Visions

This year was my first year attending Visions.  I though it was a really great experience.  At first, I was reluctant about the conference block because I the critical studies side to be a little boring at times.  Though I was really surprised by how interesting most of the presentations were in the second conference block.  This was also the first time I have ever attended a film conference, so it was definitely an awesome experience.  It also proved me wrong because I assumed the conference would be boring. 

The second film blocks had some amazing films.  It is great to see a mixture of styles at film festivals.  It is amazing to hear how these filmmakers came up with the ideas to their films.  The documentary where the filmmakers followed to band around Japan was great.  It was shot beautifully and really took us into the bands tour of Japan and the culture in Japan.  It is interesting to see how people so far away still have to same interest that people here in the United States have.

Attending Visions makes me want to write and make more films to be able to do a festival tour.  I just wanted to go out and make films when making all the shorts.  It seems cool to hear feedback from other who we do not go to class with everyday.   I know if I am in this area next year I will attend Visions again and will make sure I have time to go to both film blocks.  I may even attend a conference block.