Jonny69
02-10-2008, 20:47
Having spent 8+ months moaning about my job I finally did something about it and handed my notice in. I finished late in August and got sending out CVs but didn't get anything back that led to a job. Tuesday I decided I'd started wasting too much time on the net looking at porn etc so sent a mail to the special effects company I used to work for. Minutes later the phone rang and I started back there today and I've got work booked up until Christmas.
I'm on an exhibition at the O2 Dome, there's an upstairs area to the Tutankhamun exhibition which is getting a new bit added on. Basically I've got 3 weeks to come up with some large mechanical exhibits with giant reflective screens that lift up out of boxes and project fullsize images of figures on the screen. I got there this morning and the brief was completely open, all they knew was the size of the screen and the height so I have roughly designed the thing today with all the mechanism, motors and spring assistance, ordered a LOT of steel which turns up tomorrow when I get cracking and start making it! Bit nervous since I haven't actually put a pencil to paper properly for some years and I am doing this one single handedly start to finish. In at the deep end eh? :shocked:
After that I am doing an interactive exhibition which is along the lines of the kids' exhibition I designed at the RAF Hendon museum. I don't know much more than that yet because it's not finalised what they want but it's going to be a corker with a bit of luck.
I'll probably (hopefully :confused:) get roped into a few shoots as well so I'll see if I can get some photos and let you know what's going on!
An odd career change though, commute is a bitch, pay is reasonable, but I think it's worth it!
I'm on an exhibition at the O2 Dome, there's an upstairs area to the Tutankhamun exhibition which is getting a new bit added on. Basically I've got 3 weeks to come up with some large mechanical exhibits with giant reflective screens that lift up out of boxes and project fullsize images of figures on the screen. I got there this morning and the brief was completely open, all they knew was the size of the screen and the height so I have roughly designed the thing today with all the mechanism, motors and spring assistance, ordered a LOT of steel which turns up tomorrow when I get cracking and start making it! Bit nervous since I haven't actually put a pencil to paper properly for some years and I am doing this one single handedly start to finish. In at the deep end eh? :shocked:
After that I am doing an interactive exhibition which is along the lines of the kids' exhibition I designed at the RAF Hendon museum. I don't know much more than that yet because it's not finalised what they want but it's going to be a corker with a bit of luck.
I'll probably (hopefully :confused:) get roped into a few shoots as well so I'll see if I can get some photos and let you know what's going on!
An odd career change though, commute is a bitch, pay is reasonable, but I think it's worth it!