Meeting the Client (Blog #2)

As I had said before; Andy, Mahsa, Jeremy and myself met to discuss some concepts to present to Jo the following day. We met with Jo last Tuesday and started talking to see what ideas she had (if any) and talk about what we saw. We presented her with the idea of needing some core footage of the kids and wanting some interviews with her as well as the mentors. We also discussed the idea of talking to some of the teachers who saw an improvement as well as the parents. Further on in the discussion, Jo talked about wanting to incorporate some other ideas but she wasn't sure if they were feasible for the length of the video.

At the end, we all agreed on a core idea for the video; emphasizing the kids and the mentors as well as being a positive, fun, and uplifting video. The goal is to show the return a person gets from being involved and contributing to this program. We will be getting logos and graphics from Jo. I need to send her an email reminder but all in all this is running very smoothly. I love my group and am very excited to start shooting.

As production manager, I've been the one organizing the meetings and setting up schedules. I also offer ideas since we are a very collaborative group but for this project, I'm mostly doing "paper work." I've come to discover that I really enjoy doing this. I always knew that I am good at scheduling (especially since I'm the one who always schedules events and hang outs between my friends and myself) I just didn't know that I could translate that to something like this. It's odd because I like doing the dirty work but I feel more comfortable doing this. So far, I like it.

~Amanda