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Vancouver Web Fest: Volunteer Journal, Day 2

IMG_1547Saturday: After my business earlier Saturday morning, I took some time to myself to prepare for Sunday. Since I wasn’t volunteering until the evening, this would give me some time to get things together and figure out how I was going to balance everything.

When I got there, they were screening some episodes of different web series. First was a sneak peek of Gary Saves The Graveyard, a comedy about a caretaker who watches over  a graveyard with zombie-like people who have not made it into the afterlife. Trying to keep them under control and in the cemetery isn’t an easy job.

Next up was Whatever Linda, all about a divorced woman who has to start getting used to her new life and her interesting new job.

Then came Disrien, a fantasy story taking place in the future. It features a man journeying through a desolate world dealing with painful memories of his past. The visuals were actually kind of disturbing, but not as disturbing as the next preview for . . .

Slice, a horror series featuring a man coughing up blood while recalling a night out with a woman he just met.

After that came Dress up! with George B. Style, a reality series, which filmed celebrities trying on outfits, also live fashion events.

Finally the last glimpse of the night was Nasty Habits, centring around people who smoke and talk about bad decisions they made.

After the screenings, there was a live demonstration and a panel regarding the safety of using swords in a fight scene on a film set. It started with sword fighter F. Braun McAsh fighting with a real sword against an opponent onstage, showing how to do it safely. After that, Professional Stuntman Kirk Jaques came on, ranting about how web series weren’t really that good in his opinion, until someone knocked him down — as a stunt. Then joining them was Toronto actor and director Rob Bruner. Together the three answered questions about how to do stunt work safely on set, as well as cost of stunt workers and why it’s important to have professionals.

Afterwards, a party started up for Frostbite Pictures, a filmmaking company who created many great digital series such as ClutchRelationsh*t, and Under the Hud. I didn’t get to attend most of it because I had been sent out into the lobby to operate the popcorn machine. Then the lobby got crowded and more people decided to cram themselves around me which made it difficult to work.

Eventually, I had to leave due to how late it was getting and I was booked until early afternoon tomorrow. But there was still one more day to go.

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