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|  | BEHIND THE SCENES: ANIME 101 IN UP ARKI continued... 6. What do you think of the people who attend your screenings? Hitman: You get all kinds. You got the quiet ones (those who sit by themselves enjoying what they see without showing you their emotions). You got the crazy ones. You got the super otakus (you would know who they are by the way they rant or rave about a particular show that you hardly have the time to catch up on what they just said). Then you got the normal people who come to enjoy the show and try their luck in our raffles and probably even joining some of the contests like DDR, karaoke, and most recently, the Annie & Mei mascot drawing contest. JJC: The people in our screenings are very interesting and exciting! We talk about you guys after every show! Fox: Real fun! I mean, the show is fun (but tiring) to do, y’know. But the fans are fun to watch as well. Like how they seem to laugh or howl or react in unison to the feature. Really something else. Recently, we started to think up other ideas to involve the fans more. So the karaoke contest was one great idea. Obviously we have featured a number of Dance Dance contests too (used to be Bust a Move). Upcoming soon will be the cosplay idea and the dubbing idea. This, of course, works only because the audience participates so well. Sailor: The people who go to the screenings I think are the really serious fans. Meaning they understand the essence of anime. And for that, I am glad. They are wonderful people and quite fun to watch and talk to. 7. Where do you get your materials? (tapes, etc.) Hitman: It's a secret! ^_^ But seriously, we got most of our stuff from our friends in Vancouver and San Francisco. Lately, Digital Otaku Club has been helping us out and vice versa. JJC: Archives are from our good buddies abroad. Tools and other supplies are from our own pockets. Fox: Lots of the vid and music materials are sourced from SF and Canada. Yep. So now you know where the admission fees go. Then the web is full of sources also for us to use in making our monthly posters. We set up the hardware. The nice thing about it is, the little that we get to make (and believe me, it's really little) goes to slowly improving the equipment of the AVR arki… in bits and pieces of course. Real amazing how things slowly grow to the state we have now from what was practically nothing in August 98. Sailor: For the titles, we have connections abroad. But for the other stuff we had to rely on our own resources and creativity. And we had to shell out the financial needs from our own pockets. 8. What are the pros and cons of holding such a screening? Hitman: The pros of holding a screening would probably be name recognition first. It's also a convenient place for the otakus to have their EB and enjoy a show at the same time. Plus we get to meet more people interested in the same things that we're interested in also. The cons of the show is when we get hit by something which would stop the show like brownouts or the venue gets reserved ahead of us that we have to move the show. Another would be that the aircons in the room don't work that it feels like we're having a show inside a sauna. Add to this when the room gets overcrowded, those in the back can hardly see the subtitles anymore since all they see are head bobbing up and down, trying to read the subs too. JJC: The people, the fun, the anime, the chance to organize something for the anime community -- these are the pros. The cons are confidential...hehe Fox: Pros? More fun, more activity, more people, more laughter. Vids are great, music is great. People get to know each other. Cons? Going up 5 floors takes some commitment. The group looks like a serious camping group with all the stuff we lug up and down those stairs. Sailor: For the Pros, I myself get exposed to more titles for one thing. You get to meet a lot of people, have a lot of fun and develop yourself. For the cons, it is a tiring event to prepare. Those in the audience who help us out always comment afterwards that they now realize how hard it really must be for us. And there are other things that you also have to devote your time to. But you can't do something you love without some sacrifices after all. continued... [ prev page ] [ top ] [ next page ] |
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