Contacting Local Radio Stations

I have so far contacted some local radio stations that are within my area as I live pretty far out in Sudbury which is located in Suffolk.

The companies within this area that I contacted were:

BBC Radio Suffolk - 020 7766 6000

Capital FM - 020 7484 8958

Heart Radio Suffolk - 01245 525 252

BBC Radio Suffolk

I spoke with their customer service advisor and they informed me that they would return my call with somebody who was in the advertising department for the radio broadcast department. Unfortunately I have not heard back from the company.

Contacted on: 15^th Feb 2012

Capital FM

I contacted this radio broadcast company and informed them of our exhibition. They said that there would be a charge in order to advertise our exhibition on the radio and that it could cost in the region of up to £100. I said that this was too expensive and that could they perhaps sponsor us and we would place their logos on our exhibition boards. They informed me that they didn’t do sponsors towards outside companies or organisations. A difficult company to co-operate with.

Contacted on: 15^th Feb 2012

Heart Radio Suffolk

I contacted this radio broadcast company, the result was a very simple call and they informed me that our exhibition was not within the area for notifying radio listeners of our Exhibition for free without payment. Very similar to the Capital FM as they also do not sponsor.

Contacted on 15^th Feb 2012

Personal Branding Logo

I have created a Logo for my Personal Branding, below is the image of the logo that will appear on my CV and on my Business Card.

I chose to create my personal brand liken this because my intention once I finish my course at University is to develop a career in either Graphic Designing or 3D Animation. I wanted to keep the colours natural so I have kept to a black and white theme. This is mainly because graphic designing is digital art, the opposite of art using ink and paper. This is also the reason why I have created the ink splatter and incorporated it into the designing of my name. I have attempted to display a branding that is digital but follows a traditional theme of ink.

Timetable FInalising

The timetable has been finalised and changed to the original decision.

To start I created a draft version of the timetable and placed all the names that I had collected, those students that wanted preference to the days that they were going to staff the exhibition. I handed a form round so that all students could write their shifts onto. This was a first come first serve basis.

Due to the availability of the furniture that we are to use in the exhibition such as the display boards it has been decided that the exhibition will now only be held on Monday, the opening day until Thursday. Friday will now be the day in which the Exhibition will be dis-assembled.

On Monday and Friday all students are to attend and are to participate in at least 1 shift during the week.

The weekday shifts are 9am – 1:30pm and 1:30pm until 6pm.

Below is an image of the new timetable.   

3 Chosen Images for Exhibition

James Bond on Motorbike

This was a 3D object created in 3D Studio Max. They were created as part of some objects that I created outside of the university in order to advance my skills with getting myself familiar with the 3D Studio Max software.  Both the bike and the James Bond figure were created in just over 5 weeks. I like this model as it was once of my first major modelling achievements. It also played a role in a 30 second James Bond trailer as part of an assignment.

3D Head

This 3D head was created in 3D Studio Max. It was created as a replica of me, as part of one of the module assignments. The head took just over 6 weeks to create and was one of my favourite modelling achievements using 3D Studio Max. I like this head as it represents myself as a person, it is also a very accurate model of what I really look like. I was the first major project of its kind that I have ever produced to do with modelling human or animal.

 Gainsborough Railway Line

I took this image as part of an assignment in my second year of University. The image is taken about 3 miles out of Sudbury Suffolk on the Gainsborough Railway Line. The image itself it very unique and has always stood out whenever it’s been shown to people. I like this image because it represents my home town, the colours and environment are very complex even for a natural picture. 

Biography

Below is a copy of my Biography that has been submitted to the website team. Here, they will upload it onto the website along with samples of my work that will be displayed at the Exhibition.

Oliver James Dolton was born in Bury St Edmunds on 11^th September 1987. He spent his childhood growing up in a small town in Suffolk called Sudbury. Here, he spent all of his schooling years within this town, only 4 where spent in a school in Stoke By Nayland, known as Stoke by Nayland Middle School.

