Friday, 22 December 2017

140th Blog Post Week Sixteen - The Christmas Holiday Begins

The Christmas Holiday has begun!

On Monday, the last day of the Christmas Fayre, I was at college to run the stall I was volunteered to run, but it wasn't there.  Whether it was sold out, or it's owner decided to stop selling stuff, I don't know because nobody told me.  Thankfully, there one stall left, and I helped run it.

On Wednesday, for Events, I printed off my portfolio for the class and handed it in.

On Thursday, I continued on with my storyboard in Understanding the Creative Process.  In Intro to the Media Industry, we were double checking which outcomes were done and handed in.  In Photography, we were doing interior shots, then making sure that our work is all getting together.

This morning, we were just in for Advertising, which finished at 11, and the holidays started when the class finished, despite Iain's jokes that it was not quite.

I hope that we enjoy Christmas and all goes well for our last couple of weeks of Semester one after we get back.

Wish us all luck.

Friday, 15 December 2017

Week Fifteen - The Christmas Fayre

The Christmas Fayre is here at Inverness College.

On Monday, we were setting up the tables for the event, with Tuesday as the opening day.  I helped manage the food and drinks table and one of the stalls.  We had a raffle for the charity Cash for Kids, raising nearly £90, and even Tracy our lecturer was impressed.

At the Events class on Wednesday, all we did was write up our evaluations of ourselves and how we thought we did as a group, and updating our evidence for our event's portfolio.  Tracy will then evaluate how she thinks we did.

On Thursday, in Understand the Creative Process, I continued my work on the storyboards Lorraine asked for.  Allison our lecturer for the Intro to the Media Industry seems to have gone off work, and won't be back till January, and nobody seems to know why.  In Photography, we were updating or logbooks and planned for interior photos for next week.

On Friday, Advertising went by quietly, with Ken talking about press adverts.  In the Basic Website Development, I worked on my website, having learnt that all the work I've done so far is a pass.  I have finished the Communications class having passed all the work I have submitted and done my talk for the class.

On Monday next week I have to help run the Christmas Fayre on its last day.  Then we have Wednesday, Thursday and until 1pm on Friday, then we are on holiday for Christmas.

I hope that next week goes well for all of us.

Wish us all luck.

Friday, 8 December 2017

Week Fourteen

This week has been another quick week, only this one has a snowy end to it.

On Wednesday, the final plans for the Christmas Fair was worked with a rota for us all drafted out.

In Understand the Creative Process class on Wednesday morning, I worked on the class project, making a second storyboard about underaged drinking.  In the Intro to Media Industry class, the report I sent was passed, so I made an effort on the side project, a minute and a half film trailer.  In Photography, we were asked to get our work together in a portfolio which we will hand in when Iain asks for it.

Today, we had seven of us all, about half of the course, in this morning due to snow, and during Advertising, we could see the snow come and go every few minutes or so.  The glass roof of the course is just white with snow.  Our PAT Rebecca is stepping down from being our PAT so she can finish on her PhD on literature, and I wish her the best of luck.  By the time of the second class, Basic Web Design with Iain, there had been an announcement on the college loudspeakers asking for students who have travelled from far places such Invergorden and Grantown-on-Spey to report to the reception, which I've heard was busy, so they can get home before the weather grew worse, that left just three of us, then two.  Our last class, Communications, was cancelled, so we finished early and headed home.

I hope that the Christmas Fair goes well next week and we will do well.

Wish us all luck.

Friday, 1 December 2017

Week Thirteen - College Work Starting To Gather Pace

This week has gone by quickly, and December has started.

In Events, we created Cancelled Poster in case we have to cancel our event.  We got our main posters today (Friday) and we were asked to find places to put them up.  Just two Tuesdays left before the event starts.

In Understanding the Creative Process class on Thursday morning, we were using the photos from last week to create a storyboard that would bring awareness of underaged drinking.  In the Intro to Media Industry, I worked on with my report about the media industry by writing about a film company (Disney), which is now all done and handed in, just need to wait for Allison's review.  I Photography, we got our photos from the Big Sing event last Friday, here's a link for the newsletter about the event with our photos.

In Advertising, we doubled checked who needed to hand in their analysis of adverts before looking at next task for the task.  Web Design went very quickly, to make up for the Communications class from last week, making a start on what we're to put into our website's pages.

This week went well for us, I hope that next week goes well for us.

Wish us all luck.