Signing Off ...for now.

This is my second to last post on this blog. It is several days late. This week has thrown several challenges my way, and I am not necessarily proud of how I have handled them. My programming and management co-member, Tristan, helped me out quite a bit in communicating with all students to make sure they submitted their found footage projects on time. I felt that I checked up on the other committees quite frequently, but gave them enough freedom to work to their fullest potential. If I have learned anything, it is to know the right balance between tightening up the reigns and letting them go completely. I think I may have let my grandmother's passing effect my performance in that I kind of let them operate too independently because I was focused on spending time with my family, helping us all heal. But these things happen. I need to learn to compartmentalize if I am going to be a successful producer. Ideally, I would have checked over Knox's ingredient list more thoroughly so that we had ingredients like cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, etc.and that he made sure all categories were taken care of, with small surpluses (because we ran out of drinks almost immediately). When I talked to Maura, it seemed as though the decorations/art committee had everything taken care of and were all on the same page. However, when I spoke to Kyndall, she seemed to be left in the dark about her duties and what her partner was allowing her to do. This was disappointing to hear, but I asked probably too late in the game anyways. I ended up having to delegate decorations, and catering the moment I arrived. I wish we had more time, but I enjoyed the thrill of this kind of flash cinema. It was definitely a learning experience. Here is exactly what I would have done differently and will keep in mind for future projects:

Set up a meeting, early on, with all committees to make sure they have cohesive plans for catering, AV, locations, etc.
Make sure locations has established a back-up location in case of adverse weather
Make sure AV has enough time to render the sequence-- this is solved by having all of the footage ON TIME and in order before the day of the program
Double check with the catering committee to make sure all food bases are covered and that they actually know how to work a charcoal grill
Set an earlier arrival time for set up.
Forget the programs.
Do a mini q&a moderated by the MC


I basically would have just liked everyone-- including myself-- to have arrived earlier so that people didn't show up while we were still running around with our heads cut off.
It just wasn't organized. I tried to delegate the best I could considering my circumstances, but I may have not been the right person in charge of orchestrating this event. Well, no, that's not correct. I'm the only person I trust to do this kind of thing. And I'm honestly surprised at how not-angry I got during the whole process. I will just do better next time. I am not at all upset with how it turned out. It was actually really fun and I am glad we had this experience. I definitely want to do something like this again. Creating film festivals is something I could definitely see myself doing whenever I decide to grow up and start being a responsible adult.