IDFA Q&A with Marjorie

If you’ve seen the trailer for The Kids Grow Up you know that during the year the story primarily takes place my wife  Marjorie came down with a serious episode of depression.   It was horrendous to point a camera at her in that condition, and a very brief  interview was all either of us could withstand.  But destigmatizing depression is very important to her, and the footage wouldn’t be in the finished film had she not seen it early on in the editing and given her blessing.

Leaving for IDFA

With the Sat night world premiere screening of The Kids Grow Up looming, and the whole production team heading off for the airport in a few hours, we’re buzzing around doing all the usual things we’ve left for the very last minute.  Updating the 3-minute trailer was the most important, since the previous version ended with temp music that wasn’t exactly the right tone (a bit too melodramatic).   Not to mention, not exactly licensed.   Now it’s entirely scored by our hugely talented composer, H.  Scott Salinas, and has the right bittersweet feel.

Anyway, posters and postcards – check.  International replacement cell phone – check.  An email announcement to attending IDFA buyers and press – check.   An itinerary to make sense of all the screenings and meetings and parties – check.  Ambien for the red-eye flight over – check!!!

We had a private screening on Monday for a small group of distributors, industry folk and friends at Soho House and the audience reaction was all I could have possibly hoped for.  It’s clear this is a film that works better on a big screen with an audience, so I’m a bit calmer heading into IDFA than I would have been.   But we’ll see.

I have my Flip video camera with me, and I’ll try to post a couple of Flip Clips during the festival if I can find the time and wherewithal.  And I’ll definitely post about how things are going.  And now, fingers crossed…

World Premiere of THE KIDS…

THE KIDS GROW UP will have its’ world premiere next month at IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), the largest and most prestigious of all documentary festivals. It’s playing in the Reflecting Images: Masters section, along with new or recent docs by, well, there’s no other term, masters such as D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, Frederick Wiseman, Michael Moore, Joe Berlinger, Susan Froemke, Julien Temple and Michael Winterbottom. So it’s quite an honor and my hat size has swelled accordingly.

Page performance

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Understand the Google Analytics Report.

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The results will show how the number of pages viewed and page views changes day by day, week by week, and month by month.

Before we begin to analyze our website’s performance, let’s first understand the differences between Google Analytics reports and what you should expect from them.

What are Google Analytics Reports?

Google Analytics is an application that provides you with insights into your website’s performance. As we have mentioned before, Google Analytics reports will show you information that is useful for you and your business. To understand what Google Analytics reports are, let’s take a look at what is the purpose of each of them and the basic components they provide.

Audience

Audience reports have the simplest purpose. It allows you to monitor all the users (not just users of your web page) on your website. It is also useful if you are measuring the performance of your marketing campaigns (how many visitors are coming to your website during a certain period of time). In other words, you can measure the visitors’ interest in your website. There are two ways of measuring your visitors. You can use Google Analytics tracking code and use a web page as the target. Or you can use a tool to monitor the website’s visits in real-time.