Unit 1 - Part D

Town Hall

I have chosen to learn more about the local town hall. It helps organise events and accommodates many different types of events to.

As you scan see by the first pictures, its a great place to promote the arts. It holds a variety of different art including dancing rooms, cinema rooms and it also supplies computers to help to with media students from the local school. This also makes it easier to do graphics at the weekends as you can access them easily.

The Town hall has spent a lot of money making sure it has all the correct, professional equipment to make the place work and this funding comes from the government. This also means that many of the staff on the job are volunteers working for free, but this is a prime opportunity to gain some experience in working business, involving so much variety.

One of the main bosses of the Town hall explains that it would not be able to run without there help and there is such a variety of work to be done as it provides for lots of events. This also means they have a quick turn over time, so one day a room may be used for a wedding, then it may be needed for a dance lesson the next day.

An example of the events taking place in the town hall would be on December Friday 13th a 'Cinderella' Film would be played on the big screen, and then the next day the film 'Arthur Christmas' would be played instead. The quick change around shows the way the town hall works to keep its events fresh and work fluently between each showing. Other events like concerts and dance take place as well, making the range if events diverse throughout all the week, except sundays which is the only day they close.

All this information is helpfully put in a booklet so that people know what events will be taking place on what days, months in advance.

Here are some photos i took of the town hall:

I also had an Interview with Samantha Moore.

Here are some questions i asked her and evidence of the interview:

What is your job specification?

Im a free lance animator, i try and do documentary but also I'm also a collaborator. Right now actually, I'm doing commercials and I'm the free lance director, so its basically my own project. But what I'm really interested in is doing documentaries, it takes ages but if your interested in what your making its worth your time. Its like your instant pretend experts because your immersed in your project, like one i did on Uganda.

Do you do another type of work?

Well I'm also a lecturer for higher education, so university, where i teach undergraduates and post graduates to develop there own animation skills. Ive tried live action animation but found it too intimidating and found directing actors an issue, but its all about what you want to do as an animator, what your drawn to. So documentaries is where i really enjoy my work.

Did you go to University? If so, what course did you take and why?

I did, and i took English literature and Art at Executor University in London. I took these as they were what i was interested in, i didn't think about doing animation until my art teacher suggested me to create a moving piece of artwork, so i effectively created an animation.

How did this help you with your future?

Well its extremely difficult to get into animation as a career so you have to be flexible. Even though animation is everywhere like in television, cinema and internet, there are a lot of other people the employer can choose for the job, so I started with small things like online car adverts for free to get my work out there and then eventually started getting money for it. You've got to really want it to become successful, and fortunately i did and have created a comfortable job for myself.

What would you suggest to help someone pursue a career in animation, going through higher education?

I think i would suggest going to higher education, only because then you can gain a vast amount of contacts and get your self known, and its just more to know. Film and television school is a really good route to go down but its also so important for you to really want it. Its challenging to put so much work and time into something you don't want to do. But another thing is to try and get involved in events such as your own Sweat Pea Festival, by sending in your own work you can get funded by the Shropshire Council. Also try to get in bigger events like the New York Festival. Short films are shown and you can get awards, which helps get you known and gain experience.