As Salford Quays was not yet ready, we ventured up to Glasgow to spend a week at BBC Scotland. For the broadcasters of the group, this was a week they were very much looking forward to. I was keeping an open mind as I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. We had already heard so many things about the BBC, I was secretly hoping the week wouldn’t be a dull repeat of everything presented to us so far. The first thing I can say is that the building is beautiful. From the outside you have no idea just how unique the layout is on the inside.

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At the beginning of the week we were given a brief to create a television game show aimed at the daytime audience. Having studied Multimedia Design, this was a completely new area to me. At first I was rather unsure if it was something I would enjoy but I put my all into and just thought ‘Why not?’ It turned out to be a fun (if not challenging) brief. By the end of the week, Lisa and I had come up with a very strong concept, a possible host (the scrumptious Rav Wilding) and a unique play along presentation that got the BBC guys heavily involved. It also gave me a chance to show off the magic of Keynote on my iPad.

To get to the final idea, we had several workshops with the Entertainment Development who were both eager to work with us and very realistic in informing us with what the BBC commissioners expect. There was several instances of “That will never get commissioned” and thus an idea was dead and buried! 

The other highlight of the week was the Internet Research training with Paul Myers. As quoted on the day, it makes Facebook stalking look like child’s play. We were shown the true potential of the internet. Although it was a more journalistic area, there was so many applications for what we learnt, it got a 10/10 from all 9 of us. I now have the power to track down any celebrities number! How legal it is, I’m not sure! lol Another good part of the week was Games Testing for Bruce Munro and Louise Thornton. It was quite a surprise to see how much GCSE bitesize games had come in the years when I was at school. Although it was still far behind the rest of the games industry, the main focus on making education fun is a daily challenge for those guys and to be part of it for a day was rather exciting. 
 

 Without making the week sound less than it was, BBC Scotland has probably been my least favourite week so far. Only because it was much more broadcast based than the previous few weeks. I also think I was spoiled at DigforFire so I am not going to label the week a complete bust.