Helen, I'm awfully sorry to hear that. Of course this was absolutely unintentional, and I admit that I should have watched out for that not to happen. I assure you that it will not be the case in the next LGM. (given that there will be women to film ;)
Jakub 2011/1/12 helen varley jamieson <[email protected]>: > hi jake, > well done on the film, nice to remember the event & also the locality in > brussels :) > > i want to comment on the almost complete absence of women from the film. i'm > sure this was not intentional, & i appreciate that the video is your > individual perspective of the event rather than attempting to be > representative. but it's disappointing that it perpetuates the image of open > source as a boy's club. i know that many of you on this list don't percieve > this as a problem; but i do. the women who attended, presented and did a > significant amount of the organising of LGM have been excluded from the only > publicly-available video documentation, giving the message to the outside > world that only men are involved in LGM. > > unfortunately i don't have the resources to make a video from my > perspective; but i hope that this is something to think about for next time. > > h : ) > > On 8/01/11 10:06 PM, Jakub Szypulka wrote: >> >> Hey guys, >> >> I just finished editing "Reclaim your tools", a short film about the >> Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels. >> >> Here is the link: http://vimeo.com/18568225 >> >> All the filming and editing as well as the music was done by myself. >> The movie is just some two and a half minutes, but I believe it might >> be a useful marketing tool for LGM. >> >> What I'm especially proud of is that everything you can see was done a >> HUNDRED PERCENT using opensource software! (minus camera firmware I >> suppose, haha) >> >> Feel free to share the movie where ever you want! The only thing I'm >> asking for is that you include my name. >> >> As I count film-making to graphics, I feel that open source video >> editing software should be a part of the LGM conference. Thus, I'd be >> more than happy to have a short talk about the film at the next LGM. I >> would present my workflow as well as point out areas where improvement >> is possible (and sometimes really necessary) compared to closed >> source, commercial software, which I've been using for a longer time. >> What do you guys think about that? >> >> I really hope you'll enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed making it! >> Can't wait to hear your comments! >> >> Jakub Szypulka >> _______________________________________________ >> CREATE mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create >> > > > -- > ____________________________________________________________ > > helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst > [email protected] > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.avatarbodycollision.org > http://www.upstage.org.nz > ____________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
