April 24 - Editing - 10hrs
Zoe and I decided to get as much done today. We cut down all the interviews and in the process realized a lot of the lower thirds had typos. This really slowed down our progress along with certain interview subjects being under the influence. Someone in Zack Bailey's interview was drinking beer so we had to pan and scan in order to take him out of the frame. Another time we had to pan and scan was during Ora and Tyesha's interview at the afterparty. While I was booming I was unaware that I was casting a shadow on Tyesha's face while trying to get Ora on mic. This is the price I had to pay for trying to get the best possible sound possible. Next time, some lav mics would be more effective, if the environment was not as loud. I think Interviews at the afterparty are doable as long as they arrange with the after party coordinator to make sure there will be an area that will not only have enough light, but sound good enough with mics.
April 25 - Editing - 4hrs
Zoe and I continued editing and would have completed it had a producing class not entered the editing lab. We narrowed down the keynote panel's answers in order to make the interviews appear to run more smoothly. We also included some title cards which could be used to help transition between questions, which also makes it less confusing because they are now answering questions.
April 26 - Exporting Interviews - 3hrs
Zoe and I completed the interviews today. The last thing we did was add room tone to the interviews with the Visionary Panel, and audio transitions to the interviews at the after party. The rest of the time was spent exporting the videos.
May 1 - Upload Interviews to Vimeo - 2hrs
Today I uploaded the videos to vimeo. I don't know what else I can say about that.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Week 15 April 17 - April 23
April 20 - Transfered Files - 1hr
I decided to transfer the files from the orange Lacie Drive to the black Visions Archive so Zoe and I could work on the interview edits with the Archive drive in case somebody else needed the orange drive.
April 22 - Editing - 3hrs
Zoe and I first began the daunting task of editing by organizing the files and syncing the footage with the sound. This ended up taking a good chunk of our time and we became exhausted and decided to continue the next day with fresher eyes.
April 23 - Editing - 6hrs
The next day Zoe and I attempted to edit again. After getting the most expensive breakfast from Waffle House, we began our 6 hour journey of cutting down the interviews. Initially we began by removing Zoe's questions. This cut out a lot of time, but we still needed to cut out more because the interviews were still longer than we wanted so we ended up cutting them down even more. We eventually started to make them focus around 2 questions, the Visions Experience and Tips for other Filmmakers. We started with Caleb and Emily's interview, and we immediately regretted it because Caleb was clearly drunk and the biggest struggle was trying to make him sound sober. We called it a night after that....
Reflections
I am most definitely sick, and my days are starting to blur together. Just need to survive this next week.
I decided to transfer the files from the orange Lacie Drive to the black Visions Archive so Zoe and I could work on the interview edits with the Archive drive in case somebody else needed the orange drive.
April 22 - Editing - 3hrs
Zoe and I first began the daunting task of editing by organizing the files and syncing the footage with the sound. This ended up taking a good chunk of our time and we became exhausted and decided to continue the next day with fresher eyes.
April 23 - Editing - 6hrs
The next day Zoe and I attempted to edit again. After getting the most expensive breakfast from Waffle House, we began our 6 hour journey of cutting down the interviews. Initially we began by removing Zoe's questions. This cut out a lot of time, but we still needed to cut out more because the interviews were still longer than we wanted so we ended up cutting them down even more. We eventually started to make them focus around 2 questions, the Visions Experience and Tips for other Filmmakers. We started with Caleb and Emily's interview, and we immediately regretted it because Caleb was clearly drunk and the biggest struggle was trying to make him sound sober. We called it a night after that....
Reflections
I am most definitely sick, and my days are starting to blur together. Just need to survive this next week.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Week 14 April 10 - April 16
April 11 - Bake Sale - 4 hrs
The weather was not favorable for baked goods. I think because it was so hot, many people disregarded our stand. If we sold cold drinks It would have been a major success. I think I made a wrong choice by baking cupcakes with icing. By the end of the day, the icing had melted so badly that it looked like water. I don't know what happened to the baked goods at the end of the day, because there was many leftover.
