Horror Movie Night :o

10/28/2012

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thinking of getting a polaroid camera?
this movie may put you off getting one

With Halloween just round the corner; this was the perfect opportunity to give everybody a definite scare and set the spooky atmosphere :O

Before the viewing both Kelv and Cue completely emptied the shelves of popcorn from the local supermarket, and received surprised looks from passing customers (which i found rather hilarious lolz). Afterwards they prepared bagging the popcorn for our movie snacks.

As the doors of our venue open our whole team got started to set-up and welcome our newcomers.

For our display we initially opted for triple projector screen viewing; which made it harder to look away from the jumpy scenes *evil chuckle* but only the main center projector and one side screen were functioning; despite the minor tech hiccup we still had a great viewing.
 
We chose the Thai horror film 'SHUTTER' (the original version) which involved photography and a rather creepy looking 'Grudge' girl.  One of our members - Stefan - decided to dress up as this 'Grudge' character and offered to kindly "welcome" our visitors at the entrance which helped add to the overall atmosphere.

As with most horror films there were screams and jumps though-out; I could literally feel my whole row bounce at particular scenes. Our PR Antony has never been a particular big horror fan and watching him hide behind his jacket was just as enjoyable as watching the movie. Being the kind/comforting committee that we are - we managed to reassure Antony of when to look at the 'happy' scenes within the movie; which turned out to be the precursor of a horrifying scene (He was not amused).

After the movie there were many mixed reactions: some found it very enjoyable, others were absolutely terrified and few were hesitant of walking/driving home alone. For me I loved it! but the film got me a bit paranoid whenever i see white smudges on my photographs :O

Also one member - Lesley - kindly offered to make delicious macaroons for everybody. 
We'd like to thank both Her and Stefan on making our night even more awesome! ;)


Thanks for reading


Andrew
co-graph designer/website maintenance




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THE GREET N MEET!!!

10/6/2012

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To the first of many!
As we set off after our team huddle in the library, we were all hyped and ready for our very first event. Kelv, Mandy & Angus set out towards the gathering point, Cue & Allan made their way to set-up the venue, and Me & Ant went to pick up the food. A helluva lot work was put into the preparation for this event and a schedule was made to keep us all on track.

Also kudos to MH, Mandy and Kelv who despite were down with the flu at the time - were able to make the event.

Upon arrival we were greeted with around 50+ people, the turn-out was more than we could of hoped for and gave us the incentive to make this a success. 
After the welcome speech and the introduction of the committee - food was prepared and served, this gave the opportunity for people to settle-in and mingle.
However mingling was at its peak during speed meeting, in which a group is sat inside a circular row of seats facing another group.
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Each participant is given a minute to talk to one another, after which they move along in a clockwise fashion to a new partner. Our committee decided to add "emergency envelopes"  or "awkward envelopes" for a bit of fun! these are used in instances of awkward silences and to break the tension; these envelopes have commands in which you must follow i.e. "start a thumb war" or "talk in the voice of batman"  we also added a few "Troll face" icons for the LOLZ.

Ice breaker games were also introduced as another means to help people socialize and settle-in. One of the games is competitive in which the losing team will have to face a punishment game towards the end of the night.

It was great to see the energy level rising as the night went on, there was a Mingle-Fest! especially after the speed meeting. It was also surprising how well the speed meeting worked! even after we announced the end of the event people were still socializing for another good hour or so.

I'd also like to mention that we are very grateful to have our awesome photographer Michael capturing most of the highlights of the night, having his epic SLR and camera skills is definitely a godsend.

We've surely set the benchmark for ourselves now and hopefully we will keep the level of awesomeness at its optimum! 

Thanks for reading! :D

Andrew 

The co-graphic designer and Website maintanence
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