[imc-auckland-video] Trouble finding the "right things" to screen as short item at Antodote 9

[Geraldene Peters]

I can understand the rationale behind your points Kim and Ant, as well as
appreciating that you took time out to view the material.

However, I think you may be a bit harsh - I could make an argument
acknowledging the interest value of Outfoxed, but critiquing it for
semi-commercial slick production values and unadventurous, and at times
boring formal aspects that reassert dominant media values.

There are I think other issues at stake such as supporting and giving space
to the Newsreal initiative, as an Oceania Indymedia project - surely one or
two items could be screened?  It wouldn't be too much to anticipate that
many people wouldn't have seen footage from Woomera or the Uranium mine
protests.

  Similarly with the 7 minute Timor L'este piece, it was made by a Taranaki
based social justice activist  with a long term involvement with East Timor,
and productive enthusiasm for media making. Apart from the compelling reason
for supporting local production and issues close to this place, if it's good
enough for alternative media channels in New York, I would expect it's good
enough to screen here.

Some thoughts,
g


On 10/7/04 8:26 AM, "Kim Mazur" <greenmps.auckland at greens.org.nz> wrote:

> HI folks,  
> 
> Um, Ant & I watched all the short reel compilation stuff last night from
> Oceania Indymedia (all about 3-7 minutes long) and didn't feel any one
> thing that we watched stood out above the others as something to screen
> as a short item(s). They are all good - but some seem a bit dated now
> (anti-war protest footage, refugee detention centre footage in
> Australia.) Great stuff that would have been good to see a year ago -
> but ideally we could find something relevant to people today too or they
> would need to be introduced with a context. Other video clips had either
> hard to hear sound or voices or scratchy epileptic editing effects over
> it which made them irritating to watch.
> 
> At a pinch, we could show one/some of these things, but we didn't feel
> that compelled by most of them. Which sounds a bit harsh I know. But
> other people are welcome to help pitch in decision making too please.
> 
> So, at this stage, it's just the feature length we have, which is a
> problem because the folks at the Classic won't be that impressed that we
> don't have a break for people to buy drinks at! (ah, capitalism eh?!)
> So, if you have any bright ideas, or can contact anyone you know who has
> made something and would like to showcase it, that would be great -
> local works would be nice. We only have a week.
> 
> Or does anyone in Wellington or Dunedin Indymedia have some short stuff?
> 
> 
> Kim 
> 
> 
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