Last Tuesday Ever…

Bit of a ‘mare getting into DCU today but we all made it! And we are (more importantly) happy with what we have done. After some extreme tidying and proof-reading, we decided we were finished! I stayed behind to get it bound in DCU. It ended up being over €100! Wasn’t quite expecting that but it’s done! All three copies are bound and look great.

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IehFWcA5aBk

Last Monday ever…

Brian came over to my house at 3. The others won’t be able to make it in until after 11 tomorrow so we’ll all get together and attempt to get it bound by then!

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDx-1L3V9U

Last Week Approaches…

We seem set to go! Meeting with Brian tomorrow afternoon to finalise a few things. Bring on Tuesday!

Listening to: http://www.myspace.com/brothersofthesoniccloth

Friday Meeting

Met at 10 again. Still tidying up things. Christina’s sister already proof-read it. Looking to get it bound and/or submitted early-hopefully Monday or Tuesday! It is complicated by teh fact that it is a Bank Holiday on Monday so Rich and Christina can’t make it into DCU. We literally have to get anything left over done this weekend and just tidy it on the Tuesday.

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMtiodiK0Y

Thursday Meeting

Finished much of the report. Christina is going to forward it to her sister, who is a teacher, for proof-reading.

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX2xbqWtyJU

Wednesday Meeting

Met at 10. Nothing much to report. Still working away but making good progress.

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vz_01o6Nao

Last Co-ordinator Meeting

We met with our thesis co-ordinator at 10 today. Just to handle any last-minute questions anyone may have! We’re still working away on the report.

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30AAU7r3vno

Last Full Week…

… a scary prospect indeed! Met at ten. Have the second heading for our Research Report allocated. We thankfully have the first bit done. We are going to share the section on Advertising. I am going to focus on the appeal of our project through the medium, Brian is going to explain the ActionScript code and the Music choice, Richard is going to  discuss our contacts and Christina will write about our Garda adventures. While this was abandoned, the influence cannot be ignored. We also have 90 questionnaires done, so it will be a lot easier to achieve our goal of 100. We have “Sláinte” on Youtube now too!

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1L69-3OqaU

Filmbase Exhibition

Arrived at 10 o clock and began setting up equipment, cables, webcams, information leaflets, etc. By eleven, six screens were displaying Sláinte (two iMacs and four 42”plasma’s screens.) Before the lunchtime crowds had formed, we took shots of the location and the buildings. Then we set up the camera for interviews and shots of the public interacting with our exhibition. We proceeded to ask willing spectators for their opinions and thoughts on the subject matter, editing style, effectiveness and overall feelings about the exhibition. The variety of interviewee demonstrated the diverse personalities we met and the responses underlined our beliefs. Our viewers ranged from media students to transition year boys, band members to businessmen, clergy members to tourists. Each reflecting different understandings of the demonstration. Our display was at the heart of temple bar on a Friday so, with the permission of Filmbase we were allowed to leave the four plasma screens playing all weekend. Being literally 20 feet away from the main entrance to The Button Factory we agreed to film the reactions from the bustling crowds queuing outside the venue waiting to see popular Dublin band Director. We felt this was an ideal opportunity for our target audience to experience our story at a perfect time, just as they were about to socialize for the night.

Thank you, Filmbase!

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XuXXH4KoDc

Library Exhibition

The Library has been the most enthusiastic to host the exhibition so far. When we arrived at 9, we had one big problem. No power source near the windows. We can hardly have cables running everywhere but the reception agreed to let us use their computer sockets. So we still had the two IMacs near the front of the Library. We set up a camera set up near the stairs to record audience reactions. We also advertised with posters and fliers this time. We have had a lot more interest this time. Brian made the sensor display bigger, so people can see themselves trigger the videos. Again, feedback has been positive. Headphones had to be included, since they were demanded! The sound and lyrics added to the project immensely. While it was running, I got quite a bit of the Research Report done, too. So overall very successful.

Song of the day! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmM2RwlxGt0