The end of the first half is nearly upon us. Break could not get here soon enough, it feels like Thanksgiving break was ages ago. Anyways, now the hard part is over, at least for the art department for figuring out a design and theme, now that we have those in place plus a little practice the next semester should be a breeze with these animations. The only thing that can harm me is myself though, if I keep pushing them back and thinking pulling all nighters is regular.
Come to think of it, I am not sure how excited I am to watch these films coming in. Like I am expecting some of them to be really bad, like worse then a couple of my films, plus I am starting to hate movies anyways. But hey, its hard to complain about sitting down, relaxing, and watching a film with friends regardless if its good or not. Most of the times it is better when the film is bad.
Like I was talking about before, next semester should not be as bumpy as the first. We have some experience, I am a lot more comfortable with Adobe After Effects, Illustrator and the works. Hopefully we can make some cooler art pieces, God Willing we get some stickers soon. But until then au revoir.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
holiday animation
For the holiday animation we are going to have all of the holidays symbols, christmas tree, stockings, David Star, you know all the basics. Simple looping animations for each of the objects to make the scene feel more alive, as always. Then there is going to be a present that is obviously shaped like a spaceship. Cosmo looks back at the camera and tilts down his glasses. The rocket ship is a good motif because then we can use it for next animation when we all come back from break. A cheesy comment like Cosmo got some New toys, or something like that. Also the rocket ship can be used in the future too for going to different planets. We were even talking about each planet be a different sponsor. Still not sure if I am going to photoshop images from the internet for the background or draw then Ill probably incorporate them both.
Still have to come up with a song for this animation. As for sound fx for the next person, because supposedly this is going to be a manual for the next person. In that case, I feel extremely sorry for the next person if they actually read through my rumblings. Do not worry at the end of the semester I will have a master folder of all the files and a nice bulleted point manual. As for sound fx make sure you talk to Aaron about acquiring the school sound fx library harddrive. Ton of great, clean, sounds for any occasion, it will take about 30 minutes to download so make sure you have your charger. If you cannot find a sound you are looking for you can always go to youtube and convert the files.
Still have to come up with a song for this animation. As for sound fx for the next person, because supposedly this is going to be a manual for the next person. In that case, I feel extremely sorry for the next person if they actually read through my rumblings. Do not worry at the end of the semester I will have a master folder of all the files and a nice bulleted point manual. As for sound fx make sure you talk to Aaron about acquiring the school sound fx library harddrive. Ton of great, clean, sounds for any occasion, it will take about 30 minutes to download so make sure you have your charger. If you cannot find a sound you are looking for you can always go to youtube and convert the files.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
thanksgiving animation
I received some really good feedback from the class today regarding the thanksgiving animation. What I presented today was some half baked animation that had no business being played, you know some simple tracks a couple of fade in and thats it. It was nothing special and thanks to the class I have some good ideas to run off of. The difficultly in this animation is imcorporate two complete polar opposite themes, space and Thanksgiving.
The idea the class voted on was like a laser cat animation but with cosmo shooting a turkey out of space that blows up and turns into a cooked Thanksgiving meal. It should come out good, Rob gave the great idea to use the actual explosion of the Death Star from episode IV in the animation which should turn out great. Still on the fence about the song, but the class seemed to agree on like a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving song. If that does not work Ill try to find some other Thanksgiving themed songs but there not as popular as like Christmas songs so it might be a trouble.
The idea the class voted on was like a laser cat animation but with cosmo shooting a turkey out of space that blows up and turns into a cooked Thanksgiving meal. It should come out good, Rob gave the great idea to use the actual explosion of the Death Star from episode IV in the animation which should turn out great. Still on the fence about the song, but the class seemed to agree on like a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving song. If that does not work Ill try to find some other Thanksgiving themed songs but there not as popular as like Christmas songs so it might be a trouble.
Cucalorus
Its a shame as I walked out my last screening at Cucalorus this year that it was going to be my last as a film student at UNCW. It was an odd feeling, I remember when I first shook my nerves and took the bold step of volunteering in order to get those free tickets which are a necessity as a college student. My expectations where low that first year and man was I blown away by the size and scope. I can proudly say that this year I walked in with three years experience and they were still able to blow me away.
