My main goal with Awards is to get three festivals to donate 1 or 2 (preferably 2) badges as awards. For each award that needs a badge, I made a list of festivals that are either in their area, they would have personal interest in, or Visions has had prior contact with.
For the Visionary Award...
DOC NYC
- Contact name is Deborah Rudolph and Raphaela Neihausen.
- I have emailed each of them personally at their festival email addresses.
- So far I have no gotten any reply, but I am still trying.
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Contact name is Lindsay Gordon-Faranda
- I emailed her at her personal festival email address
- She said they would not be able to donate this year
Austin Film Festival
- Original contact name was Samantha Levine, but I am not sure if she is still working there.
- Now I am contacting Fernando Martinez and Allison Kindred.
- So far I have no heard back from them, but I have two phone numbers for the festival that I will be contacting.
For the Experimental Award...
Strange Beauty Film Festival
- Contact name is Jim Haverkamp
- I emailed him on the general festival email, but I also have his contact phone number which I will be calling.
Altanta Underground Film Festival
- Contact name is Monet Rumford
- The general festival email is connected to his Google account so I am assuming he is in charge of this email.
- So far I have not heard back, but I am digging for a phone number to contact for the festival.
For the Scholarship Award...
Atlanta Docufest
- I have to email the general festival email because there is not a staff page or staff emails
- So far I have not heard back from them, but I am digging for a phone number or another way of contacting them.
Atlanta Horror Film Festival
- Same case as for Atlanta Docufest. Had to email general festival email, but trying to find another way of contacting.
RiverRun Film Festival
- Contact name is Amy Clemmons
- I emailed her personal festival email to contact her
- She told me that their festival is too close to our festival to give us badges.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
Visions Work Week of March 14
Right now the biggest things that I have been working on are researching and contacting film festivals for awards, helping to finalize awards, nailing down advertisements for the program, and supervising the registration process.
My plan for the film festivals is to get two badges for winners of Visionary, Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental, and Scholarship. For the festivals, I researched each award winner to see who they were, what they liked, and where they lived. From there I compiled a list of various film festivals in their general area that they might like. Some festivals were really hard to find because there were not ones in the winner's general area that they would actually like and that I would have a realistic shot of getting.
I have been working with Samantha to get the rest of the awards finished up. We talked to the Art department and we want to have the finished up by March 25 so they can have sponsor logos for the program. It is going to be a challenge, but both Samantha and I are determined to get it done well!
As for advertisements, I have three confirmed in Planet, Defy Gravity, and Luna Cafe. I am working on getting Nerdvana Comics and Rosendale Retro (an Etsy store) for advertisements as well. I am also trying to have that finished up within the week so that it can be ready for the program.
For registration, I am making sure that everything is being done and staying on schedule. Hayley was able to get the purchase page for badges fixed and has started compiling her list for comped badges.
Overall, I do feel stressed, but I think things are coming together well. My main concern right now is getting awards finished. I'm sure the closer we get to the festival, the more stressed I will be, so I am trying to contain the stress as best I can.
My plan for the film festivals is to get two badges for winners of Visionary, Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental, and Scholarship. For the festivals, I researched each award winner to see who they were, what they liked, and where they lived. From there I compiled a list of various film festivals in their general area that they might like. Some festivals were really hard to find because there were not ones in the winner's general area that they would actually like and that I would have a realistic shot of getting.
I have been working with Samantha to get the rest of the awards finished up. We talked to the Art department and we want to have the finished up by March 25 so they can have sponsor logos for the program. It is going to be a challenge, but both Samantha and I are determined to get it done well!
As for advertisements, I have three confirmed in Planet, Defy Gravity, and Luna Cafe. I am working on getting Nerdvana Comics and Rosendale Retro (an Etsy store) for advertisements as well. I am also trying to have that finished up within the week so that it can be ready for the program.
For registration, I am making sure that everything is being done and staying on schedule. Hayley was able to get the purchase page for badges fixed and has started compiling her list for comped badges.
Overall, I do feel stressed, but I think things are coming together well. My main concern right now is getting awards finished. I'm sure the closer we get to the festival, the more stressed I will be, so I am trying to contain the stress as best I can.
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