Week 3

1/22/14- 1/29/14

Break it down:
After class hospitality coordination: 20min
FB chatting with Zoe about stuff: 20 min
Hospitality meeting: ~1.5 hrs
Club meeting coordination/ contacting: 30 min
Mixer brainstorming/setting up catering: 1 hr
Mixer update doc: 30 min
Abstract grading: 2 hrs
Film grading: 1.5hrs
Blogging/ thinking/ other assignments: 2 hrs

Week 2 was about really getting into the swing of things and polishing my routine. Coordinating with everyone is proving to be more difficult than I remember! That was probably the cause of the majority of my stress this week. I just need to keep in mind that not everyone works on the same schedule as me, and certainly doesn't know what's going on in my brain, so I need to make sure that I communicate my needs and requests clearly and be more patient when people do not reply to me as immediately as I would like. I'm feeling pretty good about the turn out of the Mixer; sometimes I get a little nervous that it's going to be a complete failure, but I chatted with a friend of mine that has just gotten into the major and asked her about her thoughts and feelings about it. That was extremely helpful because she happens to be the exact kind of person we should be reaching out to; she did not know about Visions until this semester, although she wished she had so she could have submitted something, she does feel intimidated/ out of place in some of her film classes and has never tried to join clubs. I was able to ask her what kind of things she would want from the department and from the mixer. 

Also, I had a lot of fun watching all the films and being able to grade them! The abstracts can get a little tedious after awhile, but the films are always intriguing at least. This is truly the fun part of working for a film festival. I can't wait to see the rest of the films and see what other people thought about them!