Today my partner formally announced the ‘Junct tour on her blog earlier this morning. You can read her articulate piece HERE before jumping back to my blog to get the disjointed version written on a third grade level, in crayon. Though we do not have all the dates locked in we are currently looking for ambassadors* in different cities that are willing to help set up screening/poetry/art type events as well as help promote the shit out of it. As it stands I took May 19th-28th off from the day job. I’m still working on coverage for the night job and both weekends.
*Ambassadors need to suggest a not to be missed eating establishment. I have to mention I’m barely 100 pounds soaking wet and I need to eat or I get cranky, fast. Personally I don’t need fancy and expensive. I’m looking for grease pits and places that serve food that make your arteries harden just looking at the dish.
At this rate we are trying our best to be realistic about the route. I had hoped for us to get out to the west coast but due to time constraints I think we will be making that a trip unto itself. I can hustle when motivated but I doubt the cops would find the humor in my Jersey hijinks.
85 in a 25, probably a bad idea.
That leaves us with a PA, OH, MI, IN, IL, KY, WV loop. Travel time roughly 1 day 12 hours with 6 stops. The longest stretch is a little over 8 hours heading from the WV area back to Philadelphia. Ultimately it will be left up to what places would like to host us.
At the time of this post we’ve had two screening inquiries: one in NJ at my Alma Mater and the other in Chicago. Once locked in I will be creating events on the 2255 Facebook group as well as listing them on my website.
In the meantime my friend Chip and I have been monkeying around with the shoot photos from a couple weeks back trying to come up with a layout we all like for the posters/DVD covers. Below is a few samples (1st layouts) of what we had envisioned. I’m sure these will change dramatically before the final version, but it’s a start.
#1 First mockup I worked on. The more I stare at it the more I want to bump up the font size of the slogan 'Can you spare some social change?' Possibly left justify and run it down the sides.
#2 Mock up I worked on. The location I had picked for the shoot had the electric plant in the background. Unfortunately it can't bee seen beyond the trees.
#3 Mock up is Chip's crack at it. I like the approach he took by adding a blue hue to the entire photo.
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Thought I had your blog in my feed reader but missed this, not to late to use it though ~ starting a moderate tour blitz today (would have yesterday but got distracted and forgot)
ReplyDeleteNot a problem. I just posted a blog on NFM FB site and if I have time I will set up an event page on FB for the tour. I'm hoping D will have the schedule done soon so I can start getting the social media stuff in order. I will have my laptop and cell during the tour so I *should* be able to stay on the grid.
DeleteThank you again for everything you've been doing to help promote the film.
PS please add me to the invite list for tour events. you can also post directly on the NFM Fb wall but when I post, it goes to both NFM twitter streams. I'm also going use one of the tour graphics for the cover photo on our wall and will pin the tour schedule / update blog post to the top of the page. That way both will be the first thing visitors see and the information won't slide down the page and off cyber-short attention spans
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