"Escape Reality"

For my big idea, I have come up with this idea of "escape reality". This is very true especially in the comic book world. Many comic book readers tend to read comic books to immerse themselves in that particular superheros lifestyle and universe. This allows them to essentially escape from reality for that little bit that they read their comic book. Whether it is to get away from the struggles of their life or just to live a life long fantasy, comic books seek to explore a universe full of possibilities for the reader to enjoy and immerse themselves in.

I used comic book villains and superheros for my campaign posters and all of them read the same line escape reality at magics guild. This entices the viewer with "escape reality" and by announcing at magic's guild, you are directing the viewer to the store. You can also make these posters really easily and customize them to all types of superheros and villains to suit every individual.

Here are some examples of my work:

 (Joker Campaign Poster)

(King Pin Campaign Poster)

One thing I also tried to do was keep to the original text of comic books by using the why so serious? Joker font from Dark Knight movie and a comic book font for the King Pin poster.

Media Marketing Project Results

Within my group, we worked on a marketing campaign for Wizard's Guild, a comic book store in Athens, OH. After much discussion, we came to the conclusion that we would need to promote the store more through social media means since there are none already promoting the store. We believe this will attract more potential consumers. 

We will do this through implementing the marketing means in social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Facebook- We would create a Facebook page for the store. We would then use the Facebook page to promote store deals, employee profile videos, comic book release dates, events sponsored by the store, etc. Another thing we talked about was connecting with other comic Facebook pages preferably within Athens Ohio. For instance, if there is a comic book club then connect with them and get them to like our page which would promote the store to potential customers. 

Twitter - Much like Facebook  we would tweet about store deals, comic book release dates, fun facts to attract followers, and just get information out to the public about the comic book store.

YouTube - We decided that we would create videos based on the store to promote the store itself. For instance, we talked about making employee profile videos where we interview employees and post them to the Facebook and twitter pages.

Personal Branding

Shortest:
My name is Christopher Page. I am a senior majoring in Digital Media: Special Effects, Games and Animation at Ohio University.

Shorter:
My name is Christopher Page. I am a senior majoring in Digital Media: Special Effects, Games, and Animation at Ohio University. I am actively involved in the club Ultimate Frisbee team at Ohio University committing most of my time to serving as club sports Vice-President or attending practice regularly six times a week. This will be my fourth year with Ohio Ultimate but only my second year on the A-team.

Short:
My name is Christopher Page. I am a senior majoring in Digital Media: Special Effects, Games, and Animation at Ohio University. I am actively involved in the club Ultimate Frisbee team at Ohio University committing most of my time to serving as club sports Vice-President or attending practice regularly six times a week. This will be my fourth year with Ohio Ultimate but only my second year on the A-team. I also commit my summers to Ultimate Frisbee playing on club teams either from Athens (A-Block) or from the Columbus area (Matador). Since I have started playing Ultimate Frisbee I have tried to acquire more and more knowledge on the sport. Seeking information not only from coaches and captains, at tournaments and in games but also from online sites devoted to Ultimate Frisbee. These means have helped make me more of an Ultimate Frisbee expert but there are still things that I have yet to learn which I plan to explore in the future.

Easterns 2013

Like I stated in my previous blog entry, Easterns 2013 is next weekend March 23-24. This tournament has some of the best teams in the nation and a lot of potential National Qualifiers.

Here is a link to the score reporter page on the tournament which will have up-to-date scores of the games. The site is currently not filled in yet because pools have not been finalized yet. It should have the pools and brackets available come closer to the weekend.

Here are the current rankings of all the Ultimate Frisbee teams in the Nation.  We are currently ranked 17th in the Nation and only the top 20 teams acquire a strength bid for their region. Wish us luck!

Rankings (March 13, 2013)

OU Ultimate Twitter

If anyone would like to follow OU Ultimate on twitter here is the link. We have live tweeting from the sidelines with up to date scores of games. On occasion you might receive a "fun" tweet about some of the odd things the team does on road trips or even what the team does off the field. 

Next weekend we will be going to Easterns in Wilmington, NC and this is our biggest tournament which could make or break our second trip to Nationals. 

Ultimate Frisbee Greatest

The top play that any Ultimate Frisbee player could perform is called the "Greatest". During a "greatest", a disc is floating out of bounds. An offensive player jumps from in-bounds and catches the disc and releases the disc before their feet touch the ground. The thrown disc is then caught from another player on the same team for a score.

Here is one performed by Nick Wetzel who was on the OU team that went to Nationals last year in 2012. This was during a game against regional rivals Pitt at Michigan Indoor in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Introduction Video