Show Evaluation

Overall, I believe that our final show was successful in some ways, however, in others let down. Let's begin with the overall communication between us as students and information about what time we needed to be in and set all banners etc up. We were asked to arrive for 2;30 and after eventually getting into Bath, I felt like it was a huge waste of time as all we did for an hour and a half was sit around waiting for the hotel to allow us in later, the only positive there was to this was that we then had an excess of time amount prior to guests being allowed in to set things up and overthink banner and positioning. It was apparent that there was clear communication between the media department and the Apex hotel, which relieved the stress off our shoulders as most information we needed, we could ask Jo, Nick or Steve about, however, the Apex staff were not overly welcoming to us as students, often giving off rude body language and seemed uninterested in us, now I understand that we as a college were kindly donated the space to rent but this should not have compromised the customer service received.

As for how our work was presented, I was hesitant to be enthusiastic about displaying the work on a banner as no concepts were shown to us in terms of how the look would work, so well all assumed that it would look pretty amateur, however once seeing the banners printed I was relieved to see the concept come to life and the idea of a banner was pretty cool to see and something we will later keep forever (although my mum wasn't too happy at the suggestion of me sticking it to a wall in the house). It was such a nostalgic feeling to look at other displays and picking out just how much we have not only grown as people but as artists from concepts pieces to working with clients. Personally, I don't think there would be much to change if I wanted to although the location of choice was ve
ry contrasting to the liberal creatives that we are, the atmosphere of the venue almost damped spirits with its more formal feel and It did not feel like a time for celebration however just mulling around and quietly judging.

For the past two years, I have wanted nothing more for this course to end, I wanted the freeing independence I was promised, in due time, I was given it, however now my time at Bath College is coming to an end, I want to cling to the back of Steves Crocs and not leave, because I don't want to be an adult just yet! Coming into this experience, I felt truly at a very low point in my life, I have made friends for life in this experience and finally learnt the sacred skill of photocopying, I am thankful to be given a chance to be on this course and will not waste a skill I have learnt.