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.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
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
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