MEETING FIVE || can i get any of you cunts a drink?
well the day did start off pretty interestingly. as jase had noted, we went into the city to check out what the australian indies were currently offering to the comic-reading public. and needless to say, there really isn't much out there. as i told jase, to which he agreed, the one thing they all lacked was a decent story. they drawings were fine, but beyond that the comics we picked up had very little to offer in the way of mental engagement or even slight stimulation.and i have to admit, getting those free pints of coke was pretty awesome. the guys that were interested in our work seemed to be genuinely into the whole graphic novel scene, and seemed cultured and knew their shit. it was uplifting and inspiring that those kind of people were out in the world and were interested in what two kids from the 'burbs were doing.
anyhoo, after a short break (being filled with a 1.5 hour-long torts tutorial), we had our meeting. as jase mentioned, we had a bit of hitch; we were originally going to have the meeting at monash uni, clayton, but then moved to the pancake parlour at chadstone. we ordered our drinks: a pint of cider, a pint of cola, a choc-banana swiss mountain, and another banana swiss mounted with a good ol' VB, and the meeting got underway.
in brief, this is what was covered at that meeting:
S.W.O.T. ANALYSIS
Checking out what's available in the market. This section was rewritten due to the important findings and strategies that will be implemented by this firm. Sorry :) - Jay, Project Leader
MARKETING
as jase mentioned, we were thinking of having the comic launch at COOKIE, which is an awesome venue; vintage, but chilled. i noticed that jase said he didn't want to give too much away so maybe i'll tread on the safe side and let out as little as possible :).
STORY TIMELINE
as a writer, i undertook to come up with the basic timeline of events, key scenes, and character interactions. while at cookie, i was able to draw up a very basic timeline as to the events in the story, with help from a nifty little diagram drawn by jase the previous night. things are moving quickly guys...
CHARACTERS
again, chracters were discussed in depth and with vito's awesome sketches (which to many would seem like completed works), we were able to really solidify what we were traing to capture in each character. it's easy enough to write a character in point-form, but it is quite another to see them come to life as an actual being. kudos vito, you're gonna kick so much ass.
dang, i've written quite a bit. but to end off, i'd like to reiterate jase's welcome to MARK HOLLINGSWORTH to the group. i totally agree with jase that mark's enthusiam and motivation, and overall good-nature made it easy to offer him the position as a writer, and later down the track as a PR dude too. thanks for getting on board.
furthermore, i'm quite honoured to be given the title of "vice-president".. but rest assured, i'm still gonna do what i've always done. there's no hierarchy here, and that's what i love.
until next meeting,
-LOki, writer.
posted by LOki @ 7:39 PM
8 Comments:
sure there's no hierachy, Mr. Vice-president :P
hehehe
-Jay
haha yeah it was a good meeting I think, thanks for the nice welcoming and the kind words guys.
I read both of your posts but theres no point responding to both of them so ill just write one comment here.
I was thinking maybe I could create MINUTES of each meeting so if someone does miss a meeting I can just forward them a copy of what was discussed and decided upon. Also I know this is a public website and you all dont want to give away too much too early so is there anywhere we can post private or detailed info?
If Necessary I can make a yahoo board or something for us if needed.
Ill create a blog account next time im on the site, im sure it cannot be too difficult.
Also just letting you guys know I have a meeting just about every wednesday for the next 6 months (on rare occassions it will be changed to a monday or tuesday). Most of my meetings are flexible but not these ones.
So next thurs will be easier for me, if you want to meet up and check out COokie and take some pics. Ill bring a digi cam if needed.
I usually finish by about 4-5?
Tuesdays i finish 6.
Thursday i finish at um... 5pm.
So yeah wanna try and get there asap? The flow of traffic should be the other way so it should be good. We'll take as many pictures as we can i think cuz we'll have about 30 mins??
Unless you guys go first and ill meet u there?
-Jay
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yeah, thursdays seem fine for everyone. we'll have to organise a time though.
i get off uni around 3ish most days, so i dunno if i'll meet you guys in the city, or we'll hang around and all go together?
whatever works for you guys, i'm down with that. and yeah, you should bring your camera along.. i'll be bringing mine, but it's an SLR and not digital.
anyhoo, we'll finalise details before next week and everything will fall into place.
-LOki
and the idea of making the private board would be a good idea. jase and i were throwing the idea around also... but if you can put one together in your free time that would be cool.
but yeah, focus on school stuff first aye? thats what i'll be doing the next coupele of weeks!
but come june 16th (my last exam), i'll be writing like a shooting star leaping through the sky, like a tiger defying the laws of gravity! :D
-LOki
o yeah I finish class on 5:15 or 5:20 at thurs so yeah ill drive on over then.
lol love your quote at the end hahaha
Yeah let me know all the details later ie: address and stuff and whether you all just want to meet there or what the plan is. I wonder would it be better going at like 8 or 9pm instead of 5 or 6pm because of peak hour? Doesn't really bother me but let me know what you guys think.
I was thinking of catching the train?
Parking's a bitch in the city anyway.
"there's no stopping meeee, burning thru the skies yeah, 200o thats why they call me Mr Farenheit, im fast than a speed of liiiight!!!"
-Jay
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