Week Thirteen: Visions 5

We did not have a department meeting this past week, due to all the fun of Cucalorus! I slacked a bit on posting this past week, however, this week will continue full speed with posts about Cucalorus, and promotions for our new Indiegogo! I am going to speak to all of the classes this week as well, hoping to show our amazing Indiegogo and help spread the word about Visions! 

Shona Thompson Presentation Response

I really liked the portion about the silent cinema festival.  Honestly, I am not a huge fan of Silent Cinema but the way she presented how the festival works was very interesting.  I think that it is amazing to have a live band play with the film; I would definitely want to go see something like that. I think bringing back all of the traditions from that time and focusing on the history is also very important and really interesting.

            Shona said her main goal was building a community; that is really something that I hope happens with Visions, but specifically on my area of social media.  I think that having discussions about the films that we are watching and the relevant subjects in film.  She also gave really good advice for what you need to do when working with a film festival while she presented her Feasibility study.  She talked about all of the ins and outs of what you need to know before, what you need to plan and what you need to do after.  One thing that she stated was most important is knowing what film festivals are around you and what they are doing as well. I think it is important to know how other festivals work in order to gather ideas for what we want in our festival and how we want to improve. 

            Due to a meeting and time conflicts, I was unable to attend Shona’s presentation, though I wish that I could have! The film that we watched in class was very interesting.  I thought it was really cool to see how Wilmington had progressed over the years and to hear how the people around here had perceived those changes. And, of course, because it was more about film, it was interesting to hear the different venues that existed and how the traditions for movie-going has changed, as well.

Week Twelve: Visions 5

These past two weeks I am picking up the social media game.  I have been doing posts on Facebook, few on instagram (which I will pick up more this week).  I want to have a discussion about twitter, until then, it is reserved for announcements, while the other two sites fuel discussions.  Other than just posting and finding things to engage the followers, nothing much has changed!

Week Ten & Eleven: Visions 5

These past two weeks I have been working on getting more likes to the page and posting about our events! Our goal is to reach 1,000 likes by the end of this semester.  We have reached over 900, as of today, and it is time to start posting polls, questions and discussion topics! For this week, I will post at least twice to create interaction on the page, as well as a followup for the bake sale! I am emailing the Film Studies social media site updates as well!

When Should You Post To Social Media?

This is a really great link that breaks down social media posting, by outlet, about what times are the best and the worst to post.  Previous research (which I cannot find at the moment) and personal experience have led me to believe that the best times to reach college students is early in the morning (because our generation is glued to our phones and we make checking social media a part of our morning routine) and early to late evening (because we are doing homework and social media is the most common way to distract us).  For those not in college, the best times are mid afternoon (phones come out during lunch breaks) and after normal work times or early evenings (right after work and before dinner time).

Week Nine: Visions 5

This week was very productive! We officially launched social media and call for entries.  We are slowly building, one two posts a week and then more and more.  Right now we are just on the barebones.  This wee I will try to start more discussion on Facebook and take some pictures during class, or as instagram will know it as "staff meetings."  During our weekly meeting, we mostly discussed those steps and more about logos, the theme and the website!

Week Eight: Visions 5

This week was very productive! We got a lot finished regarding the social media campaign and set schedules for our posts.  We hope to successfully carry out our goals.  I uploaded a draft of the next few weeks of posts (not including those that are requested) to the virtual class drive and I am eager to hear feedback so I can make this a successful year for social media!