DS.Emotion Visit

I emailed DS. Emotion showing my interest in their studio, I enquired to see whether they would let me visit them and the studio. 

I received a response within a week and I was excited to hear that they did want to see me and my work. I was also nervous as I hadn't been to any studios before this and I wasn't sure what it would be like. 

I got to the studio early its on Brewery Wharf which is just off the centre of Leeds, it was a 10 minute walk from the train station and so it is a good location for commuting for me as the train is really easy and convenient.

When I got there I actually arrived at the back entrance, I had never been to brewery wharf before, I was let in and sat down for a bit as I was quite early, and then I met James and Dan the Senior and Creative Designers at DS.Emotion, we went through to a board room which had a long white table and chairs either side, it was a really modern and professional environment I liked the look of the studio too. 

We then sat down and had a discussion, they where straight to the point and asked me what I wanted from them as I hadn't said in the email. This surprised me but I was glad that they did this, and in future emails I will be more clear as to what I am looking for. I think that it was a little nieve of me to not have asked straight away, and people are busy and want to be straight forward which is good. 

I told them I was looking for a placement, they asked me for how long and I said I needed 2 weeks minimum, they said 2 weeks was a very short and they would only start at a months placement. I said that that would be great but I needed to see when or if I could fit this in and I would have to clarify with my tutors. But I knew that the Easter holidays where still to come which gave me 3 weeks already. 

Anyway this was all depending on my work, I got out my work which was just in my A3 plastic carrier as I didn't have a portfolio as such, they where fine with this but advised me that other companies wouldn't like that. 

My work however was in presentation form and I brought along real examples of my work for instance my newspaper tabloid for WWF, they really liked this and said that having real work was almost better and that I should always bring things like that for people to see. Which I will do. 

They also gave me a few bits of advice on my presentation of my work i.e. that I should let people look at it and slow down! I was really nervous and I didn't really have an idea about pace of presenting my work. 

After we finished looking at my work which was just over an hour, I left them and they said they would get back to me in the next two weeks. 

I felt like it had gone well but I also felt that I had been very new to the situation and I didn't know if that would let me down. And as to whether they liked the work. I also felt that they where stern but friendly and so I had no real sense of whether I would get a placement or not, but I was happy that they had given me advice and understood I was new to meeting studios etc.