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Friday, June 15, 2012

June 15, 2012 To-Do-List

So Many Things To Do



So I have loads of stuff to do today. my To-Do list is pretty long and a lot of the things on it are research-related so about an hour each at least for those. I have to send a bunch of e-mails and I need to start crafting up press-releases/building up hype for the launch of my KickStarter campaign. If I work really hard I could maybe launch at the end of next week...

So I need some advice on some things. I was thinking about a title (I need a title before I can start my campaign... What do you think about "The Triple Cities: A Greater Binghamton Area" since my documentary has to do with the historical and present situations of the "Tripple Cities" area of Endicot, Johnson City, and Binghamton, but it also has to do with the potentially bright (great) future of this area which is sometimes reffered to as the Greater Binghamton Area because there's Vestal and Endwell and Johnson City isn't even a city, it's a village and I think Endicott is a town technically.
So is "The Triple Cities: A Greater Binghamton Area" a good and accurate title?

The second thing I need advice about: a sort of logo. Incentives on KickStarter will include stickers and reusable water bottles and T-shirts etc so I need a symbol... how is this:
I painted this with Roseanne Grigoli, the box is supposed to represent a sort of magnification. The whole painting is about how you can look at things and see something whole but if you look closer it explodes with connections and it's a really messy web of information which needs to be sifted through if you want to find answers or you could always just take a few steps back and be fine with seeing things as they appear at first glance. I think this is an appropriate representation of what I'm doing for my project and how many people feel about The Greater Binghamton Area (a rough but complete image) before they look closer.

Today on my to-do list is contacting a few local museums, the historical society, a local historian, and I need to find someone who has a good grasp on the reel-estate/housing situation in the area. I also need to contact Mark Newman, the man who built University Plaza and who is currently building 20 Hawley.

I need to find two or three non-profit organizations today I want to give my excess money to (if I get any) and ask KickStarter if that's an ok thing to do.

I need to look into the cost of getting Bottles, T-Shirts, Stickers, DVDs etc produced locally (KickStarter incentives)

I need to draft some promotional e-mails to be sent after I launch my campaign.

and I need to map out the story I want to tell from start to finish and why so my search/research can be more focused.

It is going to be a long day but I am loving it. I love my career and I have no regrets.

-Kevin

2 comments:

Stephanie said...

This is so exciting to read, Kev. :) I'm so glad you're happy and that you're enjoying everything. What's your timeline for start to completion?

K.R.Hallagan said...

Well I started at the end of last semester and I am hoping to have it shot and mostly edited by next May. then I need to get it you know... circulated and stuff which I have no idea how to do :p this next year is going to be awesome exciting

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