BBC NI Studio recording - final team outcome

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Today was the recording and the first look at our set which was enjoyable, the camera team started by doing practice runs with the camera director to work out the movements and then some test runs with the presenter Tara Mills before filming the real takes. Then from the gallery we were able to see how they coordinate between each other in regards to the directing. The team were very satisfied with the work we provided and they mentioned that our success meant that they plan to use our set design in replace of their old setup. Damien as we noticed was very happy looking with the finished product also which was a sign that our ideas and development process as a team from the beginning showed in the end result. They said that are happy to have a nice piece to showcase the collaboration between the BBC Northern Ireland and Ulster University.

Business Assets

I designed the props to be as simple and universal as I could as the BBC asked. I wanted to create one larger piece to accompany props that are widely associated with business as well as symbols for statistics and for business. I've thoroughly enjoyed working on this vr project as I've learnt a lot about working closely with a company and the experiences within meeting specific tasks given by  I think it will be interesting to hear how the test run of the set goes on the 27th with Andrew and David. 

Modelling Stormont Building

The home of political & business related issues in Northern Ireland, my reason for choosing to model this is that it relates well to business in conjunction with the story the BBC gave us. Since this building is similar to that of other significant buildings across the world such as the white house, it was important to figure out what set it apart. The statue was important in that it holds strong relations to the founding of it. In real life the statue itself is lot further down the road but since this is to be a simplified design I drew it closer to the steps and added a slight indication of where that road begins. The lack of flags I think is great symbolism of a country without govern so i think the two poles were a great addition. Whilst researching more about the building I discovered a few interesting things about it as well, one of them being that they couldn't afford to finish construction, and that they ruined the original stones white coloring when they covered it in black tar during the WW2 blitz.

- Stormont Original plan photos @BBC NI

Below can be seen the original roof design that was to complete the building

- Belfast Blitz @wwiini.org

To the left you can see the tar covered Stormont Castle after the nazi air raids, to the right of the trolley bus is the statue which give you a better sense of its actual distance from the building