As I talked about in my last post I see visions as a hybrid between the Virginia Film Festival, in their more classy, conventional take of a film festival while Cucalorus is this wonky adventure where you'll never know what you'll get next. Right in-between classy and wonky Visions lies as quirky, theres a bit of class but also immaturity that may outshine the class which is dangerous duo, a duo thats not afraid to be serious during conventions but not afraid to take a shot of pickle-back jack.
Thats what I took most from all of my experiences from Cucalorus but especially this year because I was for the first time not a volunteer, is that is possible to be serious, fun and weird all the same time, which is more a skill then a habit. For me what doesn't work is the long distance between some venues. I know they have shuttles and buses but is it really worth the trip from downtown to like Jengos Playhouse when you can simply go there for the after party. It is just downtown is so lit up, different, and weird that is difficult to separate yourself from that crowd. With the Wilmingtonians drive theres a good chance you could get in a car accident simply for wanting to see a film. Just my thought.
As for jobs I would like to have, I don't know they all seem pretty fun but I guess being apart of Visual Sound Walls animations. They really transformed Ziggys into something you would recognize and offers such a unique experience that you cannot find anywhere else. I was also lucky enough to meet Johnny Gray who was in charge of the Visual Sound Walls. I was almost lucky enough to be his assistant for the event but his buddy who normally helped him out was able to free up some time. He did say he might need help with animations another time down the line so I gave him my contact information and look forward to hearing from him soon. The job I would not want would probably be the shuttle driver because your all cooped up in this car while everyone else is free to walk wherever they please while you have route like a bus driver. Nothing against bus drivers I just doubt if you asked one when they were younger what they'd like to be when they grow up I doubt its a bus driver.
The one thing I would differently if I was Cucalorus is to hand out awards for several reasons. One, the idea to display your film with no awards or competition was a great idea in the beginning when it was just local filmmakers from Wilmington who all knew each other and really did not want to win anything but have fun making and watching movies. However, where Cucalorus is at now in the International acclaims they are preventing really good films and filmmakers to present to come to Wilmington and inspire filmmakers like at our school. What I am trying to say is that by not handing out rewards you eliminate competition and competition is good because it pushes people beyond what they think they are capable of. If a local filmmaker knows that somebody from Sundance or the TIFF winner is showing a film at Cucalorus I guarantee all us filmmakers will step up our game to show to the world and to ourselves that we belong with that Sundance crowd.
There are a few things that Visions cannot do that Cucalorus does because of our sizes for one, is that we cannot hold a multiple day festival even as much as we would like too. This would benefit us because I know some kids have class on Friday and they cannot attend. Second, we cannot have separate venues because of lack of personnel and films. However, I do think it is possible if we tried you know one at Lumina the other at Thalian it would be tough and you do not want to stretch out or small staff too thin. Which brings me to my second point and that is a large influx of volunteers especially senior citizens. I met a myriad of volunteers of all sorts of ages from young to old. This may not work for us because we are a student ran organization but I know some older students with some grey hair and I do not see why we cannot reach out to them. But receiving the local support that Cucalorus does with the amount of revenue it brings to Downtown each year it will be hard to match that kind of impact for the local economy.
Screenings
Men & Chicken
Actor for Hire
Water Warriors
Shishito Shorts
Chilaca Shorts
Collective Unconscious
As I talked about in my last post I see visions as a hybrid between the Virginia Film Festival, in their more classy, conventional take of a film festival while Cucalorus is this wonky adventure where you'll never know what you'll get next. Right in-between classy and wonky Visions lies as quirky, theres a bit of class but also immaturity that may outshine the class which is dangerous duo, a duo thats not afraid to be serious during conventions but not afraid to take a shot of pickle-back jack.
Thats what I took most from all of my experiences from Cucalorus but especially this year because I was for the first time not a volunteer, is that is possible to be serious, fun and weird all the same time, which is more a skill then a habit. For me what doesn't work is the long distance between some venues. I know they have shuttles and buses but is it really worth the trip from downtown to like Jengos Playhouse when you can simply go there for the after party. It is just downtown is so lit up, different, and weird that is difficult to separate yourself from that crowd. With the Wilmingtonians drive theres a good chance you could get in a car accident simply for wanting to see a film. Just my thought.
