So, many of the plans for last week were not executed because of miscommunications and failures to read emails and complete tasks. I am obviously a little annoyed at the way things went down, but there is no use dwelling in the past and all we can do at this point is move forward.
The most important task last week was getting the application and DVD sent to the Academy of Motion Pictures and that was completed. I received the confirmation from them on Thursday and I am looking forward to the results of that submission.
Two of the other three festivals whose submission dates we missed were not that important to me and can be replaced with other festivals. One of them, The Blue Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit was the one I cared the most about and so I might consider submitting to it before the late deadline. I receive updates from Withoutabox once a week with new festivals, so I know we will be able to find additional festivals to add to our list. Our other four festivals don't have dates until the summer, so I know we will be able to make those deadlines without problem.
This week we are going to get back on track by finalizing the website, selecting definite film festivals and discussing the costs. Right now I have paid for everything by myself with the help of our indiegogo funds. I hope to discuss with my crew their personal responsibility to the film with the hopes they step up and volunteer to pay for some of our expenses.
Most of the other tasks for the Marketing and Distribution Plan have been finished except for the film's postcard. I am going to wait until after Visions before I even bring this up because I feel like Nico is totally overloaded and that is why mistakes are being made. We have 5 weeks remaining in the semester and I don't think it will be a big deal if this project is put on hold considering how much we have already completed and the amount of time we have put into the film.
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