At the age of 8 his parents divorced and he spent the remainder of his childhood with his father who worked as an electrician in Bury St Edmunds, but they remained living in Sudbury.

After finishing High School at the age of almost 17, Oliver went on to study his AS levels in Science Biology at Suffolk College in Ipswich. Here, he spent 1 year studying before leaving education in 2005 for a 2 year gap.

During this gap Oliver began work in 2005 for a company called Craegmoor Healthcare with people who have learning disabilities. His role was a social support worker and assisted these people to re-enter the community. Here he gained his NVQ 2 and 3 qualifications in Health and Social Care. Oliver left home and moved to a small town called Halstead in Essex. Here, Oliver lived with friends in a shared house until eventually renting his own place in 2008.

Oliver then returned back to education in 2007 to study a HND in Business Management at the Colchester Institute in Essex. He spent 2 years at this college before leaving in June 2009.

In September 2009 Oliver began his studies in Computer Aided Visualisation at Anglia Ruskin’s University and returned home to live with my father.

Today in 2012 at the age of 24 he currently remains’ living at home with his father and is now coming to the end of his 3 year course at the University where samples of his work will be displayed in the Retro Exhibition 2012.

Week 4

15th February 2012

Today the group displayed our presentation. Unfortunately the entire class team decided that the film theme would not be chosen. This process was conducted via each individual voting on each presentation and theme. The chosen theme that received the highest number of votes was the Retro theme. I did however like this theme that felt that it would be a suitable alternative to using the film theme.

After the presentation the group met and decided to allocate a job to be finish for next week. I offered to take on the responsibility of creating and designing the exhibition week timetable. I have so far discussed with other group members in different teams what they thought would be a suitable shift pattern. For safety and many other factors such as work time and social activities that many participate in outside of the university the chosen shifts and times are as follows:

Each day will have 2 shifts

Shift 1 - 10am until 3pm (Total 5hrs)

Shift 2 - 3pm until 8pm (Total 5hrs)

Each shift will have a minimum of 4 students. The timetable will be blank and will enable students to choose their chosen shifts over the week, before the official rota is produced. Each student must pick a minimum of 2 shifts. If students wish to do extra time they may do so at their own discretion but this will not be timetabled. Students who cannot make their shifts must inform me with available cover for their shift. I have spoken to each student to make them aware of these terms. All students agreed.

Week 3

8th February 2012



After displaying our presentations to the class that were created based on our visits to the exhibitions we arranged a group meeting that would be held on Friday 10th Feb. I visited Firstsite exhibition with two other members of my group. Unfortunately they were not present today so I gave the presentation on my own.

10th February 2012

Today the group arranged to meet at 12 noon in one of the library study rooms. It was here that a suitable theme was discussed. All members of the group contributed and participated evenly. Some of examples of themes that were discussed are:



Film

80's

Pac-Man

Charity Based - MS



The one that everybody agreed on after running through each of the themes pro's and con's was the 'Film' theme. This is because we felt that it had the most benefits towards our exhibition and appeared to have to most connections with each of our course, tying in well with all our work.



Pros:

•      Simple and easy

•      Will not overwhelm the exhibition

•      Props are widely available at the university

•      Costs are kept to a minimum

•      Adverts and Media can be incorporated into the exhibition, possible earnings of money

•      Projector can easily be incorporated

•      Use of Tickets to count numbers

Cons:

•      Covers a broad range within the film industry

•      Public may not approve

•      Could easily dominate the exhibition if not kept simple

•      Equipment could be easily damaged

To ensure the presentation that we had to create was created evenly amongst the group members it was decided that each group member would create slides on sections of the presentation based on the chosen theme.



Group members and slides are as follows:



Myself: Theme

Helen: Hospitality

Steve: Plaques

Elliot: Layout

Tracy: Presentation Construction

Anna: Furniture and Mountings

Kat: Lighting