Some quick updates

I began working on the website mockup this week in photoshop, and I'm testing out different color schemes now. I always forget how much I hate Internet Explorer. Every time I code something it will look perfect in Firefox, Safari, and Flock, but something will always show up wrong in IE. It never fails.

My hatred of web browsers aside, this weekend wasn't as productive as we had hoped. The student we were going to interview in Auburn got sick, so we had to cancel the shoot. Meg and I will be going next weekend though, if everything goes as planned at least.

I just contacted ITS about getting set up on the IC server to host our website. And yes there is, but it's just the web profile manager. It's at http://ithaca.edu/wpm and then you just log in with your normal Ithaca username and password. I might just set up an account with Freewebs or Tumblr though, that way we can still be creative when it comes to coding and design versus using IC's generic profile account.

Stupid Sunshine, Stop Raining on My Parade

I did my first shoot for the documentary with Jess on Wednesday. We met with Lebron Rankins from the Counseling Center at Ithaca College. He was a fantastic speaker and talked about a lot of issues we hope to cover. The only issue was lighting. The sun+the Park Lounge=a very sad day. It wasn't horrible, it's just that the sun was setting and was slowly creeping up on him. We moved him a couple of times to try and circumvent the whole situation. 

We met this morning, went over the camera, and planned a bit for future meetings and shoots.

Getting Started

I'm working with Meg and Jess on a documentary focusing on the effects of "perfectionist culture" on college students. We're trying to discover the different ways students try to deal with the stress of thinking they'll never be good enough. 
So far I've put up a Craigslist casting call. I've only gotten one response since, and a bunch of spam, but I'm hoping as we go along it'll be a helpful tool for finding people. I've been putting the word out among friends, who will hopefully spread my email around to persepctive interviewees.
I'm excited to see where this documentary will go. I think it's an interesting topic, especially with the globalized economy the way it is. Graduates aren't just competing against other students from their country, they're competing with graduates from China, the UK, etc.