As for jobs I would like to have, I don't know they all seem pretty fun but I guess being apart of Visual Sound Walls animations. They really transformed Ziggys into something you would recognize and offers such a unique experience that you cannot find anywhere else. I was also lucky enough to meet Johnny Gray who was in charge of the Visual Sound Walls. I was almost lucky enough to be his assistant for the event but his buddy who normally helped him out was able to free up some time. He did say he might need help with animations another time down the line so I gave him my contact information and look forward to hearing from him soon. The job I would not want would probably be the shuttle driver because your all cooped up in this car while everyone else is free to walk wherever they please while you have route like a bus driver. Nothing against bus drivers I just doubt if you asked one when they were younger what they'd like to be when they grow up I doubt its a bus driver.
The one thing I would differently if I was Cucalorus is to hand out awards for several reasons. One, the idea to display your film with no awards or competition was a great idea in the beginning when it was just local filmmakers from Wilmington who all knew each other and really did not want to win anything but have fun making and watching movies. However, where Cucalorus is at now in the International acclaims they are preventing really good films and filmmakers to present to come to Wilmington and inspire filmmakers like at our school. What I am trying to say is that by not handing out rewards you eliminate competition and competition is good because it pushes people beyond what they think they are capable of. If a local filmmaker knows that somebody from Sundance or the TIFF winner is showing a film at Cucalorus I guarantee all us filmmakers will step up our game to show to the world and to ourselves that we belong with that Sundance crowd.
There are a few things that Visions cannot do that Cucalorus does because of our sizes for one, is that we cannot hold a multiple day festival even as much as we would like too. This would benefit us because I know some kids have class on Friday and they cannot attend. Second, we cannot have separate venues because of lack of personnel and films. However, I do think it is possible if we tried you know one at Lumina the other at Thalian it would be tough and you do not want to stretch out or small staff too thin. Which brings me to my second point and that is a large influx of volunteers especially senior citizens. I met a myriad of volunteers of all sorts of ages from young to old. This may not work for us because we are a student ran organization but I know some older students with some grey hair and I do not see why we cannot reach out to them. But receiving the local support that Cucalorus does with the amount of revenue it brings to Downtown each year it will be hard to match that kind of impact for the local economy.
Screenings
Men & Chicken
Actor for Hire
Water Warriors
Shishito Shorts
Chilaca Shorts
Collective Unconscious
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
cucalorus Animation & Mini Bake Sale
After my mishap with the Four Ups and the Bake Sale the Vision staff came down on me hard and appropriately. It is getting towards the end of the semester and I began to slack an dI have to remember my responsibilities and duty to Visions but more importantly to my peers.
In a stroke of genius irony, I am honored to host my own mini Bake Sale to help make up for the unfortunate weather that moved our previous Bake Sale to a slow Friday. Anybody who is looking for extra help can help out or just trying to sell some baked goods.
On the menu, Hot Choclate, since we cannot sell coffee, and brownies with no peanuts.
As for Cucalorus, Grace and I came up with a clever animation that will help promote Cucalorus, Visions6, and UNCW. So don't forget to buy your tickets Cucalorus is from the Nov 11th-15th. It has been a pain trying to replicate the background design for the Cucalorus poster's. It appears they used a gradient and a variety of textures overlapping each other in Illustrator. With a little trial and error, I feel like I have come up with an effect that should fool human eye.
In a stroke of genius irony, I am honored to host my own mini Bake Sale to help make up for the unfortunate weather that moved our previous Bake Sale to a slow Friday. Anybody who is looking for extra help can help out or just trying to sell some baked goods.
On the menu, Hot Choclate, since we cannot sell coffee, and brownies with no peanuts.
As for Cucalorus, Grace and I came up with a clever animation that will help promote Cucalorus, Visions6, and UNCW. So don't forget to buy your tickets Cucalorus is from the Nov 11th-15th. It has been a pain trying to replicate the background design for the Cucalorus poster's. It appears they used a gradient and a variety of textures overlapping each other in Illustrator. With a little trial and error, I feel like I have come up with an effect that should fool human eye.
