Monday, 16 September 2013

KTA 1: Planning into Media events and exhibitions

Media events in Sheffield:

An event is  a planned social occasion which usually involves a display which uses an exhibition which can be a display of someones work, this can either be visual or spoken. An example of a Media event would be Tramlines, or a festival of some kind or other.



 Tramlines Festival: The purpose of Tramlines festival is to entertain the audience with live artists and acts of different genres of music, at different times of the day to vary their target audiences to a more wider range with different styles of music thrughout the festival.There is musicians from all around the world, from different genres to entertain the target audience.The target audience for the tramlines festival is for families as there is music at the festival to suit all ages, also children under the age of 5 go free to the event so this gives the impression that the festival is family-friendly. as 2013 is the first year they add a charge to the ticket at £6 at the main stages. The design and style of the tramlines festival is a casual social event for all family and friends.The tramlines festival is held at points throughout the Sheffield city centre, such as the Peace Gardens, Devonshire Green, Plug and The Leadmill and many other places.


The Last Laugh Comedy Festival: Is an event with over 90 acts in 30 days, with big known names in there. They have various comedians to suit everyone as everyone has different interests. This event runs through the month of October and is hosted by the Last Laugh Comedy Club which is held every weekend. This Comedy Festival has been held for the past 9 years in places like the City Hall, Lyceum, Lescar, Greystones etc.







The Children's Media Conference:
This media event is located on 68 Clarkehouse Road in Sheffield. They get together every early July. They have many sponsors such as Cbeebies and cbbc etc. Its a gathering in the UK for everyone involved in developing, producing and distributing content to kids, on all platforms. They welcome people from all sorts of areas of the media industries for example, TV,  Interactive media, and radio etc.. The Children's Media Conference is a place where people can get involved in creative and business development for anyone who is distributing content to kids, on any or all platforms. This group is around to help meet people who are relevant to your business. Their annual meet up in July offer great opportunities for great content and great networking.



Mosborough Music Festival: This festival entertains its audience with music from the artists on the line up, at Don Valley. Drink are available till 9 as you are not allowed to bring your own beverages. At the event there is plenty of health and safety systems in place. They will have First Aid and St Johns on site at all times, and there will be disabled access. There will also be a Child Werfare Officer who will make an announcement if your child has got lost this suggests that the event is family and child friendly, this is also suggested by children under 13 being able to attend for free with ID with a paying adult. The tickets are £25 a day or £45 a weekend.



Docfest Festival:

DocFest Festival is where people come from all over the world to watch documentaries. The event is held over 5 days in June every year. This event also gives people chance in the afternoon to network with other people to attend the event, as in the pas DocFest have had some very high profile guests attending the event.







Site Gallery Dust:

Taiwanese artist Wu Chi-Tsung comes to the UK to showcase 'Dust' at the site gallery. Wu Chi-Tsung uses everyday materials in inventive ways to capture the shadows of of invisible dust particles as they go round the audience, which create an amazing abstract piece which is projected on to the wall. 

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