Blog 18: Microcinema Plan

I’m writing most of these final blogs after the fact, so it’s hard for me to remember how the planning went with these projects, and my memory of the microcinema is especially blurry. I remember meeting up with Cori to coordinate the different departments, gather loglines and footage, make creative decisions, etc. It was kind of a mess. Cori is always on her game and in control, which means that sometimes people – myself included – lean on her too much. There were a couple problems that I or someone else could have fixed that ended up in her lap. So, naturally, she was stressed and I was stressed. I guess I didn't understand my role and I don't think I did enough to help. I wish I had communicated with the departments better rather than assuming they were talking to Cori. I wish that everyone had submitted their footage on time. I wish I wasn’t such a wack MC. I wish we'd had cheese.

But, anyway, this was the first time any of us had ever tried putting on a film festival. And considering the time-frame, we did pretty well. I doubt the editing class noticed most of the hiccups. So not everything was on-schedule. So we didn’t have programs. So I got devoured by mosquitos. I still had fun and I would do it again in a heartbeat.