VIZAGOGO FINAL POST

DUTIES:

1) Assigned tasks for screening group
2) Organized viewings of previous years' reels for analysis
3) Attended above reel viewings and combined gathered data from viewings
4) Organized and led Fall work jury
5) Counted up votes from Fall jury and determined entries into reel - 50%
6) Contacted creators of accepted work to finalize submission process
7) Gathered info documents from creators for first deadline in order to better prepare for Spring jury
8) Organized and led Spring work jury
9) Counted up votes from Spring jury and determined entries into reel - 33%
10) Finalized reel entries and contacted creators
11) Created master list and final reel layout of works in the reel
12) Edited VIP reel - 50%
13) Edited Screening reel - 50%
14) Gathered info for credits of reel
15) Set-up lights in Federal Building exhibition - 33%
16) Oversaw setup of Screening event, screening guide handouts, band setup & takedown, monitored sound and projector during screening event - 80%
17) Breakdown of Screening equipment - 20%
18) Unloaded truck at Langford after exhbition breakdown - 33%
19) Created catalog images for Web catalog

3 THINGS THAT WENT WELL:

1) the screening event went amazingly smooth, no serious mistakes and there were plenty of people to help out willingly and cheerfully
2) Juries went well, no complaining and work was juried fairly
3) Creation of screening reel went smoothly: interstitial handoff deadlines were kept and reel was finished with time to spare before the event.

3 THINGS THAT DID NOT GO WELL:

1) Class reel guidelines were not followed. A number of people told me that they wish some of the class reels had had explanations so they could understand what was going on. The class reels that had audio explanations were successful, the ones that didn't were not successful.

2) Sometimes class felt like it was only for the working group leads. The "minions" didn't seem to get as much love as the leads did and therefore didn't feel class was as beneficial to them.

3) Sometimes I got bored in class. I think ice cream and cake would have helped liven things up. :)

UPDATE 5/3

FINAL SCREENING REEL COMPLETE!

Final run time: 1 hr 11 min
Breakdown: 37 student works, 5 class reels, 3 summer course projects, 4 interstitials w/ bumpers, 1 credits

Final reel layout created by me:

1)    Interstitial 1

2)    A Moonlit Story – Jeff Gustafson, Stephanie Keske, Landon Hagan, Christopher Simmons, Jose “Weecho” Velasquez, Jared Wright

3)    Waldo – Garrett Broussard, Jacob Zimmer

4)    VIZA 613 Class Reel

5)    Leo Rigging Demo – Junze Zhou

6)    The Moon and the Well  - Kelly Kin

7)    Pan’s Panicking Encounter – Siran Liu

8)    Downtown Bryan – Jessica Krannitz

9)    Sphere-It – David Monroe, Tyler Rosas

10) Minitaur – Rachel Cunningham

11) Pandora’s Box – Brian Smith

12) Space Madness – Jared Wright

13) VIZA 615 Class Reel

14) Interstitial 2

15) Night Shift – Spencer Cureton, Brandon Jarratt, Jessica Krannitz, Kate Pettijohn, Junze Zhou

16) Silent Project – Caleb Jackson, Sean Low, Megan Walker

17) Shading Projects – Man Li

18) The Unstoppable Force – Tim Withers

19) Obstruction Eight – Brandon Jarratt

20) 2012 – R.J. Pena

21) Siegfried – Caleb Jackson

22) Renewal – Emma Carlson

23) Mind Adjustment – Jake Ross

24) Sleddin’ – John Pettingill, Junze Zhou, Man Li, Suruchi Sharma, Sean Low

25) Giraffe Rig Demo – Junze Zhou

26) An Unfortunate Demise – Jessica Krannitz

27) VIZA 616 Class Reel

28) Bait Ball – Michael Catalano

29) Laser Beam FX – Brandon Jarratt

30) Interstitial 3

31) After Hours – Man Li, Kendall Litaker, Logan Kelly, Anahita Salimi, Michael Catalano

32) 2C1F – Sean Low

33) The Hunt for QuetzalCoatl – Jake Ross

34) Obstruction Four – Jeff Gustafson, Brandon Jarratt, Jon Kranzler

35) Armless Gang – Anahita Salimi

36) Knitmare – Trisha Cleveland, Rachel Cunningham, Kelly Kin, Christine Li

37) VIZA 659 Class Reel

38) Cellular Automata in Motion – Landon Hagan

39) Promoter Rig – Logan Kelly

40) Galletas Clandestines – Jose “Weecho” Velasquez

41) How Quad Can You Be? – Sean Low

42) Isosurface Growth – Sarah Beth Eisenger

43) VIZA 656 Class Reel

44) Zompire – Jared Wright

45) Pygmalion – Christine Li

46) Along Came Polly – Jacob Zimmer

47) Unexpected – John Pettingill

48) Eden – Jonny Greenwald, Ganesh Rao

49) Interstitial 4

Update 4/30

-I was at the Lab on sunday, 4/29 from 1pm to 3am editing the reel for the VIPs. Some people hadn't finished their class reels so we spent alot of time waiting for them to finish.

-Monday 4/29: VIP Reel is finished!!

-I was at the Lab on Monday, 4/30 from 4pm to 1am with a little break in between making final edits on the reel's video. Audio work still needs to be done.

Update 4/28

SPRING WORK WAS JURIED TODAY!

THE FINAL REEL BREAKDOWN IS COMPLETE!!

Student Work: 37 works

Class reels: 7.5 minutes

Summer Course projects: 1.5 minutes

Interstitials: 13 minutes

Total: 1 hr, 5 minutes

Student work Category Breakdown:

Animation: 14

Technical: 12

Video: 11

 

Update 4/22

-Vizagogo entry documents were due today, here is what the reel breakdown would be if everything was accepted:

Student Work: approx. 90 minutes

Class reels: 7.5 minutes

Summer Course projects: 2 minutes

Interstitials: 13 minutes

Total: 112.5 minutes = 1 hr, 52 minutes, 30 seconds

UPDATE 4/8

-Reviewed David's reel draft, gave approval.
-Spoke with Jared regarding length of interstitial time. Will discuss more in class.
-Wrote up and sent out email over VIZA MSGS regarding VizaGoGo submission guidelines. Will send out again every week leading up to deadlines.
-Spoke with Garrett about needs from Technical Group. He will keep Screening updated on any needs on his end.
-Emailed Glen about DVD costs, he only says they need the one DVD, which they will provide.
 -Assigned Chris to the duty of handling consistency of class reels, and contacting and giving the professors that information.


Things to bring up:
-Surveys after show?
-DVD case and insert covered by whom?

Divying Out Responsibilities - 3/26

This week I took advantage of having a few underlings under my wing and doled out some responsibilities. I charged Chris Potter with contacting every faculty member and determining whether or not they would require space in the screening for a class reel.  I charged David Monroe with creating a screening reel draft that would help us figure out the timing and pacing of our reel thus far. I will then look over the draft, making changes where necessary.