I Think I Had a Revelation

I blinded myself from what I wanted to do. All I had to do was take a step back to realize what the true essence of my project is about. The title of my blog, Pomona Secrets, summarizes what I want to do; I just did not put two and two together. My thoughts were so concentrated on figuring out a series of videos that every college student could relate to, but was experienced by students on campus. With that thought in mind, I came up with the ideas for asking where to sit in class and who to sit next to. It also led me to the idea to ask what types of secret concoctions people created in the dining halls with limited ingredients. Try to make the videos transcend colleges ended up limiting my perspective. I have, however, overcome my limitations.

Why do I love Pomona? What does Pomona mean to me? These questions are Pomona specific, because they have the word Pomona in them. But they also transcend the college experience. When someone says “I love Pomona because…” they are also saying “I love college because…” With that in mind, I realized what makes Pomona unique will also somewhat blend into other college experiences. I have come up with this
for my extended list of possible topics to discuss with students:

1. What do you think about sponsor groups?
a. What are the unwritten rules of sponsor groups?
b. Any stories?

2. What’s a friend crush?
a. Have you acted on one?
b. How do you act on one?
c. Any awkward stories?

3. What dining hall do you like?
a. What’s the best one on all of the campuses?
b. Do you eat lunch in the dining halls?
i. Do you have a dining buddy?
ii. Ever sat with a random person for a meal?

4. Are the new buildings and renovations worth it?
a. What’s your favorite place on campus?
b. What’s the best party of the year?
c. What rule or regulation would you change if you had the power?

5. Are there rules on interclass socializing? (Interclass = Between grades)

I centered the questions on the Pomona experience, but anyone of college age can understand and relate to them. I am I genius? Maybe. Will I get some good stories? Hopefully. Can I pull it off? We will see now won’t we…

YouTube has been set up

I have just setup my YouTube channel for this project. Right now it has my exploits as a High School senor, which I think are classic, but I am kinda biased. The process of setting up the account was nothing special, but I could not decide whether or not to give them all of my information. I know I have my likeness on the internet now, but I blanked out all the names, so I have some sort of privacy, right?...

Interview Supplement

I have probably been watching too much of The Office this weekend, but I want to add some random interviews to the process. Maybe by throwing in random questions about nothing and filming responses I could make a decent outtake video.

I have always wanted to make a TV Show and maybe this could be my secret backdoor entrance into the business...

Let the Ideas Flow

Well, now that my adventure has begun let me let you into my thought process. This blog accompanies a series of YouTube videos that will be created in the near future. I wanted to somehow incorporate my life with the video, but still have them be funny/interesting/ridiculous. I am going to blog about what I do for the movies (editing, filiming, etc..), updates on any ratings / views I get for the videos, how I go about advertising the movies, and anything else that seems relevant to my project.

Here is the dialogue my co-producer and I have had over the past couple of days. Because this is an e-mail discussion, you don't have the ideas we came up with over dinner the past couple of days. We originally had a couple of ideas for music videos, followed by a techno dance party, then something like pulling pranks on friends. Then, like a bolt of lightening from east texas, it hit me in an econ review session:

Subject: Idea for YouTube
three part series.

First part: Random interviews with people about how they choose their
seat position, i.e. - in the front of the classroom versus the back and
left versus right. any stories
Second Part: who they choose to sit next to in class. friends vs.
stranger, girls vs. boys, any stories
Part Three: ?? Something about something stupid everyone on campus does
but never realizes. What time people go to dinner maybe?? Maybe we could
splice a bunch of random comments and outtakes from the first into
something that makes no sense, but is funny.

Let me know what you think.
-Bumpkins
Subject: RE: Idea for YouTube
Yo I'm definitely up for it. I think it's a great idea. Of course we're
gonna have to figure out some logistics like filming during a class. We
definitely could get some funny shit though. I'm thinking about a voice
over of some kid's thoughts while we film him as he sits in class. Or
some shit
And for part three I have a couple ideas:
1) a party- how do you decide where you stand? Dance? Move? Not look
awkward?
2) cafeteria- are you allowed to sit alone at the cafeteria? And we just
ask people that and see what they say
-d
Subject: RE: Idea for YouTube
o baby! I'll plan some shit out over spring break. I was gonna bring my
camera back because it is crappy and I feel that would fit well with
youtube. Do you how I would go about asking the school to use one of
theirs in case I need multiple cameras, or what have you?
-Bumpkins
Subject: RE: Idea for YouTube
I don't have a camera, but you can borrow them from pitzer or Scripps or
maybe Pomona. You have to be on the list though so you should ask your
prof whats up.
I'm pumped homes
-d

Pomona College is located in southern California; it is a small liberal arts school. I am putting this project together for my Intro To New Media Studies class. Please give me any feedback or any ideas you have for a YouTube video we haven't come up with yet, or a place where I can learn how to dominate the YouTube rankings.