-specific bake sale in order to be more inclusive and attract people who were interested in seeing how things could be made without dairy products. To promote the bake sales we used conventional means such as posters and fliers as well as embracing modern means by creating a Facebook event which people could share and get in contact with us directly .We also opened a Go Fund Me to let people voluntarily donate money online if they did not want to, or could not make it to the bake sale. With the funds being over £300 we were able to provide the first 40 people with a free drink as well as providing snacks for all, which would encourage people who many not have usually attended exhibitions to come to the event.
We were originally going to have our exhibition space at Harry's Southside, but because the venue had to have some construction work which was planned after we had booked the time slot, they kindly offered to host the event at Harry's Bar, which turned out to be a much better space - it was much larger, so could accommodate more people and artwork, as well having two projectors (Harry's Southside did not have any). The venue was also underground so the factor of lighting making the projectors less visible was no longer a concern.
To promote the event we again used traditional means such as posters, as well as Facebook and Instagram. We created our own website to post news and sneak-peeks of things we were working on. The poster designs allowed everyone to contribute a piece of artwork in order to promote their own art as well as the night. We able to put fliers and posters around Edinburgh and Glasgow in order to encourage the general public to come. Harry's Bar also helped with promoting the event on their own social media.
For my own area in the event I wanted to focus on my development work, including 3D and character design work. I also found that some of the 10x10 stills were visually interesting and so decided to include those as well. In order to attract more viewers, I exhibited my 'Drawing a Day' projects from 2016 and this year, which many people enjoyed flicking through. If given another chance to put my work on show, I would have liked to 3D print some of my characters in order to let people have a look and move them around, rather than having to look at pictures of a turnaround on a wall.
For the duration of the exhibition we put many of our films on a silent loop, then for the actual screening we each chose two films we wanted to show. I chose a 10x10 film, Dimensional Light, as well as my Beano film because they were both well produced and showed the variety of my work- one concentrated on story and comedy, while the other concentrated on visuals and sound.
Overall I'd say that the experience of putting together the event was a great one. The venue was packed with both people we knew and people we didn't, creating a great atmosphere on the evening. I was also very happy with how my work turned out.
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