Virginia Film Festival
Only thing better than free tickets is free beer but that's not what I took away from my unforgettable experience at the VFF. The only other film festival I have ever been too is Cucalorus and it is in my opinion that Visions lies right in the middle between VFF and Cucalorus. VFF offers a template of how to host a prestigous film festival at a prestigious university in UVA, while Cucalorus shows you how fun it is to act weird. Visions has the ability, capacity, and manpower to surpass them both.
VFF had a timeless style to it, that was both simple and extravagant. They really showed, especially during their bumpers how a little animation can really make the seem feel alive rather than a static sponsor. They used the same animation and applied it on the sponsor page to make a normal eye saw into something cinematic. Do not tell anyone but we are totally going to rip this off for Visions.
I met some really interesting people as well at the festival, the boy who plays Louie on the FX hit show, Director of Outreach Diane, as well as the Clarence who was in charge of developing a commercial of for the festival.
VFF had a timeless style to it, that was both simple and extravagant. They really showed, especially during their bumpers how a little animation can really make the seem feel alive rather than a static sponsor. They used the same animation and applied it on the sponsor page to make a normal eye saw into something cinematic. Do not tell anyone but we are totally going to rip this off for Visions.
I met some really interesting people as well at the festival, the boy who plays Louie on the FX hit show, Director of Outreach Diane, as well as the Clarence who was in charge of developing a commercial of for the festival.
Monday, November 2, 2015
Sound Effects
Sound Effects for the animation were harder than I thought. It was easy to find a bunch of material by using freemusicarchive.com, bensounds.com, and YouTube but it was difficult to find the right sound for Visions6. At first I thought of using a background song but I did the animation first so it is difficult to find a song that matches the animation. Next time I am going to find the sound first and do the animate in rhythm with a song.
Ironically, I was looking for a suspenseful, slow for background sound to represent space and after hundreds of audio files the sound that fits best is the actual sound recordings of space, go figure. If you have the time you should check it out, the sound is pretty mesmerizing and the video where I got the sound is designed for meditation. It is really some trippy stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyOZEBIH18I
Still do not know if it will fit perfectly for the current animation but I am definetely going to highlight the file to use in the future. It is a long file so we can snip and pick different parts for different animations to give variety while still coming from the same source.
Ironically, I was looking for a suspenseful, slow for background sound to represent space and after hundreds of audio files the sound that fits best is the actual sound recordings of space, go figure. If you have the time you should check it out, the sound is pretty mesmerizing and the video where I got the sound is designed for meditation. It is really some trippy stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyOZEBIH18I
Still do not know if it will fit perfectly for the current animation but I am definetely going to highlight the file to use in the future. It is a long file so we can snip and pick different parts for different animations to give variety while still coming from the same source.
Visions Spokesperson
Zoe Michelle and I decided to have a spokesperson for Visions6 to have a figure people can associate with Visions6 and to use for publicity to make announcements. One idea is to have the robot which we have currently been using. But we came up with the idea of an Alien Astronaut because he fits the characteristics of this year visions, resilient, resourceful, and laid back which is perfect for our beach community campus and to have a more personnel character. We could have him like surf the solar waves in the galaxy and it shouldn't be too hard to swap him into the current animation bumper we just have to give him a jet pack
The pros and cons of both characters are plentiful. For the robot in theory he represents more of Hollywood then he would an independent filmmaker. You know the technical, mechanized, and relentless production of the Hollywood system is similar to a robot. We could make him into a villian? However the robot has a lot of potential as well because he would be able to do anything has arms, rockets, guns, saw, pogo stick, wheels you name it he has it which will make him fun to animate and plug him into anything.
As for the alien astronaut, MTV already uses an alien for their spokesperson so people may think we are just ripping off them. However like stated previously an alien robot matches our traits for this year Visions and would resonate more with our local area. We were also thinking of for the final animation we could have the alien astronaut named Maverick (clever, right?) be awarded the Visions6 pin like they do in real like while he already has the Vision logos from the past.
