March 19th - March 26th

Hey everyone, so here is another update on what the Programming and Traffic Department has been up to this last week. So, we presented on the final master schedule to the class last week and it is nice to have a final schedule set in place. This past Monday we went through a walkthrough with Sandra and some of the members of ACE. We also met with Sandra on Thursday (3/20) to iron out the details of the setup notes. During this meeting, we read through the entire document, citing and confirming all of the equipment that we will need for the day of the event, how we will get it, and where it will be stored if it is not in use. Also, we discussed possible locations for the breakfast and dessert receptions. We had decided that it would be most convenient and appropriate to have the breakfast and dessert receptions over by the front of Lumina Theater (where the registration tables will be). In addition to this, we found out some good news that Cucalorus would like to submit a bumper for Visions; however, we would need to make sure we receive it in a timely manner and that it does not cross-promote both events. This upcoming week, Programming and Traffic and Operations departments will be meeting with Sandra again on Monday, March 31^st from 7pm-11pm to perform another walkthrough of the event with a media test. It is very difficult to believe that the event is only a week away!

March 11th - March 18th

Hey, so we got some really good feedback from our presentation last week and I would like to thank everyone for their feedback and to those who volunteered to moderate for the day of the event. Nico and I met this past Sunday (3/16) to go over and finalize the schedule for the day of the event. We have created a powerpoint presentation and we will share this with the class on Wednesday. We would love and appreciate everyone’s feedback for this presentation as well. Also, I want to thank everyone who has submitted bumpers for the digital arts competition. I have seen all of them and they look truly amazing! I cannot wait to show these on April 4^th! Also, we began organizing and burning the files of the films (along with the bumpers) onto discs so that we can play these during the walkthrough on Wednesday to make sure everything is playable and to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible on the day of the event.

March 4th - March 11th

So, I hope everyone had a nice spring break. It was kind of nice to have a week off, but now we have to quickly shift our focus back to Visions and preparing for the event. Over the break I managed to submit my crew evaluations, attendance reports, and send out rejection letters to filmmakers and scholars who were not selected for this year’s event. We are still waiting for all of the final materials (both films and presentations) to be submitted. The filmmakers and scholars have until March 14^th to get those materials into us. We are happy to announce that we have already received some of the films, and the Programming Department has begun to examine the films for any possible errors or glitches.

Another thing that we (Programming and Traffic Department) have to prepare for now is the walkthrough with Sandra. Nico and I have been working on presentations that we will give to the class. In these presentations, we will provide a detailed walkthrough of the event, how everything will operate, and we will begin the selection of moderators for the day’s events. Right now, we would have the moderators paired with an assistant moderator, who is also a UNCW professor, to help guide the moderators in creating and asking certain questions on the day of the event in case the audience is not as responsive as we hope it to be