April 14 - Thursday Night Dinner - 4hrs
This was a pretty interesting night. First I had to leave class early, in order to transport Rebecca and Tyler to Dig and Dive. I had never been there so had no idea what to expect. I ate Jessica's left over quesadilla while talking to Ariel about her film. I then ate Adrienne's left over fries, and offered them to everyone else willing. Food wise, it was a success, because I spent no money. I then played volleyball outside with a number of staff and guest for the remainder of the evening. I learned that I could not serve. When I left, I had to transport Matt Stamm back to the hotel with Rebecca and we talked to him about how much he remembered about Wilmington.
April 15 - Visions - 13hrs
The big day began by transporting the Europeans to the campus, Charlotte, Dean and Vicky. I enjoyed their company even more, they even said my vehicle was similar to the type they drive in Europe, because it is a small hatchback. During the early portions of the festival I was operating the camera to get the introduction and the Q&A portion of Film Block 1. During the Keynote address one of the volunteers arrived so I was able to step out and help setup the room where we would conduct the interviews on campus. Zoe, Rob Carson and I setup the interview room, which included putting up the step and repeat, setting up the lights, camera and sound equipment. During the Lunch Break Zoe and I decided to use the time to try and conduct some interviews. We initially had 4 interviews in that time slot but were only able to complete 2. We heard that Bo left, so we saw this as only being behind one interview. We didn't conduct anymore interviews until during the dinner/dessert reception. Zoe managed to complete the rest of the interviews while I transferred files onto the hard drive, formatted the cards and charged batteries during the break. For the remainder of the festival I was running cards, batteries, and transferring cards for the camera operators, while doing odd jobs for other people.
- Afterparty 3hrs
As soon as I arrived to the after party there seemed to be issues with the instillation, so I offered to go search for a DVD that would play on the DVD player. I went to a few local places downtown but was unable to locate anyone who sold blank DVD-RWs. I felt kind of out of place out of the after party, because I'm not really a social person so I remained in the back room until the interviews started. After the awards were announced, Zoe began grabbing the recipients and we began conducting interviews. For the remainder of the after party I was operating the sound equipment.
April 16 - Saturday Brunch - 2hrs
The next morning a few of the staff members met with some of the guest and we had brunch at King Neptune's Restaurant.
Reflections
I am exhausted, and I feel I am starting to get sick, but I am certain that I am not the only one.
The weather was not favorable for baked goods. I think because it was so hot, many people disregarded our stand. If we sold cold drinks It would have been a major success. I think I made a wrong choice by baking cupcakes with icing. By the end of the day, the icing had melted so badly that it looked like water. I don't know what happened to the baked goods at the end of the day, because there was many leftover.
April 14 - Thursday Night Dinner - 4hrs
This was a pretty interesting night. First I had to leave class early, in order to transport Rebecca and Tyler to Dig and Dive. I had never been there so had no idea what to expect. I ate Jessica's left over quesadilla while talking to Ariel about her film. I then ate Adrienne's left over fries, and offered them to everyone else willing. Food wise, it was a success, because I spent no money. I then played volleyball outside with a number of staff and guest for the remainder of the evening. I learned that I could not serve. When I left, I had to transport Matt Stamm back to the hotel with Rebecca and we talked to him about how much he remembered about Wilmington.
April 15 - Visions - 13hrs
The big day began by transporting the Europeans to the campus, Charlotte, Dean and Vicky. I enjoyed their company even more, they even said my vehicle was similar to the type they drive in Europe, because it is a small hatchback. During the early portions of the festival I was operating the camera to get the introduction and the Q&A portion of Film Block 1. During the Keynote address one of the volunteers arrived so I was able to step out and help setup the room where we would conduct the interviews on campus. Zoe, Rob Carson and I setup the interview room, which included putting up the step and repeat, setting up the lights, camera and sound equipment. During the Lunch Break Zoe and I decided to use the time to try and conduct some interviews. We initially had 4 interviews in that time slot but were only able to complete 2. We heard that Bo left, so we saw this as only being behind one interview. We didn't conduct anymore interviews until during the dinner/dessert reception. Zoe managed to complete the rest of the interviews while I transferred files onto the hard drive, formatted the cards and charged batteries during the break. For the remainder of the festival I was running cards, batteries, and transferring cards for the camera operators, while doing odd jobs for other people.
- Afterparty 3hrs
As soon as I arrived to the after party there seemed to be issues with the instillation, so I offered to go search for a DVD that would play on the DVD player. I went to a few local places downtown but was unable to locate anyone who sold blank DVD-RWs. I felt kind of out of place out of the after party, because I'm not really a social person so I remained in the back room until the interviews started. After the awards were announced, Zoe began grabbing the recipients and we began conducting interviews. For the remainder of the after party I was operating the sound equipment.