In the end it will be up the class to see which angle they want to go. The alien is a little new but we haven't revealed the robot to the public so their shouldn't be any confusion. I am cool which whatever character, I love them both. It would be tight if we could somehow incorporate them both and have a Robot vs. Alien like Hollywood v. Independent. Till Tuesday though.
The pros and cons of both characters are plentiful. For the robot in theory he represents more of Hollywood then he would an independent filmmaker. You know the technical, mechanized, and relentless production of the Hollywood system is similar to a robot. We could make him into a villian? However the robot has a lot of potential as well because he would be able to do anything has arms, rockets, guns, saw, pogo stick, wheels you name it he has it which will make him fun to animate and plug him into anything.
As for the alien astronaut, MTV already uses an alien for their spokesperson so people may think we are just ripping off them. However like stated previously an alien robot matches our traits for this year Visions and would resonate more with our local area. We were also thinking of for the final animation we could have the alien astronaut named Maverick (clever, right?) be awarded the Visions6 pin like they do in real like while he already has the Vision logos from the past.
In the end it will be up the class to see which angle they want to go. The alien is a little new but we haven't revealed the robot to the public so their shouldn't be any confusion. I am cool which whatever character, I love them both. It would be tight if we could somehow incorporate them both and have a Robot vs. Alien like Hollywood v. Independent. Till Tuesday though.
Fonts
For the call for entries I need to find some fonts to put into the animation. I am going to use some of the fonts that Devin used for the Call of Entries poster to keep the theme consistent. For Visions I am going to continue to use the title we used the logo. The problem I am facing is finding a font to use the title Call for Entries.
I went to adobe type kit and downloaded so new fonts. It was an extremely painless process and I actually had to stop myself from downloading every font they had. I highly recommend using Type Kit. The fonts that really caught my eye were Opus Mundi, Uppercut Angle, Pargi Jakarta and Balloon. I really like Balloon and Opus Mundi because they have different options for the same font which opens up the possibility to differentiate from headers and text. Opus Mundi for instance has A Gradient, Italic and 3-D shadow. While Balloon has a Balloon URW font that can be both bolded and regular along with a 3-D option as well. Its funny the fonts are so similar but so different its hard to decide.
Some benefits also to downloading fonts are that their numbers are the same too which is not the same for the regular fonts that are installed onto the computer. This is essentially because we have to display the dates and we use this & instead of and for the title in Visions, it looks better.
I went to adobe type kit and downloaded so new fonts. It was an extremely painless process and I actually had to stop myself from downloading every font they had. I highly recommend using Type Kit. The fonts that really caught my eye were Opus Mundi, Uppercut Angle, Pargi Jakarta and Balloon. I really like Balloon and Opus Mundi because they have different options for the same font which opens up the possibility to differentiate from headers and text. Opus Mundi for instance has A Gradient, Italic and 3-D shadow. While Balloon has a Balloon URW font that can be both bolded and regular along with a 3-D option as well. Its funny the fonts are so similar but so different its hard to decide.
Some benefits also to downloading fonts are that their numbers are the same too which is not the same for the regular fonts that are installed onto the computer. This is essentially because we have to display the dates and we use this & instead of and for the title in Visions, it looks better.
Animation
The vote was close but in the end the class voted for the robot 6-4 with the galactic orb coming in second. I am just gonna do the robot animation for know and keep the galactic orb on the back burner. It could still be used for the final bumper or the robot flying through space, it has potential.
The mask were harder than I thought, especially with the timing. It has been difficult timing up the speed of the robot with the speed of the mask but with trial and error it comes together. Now I just need to the call for entries dates along with the logo. I figure I am going to have the robot do like a fly by to hide the last frame then reveal the next image. Sound effects and the final look of the robot are going to come last.
For the background I made three separate star animations duplicated them a bunch of times and moved them around. In the end, a cool space background that feels like its alive and active. I am gonna a different version of the same animation but have a star instead of the robot. Should be an easy process just have to swap symbols after the animation is complete.
animatics
I have to come up with a few ideas for animations for Call for entries. Instead of going through the pain of making three animations I am just gonna do a few animatics to present to the class to figure out the angle we are trying to go for this year. Going back to the robot as our spokesperson the first animatic is going to depict him flying in space while his jet stream leaves a trail behind which becomes our logo. Pretty easy animatic but the animation will be difficult with sound effects and applying plenty of mask.
