Visions Work Log 4/21-4/25

Compiled/edited F/S headshot's for DVD in PP--sent to Chris and James: 2 hours

Manual updates/meetings with Hillary Scott and Jonathan M. about schedule and plan for next year: 5 hours

Keynote presentation text for DVD: 1 hour

Visions Work Log 4/14-4/18

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary article's on Gabriela Cowperthwaite: 1 hour

Editing of Interviews: 4 hours

Taking down the display in King: 30 min

Reflection

I have to say that I am very pleased overall with the outcome of this year's event. After volunteering last year, I expected a little more stress and problem solving to occur--not that it did not happen, but certainly not at any level of detriment. I owe most of that to my team and the preparations that were taken prior.

I conducted interviews throughout the entire day with the help of Jake, Dallis, and Kyle. This was absolutely my favorite part as far as event duties go. Kiva and every filmmaker/scholar were so generous in their answers and provided great feedback on their films/papers, outlook on their future, and their overall experience with Visions4. I also loved the video race set up by Taylor and Kateland and thought it was a great spin on a Visions tradition. I'm still upset though that my team didn't bring home the W.

If I could change anything about the day and my preparation, I would see to it that the step and repeat be set up in it's space the night before the event. We didn't run off-schedule because of it's set-up, but it would have lessened that stress if it had been taken care of the day before. This way, more time would be spent on ensuring the quality set up and organization of the film equipment. I would also make sure that we had zip-ties to fasten the step and repeat!

Visions Work Log 3/31-4/4

Posting of Trailer: 15 min

Poster display in King and around campus with Eliza: 3 hours

Dinner and Blue Surf

Day-of Event interviews w/ Jake, Dallis, and Kyle

Brunch/Pick-up and drop-off of Leah and Caroline: 4 hours

Helped with Chris on live-feed camera set-up: 1 hour

Visions Work Log 3/24-3/28

Finalizing and compiling of class interview questions/day-of-event plan: 3 hours

Finalizing Program text and layout w/ Channing, Zoe, James, Dallis, and Naomi: 16 hours :)

Writing and post of filmmaker highlight on Jon Kasbe: 4 hours

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary article on Julie Deply: 1 hour

Copyedit and post of Dallis' scholar highlight interview with Amanda Stonebarger: 1 hour

Final edit of film trailer w/ Audra: 2 hours

Visions Work Log 3/17-3/21

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary article on Spike Jonze: 1 hour

Worked with Audra B. on the trailer for films: 6 hours

Copyedit of Dallis' interviews with the Hospitality Dept.: 1 hour
(Also worked w/ Zoe on changes to this)

Writing of Zach Wechter's filmmaker highlight article and post: 3 hours

Continued to work on program text edits and compiling info from f/s: 2 hours

Compiling of Day-of-Event interview questions for f/s: 3 hours

Visions Work Log: 3/10-3/14

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary article on Lindsey St. Pierre: 1 hour

Writing and post of Whitney Polk's highlight article: 3 hours

Contacted Brandon Konecny with interview questions for scholar highlight: 1 hour

Copyedit and post of Brandon K's interview (along with Whitney P): 2 hours

Continued compiling F/S text for program and edit: 3 hours

Contact with Dustin F. and Sandra J. about Visions4 poster display and ACE promotion: 2 hours

Contacted Zach Wechter and compiled interview questions for his Filmmaker highlight: 1 hour

Visions Work Log 3/3-3/7

Writing, edit, and post of the Filmmaker/Scholar announcement: 3 hours

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary article on Steve McQueen: 1 hour

Working w/ Zoe on F/S text for program and finalizing the program text outline by page: 2 hours

Contacted Whitney Polk with interview questions for her Filmmaker highlight: 1 hour

Visions Work Log 2/24-2/28

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary article on Robert West: 1 hour

