A Festival Experience: Assignment 3A Posts
Week 9: Crits Session Week 10-12: Festival Buildup. Overall Thoughts on A Festival Experience.
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Overall Thoughts on A Festival Experience.
I believe that the first Melbourne International Film Festival (MIYFF) was a success in that we did what we set out to do: hold a film festival that showcases talented young filmmakers.I wasn’t able to make it to opening night because of work commitments so I’ll be talking about some highlights & lowlights of both … Continue reading Overall Thoughts on A Festival Experience.
Week 9: Crits Session.
In Week 9, we had our criticism session with two guests from the industry: Erin Rosenberg (festival and marketing manager of the Children’s International Film Festival and the Australia-wide Jewish International Film Festival) & Rohan Sprong (RMIT Studio leader and Award Winning Filmmaker), listen to some of us speak about our film festival and the … Continue reading Week 9: Crits Session.
Week 10-12: Festival Buildup.
These last few weeks leading up to MIYFF’s debut have been manic. Everybody is trying to organise whatever last minute things needed to be done. Things like: printing and folding several copies of the festival programs, thinking how to decorate Backlot Studios (if needed) and RMIT Building 80. At this point, we needed to get … Continue reading Week 10-12: Festival Buildup.
A Festival Experience: Assignment 2 Posts.
Fundraiser Reflection Week 8 Week 7 Week 6 Week 5 Week 4
Assignment 2- Week 7.
This week, I got a reply back from both Little Print and Scotts Print & Design with costs of producing program booklets for the film festival (screenshots seen below). As much as it’d be nice to get quality printed booklets made: We do not have the sufficient funds to get these made and would probably … Continue reading Assignment 2- Week 7.
Assignment 2- Week 8.
It was the week before the fundraiser and the week after mid semester break. Over the break, submissions were closed and the lucky few were weeding out what films would be accepted and rejected. The week before break started, we had began advertising our fundraiser event on our MIYFF social media platforms, as well as … Continue reading Assignment 2- Week 8.
Assignment 2: Week 4.
Week 4’s reading: Andrea Kuhn, “Who Is Organising It? Importance of Production and Team Members (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.” in Setting Up a Human Rights Film Festival, vol. 2, Human Rights Film Network, Prague, 2015, pp. 71-83. This week, I decided to have a crack at summarising and talking about the assigned … Continue reading Assignment 2: Week 4.
Assignment 2: Week 5.
In the first half of the studio, we started discussing our financial plan and how much everything we wanted would cost. After calculating how much it would cost for venue hire, getting merchandise made and other things needed, the cost would come up to around $4000. I was not expecting that figure at all. I … Continue reading Assignment 2: Week 5.
Assignment 2: Week 6.
In this week’s studio, we had a special guest, Mia Falstein-Rush, share her experience in working in film festivals around Australia. She is a Submissions & Shorts Programmer at the Melbourne International Film Festival. She talked about how film festivals varied from your average cinema in that they add benefit to a cinema screening. This is because they … Continue reading Assignment 2: Week 6.