Sort of hit a dead end on the next two ideas thank god, I ran into the animator from last year Visions, Adam who told me about Video CoPilot. Video CoPilot is a fantastic site with free tutorial teaching complex animations through Adobe After Effects. So many great tutorials it was hard to dwindle the list down to two.
In the end I decided to do the galactic orb which is an animation of flying through space sort of like Star Wars light speed but ending in an orb that will have visions underneath it. The other option is a light animation where we will have the Visions title eclipse a light behind it. The camera will pan to the right allowing different light rays to break through.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
management & budget
- Top Ten Tips of Event Management: http://www.ioic.org.uk/content/training/knowledge-bank/1235-top-ten-tips-for-event-management.html
- Events Budgets: The Basics- And Some Lessons You Don’t Want to Learn the Hard Way: http://modernmedia.co/2013/04/05/event-budgets-the-basics-and-some-lessons-you-dont-want-to-learn-the-hard-way/
A good recap to always remember to have a plan, have a back up plan and expect things to go wrong so be ready. The main thing I took from the readings was that this is a buisness expenditure and the first rule of business is to make more money then you spend. So remember to plan accordingly and keep the bottom line low without compromising quality, which can be a difficult balance but is possible.
I also liked that the second reading placed negotiate as the number 3 in their list. We can often forget that all prices are not final and you can always attempt to get a lower quote, (they suggest 10-15% that regular price), it never hurts to ask. Also be firm in your negotiations they are a buisness as well and will want to do business in hopes of future transactions.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
research
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/pro-guide-logo-design-21221
http://www.creativebloq.com/posters/cuban-revolution-2132016
http://www.creativebloq.com/movies/iconic-movie-posters-712378
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/best-olympics-poster-designs-712431?page=4
http://www.creativebloq.com/posters/retro-poster-designs-1131752
http://www.creativebloq.com/posters/cuban-revolution-2132016
http://www.creativebloq.com/movies/iconic-movie-posters-712378
http://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/best-olympics-poster-designs-712431?page=4
http://www.creativebloq.com/posters/retro-poster-designs-1131752
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Festival/Conference basics
1. What time is your interview scheduled and who will you be talking with when you call/skype?
I will be talking to the Chris Head, the Executive Director of the Environmental Film Festival located in Washington D.C.
2. Who started it and who runs it?
The founding member is Flo Stone while Chris Head is the acting Executive Director.
3. What is the mission of the festival/conference? (copy and paste the first paragraph)
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital is the world’s premiere showcase of environmentally themed films. Through our annual festival, year-round events, and online resources, we seek to advance public understanding of the environment through the power of film.
4. How does this compare with their actual programming choices from the past two years? Be specific in
describing what they program (mode, categories within mode, niche, Political? Global? Local? Gender?
Sexuality? Race? Any themes that you see? etc...)
describing what they program (mode, categories within mode, niche, Political? Global? Local? Gender?
Sexuality? Race? Any themes that you see? etc...)
EFF stays true to their mission while also covering a wide range of films that are invariably linked to our Environment. Each film needs to involve topics such as, Climate Connections, Energy And Resources, Environmental Advocacy, Freshwater and Oceans, Global Perspectives, Laing American Program, Local, Sustainable Living, and Wildlife. The types of films can come in many forms, from an animated short like The Animated Life of A.R. Wallace to a Sci-Fi classic in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.
5. Where is the event?
EFF located in on nations capital, Washington D.C.
6. When is the event? (Give dates from last year if not current)
EFF begins March 15th and ends March 26th.
7. How do you submit? Snail mail, online, withoutabox, through their site, etc…
You can submit to EFF online through Film Freeway
8. When are the deadlines to enter? Early? Reg? Late?
The deadline is November 15, 2015.
