week 12

Work Done

I've been focusing on the program content non stop with Michelle. It has been a nightmare solidifying everything, but I think it's all coming together very nicely. I think in the future when I proof things, I will pull up the original document and make all of the changes there instead of on paper, trying to transfer edits takes longer than jotting them down on the original document itself. I met with both Anthony and Jack on Wednesday and we talked about the posts, shot lists, interview schedule for the day of, display case design, and how we were incorporating snapchat and Instagram in with Facebook posts. 

The day of interview schedule was cut down to just the visionary panel including Jaclyn and the winners of the festival. I think this will be better overall, give Anthony and I more time to breathe, and will be helpful in promoting for V7 - hopefully they use it!! 

I am going to have a binder the day of where we put all important documents that we will need. I think this will keep departments on track, and be a helpful resource not only for V6 but for V7 as well. The marketing department will need to keep these things inside: shot lists (15), interview consent form, interview schedules, day of schedule, list of people at the fest, blank paper for notes, surveys. 

I have been in contact with ACE all week. Apparently we ordered the wrong size poster and we had to send them a jpeg to get it reprinted! Yikes! That's definitely going in the manual!! They said they would fix it by putting our nice poster on an easel, which I think will work well - if not better!! Now we have two posters! 

At the director's meeting, we went over the program one page at a time, and worked out the driving schedule. Everything seems to be falling into place and it's very exciting! 

I'm concerned about forgetting something the day of, but I feel like it will all work out somehow!! 

I'm concerned about moderating a panel with a lot of people on it, as well as interviewing people at a festival, so I looked at other festivals' interviews: 

https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-directors-advice-justin-tipping-jenny-gage-rod-blackhurst

https://www.nycindieff.com/interview/suriname-gold-by-paulo-henrique-testolini

I've been going through these and their really helpful with brainstorming interview questions: 

http://www.noglossfilmfestival.co.uk/category/interviews/