Group Crit

We had a group crit today with three other groups. It was great to get some feedback from other groups and a tutor and helped us to highlight some changes we need to make, possible pitfalls and additions we could make to the content of the app. It was pointed out that mine and Chris' illustrations need to be adjusted so that they are more similar and will maintain a consistent look to the app. I think Chris is going to add characters to his lettering which should rectify the problem. As we are going to have a live stream of the main festivals to showcase what is happening at the time I am going to make a logo that can signify when there is a live stream available. A pitfall of the live stream was highlighted during the crit, we will have to be careful how much of the show the livestream shows. The idea of the app is to make people want to be at the festival rather than watching on the phone, it needs to motivate them to go out and get a ticket rather than simply allowing them to view the festival from the comfort of their home. The live stream could only be at set intervals decided by the organisers to make sure they only give a snippet of the event or the camera could be placed in an area that shows the atmosphere and the crowd without being focussed on the acts or events at the time. One of the key features of the app will be the link to photos, videos and information from social media sites such as twitter, this section allows people to get involved in spreading information about the festivals and showcasing the smaller events that don't get much/any coverage through mainstream media. We could encourage users to share photos of the vent by holding a competition where the winner gets free tickets to one of the events.  There were also some really good suggestions about how we could make the app even more useful to people wanting to attend. We could have links to maps, where to buy tickets , travel services and accommodation. Often at festivals there are problems with phone signal so making the map downloadable so it can function offline would be very useful for users.

I need to look at

- How live stream from other events are used

- What other logo's I need to make for the added features

- The best sites to link to for additional information like travel, tickets and accommodation