Week 7

On Monday, I sent a follow-up message to all of the George Mason University students I met while on the Partner School trip. I invited them to the Visions6 FaceBook page and also sent them a link to the website.

On Tuesday, I updated the Art Dept Assignment Spreadsheet and created a Printing Budget Spreadsheet for the remaining printing jobs I have for Visions. I am still waiting to receive a quote for the postage charges, but I will have to wait until the final Event Poster is printed.

On Thursday, I met with Evonne to receive the Event Poster proof. She also answered questions regarding individual purchasing of the Marquee Poster, which students are permitted to do so but only by cash or check. There was an issue with the first proof (the text appeared pixelated), so I contacted Michelle. She immediately fixed it and I sent it to Evonne for another proof. I picked it up later that afternoon. I also went to Office Max to purchase the 8 1/2 X 11 cardboard inserts the posters need for mailing. 30 of the cardboard inserts cost $2.89.

On Friday, I met with Andre to look over the Event Poster proof. He said it looks great, but did point out a few minor things to fix (such as a star that looks like a period, some text formatting, and to make "Boldy Go" larger). I also met with Beth to review my resume. Her input was extremely helpful and once I improve my resume, I will schedule another meeting with her.

On Saturday, the Marketing and Art department collaborated in deciding a Bumper release schedule. We wish to submit the Lumina Animation by March 14th. We plan to release two Bumpers every 2 weeks in King starting March 14th. The Art Department will also be creating an animated Sponsors slide and a Visions logo animation for the trailer. I also emailed Jordon requesting a list of GMU students attending as well as providing her details regarding the travel grant, badges, and contacting Sean Mercado.

On Monday, I put in an order for 155 of the 11X17 Event Posters and 2 of the Marquee Event Posters. Once they are printed, I will request a postage quote for the 30 we are mailing.

Week 6

On Monday, I finally received Program quotes from Evonne. Option #1 (All Black&White interior) would cost $698.49 for 400 copies. Option #2 (a 4 page Colored Center Spread, the rest Black&White) would cost $914.29 for 400 copies. Option #3 (All Color interior) would cost $1,364.28 for 400 copies. Our current budget is $800 for the programs, so Michelle and I are going to see if Evonne can work within our budget for the Colored Center Spread.

On Wednesday, I received Banner quotes. They were quite pricy and a little bit outside our budget. For a 36" X 64" banner, its would cost $66.60. Zoe is going to review her options and decide sometime next week.

On Thursday, I received quotes for the 11X17 Event Posters and the Marquee Poster. The 11X17 Event Posters would cost $110 for 100 copies, $135 for 150 copies, and $190 for 200 copies. Our current budget for the 11X17 Posters is $150. However, the total amount requested by each department is 155. The Mailing quote also has to be put into consideration. However, the Marquee Poster cost increased from last year's $25 per poster. Evonne quoted 2 V6 Marquee Posters (28X44) to be $56.92 ($28.46 each). Our current budget is $50, but I'm sure we can ask Evonne to work within our price range.

The College Tour to George Mason University was an extraordinary experience! I was very nervous to see how the event would go, but our presentation and our meeting with the DKA fraternity seemed to get more students interested in attending Visions. Our presentation in the FAVS 100 course really excited its students. Several people asked questions and even came to talk to us personally afterwards about the event. I gave away several business cards and a handful have already been in contact with us. A few students are even curious about attending Visions to volunteer. I believe our networking enthused a large amount of students and I hope that several decide to attend come April.

Week 5

I finally completed my Partner School presentation for the College Tour. I have remained in contact with the Film and Video Studies Department and they all seem really excited for our arrival!

Our final presentation should be about an hour long. Along with the categories I posted earlier, I will screen the Visions 5 trailer as well as a Film Block of 4 previous contenders. Our Narrative screening will be Peter and the Paper Wolves (winner of Visions 3) [we are working on getting a digital copy of Incest: The Musical but we have been unlucky], our Documentary screening will be Cosplay: Behind the Con (Visions 5), our Experimental screening will be Synapse (Visions 1), and our Animation screening will be Vow (winner of Visions 3).

On Monday, I emailed Heather Bailey, whose class we are presenting in, with an announcement she can forward to other students who may be interested in attending our presentation.

On Saturday, I went with Anthony to get the previous 5 Visions t-shirts for the group to wear during our presentation. We also gathered give-aways, such as V5 swag bag, shirt, and sticker,  for our Q&A.

I schedule a meeting with Michelle, Zoe, Simone, and Kevin to discuss final details for our College Tour trip for Monday night at 8pm. Everyone seems excited to go, which is great! I'm getting a little nervous to present, but I did have good practice last week when I guest-lectured for Dr. Sue's Disney course.

In regards to printing, I emailed Evonne on Tuesday for 3 optional programming quotes. One all black & white, one with a colored center fold, and one in all color. I have not heard from her yet, but I will re-email her Monday if I do not get another response.

This coming Monday, Zoe, Michelle, and I planned to meet with Evonne in person to discuss options for a banner for the Film Studies archival spot in front of the King Hall theater.

Also, I edited my Animation Bumper to improve the speed of the mallet on Tuesday night. I am glad everyone seems to like my animation and I look forward to creating an additional one in March!

Week 4

It seems like everything is happening at once for me this month and it has been a challenge to maintain my time management when organizing the final details of the College Tour, organizing/scheduling Art Dept Assignments and Printing, and also animating my own bumper. This was a good wake-up call that I need to be more disciplined with my time management. 

Unfortunately, I am disappointed in myself for not investing more time in my Animation Bumper, but I will definitely like to return to it for improvements. 

As for the College Tour, I can't believe it is already next week. I only need to complete the "Previous Keynote" and "Previous Partner Schools" slides to finish my presentation. I met with Anthony again on Saturday to look through another hard drive of archives. We did not find too much, but I was able to grab a few more photos of Visions3. I have scheduled a College Tour meeting on Friday for everyone participating to review my presentation as well as discussing travel plans. 

Michelle and I have also scheduled a meeting where we will go to other printers in order to see other options/quotes regarding the Visions6 program. Hopefully Evonne will have some access to other paper/binding options that we find elsewhere (if they fit into our budget).