Based on the results we received from our survey, we’ve created a new poster design for My Name is Jerry:
Our hope with this poster is to show the more dramatic side of the film and to reflect an important element of the story: change. We definitely aren’t getting rid of our first poster, but we hope that this poster will compliment it and show another dimension of the film.
Have any thoughts on this new look? Feel free to leave a comment or send an email to: mnijnewsletter@gmail.com
July is almost here, and that means that we are approaching the one-year anniversary of when filming of My Name is Jerry began! This film has had an amazing year getting to this point - and there’s only more to come! If you were following the blog during filming or involved with the project, please share a comment about it.
Also, our big news this week: If you attended the screening, you may have noticed that there was a new t-shirt design available at the event. We decided to unveil the new design that night, and have now made it available for sale through the website at http://www.mynameisjerry.com on the merchandise page.
We are calling this the “Doug Jones Design” because we had the shirts printed a special way (called garment printing - printed by EmbroidMe) that allowed us to include a full-color photo of Doug in the design. This means they cost a little more than our last shirts, but we just had to put the film’s star on a shirt!
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We’ve really enjoyed having Sarah as our blogger and we hope you have too! We wish her the best of luck as she moves forward :).
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My name is Jessica and I’ll be taking over as the My Name is Jerry blogger. What I’d like to share with you today are the survey results from the screening. Around 450 people filled out surveys, so there was a lot of great infromation to cover!
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We asked everyone to rank the following on a scale of 1-5 (1 = Poor, 2 = Fair, 3 = Average, 4 = Good, 5 = Excellent).
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What we found were that the overall scores were high!
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And there didn’t seem to be a dramatic difference in ratings between age groups or sexes:
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We also received a lot of great feedback from our focus groups, and based on everything we learned from both of these outlets, we’ve decided to create a new poster and trailer to reflect the more dramatic side of the film. The poster will be coming soon and we look forward to your feedback! Thank you again to all those who participated!
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Well guys, I’ve reached the end of my stay here in My Name is Jerry world. I’ve put in my 4 years at Ball State University and so it’s time to pass on this torch.
Its was great to see all of you and meet some of you at the screening in May. What a great experience to to end my senior year.
I plan on staying in touch with what is going on with the festivals and I can’t wait to see how big this really turns out to be.
Keep going My Name is Jerry team. We’ve done a great job so far!
So long, farewell. Keep me in the loop 
Thank you to all who attended the first official screening of My Name is Jerry! Both the film’s team and our event sponsor, M Magazine, are honored that the event was so well attended – we sold out at noon the day of the screening!!!
We would especially like to thank Muncie Magazine for partnering with us to make this event possible. Both of our organizations are committed to collaborating and growing the Muncie community. To screen the film while celebrating the release of M’s anniversary issue ( http://munciemag.com/ ) was a great experience for us both. We would also like to thank all of the volunteers who worked the event and kept everything running smoothly.
We are still sorting through all of the great survey feedback we received - and we are already starting on the film festival route. Today, we’re excited to enter the Mill Valley Film Festival, West Hollywood Film Festival, Napa Sonoma Wine OUnty Film Festival, and Hardacre Film & Cinema Festival!
We’ve got a trailer, we’ve got a trailer, we’ve got a trailer, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Here it is!!
Check it out and let us know what you think!
A few other updates! A lot of the cast and crew are coming back to Muncie and see the movie. Here’s a heads up as to who you can expect to see!…
Katlyn Carlson - Jordan
Steven Yuen - Chaz
Levi Holloway - Slim
Dwandra Lampkin- Gina
Crew Members: Morgan Mead the Director, David Hamilton the Writer, Nathan Wilson the Director of Photography, Bruce Economou the Executive Producer, Patricia Daehn the Costume Supervisor, and many more!!
We look forward to seeing all of you there! Thanks for your support!
The screening is coming up!
Don’t forget about our deal. Just post your name in a comment and as soon as you get 10 people to mention you when they buy tickets, we’ll go ahead and give you yours for free!
For some more information about the screening you can go to mynameisjerry.com/tickets.
Its going to be a great experience, I’ve seen Doug Jones tweet about it, post a link on his facebook, and even write on his myspace inviting his fans and friends.
Another thing to look at is the teaser we just released! It’s a focused around Doug Jones and how, up until now, he hasn’t played a human in very many movies. But now we’ve got him as Jerry and its fits him just perfectly!
www.mynameisjerry.com/teaser
As many of you should know by now if you follow us on any of the other outlets, we are having a SCREENING!!
Let’s cut straight to the chase. It’s at the Horizon Convention Center in downtown Muncie, IN on May 7th at 8pm. Someone special to the film will be there and his name is…oh what is it?…I think it starts with a D…oh yeah, Doug Jones will be there!
There will be a VIP event at 6:30pm before the event to hang out and meet Doug, the director, and other big contributors to the film. It’s a great chance to mingle and meet some cool people involved with the film before we all get to see the screening! Those tickets are $35 and can be purchased now right here. Trust me it’s worth it, the experience is going to be one to bring the camera for!
After the VIP event comes the screening at 8:00pm. If you want to only attend the movie screening you can purchase your tickets for only $10 right now here. Following the screening we’re going to want to get some feed back from you guys!
Once you’ve bought your ticket, tell your friends! Tell your parents! Tell your grandparents!
Tell you what… I’ll make you a deal, you’ll only get it here on the blog so pay attention: Comment back with your name so I know you are participating in our blog only offer. If you can get 10 people to buy tickets here and say your name in the referred by section then we will give you a free ticket to the screening. Ready, set, GO!
The new poster and backgrounds are finally here! After telling you and telling you that it was coming, I’m thrilled to announce they are finally up and looking good. The other one was great to get the word out and really helped us get your attention but this one gives us a brand-new fresh look. It’s going to be the official poster for the film.
The merchandise has BUTTONS now! These buttons are a great way to support the film, put them on your backpack, purse, suit jacket lapel, converse high tops, mend a hold in your jeans, whatever you want.
We’ve got a whole new feel and a new way to look at the film. Let me know what you think, and how the new pins work out on whatever you choose to put one on!
Yo! I know I mentioned this last time but we really need some of your input to make the DVD extras. You are the people who have been with us from the beginning and we would love it if you would be apart of this with us now! Here’s a link http://tinyurl.com/afelxx to a really short survey that asks your opinions on a few ideas we had but by all means feel free to lets us know if you have thought of something else. Like I said a few days ago, the sky is the limit (pretty much!). A few ideas some twitter followers thought of…
Maybe the vlog of “coldmirror” ^^ whith the comercials for the T-shirt
maybe “from first script to film” feature because it ran through many changes, right? I’m curious what actually changed.
I’ll make a deal with you, you give us 3-5 minutes of your time to take our survey and give us your ideas and we’ll make sure and try our hardest to get put your ideas into works. Deal?
