END OF YEAR SHOW- This Is The End

So, here we are. Finally at the end. Two years (or one in my case) of hard work and graft have come to this. The end of year show! A right of passage for all members of the Bladud film team who are venturing out of the comfortable shell of college and out into the big bad world. Exciting times!

However, are work is far from done. We have an end of year show to plan! The only thing set in about the show is the venue, which is the Komedia in Bath. Other than that we have free range! First things first is looking at different types of live shows. After looking through some concepts we should be able to pin point what we want to go for.

A lot of what we want to do is governed, as always by the location. Lucky for us, the Komedia can accommodate most styles of events. From Rock gigs, to night raves, to cinema screenings to award shows and cooperate events it is very flexible. 

Concept 1

My first concept is similar to shows such as the Emmy's and golden globes. This involved the show being presented by a single person (or pair) who guides the audience through the evenings happenings. This includes a variety of awards. Now normally these are for 'Best Film' or 'Best director", but instead we give out awards for more trivial things, such as 'Class clown', 'Best Laugh', Best distraction' etc. 

Inter-weaved with the awards can be showings of are films, as well as purpose made skits, making fun of the students, lectures, the education system and everything in-between. One example would be a version of Ricky Gervais's office, based instead in are media department. 

The layout of the venue would also take inspiration from the golden globes. That being tables arranged in-front of the stages with seating located behind them. This is also how the brit awards handles things. Students past and present sit around the tables with family and friends. While seating behind is allocated for general public.

Dress for students would be formal and we make a proper night out of it.

Concept 2

My second concept takes inspiration from the End of year show I attended last year. This consisted of a small introduction. Small snippets of the past 2 years work and then a playing of the two short films the students worked on for their FMPs. The evening was concluded by a video which consisted of each student saying what they enjoyed most about the course and what they would miss.

The set up was very simply. The upper balcony was used for seating while the lower level I believe was unused. Although simply, it was very effective. Overall the presentation was over quite quickly, only lasting about 30 - 40 minutes. A nice little touch was small cards on each seat which were small versions of the two main films posters.  

Opinion cornor

Personal I prefer concept 1 much more than 2. It is slightly different with some nice twists on well known tropes. It makes each student really feel the gravitates about what the show means, the end of college life. I also feel like there is more that can be done with the idea. Plus, from an outsider point of view there will be a lot of laughs to keep people entertained. Of course this idea does involve a lot more work but I feel that it is worth it for are last hoorah.