Submissions Manager
As submissions manager I was told it is my job to keep on top of any submissions be receive, replying to any enquiry emails and generally being organised.
The first thing I needed to do was send out a mass email to everyone who submitted a film last year to inform them that we were open again for new submissions. This meant creating a database with all the names and contact details and organising them by country of submission.
The first thing I needed to do was send out a mass email to everyone who submitted a film last year to inform them that we were open again for new submissions. This meant creating a database with all the names and contact details and organising them by country of submission.
I then drafted a mass email and we started getting films submitted to us on film freeway. We were all given our own personal accounts on film freeway where we could watch all the submissions and rate them on different elements such as cinematography, acting, editing etc. I was then asked by our Festival Director, Clay, to send out an email to the 24 people who's films had been shortlisted. This later caused a few issues because some of the people who submitted misunderstood the meat of 'shortlisted' and assumed that the email meant that their films would definitely be playing on the night at the Arnolfini. In hindsight this is perhaps something that myself and Clay should have thought about in more detail.
I also had to email all the shortlisted filmmakers to ask for downloadable formatted files of their films for promotional purposes and so I contacted them over film freeway.
We were all asked to share any Dirigo posts on social media and we were each given flyers to put up to advertise the event. I put posters around stokes croft and along Gloucester Rd in Bristol.
The actual festival at the Arnolfini took place own a Tuesday night which turned out to be the same night as the rugby which meant that we all got stuck in traffic and a lot of us arrive a bit late and we only had a little bit of time to prepare the venue. We out up the A2 posters and then myself and a couple of others were asked by the lady who was overseeing the event to stand outside the cinema door and direct people inside and then wait outside incase of an emergency. This was something i'm not sure any of us were aware would have to happen and it was a shame we were not informed earlier because we could have assigned roles and swapped every half hour perhaps. Because this was so last minute Myself, Suz and Emily had to sit outside the door for the entire screening incase of a fire and to keep an eye on anyone wandering around. This meant we were unable to see any of the program.
I also had to email all the shortlisted filmmakers to ask for downloadable formatted files of their films for promotional purposes and so I contacted them over film freeway.
We were all asked to share any Dirigo posts on social media and we were each given flyers to put up to advertise the event. I put posters around stokes croft and along Gloucester Rd in Bristol.
The actual festival at the Arnolfini took place own a Tuesday night which turned out to be the same night as the rugby which meant that we all got stuck in traffic and a lot of us arrive a bit late and we only had a little bit of time to prepare the venue. We out up the A2 posters and then myself and a couple of others were asked by the lady who was overseeing the event to stand outside the cinema door and direct people inside and then wait outside incase of an emergency. This was something i'm not sure any of us were aware would have to happen and it was a shame we were not informed earlier because we could have assigned roles and swapped every half hour perhaps. Because this was so last minute Myself, Suz and Emily had to sit outside the door for the entire screening incase of a fire and to keep an eye on anyone wandering around. This meant we were unable to see any of the program.