Ken's presentation

At the risk of appearing cynical... I did not prepare a Powerpoint presentation for my discussion because I felt that the likelyhood of all of the relevant Uni systems working properly on the day would be slim.

Sadly, this apprehension was well founded.
I used this equipment failure as a great illustration of one of the big things I've learned this year.
That is: everything is a compromise. There is no guarantee of any equipment working. There are always deadlines and system limitations that we need to learn to negotiate successfully in order to work successfully in this (or any other) industry.

So I like to think that my presentation was all about substance, rather than worrying about bells and whistles!!

I also spent some time talking about my philosophy of my portfolio - that it is my goal to try and inject as much as myself and my personality as possible into the presentation - especially the 2 to 3 minute 'megamix' that will be the headline track.
I am very tempted by the idea of including some sort of comic voiceover. However, I freely acknowledge that the line between hilarious and tragic is a fine one indeed. And I cannot guarantee that I would be on the right side of this line!!

I felt the response to the pieces I played was very positive. Most of my work is firmly grounded in the dance/electronic genre. And I felt that people were pretty appreciative of this, despite few others in the class sharing this particular taste in music.


I played some tracks that I've prepared for class assignments this year, as well as some other material (extra-curricular!).
I have spent some time talking with a friend of mine who works in the advertising industry about what he likes to see in portfolios - and this was very enlightening.

He informed me that he is most interested in High Impact! (Not surprising, I suppose being in advertising..).
He said that one of the big problems with some portfolios he's seen is a lack of focus and attention to the immediate impression.

With this in mind, it is my intention to make my portfolio disc as exciting and high impact as possible.
Short, sharp, shiny... and of course I will up the volume of everything by 12 to 16 dB in Waves L3.
Surely this is the way forward in this brave new world!!?!!