9. How much does it cost to enter?
Free Submission
10. Who’s eligible, what are the guidelines to enter?
EFF accepts films in any genre, with themes related to the natural and built environment. Special considerations are made for films related to the 2016 Festival theme, Parks and Protected Areas. Please note that films without an environmental theme will not be reviewed. You also need a Film Freeway account.
11. Is there a Student category?
Yes
12. What formats do they except for jurying? DVD, Vimeo, Flash drives?
They do not clarify the formats they accept for jurying.
13. What formats do they except for exhibition/screening?
They do not clarify the formats for exhibition/screening
14. How many films screened at the festival last year?
EFF screened 173 films last year at 55 venues across the D.C. metro area
15. How long is a typical shorts block or paper presentation block at their event?
They do not specify how long paper presentations blocks are however most of the shorts that screened are about 8 minutes long.
16. How many films or papers do they program per block?
They do not list how many films or papers they program per block.
17. How do people register to attend? Is there a cost to attend as a guest?
Over 80 percent of the screenings are free to the public.
18. Look at sponsorship page and see what businesses. Grants and private entities give money to the event.
Figure out how many of each kind and note any leads that might be useful to us.
Figure out how many of each kind and note any leads that might be useful to us.
EFF accepts a wide array of sponsors such as Mom’s Organic Market, Art Works, Amtrak, Bank of America, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Comcast, Nora, Shared Earth Foundation, Southwest, American Radio Network, Art Works and more.
19. What are their sponsorship levels and incentives for each level?
Lead Sponsor (Limit 1) $100,000. Major Sponsor (Limit 4) $50,000. Feature Sponsor $25,000. Contributing Sponsor $10,000. Supporting Sponsor $5,000.
20. Did they have a kickstarter or indiegogo? What incentives did they have for each level of donor?
They do not have a kickstarter or indiegogo. However they do offer a non-profit/ educational partnership discount up to 50%.
21. What kind of nontraditional film/video events have they had before? Things like Installations, 'Visual
Soundwalls,' VJing etc.
Soundwalls,' VJing etc.
There are over 100 guest speakers to help promote Environmental activism like Robert Redford. d
22. Are there ways in which they have expanded the typical film screening event? How have they branched out
from sitting in a dark room in front of a screen?
from sitting in a dark room in front of a screen?
They offer Family and Children’s Shorts Programs, lectures, panel discussions, and events with 100 plus guest speakers.
Monday, August 31, 2015
The Eisenhower Matrix/ Covey Quadrant were tight. It helped me plan ahead and prioritize wants important and what can wait. So when the time came when I stuck between burning some videos to DVD to submit to festivals or watching Blue Velvet, I chose to burn the DVDs and then watched the movie after. So yeah I guess its been helping but now I just gotta make sure I keep up with the quadrants and not get lazy again. Thought the tutorials were a bit extreme though, I mean 12 minutes to learn how to use Google Calendars was a chore.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
biography
Hello my name is Tyler Scheffler and I am from New Jersey. I enjoy the outdoors, sports, gambling, drinking, laughing, the Yankees (obviously from the photo), traveling, surfing, snowboarding, Stones, Dylan, Reed, James Brown, Louie Armstrong, the Clash and Fox News.
BERNIE 2016
Troubleshooting Procrastination/ Time Management
1. Faulty Assumptions
1. Perfectionist
3. Avoidance of a Negative Experience
4. Lack of Motivation
5. Fear of Evaluation
6. Lack of Training
7. Being Overextended
Procrastination list was fun I guess. It helped me assess my problems with procrastination and find the root of my problems with the hope of fixing it. Mostly for me it comes down to just doing the work and getting out of my own way. If I think to hard Ill spend forever on an easy project that should only take a couple of minutes. I gotta stop trying to make everything perfect and just get things done with no fear.
1. Perfectionist
3. Avoidance of a Negative Experience
4. Lack of Motivation
5. Fear of Evaluation
6. Lack of Training
7. Being Overextended
Procrastination list was fun I guess. It helped me assess my problems with procrastination and find the root of my problems with the hope of fixing it. Mostly for me it comes down to just doing the work and getting out of my own way. If I think to hard Ill spend forever on an easy project that should only take a couple of minutes. I gotta stop trying to make everything perfect and just get things done with no fear.
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