Worked with Chris K. on promotion of Digital Arts Contest: 1 hour

Copyedit of Chris' Digital Arts Contest announcement and posting: 1 hour

Worked with Anna R. on Event Badge promotion: 1 hour

Writing of Event Badge announcement: 1 hour

Copyedit of Kiva's interview responses and post: 1 hour

Contact with Jamie Hall and Encore regarding ad price and payment: 1 hour 

Private meeting with Dallis on Filmmaker Highlight schedule for Friday's and "Face's of Visions" progress and plan (interviews for scholars by Dallis and article's on filmmakers by me): 2 hours

Visions Work Log 2/17-2/21

Copyedit and post of Dallis' Coverage on the BYOFF Festival: 1 hour

Copyedit and post of Dallis' Coverage on the Bake Sale: 1 hour

Copyedit and post of Jake's Visionary Article on Neil Blomkamp: 1 hour

Contacted Kiva and compiled her interview question's: 2 hours

Paper Pro's and Con's

Non-UNCW Papers

1. 13 Ways of Looking at Bill Murray 

Pro: Fun topic, crowd pleaser

Con: No scholarly sources, under researched, undefined thesis statement, reads like a summary or blog

2. A Radical Expedition of Cinema's Birthplace 

Pro: Well written (besides a few very long sentences--but it flows nonetheless), plenty of sources, detailed film analysis 

Con: Long-winded at times, would of liked to see more sentence variation, thesis is quite long, may have gone a bit crazy w/ the thesaurus..but who knows.

3. Cinematic Expression of Ghosts in Japanese Film

Pro: They provided imagery & captions

Con: Some quotations aren't cited (in-text), lack of transitions, generalizations, analysis and imagery seem to get away from original thesis--kind of a bummer, this topic seems cool; seems like a summary/analysis of particular scenes w/ no argument

4. Irreversible & Techniques of Looking 

Pro: Well written thesis and accessible, well researched

Con: To provocative/touchy? Not my concern at all....

5. Murders Unavenged 

Pro: Very cool topic, would like to see a more defined thesis, well-written

Con: Thesis is hard to locate; would almost like to see actual police procedures/psychological analysis utilized for this topic--as far a research goes

6. Storybooks and Female Empowerment 

Pro: Nice topic especially b/c of Kiva, well-researched and detailed analysis

Con: Honestly got a little bored reading this--was not expecting this b/c of Pan's

7. Blues Brothers and Bollywood Masala Cinema 

Pro: Definite crowd pleaser, creative topic and analysis--well written

Con: Would like to have seen an emphasis more on the impact of the thesis long-term--what does this mean for film? What are the implications?

8. Transmedia Adaptation in the Work of Orson Welles 

Pro: VERY well-researched, great sources; pleased to see how original this paper actually is

Con: Pretty darn long--may be a programming risk?

UNCW Papers

1. Boys Will be Girls

Pro: Great topic and original--presented a lot of information for me, well-written/concise; good for Kiva!

Con: NONE

2. Cinema du Corps and Avant Garde Cinematography

Pro: Good thesis--very accessible and well-written 

Con: Very long and detailed (a bad thing?), a little wordy

3. Multi-Screen Film

Pro: Love the originality and implication of multi-screen projection & potential new ways of viewing cinema.

Con: Thesis is hard to locate--analysis of these 2 films?

4: The Unfilmable Lightness of Being

Pro: Very detailed and in-depth analysis--very good read, well-written

Con: Very long as well; a few typos 
 

Visions Work Log 2/10-2/14

Logistics of BYOFF Festival at Goat and Compass:1 hour

Writing of the BYOFF Festival article: 3 hours

Bake Sale Reschedule Post: 45 min

Copyedit of Jake's article on Sedona FF: 1 hour

Private meeting with Jake and Dallis on article content: 1 hour

Visions Work Log 2/3-2/7

Kiva Reardon research/writing announcement article (live today): 4 hours

Copyedit of Jake's Visionary highlight (Phillip Seymour Hoffman-live today): 1 hour

Writing/edit of Bake Sale article: 2 hours