April 16 - Saturday Brunch - 2hrs
The next morning a few of the staff members met with some of the guest and we had brunch at King Neptune's Restaurant.
Reflections
I am exhausted, and I feel I am starting to get sick, but I am certain that I am not the only one.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Week 13 April 3 - April 9
April 3 - Display Cases - 4 hrs
I spent majority of this evening working on the remodeling the display cases because I needed to return the key the following Monday.
April 8 - Hard Drive Presentation - 2hrs
Sat in on a Director's meeting, which was interesting. It is like looking at the underbelly of the Visions, a lot of different things are discussed, and many of the decisions are made here. I'm not sure if I am allowed to disclose anything, but I showed the Directors what I was having issues with. Which was mainly trying to understand where certain files would belong. Because I mainly work with art and marketing, I already knew where those files belonged, I wasn't sure which department the other files would belong to.
I spent majority of this evening working on the remodeling the display cases because I needed to return the key the following Monday.
April 8 - Hard Drive Presentation - 2hrs
Sat in on a Director's meeting, which was interesting. It is like looking at the underbelly of the Visions, a lot of different things are discussed, and many of the decisions are made here. I'm not sure if I am allowed to disclose anything, but I showed the Directors what I was having issues with. Which was mainly trying to understand where certain files would belong. Because I mainly work with art and marketing, I already knew where those files belonged, I wasn't sure which department the other files would belong to.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Week 12 March 27 - April 2
March 28 - Interview Schedule Adjustments - 1hr
Next class I present on how we should schedule the interviews for the day of the event. I created 2 versions, one being possibly more stressful, but would occupy less time during the day of the event, and another being more flexible but taking up more time during the event.
March 30 - Marketing Meeting- 2hrs
One of the topics of discussion today was the Interview Schedule for the day of the event. Since my presentation was pushed back, we had to put my presentation on facebook in order to get suggestions from the rest of the class. A few have already commented on the options, so that is good.
April 1 - Get Display Key - 1hr
Although this did not take an hour to get, I will round it up, because I had to ask for the key, and send emails back and forth to ensure that I would be able to pick up the key, in order to gain access to the cases on the weekend. I will need to give Lexi, the receptionist, a thank you card in the future.
Links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I83rDadX_PZ7aXEEd2mvGJWXmcIhptaf0sYmrqQwmyk/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3M0kNmPtLiTEJYMDq5dMMoxW1X9TRWJeXsn32CLGvQ/edit
Next class I present on how we should schedule the interviews for the day of the event. I created 2 versions, one being possibly more stressful, but would occupy less time during the day of the event, and another being more flexible but taking up more time during the event.
March 30 - Marketing Meeting- 2hrs
One of the topics of discussion today was the Interview Schedule for the day of the event. Since my presentation was pushed back, we had to put my presentation on facebook in order to get suggestions from the rest of the class. A few have already commented on the options, so that is good.
April 1 - Get Display Key - 1hr
Although this did not take an hour to get, I will round it up, because I had to ask for the key, and send emails back and forth to ensure that I would be able to pick up the key, in order to gain access to the cases on the weekend. I will need to give Lexi, the receptionist, a thank you card in the future.
Links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I83rDadX_PZ7aXEEd2mvGJWXmcIhptaf0sYmrqQwmyk/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3M0kNmPtLiTEJYMDq5dMMoxW1X9TRWJeXsn32CLGvQ/edit
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Week 11 March 21 - March 27
March 21 - Final Adjustment to presentation - 1hr
Tomorrow I present the Inventory list, I worked on the list over the break, but made a presentation to show to the class last week. I noticed a few hiccups, for example my numbers where a little off, I accidentally put some items in two different boxes. I corrected this, and the total amount of items had to change. But this number is not exact anyways, since I am certain this actually more items, around campus somewhere.
March 22 - Archive Request Form - 1hr
The form I sent out to the class was horrendously flawed. It was my first time making one, so I had to learn about the many restrictions Google offers. I forgot key inputs, like name, and when they wanted to receive archive items. So, I adjusted the form and posted to facebook.
