The main event of the ‘Gothic Season’ Project is going to be an immersive cinema experience of ‘The Shining’. We plan to transform Watershed into ‘The Overlook Hotel’ from the film. We are going to be using nearly the whole space and hope to make it immersive through props, actors, sound etc.

Team Roles

I have thoroughly enjoyed being involved in the preparations for the event so far and have learnt a lot from other members of my group, the staff at Watershed and ‘Compass presents’ who are mentoring us. As a group we have all be involved in the general decision-making and management of the project but have also taken on individual areas of responsibility.

– I have taken a lead on sourcing the props, costumes and managing the budget. These are areas I have previous experience in but really wanted to further this experience and receive guidance from ‘Compass Presents’ and watershed staff.

– Zoe has taken on the role of project manager and shall be the main communicator between the watershed and our team. She shall also be taking a lead on marketing visuals and evaluation planning.

– Alex has taken a lead on writing the copy for all promotional content.

– Flo has taken on the role of Artist Liaison and through this has been involved with character development.

– James is lead on technical requirements, Health and Safety and Evaluation planning.

– Varun is in charge of all sound and music requirements and is acting as musical artist liaison.

I have been remaining positive and enthusiastic throughout the process to ensure the team stays motivated. I feel I have been key in keeping the team excited about the project so far and am going to try to continue this throughout.

Funding

We received funding from the BFI who are funding a number of different gothic film events across the UK over the next few months. Thankfully the Watershed has excellent facilities, staff and equipment that we can use for the event, which has helped us keep within our budget. ‘Compass Presents’ are also helping us out with equipment and props, which is fantastically useful. I have started putting together an estimated prop and costume budget and shall be updating this over the next few days. It will be important to finalise the budget and props list asap so I am as prepared as possible.

Promotion

The promotion was mainly done through Watershed’s usual routes, their website, fliers and social media. I regularly updated my own social media to help promote the event and distributed fliers around Bristol and surrounding areas, concentrating on art spaces and popular cafes/bars. We had further plans for promotion but the event has been hugely popular and we have already sold out, which is very exciting but slightly nerve-wracking.

https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/4430/the-corridor-sessions-present-the-shining-sold-out/