Week 3 Reflection

Departmental Meeting (Thursday, 7-8:05 PM)

This week Jack and I brainstormed for taglines to go with the Festival theme - Space. At our departmental meeting Jack and I brainstormed together throwing out every idea that popped into our head and I created a Google Doc so we could refer back to it over the weekend to think more about it.  We talked more about our social media plan and I told him to keep researching festivals that he liked and what their posts on Facebook looked like and I will do the same. We then met with Michelle and Tyler and talked about tones of writing that we thought went with their overall theme. We brought up five words that we hoped to go over with other directors and the class as a whole: Resilient, Witty, Savvy, Creative, and Resourceful. We thought these words matched the feel of a Millennial's mindset (which Jack and I researched and shared).

Director's Meeting (Friday, 10-11 AM)

Michelle, Adrienne, Shannon Silva and I were at this weeks director's meeting. We talked about the schedule for the next two months and gave tasks out for each department to distribute. Until October 27th (the day of the launch party), we will all be busy publicizing the event and launch for the call for entries. My main tasks are coordinating with the press, keeping track of dates, and making sure content is cohesive and matches in tone across all departments. Kevin, Michelle, and I have set up a meeting after class on Tuesday to talk about Film Freeway.

Assignment 1 Progress

As of yet no Festival Director will contact me back. I've emailed several film festivals. I am specifically targeting New York.  I have been in direct contact with Tammie Rosen the press coordinator for Tribeca and she seems very willing to help but says all of the Festival Directors are in Toronto. If I cannot get an interview eventually I hope next year a director might contact her more in advance. She said if they had known sooner they would have been better prepared to say yes to a short interview especially to aid in education. 

Manual and Job Description Readings 

The Job description for the Art/PR department was a lot to take in, but also very helpful. I can see better now my goal and how I fit in with the rest of the departments. It was also very helpful to read the other job descriptions because they filled in key elements that I did not know needed to happen - as in important dates and events that I need to be aware of. It's also good to realize how much work others have so that you realize you're not in this alone, and you can't fall down on your job, because everyone else has their own stuff to deal with.