March 26 - Day of Event Interview Schedule- 3hrs
Worked on the Interview schedule that will be used on the day of Visions. I tried my best to place the interviews during times when nobody was presenting, but ultimately had to sacrifice the conference block to put a good chunk of the interviews within that time period. Blocks that nothing could be scheduled into was the Keynote address, Video Race and Visionary Panel. Those take a good chunk of the time so I mainly scheduled during eating times. Anyways, I will post a link to my two versions, that I will present.
March 27 - Video on Day of Event - 1hr
I met with Rob and we created a spreadsheet that would help us figure out how many camera operators we would need for the day of the event. For the most part we will be running a 3 camera system, but they will not have to be run all at once all the time. Also we needed to put into account that the interviews being conducted in another room would also require a camera operator as well.
- Visions 2 & 4 Organized - 4hrs
After that meeting I went to the edit lab and began working on organizing the hard drive. I went through a good chunk of Visions 2, until I became overwhelmed and then moved on to Visions 4, I skipped Visions 3 because I accidentally clicked 4 instead and just proceeded without looking back. I will have to return to 3 after completing 4. For the most part, what is taking the most time to organize is the documents tab, because there is so much content that is just thrown in there and I am having to make folders that tries to organize files by not only type, but how they may have been grouped together, I feel that once I get to Visions 5 and 6 I will just emulate what is on the drive, because for the most part that is how these document folders should be organized (by department I mean).
Links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I83rDadX_PZ7aXEEd2mvGJWXmcIhptaf0sYmrqQwmyk/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3M0kNmPtLiTEJYMDq5dMMoxW1X9TRWJeXsn32CLGvQ/edit
Tomorrow I present the Inventory list, I worked on the list over the break, but made a presentation to show to the class last week. I noticed a few hiccups, for example my numbers where a little off, I accidentally put some items in two different boxes. I corrected this, and the total amount of items had to change. But this number is not exact anyways, since I am certain this actually more items, around campus somewhere.
March 22 - Archive Request Form - 1hr
The form I sent out to the class was horrendously flawed. It was my first time making one, so I had to learn about the many restrictions Google offers. I forgot key inputs, like name, and when they wanted to receive archive items. So, I adjusted the form and posted to facebook.
March 26 - Day of Event Interview Schedule- 3hrs
Worked on the Interview schedule that will be used on the day of Visions. I tried my best to place the interviews during times when nobody was presenting, but ultimately had to sacrifice the conference block to put a good chunk of the interviews within that time period. Blocks that nothing could be scheduled into was the Keynote address, Video Race and Visionary Panel. Those take a good chunk of the time so I mainly scheduled during eating times. Anyways, I will post a link to my two versions, that I will present.
March 27 - Video on Day of Event - 1hr
I met with Rob and we created a spreadsheet that would help us figure out how many camera operators we would need for the day of the event. For the most part we will be running a 3 camera system, but they will not have to be run all at once all the time. Also we needed to put into account that the interviews being conducted in another room would also require a camera operator as well.
- Visions 2 & 4 Organized - 4hrs
After that meeting I went to the edit lab and began working on organizing the hard drive. I went through a good chunk of Visions 2, until I became overwhelmed and then moved on to Visions 4, I skipped Visions 3 because I accidentally clicked 4 instead and just proceeded without looking back. I will have to return to 3 after completing 4. For the most part, what is taking the most time to organize is the documents tab, because there is so much content that is just thrown in there and I am having to make folders that tries to organize files by not only type, but how they may have been grouped together, I feel that once I get to Visions 5 and 6 I will just emulate what is on the drive, because for the most part that is how these document folders should be organized (by department I mean).
Links:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I83rDadX_PZ7aXEEd2mvGJWXmcIhptaf0sYmrqQwmyk/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3M0kNmPtLiTEJYMDq5dMMoxW1X9TRWJeXsn32CLGvQ/edit
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Week 10 March 14 - March 20
March 15 - Purchase Online Items - 1hr
After Visions, Zoe and I purchased all Amazon.com items from the Archive budget. We used Zoe's mom's Amazon Prime account in order to be charged as little shipping as possible, as well as getting quicker shipping.
- Class Visit Schedule - 1hr
After purchasing those items online, Zoe and I proceeded to make a classroom visit schedule to promote Visions.
