Visions Response

On Friday, April 17th I attended Visions Film Festival and Conference. I went to the first film block and the second conference. I had a great time at the event and was really happy I went. It was my second year attending Visions, and I had a similar experience both years.

In general I have always been more interested in film production than film theory so I found the film screenings more entertaining then the conference block. For the film block I found their choices in films to be interesting. There were a lot of silent films with a more serious tone to them than I remembered in the previous year. Due to my personal preference I would have liked to see more carefree films. I found the documentaries to be especially interesting in the film block. I think the fact that I am in the process of creating my own documentary attributed to that factor. When I was watching the other documentaries I played close attention to how they were edited to get inspiration for the editing of my own film.

Attending Visions made me really excited for the opportunity to submit to film festivals when I finish my documentary, and I hope to attend all of the festivals my film gets submitted into. I especially enjoyed the Q&A portion of the film. It made me think about what questions people might ask me about my film and the process it took to make it.

The conference portion of Visions was also interesting. I found the film speaker, who spoke on Spirited Away, to be a little difficult to follow along with because I have never seen the film. Even when she gave examples on screen I had wished that I had seen the movie so I could understand better what she was talking about. I think the conference portion is more entertaining when you as an audience member are more knowledgeable on the subjects

Week Twelve and Thirteen Documenary Update

"Write For Me" has finally reached post production!
We finished filming his week, and are wrapping up editing with an image lock and sound mix for Monday 4/20. On Wednesday 4/15 we went back and filmed Ben Palmer, the singer songwriter, again. He was a joy to work with and I honestly could have made a documentary about him alone, maybe it will become a future project of mine. On Thursday 4/16 we filmed Signal Fire's band practice. Due to scheduling issues we were unable to record Down With It playing, but if it is necessary we will use found footage for their broll. I am extremely happy with the way this documentary has turned out, and cannot wait to release the final cut of the film.

Our crew has launched our social media pages this week for "Write For Me", and will continue to update them. You can see our documentary poster on the pages as well. Here are the links:
http://writeformefilm.weebly.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Write-for-Me/932842426747186
https://twitter.com/WriteforMeFilm

In May we will begin to submit to festivals and are launching a GoFundMe page as a fundraiser for them. When the page is complete I will post the links to it.

Make sure you check back on the blog next week for a trailer to the documentary!

Week Ten and Eleven Documentary Update

We recently filmed Stray Local's band practice and got a lot of great content. The band acted as if we weren't even there and it created a great behind the scenes look. We still have to film Joey's and Sean's band practices. I am a little worried that we are running out of time. It has become increasingly harder to schedule interviews, but I am confident we will get it done.
I will finish editing a rough cut this week and am hoping to post a trailer for the documentary online to my Vimeo in the following week. We have decided on the title Write For Me for the documentary. Jonathan is working on online content for it. We will be launching a Go Fund Me page soon to gain money to submit to festivals. We will also have a website for the documentary. I am in the process of researching what festivals to submit to. When these pages are launched I will be sure to post them to my blog. Stay tuned for more details!