Digital Arts Project

1. Identify the "What":  The project is a contest to help get the digital Arts Minors and Computer Science department involved in the Visions Film Festival and Conference.  I want to have a contest for creating bumpers so that we can get submissions and the winning bumpers will be shown between the films or during the breaks of the festival so that something is always showing on the screen. The winners names will also be shown with their bumpers during the festival so that they will get the recognition  they deserve.  This will also make people from the CS and DA departments of UNCW come to the event.
2.  Who is the Customer?  Visions Film Festival and Conference will be the customer.  This will also save us time in that we will not have to have a student in the class make a mulitple bumpers for the festival.  This will allow us to always have something on the screen during the festival as well.
3.  What are the deliverables?  The bumpers will be what will be delivered.   We will use VIMEO.com for the submissions and allow them to be password protected.  This will allow us to download the files and use them as an H.264 for a .mov or .mp4 which will be the best formats for the day of the event and for the DVD.
4.  The budget for the contest will be the same as the Volunteer Project.  With the Winners they will get a T-Shirt from the event and a badge.  It will also cost more in food to feed them they day of the event because we will have to treat them like our film makers and scholars.  This could also help make more money if more people come out and support the festival such as friends and family's of the bumper makers come to see their work.  We will need a page on the website for them to enter for the contest as well as a few posters to post around campus and an email attachment to send to the Digital Arts and Computer Science Departments.
5.  This project will take about 2.5 months.  I want to start working on the project the same time I am working on volunteer project.  I will start to make contact and work on the project over christmas break.  I will begin the push for the submissions by 2-1-14.  This way it will go until 3-15-14.  This way we can pick the winners and post them on the site and get the confirmation from them that they will be attending.
6.  I will need help with the invitational skills.  I will ask Matt Goslet for help and ideas of how we can write a pitch for the event to send out.  I only want it to be for UNCW Digital Arts.  The other skills are needed are posters and an email graphic of the poster, just like we did for the call for entries.  Website skills are also needed.
7.  Resources:  I will need help from Kyle to make the Art.  I will need help from Matt Goslet to get the format of the call for entries for the digital arts emails ready.  I will need help from Channing on putting it on the site.  
8.  Team- Me:  If this gets supported for the preparation.
1. Channing and Jaime for the website
2. Kyle for the posters.
3. Other member of the Art Program for the digital art design for the website
4. Matt Goslet for his expertness in call for entries. 
9.  Schedule
1. 2-1-14:  Email out and post posters and begin the Call for Entries
2. 2-10-14: Email Fallow up for departments.  
3. 3-15-14: Final day to submit
4. 3-18-14:  Announce Winners
5. 3-21-14:  Confirm Winners
10.  Risks:  This could be a huge risk if we do not have any turnout or submissions.  From when I talked to Eric Patterson he said this would be huge for the Computer Science and the Digital Arts departments.  They wanted a way to show their students work to the public and this was an awesome idea he said.  I feel we will have a good turnout of submissions.   
11. I will communicate with the team through Facebook.  We are all friends on Facebook and can message and set up meetings for this project. 
12. Success or Fail?   If no one submits this will be a fail.  Or if no bumpers are good enough to be shown it will be a fail.  If we get several great bumpers for the event then this will be a huge success that will help take some of the work load off of the Art Department.