Space Jam

Our second project was space themed, designed and planned to be more of a thematic rave in outer space. With a motto of "its outta this world" we sought to have an even more elaborate event then last time. When guests entered the venue they were greeted by two secretaries who were clad in futuristic garb and then had to travel through a pitch black tunnel of black curtains lit only by a visual effect of that simulated "warping to light speed" and were then exited into a dance floor. Wrapped from floor to ceiling with black butcher paper that was speckled and splattered with neon paint as if distant stars gleamed from far away, and a painted solar system on the walls, the room was lit by colorful strobe lights as well towers that held blacklights inside of them. In the corners were massive speakers and in the crevices of the room were box fans that were blowing cool air. Off to one side of the dance floor was a door way was transformed into an air lock that was constructed out of scaffolding and wrapped in chrome wrapping paper and rubber padding. Upon emerging the other side of the airlock guests found themself in a sterile white space station lounge that was lit by colored lights that washed everything into a deep blue Multiple cases of water were once again provided for free for attendees but we scrapped the coffee bar as it was an endeavor that we enjoyed but was not worth repeating. We had a similar spread of finger foods only this time we aimed for more spherical items and included a plethora of silver packaged candies such as 3 musketeers and york mints to match the look aesthetically. One change we made in the layout of the venue was that we moved the photo wall to the lounge area, as we observed that people did not cross back through the dance floor to take photos at the last event. The better placement of the photo wall was however offset by a poorer in quality of a photo because we prioritized a darker and lower lit atmosphere for the event that would have been ruined by a bright well lit photo wall. Due to the venue had no other option but to chose between one or the other. The playlist for this party was made with the same care and attention to detail of energy and flow as the last one, only this time we focused on songs with more a space, alien, or more electronic theme or lyricism. The social media campaign saw an increase in quality because I learned how to use the website Canva as opposed to working solely inside of Microsoft Word. This event did suffer in a dramatic drop in attendance. The lower attendance was in large part attributed to: a lack of concentrated in person promotion (like at the Oaks) a more vague theme that paired with a price tag and it was approaching finals season so people were more focused on academics than the friday before their freshman year of college. Overall, we were very pleased with how the event turned out despite the lowered attendance because we saw growth and improvement in almost every aspect of the event and continued to see new ways we could improve our events.