Hey reader,
A brief update on the Visions life in Ashleyville. (For the necessity of contextually irrelevant time-capsule information, the Patriots just won Superbowl XLIX. As I unapolagetically write at 4AM this fine morning, it's cold, rainy, and all around yuck outside. I know it's an unreasonable hour to feel good, but I feel pretty good. Hope that you all do too.)
Still hanging in there and patiently waiting on the upcoming social events so I can interact with potential volunteers. Right now, I'm especially looking forward to the Valentines bake sale! The Film Kid Mixer will also be a wonderful opportunity.
The only other new thing I have, that I haven't discussed preemptively in a past update, is the idea of heading up a short promo video to attract volunteers. Inspired by the work of our animators and artists, I think it would be a fun idea to produce a quick, casual video that we can post on the Visions facebook page, generating hype for the festival and simultaneously aiming to attract some potential volunteers. I think there are a lot of fun opportunities with the superhero theme! I'll talk a bit about it in class during my presentation.
Programming stuff. We just watched round 2 of films. This week of programming is gonna be FUN (and if you think I'm being sarcastic, you're wrong! 8 hour classes are tough, but I'm not at all kidding when I say I love this stuff.) Not only do we have 20 BRAND NEW films to talk about, but we tabled all the reeeeaaaaal contentious ones from last week. I'm becoming increasingly surprised by how much I like arguing about these films and papers, or how attached or defensive I get about some of them. It's... kind of an adrenaline rush, though. I think this week has some obvious no's (more so than last week!) and a couple of obvious yes's. There's some middle ground that I anticipate will spike some really conflicted and weird arguments, though. We'll have to see.
Happy February, reader! Until next time,
Ashley
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