The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
Still in need of some tinkering, captions, a proppa ending and end credits but wanted to get *something* out there as finished it before this year's SGP last week but didn't have the time to upload it.
Review: Secret Garden Party 2011
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Looby
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I am seriously considering SGP for next year but the no spirits thing is actually far more annoying than the limited amount of beer. I buy plenty of lager/cider at festivals because I prefer it cold. I'm buggered if I'm paying 3 or 4 quid for a shot, especially as they probably won't even sell what I want to drink.
How strict is the no spirits thing, how full on are searches at the gates?
How strict is the no spirits thing, how full on are searches at the gates?
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Nice pix - who's that in the one titled Glad They Were Late Or I Would Have Missed Them?
There are ways... I'll PM you.
It's massively draconian in that sense, but if you can mentally/physically get past that... it's a bloody amazing festival. The detail, the beauty, the randomness. Well worth it.
The Loose Cannons
edwinchester
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Give Alchemy a go, it's only about 6 weeks away.
Boomtown in a few weeks. Not really the same thing as SGP but will be interesting to see how they use the new site.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
A friend who went to SGP this year just bought a ticket to Wilderness, which she said is the 'sister festival' of SGP or something?
Have to say, have heard generally good reports all round about SGP, both here and IRL. After getting into the idea of non-Glasto festivals, it's definitely gone to the top of my lists check out next year.
Have to say, have heard generally good reports all round about SGP, both here and IRL. After getting into the idea of non-Glasto festivals, it's definitely gone to the top of my lists check out next year.
edwinchester
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Boomtown in a few weeks. Not really the same thing as SGP but will be interesting to see how they use the new site.
We've already booked our long distance festival for this year so Boomtown is out- another year maybe.
Looks like SGP have some involvement in Wilderness.
It's new I think? Seems like they have some interesting ideas, more towards a Latitude type mix of entertainment.
Looks like SGP have some involvement in Wilderness.
It's new I think? Seems like they have some interesting ideas, more towards a Latitude type mix of entertainment.
jjuice
bbbbaaad to the bone
Security at the entrance gate was very heavy, 2 sniffer dogs and lots of police presence. On site coppers too. No spirits allowed, even when in plastic bottles.
Found the majority of the crowd not interested in interacting or having a crack at all, which really grates on me 'cos it's soo missing the point. Is this the 'mainstreaming ' of festival culture ? Discuss ...
I do agree it's staggering beautiful , sweet lord my eyes! Disneytastic
Found the majority of the crowd not interested in interacting or having a crack at all, which really grates on me 'cos it's soo missing the point. Is this the 'mainstreaming ' of festival culture ? Discuss ...
I do agree it's staggering beautiful , sweet lord my eyes! Disneytastic
- Onsite police: I saw two (uniforms) all weekend. Given it's 17k punters, I'd assume some police presence to be the norm. Main criticism would be that the ones I saw were all togged up macho. Arguably just dressed for a possibly muddy weekend with whatever they have to hand (e.g. boiler suits), but Avon and Somerset at Glasto manage to be festy-like (or at least, neutral) in their togs and generally carry big smiles. All other forces policing festivals should send field trips to see how A&S do it at the big one.
- People interacting: Might be subjective. I had no end of people to talk to, and see doing daft things. I was all excited beforehand, so maybe I was predisposed? Dunno. I'm still convinced it ranks fairly highly on that front, away from main stage stuff (which, rather nicely imho, is stuck in a corner, rather than the centrepiece - as someone else here observed IIRC)
Yes. It was a fantastic thing, beautifully made.
edwinchester
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Bastards, but how cool would it be if it landed in Nevada just in time for Burning Man?
strange-fish
no decisions...
I agree it is - but £12,000 worth
- that IS questionable.
BigTom
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I'm sure she will have had to use commercial specialists, it's a complicated bit of kit, and I'm not saying it is an outrageous price..
I was told the island was the same as the image on their website, hence my thought that it was bought/paid for by SGP, but I've just had a look at their flash site and it's not so yeah, they probably hired for a few hundred pounds (maybe a thousand, shouldn't be more than that - I don't know about decor stuff though and how many gigs they want to use something for before it starts paying back); I do know that they pay their artists costs though so they might well have paid for more than a straight hire cost, even if not for the total...
my shock at the £12k is because that's around about the total cost for the LED screen on the main stage and whenever I think of costs for events, I'm always considering whether that money is best spent there, and I'm pretty certain that 12k could be spent better on other things.. but as you say, SGP won't have spent anything like that.
I was told the island was the same as the image on their website, hence my thought that it was bought/paid for by SGP, but I've just had a look at their flash site and it's not so yeah, they probably hired for a few hundred pounds (maybe a thousand, shouldn't be more than that - I don't know about decor stuff though and how many gigs they want to use something for before it starts paying back); I do know that they pay their artists costs though so they might well have paid for more than a straight hire cost, even if not for the total...
my shock at the £12k is because that's around about the total cost for the LED screen on the main stage and whenever I think of costs for events, I'm always considering whether that money is best spent there, and I'm pretty certain that 12k could be spent better on other things.. but as you say, SGP won't have spent anything like that.
No, my understanding is they are purely refering to the value of the "Is Land" balloon type structure. I agree it's a serious amount of money to apply to something which is to all intents & purposes nothing more than a piece of background artwork but if the artist created it with a view to hiring it out at £1,000 a pop (which isn't an unreasonable assumption if they were looking to shipping it out to Burning Man) then it's a senseless and unecessary piece of vandalism which has left her seriously out of pocket.
BigTom
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obviously senseless and unneccessary.. my confusion here comes from my belief that it was made specially for the festival (they also do stuff at Burning Man, so it didn't surprise me it was going out there) and that the festival would have paid for it entirely, which as has been pointed out probably isn't true
yes hire.. iirc each panel is about £1k to buy and there were around 130 panels used (plus a dozen or so spares on site), plus the controllers, probably around 150k to buy the screen.. some of that 12k hire is to pay for the LED & AV techs and camera ops + their equipment as well. That's what I meant by total cost (no point in hiring a screen if you've got no-one to put some video on it!)
yes hire.. iirc each panel is about £1k to buy and there were around 130 panels used (plus a dozen or so spares on site), plus the controllers, probably around 150k to buy the screen.. some of that 12k hire is to pay for the LED & AV techs and camera ops + their equipment as well. That's what I meant by total cost (no point in hiring a screen if you've got no-one to put some video on it!)
Needed Tort's pix to properly understand what this floating island was ... 
Impressed!
And quite impressed by the island as well
Impressed!
And quite impressed by the island as well
toblerone3
Grrrrr
Not massively impressed by the stance of the people who made this video tbh.
