Our first Tuesday meet consisted of three wonderful presentations that started to shape my understanding of the role of producer. I was particularly attentive during a talk by Verity McIntosh – one of Pervasive Media Studio’s own – which illustrated the responsibilities of producer in a way that stuck with me. I was also excited to hear that she’d come from a bar-managing background, which gave me and my transferable-skills some validity! It’s allowed me to see my own experience as positive and meaningful in terms of leadership skills and gauging and engaging an audience.

Verity also mentioned that the role of producer can involve participation in the creative process which started to change my ideas as to what project I wanted to focus on. As I stated in my last post, the Family Arts Festival seemed appealing in it’s breadth, and I felt it would be beneficial to be involved in something which could get your foot in the door at any of the several venues associated with the event.

However, learning more about what is involved in Electric December seems challenging both as an overseer and as an aesthetically invested member of the group. The opportunity to work alongside a web-designer sounds befitting of myself as a practising illustrator/designer. It would also involve the curation process – something I enjoyed doing over last weekend for the Fresh Flix shortlisting. It was mentioned that this particular event is the pet project of the Watershed, which means there is a reputation to uphold – am I up to the challenge?

Certainly something to think about over the weekend!