The Tour Revisited

Author: KitPlus

Published 1st January 2015

Issue 96 - December 2014

The November tour attracted over 1500 registrations visiting London and Manchester for one day in Shoreditch and the next in MediaCityUK.

We asked people what they thought and there was simply too much to print. However here are the selected, together with our gallery and answers where there were issues, comments from visitors...

THE GOOD:

"Was able to get a useful demo of kit I had just purchased"

"Lighting for 4K with Jonathan Harrison was fantastic"

"Seriously influenced my buying decisions."

"Much busier than I expected, but still compact enough to
see everything and talk with suppliers "

"I stayed for more sessions than I intended"

"Some fantastic advice from Jonathan Harrison, Den Lennie and
the drones seminar by Jon Pratchett"

"It was DaVinci Resolve (Soho Editors) and Drones (Jon Pratchett) for me!\"

"Lighting seminar good, Den\'s session was informative. Drone session was excellent.\"

"I found the Da Vinci Resolve seminar most relevant to my field.\"

"Color grading by Soho Editors was great for me\"

"I was particularly interested in Jonathan Harrison, Den Lennie and the drones seminar by Jon Pratchett. Some fantastic advice from all three. Many thanks"

"The sessions were very educational and informative."

"The tour is going in the right direction"

"A good selection of production tools across the board"

"Please, please, please do more. It is my best opportunity to meet people in the industry and try the latest gear.\"

"I spoke far more to exhibitors than I had time for at the IBC and learned a lot about their products.\"

"The staff were very good and informative, it was very useful for me, thank you\"

"The Blackmagic davinci software talk was excellent, along with the octocopter chap.\"

"Intimate and fun show local to our facility... happy days!\"

"I came down from Scotland as I had missed some other similar events over the summer period and had a specific interest"

THE BAD (we prefer constructive):

You need better audio for the sessions especially when crowded

There was quite a crowd and hand\'s up in London we also suffered a sound issue. The workshops were an experimental idea which was a great success but only once we had the audio sorted. Apologies and rest assured we have a new plan for 2015!

Not enough companies attended

The Tour concept is a relatively new one for many manufacturers but its growing in size and prominence with exhibit bookings for 2015 already meaning that we are looking to upsize the venues.

Wanted to see more audio recording equipment

We had this request earlier this year and managed to get Pinknoise to come along, point taken though and we do need more - watch out for June 2015.

I was disappointed that Sony were not there as a company

Sony products were there on the Preston stand where the range was on show. Other Sony products were well placed on other stands with workshops from Promotion Hire. Den Lennie also covered the Sony range in a seminar that you can view here. We\'ll have a chat to our friends at Sony and see what we can do for 2015.

I would suggest that in the future to have a networking bar. This could help to meet people from the Industry.

Great idea, seeing as we were in a brewery it seems an opportunity we missed out on!

Start it a bit earlier.

The open times enables manufactures to set-up on the day and also avoids rush hour travel charges. Staying open til 6pm allowed many to pop in after work for a quick look around. There is demand to open early so we\'ll look at this next year so everyone gets more time to see everything.

Badge system could have been faster and more automated. But staff were friendly and very helpful.

London saw an overwhelming number of people through the door. Our trusted badge system checking in over 150 people in the first 30 minutes, apologies for any queue but hopefully it was worth the wait.

Far too small - was hoping it would be about half the size of BVE so very disappointed

We\'re not aiming to be a second best to BVE, we are a regional roadshow offering a relaxed and informative day to spend quality time with manufacturers and really get to know their products as well as meet and network with friends and colleagues. After each event we\'ll listen to your feedback and act upon it to enhance your experience next time. BVE is the main must attend UK event for which we compliment not compete with.

Would have liked to see a GoPro stand

You\'re not alone although I\'m not sure we could deal with the whooping and crowd frenzies all day though...Jon did touch upon GoPro in his drones seminar which you can see here

A bit crowded at the Sony FS7 talk

Demand for the workshops was very high. We have a new layout planned for June 2015 so stay tuned, you won\'t be disappointed.

I would have attended the drones talk, but 17:30 was too late for me.

The later open times were a new idea which, combined with great seminar content, proved popular. Sorry you missed it but you can watch a recorded version here

Den Lennie was great. Jonathan Harrison needed much more time!

With so much to say and so little time we had to limit the seminars in time which is frustrating we know. We do make sure though that the speakers are around all day to individually answer your questions so hopefully you got to chat to Jonathan anyway.

And the unmentionable...

Not too keen on the portaloos.

Unfortunately due to the great location in Shoreditch and the volume of people registered then we had to instigate additional toilet facilities at the last minute (we did go for the premium model).

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