[IMC-Satellite] Making a Newsreal Film on College's Time

[Will Standish]

To whom it concerns:

Hi, I am intending to produce a video documentary report of people taking 
action to achieve progressive social justice.
This will take the form of some UK University students attempting to form an 
autonomous Union of sorts, in deference to the established network of 
Students' Unions, which promote corporate capitalist ideals.
The intention is to document the use of Rights, in a campaign which hopes to 
obtain college support, premises and equipment, to instigate and maintain a 
place of free thought with access to non-corporate information sources.
You get the idea?  Essentially using college resources to start a centre of 
independence, perhaps with a view to setting up Indymedia York. If we film 
it, then perhaps the idea will take off nationwide via the newsreal network.
However I am using a course module entitled "working in Film and TV 
industry" to get the time and equipment for the project.  They would prefer 
that I spend three weeks as a gofer at the BBC for example, but in order to 
manipulate the system, i have stated that my preferred career is as an 
independent media activist, and as such, making a documentary for NewsReal 
is my 'work experience'.
Please get back to me with an opinion, but until then the project is going 
ahead.

- I am sure I will be able to continue blagging the project into reality 
over the coming months, but one thing i will be asking in my next email 
concerns a 'learning agreement' from the college which my 'employer' needs 
to see, discuss and sign with a company stamp etc.    What would be greatly 
appreciated is that when i distribute this film I could maybe meet a member 
of IndyMedia who can then quickly sign that basically, yes, i did good for 
the company.  That's about the size of it, and it would help the project 
enormously.

Thanks for your time, I hope to hear from you soon.

Will Standish

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