Over the course of the semester I have found the content and aesthetic of my blog has evolved. After doing constant film reviews it has changed my film watching experience pushing me to explore my own thoughts on the film and depending less on others. If I were to improve anything on the site, it would be the types of films I am reviewing. Originally, I wanted to review lesser known indie films based out of Austin, but with limited time and the threat of COVID that never became a reality. Promoting my site was one of the more difficult aspects of the project it’s difficult to get people excited about a website that is coving a topic that many more better-known people are also doing. If I were to promote again starting from the beginning, I would have tried to develop a small core audience in san Marcos and try and network and build from there, instead of posting on a twitter page and hoping people hit the link. I enjoyed this project giving me an excuse to watch movies and I think in the future understanding how to write a film review could be useful in a journalism career which I am pursuing.

             I felt that my website was strong in most aspects except viewers. After posting often and texting out the link my website still resides with only 12 viewers to ever visit the page. I was surprised at the lack of attention people were giving the site, but I do think as a person with very little twitter followers it was unrealistic to try and create a fan base off of that medium. Compared to Jordan and Eddie (“The Movie Guys”) and their website, who operate a similar blog to mine, I have far fewer followers and envy their attention. I think they promote themselves on the WordPress platform well.

            While the site didn’t get much public attention I still benefited from the sight and look to continue reviewing films long past the end of the semester.