Unit 11/24

EQ Event

Roles:

- Plan event by deciding who to perform: I had to speak with the tutors from level 3 music performance to see which performer would be available to perform for the EQ event. Once I found out I had to look for them round the building and I had to introduce myself and talk about the event and encourage them to take part. I also asked for their email so they could give us their equipment list and also to confirm if they were performing or not.
The day before the event was quite a stressful day due to the small amount of people performing and the large amount of people that did not reply. We had to take a different direction by inviting people that we knew would come to perform. But on the day quite a lot of the performers showed up to the sound check and the space which was given to us was filled perfectly.

- Help build stage: To help build the stage I had to bring the equipment down on a trolley with my team mates, we worked quite fast and quite efficiently. We decided the best way to place the stage and then we positioned a special made metal bars where we wanted the stage to be. Then we placed a wooden floor on top of the metal bars, after we done that we placed all the gears in the right place and the stage was set.

- Helped sound check: I helped with the sound check by making sure that the singers was not taking to long on the stage and that they had the right equipment, also if they needed help setting up the stands. My initial job was to help with the sound alongside elliot, but because of the awkward stage position and the amount of reverb in the hall I decided to use my sound engineering skills to hear from the audience and give feedback to the sound engineer.

- Helped with filming: Initially elliot had an idea to film the event and he had a camera so we decided to film the event. Sashanni placed the camera at a position where you could see everything but there was too much showing. So then I decided to take over by actually using skills I have learnt before: getting the right angles, filming everything that I wanted to film and not things that I didn't. Example someone talking in the background. I also followed the main singers so the audience would have more connection with the performers when they watch the video.

What Went Well?

I think one of the things that went well was that all of the performers that I wanted to perform performed and they performed really well. The team worked really well together, we did everything on time, we did not panic and we all contributed in helping the event be ready in time. We also have proof of how the event went because we filmed it and we helped with each others tasks. For example as well as helping out with the sound I helped sashanni with the filming and elliot helped me with the sound and lemar also helped elliot with the sound. The sound check was on point we had no complaints from the performers and the audience enjoyed themselves without becoming deaf, they could hear everything okay.

What Went Less Well?

What did not go so well was getting the singers to reply on time, it was left until last minuet and it caused us to panic a bit. The sound can always improve even though it was done to a high standard, if we had more cameras we could of given the editor of the video more to work with.

How Did The Actual Event Go? Positives and Negatives

The event itself went incredibly well we couldn't have hoped for a better event, everyone was busy helping each other out, the audience grew in numbers because they were interested. But one thing that did not go so well was getting the message across, for the audience it felt like a random open mic event instead of a planned event, so we could of made the event clearer and more understandable for the audience.

How You Would Improve The Planning In The Future?

One thing I would defiantly want to improve is how to contact the performers, I felt like we had to improvise a lot because the performers did not reply fast enough. So next time I would get their phone numbers to actually contact them so we do not have to wait for their reply. This is because a lot of people don't check their emails often enough. I also would of stuck to one task to get more people involved.