Bristol: Built by Dreamers

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Brilliant, and we’d have loved it even more if larger.

Too early at 16.00. Not dark enough.
Also only used middle 1/3 of screen.

The screen image was too high, we sat a few rows back but still had painful necks from looking up to watch the film, so this detracted from our enjoyment

4pm was too early to start as there was a lot of light still coming through the windows behind, making the images hard to see initially.
The film was well done as far as it went, but I felt it lacked depth, missing other important events and skimming over those it showed.
The music could have been more varied, and a lot quieter as it drowned out the commentary sometimes.

Great venue, imaginative and informative show, enjoyed the experience.

What there was was interesting and well done, the first part was really interesting but they sped across slavery which is a major part of bristols history and bizarrely at the end we saw the whole thing in reverse…. I did enjoy it, the setting was wonderful but I’m not sure I learned much.

Good graphics, appreciate only 30mins & £12, but didn't go into the depth that we all appreciate has built Bristol. Felt like a good 'intro' video into Bristol to be shown as you enter (for example) the M Shed, where Bristol is showcased to the full.

Really interesting show and enjoyed the holographic which was a new experience for us.

Thought it will be bigger since had such a great space and sounds system wasn't the best as we could hear everything. Thank you

Loved the hologram's
More more and less flat images. Had potential. Loved the old merging into the new.

Very informative ,learnt a few things along the way even as a bristolian.

Wish it had been longer. So much history in Bristol to cover.

Very enjoyable and stimulating. Would be a good resource for Bristol schools. The venue was very atmospheric.. Maybe more advantage could have been taken of the huge 3D screen set-up to make it more impactful and immersive but this may not have been technically possible.

When finished we chatted about the experience for hours, very creative way educational

Mesmerising technology in a great venue.

We had the first experience at 16.00 - it was so interesting and made you proud to be Bristolian ! In hindsight I wish I’d booked a later slot when it was dark outside for better visual effects and not sat so near the front as you had to look up for 30 mins or so . But otherwise great.

Enjoyed the experience but nowhere near as much as I thought I would. Made the mistake of booking the 4.00pm performance whilst it is still light outside. The stained glass windows behind the screen considerably detracted from the quality of the visuals on screen (might have been better when dark outside). Also sat at the back, a long way from the speakers and struggled to hear the commentary.

It was a good experience in beautiful surroundings. Ideally pitched at kids aged 8+, my littler one found it harder to stick with. At some points you couldn't quite hear the narration over the soundtrack. Tickets a little expensive for a family of 4 to go. I'm glad we did but think that was the max ticket price for the experience offered. Totally celebrate this Bristol initiative and love it being rooted in all the things that have made Bristol-Bristol.

Great experience but sorry for the organisers that there weren’t more people there

I enjoyed it. It was interesting and the staff were excellent

It was great

It would have been good for Stuart to have done a few min talk at the end about the technology he uses to create it. (We saw him there sat at the back!).
We really enjoyed it, my son queried why Aardman animations didn't feature though as something big that has been created in Bristol.

The only thing I was disappointed by was that the music was sometimes louder than the narrative, so I couldn't understand quite a lot of the words.

Stunning experience

It was fabulous but the section with the album covers was too long. Also it was sad that the end was a rewind as it felt like there could have been so much more in the show that was missed out. Overall though we really enjoyed it.

Brilliant

Really enjoyed. As we went at 4pm show it was not really dark enough to see it properly. Perhaps they need to put a dark backdrop.

Loved learning more about bristol daughter enjoyed it, love the location

Interesting background stories about the history of Bristol, and amazing holograms.

Better at back great

It was OK as a bit of entertainment, but needed more thoughtful input. Some of the AI recreations were very inaccurate (like a Roman castle on a hill that was never there). One of the Bristol planes was mis-labelled - things like that. The Medieval town depictions were better, and it was good to see historical women being included. The rewind of the show at the end looked like padding to several of my friends, but overall it was worth seeing.

Enjoyed it all but felt that the music section of the show was unnecessarily long and that time could have been used to cover one of many other historic events that weren’t included.
Also felt the ‘rewind’ at the end was unnecessary and a waste of time.
Overall I did enjoy it though

Everything was amazing. Only one bit that I would change. At the end they went backwards through some of the content back to the start. Make this bit shorter. It was to long. Otherwise it was all amazing

Very interesting experience

A very enlightening evening and well prepared

Thoroughly enjoyable experience and very informative. Two small improvements I would suggest is that if the 'screen' was longer - portrait as opposed to landscape, then the images could be seen for much longer. The music sometimes drowned out the narrator making it a little difficult to follow what was being said. Overall though, it was great.

It was a fascinating retelling of the history of Bristol focussing on innovation, creativity and invention. I am Bristolian and it featured all the elements of the history and characteristics I would expect to see plus some that were new to me.

Very good and something different gals I went to see it, I also learnt a few things !