Hi, Pat. I think you have a unique advantage in that you live in a place most people know very little about. I think you could make some amazing videos about Alaskan culture, life, nature, etc.
On 5/22/07, akrobotics <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a filmmaker from Juneau, Alaska and heard about this group through > Jay and Irina. I hope this is the proper place to introduce myself.. > if not, please just ignore me as I stagger around blindly bumping into > your furniture. > > ------ > > I started a small media firm about five years ago and this past year > my business partner/friend and I decided to jettison our clients in > favor of lower paying, more personally gratifying, creative work. > > My main project is akrobotics.com where our short films are hosted and > the side car is jumpsociety.com, a film club for local filmmakers. At > this point we're just trying to develop our skills and find a niche on > the internet while building up our local film community. > > Most of our films are under a Creative Commons license and we've been > posting our work to YouTube (http://youtube.com/AlaskaRobotics) and > have a Democracy feed... or is that Miro? I'm not so much a fan of > the new name. > > I've also been teaching a class at the Yaakoosge Alternative High > School on digital video and have been encouraging the students to > create video journals using YouTube heavily as a teaching and > publishing tool. The students have been responding to You Choose > political candidates, making recycling PSAs and are currently working > to finish up some short documentaries. The goal of the class is to > show them how digital video and technology can be used as a medium to > express themselves. > > http://www.youtube.com/group/yaakoosge > > Aside from making short films I like to play soccer, read comics, > draw, listen to music, eat, sleep, and hunt for adventure. > > All my best, > Pat Race > > > -- Daniel J. Geduld Audio: http://www.everyonesvoice.com Video: http://www.flyingsquidstudios.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
