Great discussion.
Have been working on a digitally-based (and world-based) multi-media
documentary forever.
It keeps shape-shifting, etc., but definitely want it to exist as a
documentary motion picture.
Here it is, so far:
i'd like to see a bit of experimentation in collaborative video assignments
again.
all it requires is a simple database of participants that can toggle on/off
their availability.
keep it simple, but could also apply interests, tags and other profile info.
someone starts a project based on a theme
any one up for a new meeting tomorow? is there a wiki set up?
randy
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Michael Sullivan sullele...@gmail.comwrote:
i'd like to see a bit of experimentation in collaborative video assignments
again.
all it requires is a simple database of participants that can
This is a great discussion, and this list is pretty spot on from my
perspective. At one point or another each one of these points has stopped me
from following through on an idea. I think it comes down to credibility,
perceived or real. I remember from my student filmmaking days that
I guess they do apply to barriers that keep videobloggers from working
on longer documentary projects...
But more directly, these thoughts arose from conversations about why
lots more people weren't making videos about things outside themselves
- in their local communities, say. Both
1. what would a web native video doc be? (Seth Keen is answering this
one way, Florian Thalhofer another.)
2. how might this be combined with trad. doco?
3. blogs are already documentary, so what needs to change (in us or
the maker) to think of it more formerly as documentary in the video
This all just comes back full circle for me what I was talking about in the
video conference - how do we bridge the gap between documentarians and
videobloggers?
Their content isn't all that different. They have similar editing workflow
conversations. Our art forms are not that different and
The holy grail for documentarians is an Oscar nomination or nomination for
another award. Many of these awards require that the film only be seen on
theatres in order to be nominated. As a result, the culture of documentary
film-making will be geared towards traditional theatre presentation until
On Sep 3, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Jeffrey Taylor wrote:
The holy grail for documentarians is an Oscar nomination or
nomination for
another award. Many of these awards require that the film only be
seen on
theatres in order to be nominated. As a result, the culture of
documentary
I know members of both American British Academies, and they're the
same. They give most of their DVD freebie screeners to their kids and
friends, or toss them or leave them unopened.
You only have to look at what wins - and even what is nominated - to
know that the whole process is a joke,
This all just comes back full circle for me what I was talking about in
the
video conference - how do we bridge the gap between documentarians and
videobloggers?
And to flip it aroundwhat barriers keep videobloggers from working on
longer projects like documentarians?
Rupert and I were
interesting points. :-)
the other side of this of course is that some do both, but that one
practice might not need to come into the other (if that makes sense).
the web as most of the 2.0 stuff shows, is ideal for serial practice/
production, small pieces, loose connections. about networks,
Yeah, Jay - I saw this movie at silverdocs this year. It was pretty
incredible.
http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com
Its just opening in NYC and here's the upcoming sched.
09/04/09 Cambridge, MA
Brattle Theatre http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/index.html
09/24/09 Los Angeles, CA
Also - here's a photo of Al Maysles and I from Silverdocs - where he was
honored with the Guggenheim award.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottstead/3638588645/
He's an amazing guy. He was discussing with me and a few other folks how we
have a state department, a department of defense - how
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