March 16 - Repurchase Online Items - 1hr
The next day, Zoe made me aware that all the orders had been declined because the gift card did not go through. I had been concerned about this last night, because I had activated it through the automated phone system; but I guess that was not successful, so we reactivated it online and the orders seem to go through fine this time.
- Posters at CFCC - 2hrs
Afterwards, Zoe and I went to Cape Fear Community College and hung up some posters. This was the only day I would have available since the rest of the week was scheduled for 495 projects or our schedules did not have corresponding free time. So in the spur of the moment we went downtown to hang up these posters. Unfortunately upon speaking to the front receptionist, we where told that the person who approves of the posters was out on her lunch and would not return until another hour. We decided to find her office and see if there might be somebody there who could help us. We went into her office and nobody was there, we hoped that somebody would see us and be more than willing to stamp our posters. As we left, she stepped in with her lunch and happily approved of our posters. We went into the arts building and theater and placed photos there.
- Action Plan for Roll out Meeting - 2hrs
We then returned to campus because Zoe had a meeting with Jack. I sat in for the most part, but made them aware that I was also completing tasks for other classes, so I would be coming in and out of this meeting. I tried to use my resources to get in contact with Encore, but was unsuccessful. One of the things we discusses was how the roll out of press releases should be ordered. We decided to look at past Visions press releases about the keynote and filmmakers, but because there was no dates on those we had no idea how we should order these. So we decided on ordering them based on interest and almost hierarchies. Scholars then Filmmakers, then Keynote and finally the bonus, the Panel. But from what I understand this may have changed recently.
March 19 - Archive Shopping - 2hrs
Went to Joanne Fabrics with Zoe and looked for items pertaining to the Archive Budget, in order to see if they would be more convenient than an online purchase. We realized that even with shipping, the online items still cost significantly less. We also searched for the same items at A.C. Moore, to no avail. We then went to Best Buy to purchase the a portable Hard Drive, but unfortunately they did not carry that item in the store. We did find another similar Hard Drive, but it was out of stock. We then went to Staples to look for another Hard Drive but the
After Visions, Zoe and I purchased all Amazon.com items from the Archive budget. We used Zoe's mom's Amazon Prime account in order to be charged as little shipping as possible, as well as getting quicker shipping.
- Class Visit Schedule - 1hr
After purchasing those items online, Zoe and I proceeded to make a classroom visit schedule to promote Visions.
March 16 - Repurchase Online Items - 1hr
The next day, Zoe made me aware that all the orders had been declined because the gift card did not go through. I had been concerned about this last night, because I had activated it through the automated phone system; but I guess that was not successful, so we reactivated it online and the orders seem to go through fine this time.
- Posters at CFCC - 2hrs
Afterwards, Zoe and I went to Cape Fear Community College and hung up some posters. This was the only day I would have available since the rest of the week was scheduled for 495 projects or our schedules did not have corresponding free time. So in the spur of the moment we went downtown to hang up these posters. Unfortunately upon speaking to the front receptionist, we where told that the person who approves of the posters was out on her lunch and would not return until another hour. We decided to find her office and see if there might be somebody there who could help us. We went into her office and nobody was there, we hoped that somebody would see us and be more than willing to stamp our posters. As we left, she stepped in with her lunch and happily approved of our posters. We went into the arts building and theater and placed photos there.
- Action Plan for Roll out Meeting - 2hrs
We then returned to campus because Zoe had a meeting with Jack. I sat in for the most part, but made them aware that I was also completing tasks for other classes, so I would be coming in and out of this meeting. I tried to use my resources to get in contact with Encore, but was unsuccessful. One of the things we discusses was how the roll out of press releases should be ordered. We decided to look at past Visions press releases about the keynote and filmmakers, but because there was no dates on those we had no idea how we should order these. So we decided on ordering them based on interest and almost hierarchies. Scholars then Filmmakers, then Keynote and finally the bonus, the Panel. But from what I understand this may have changed recently.
March 19 - Archive Shopping - 2hrs
Went to Joanne Fabrics with Zoe and looked for items pertaining to the Archive Budget, in order to see if they would be more convenient than an online purchase. We realized that even with shipping, the online items still cost significantly less. We also searched for the same items at A.C. Moore, to no avail. We then went to Best Buy to purchase the a portable Hard Drive, but unfortunately they did not carry that item in the store. We did find another similar Hard Drive, but it was out of stock. We then went to Staples to look for another Hard Drive but the
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