Revlog Videos

SITA SINGS THE BLUES Distribution Project Report ?If it?s free, how do you make money?? 5 months after the Creative Commons Share Alike release of her animated musical feature Sita Sings the Blues, Nina Paley presents the first round of hard data from the project. Contrary to MPAA propaganda, the more the audience freely shares the film, the more they purchase DVDs, theater admissions, and merchandise; witness the $$ numbers that prove it. Nina Paley is the creator of the animated musical feature film Sita Sings the Blues, which has screened in over 150 film festivals and won over 30 international awards including the Annecy Grand Crystal, The IFFLA Grand Jury Prize, and a Gotham Award. Her adventures in our broken copyright system led her to Copyleft her film, and join QuestionCopyright.org as Artist-in-Residence. She teaches at Parsons School of Design and is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow. www.sitasingstheblues.comFormats available: Quicktime (.mov), MP3 Audio (.mp3), Flash Video (.flv)Tags: nina paley, diydays, fhta, workbook project, sita sings the blues, copyright

QuickTime | Flash The chappie who made this Post-It Note-fuelled stop motion frenzy needs to be crowned the Undisputed King of Procrastination, like now! Instead of focusing on his studies at Savannah College of Art and Design, he decided to spend every waking moment for what we estimate to be a VERY long time, sticking and unsticking Post-it Notes to his wall, with an enviable dedication to his ultimate vision: a 2-minute stop motion animation called DEADLINE. Then he did something very clever. He decided to present his procrastination project as his senior project, thus assuaging both his workload and his boredom. Genius! While a heated Youtube-comment-battle rages on as to the presence of digital manipulation (or lack thereof), creator Bang-yao Liu is racking up the Youtube hits at a rate of knots. He might even get a job in the withering creative industry once he graduates. Go Bang-yao! P.s. kids you can stop arguing now, check the making of.

QuickTime | Flash Aah the blissful optimism of youth! Way back in 2006, the four buddies that are The Buried Life set off, equipped with little more than a video camera, an R.V, and an insatiable appetite for that crazy game they call “life” to travel across the States, with a mission to knock items off their “100 things to do before I die” list. From the Steve-O inspired (go down a mountain on a longboard), to the socially conscious (help someone build a house), they vowed to help a stranger achieve a life goal for each item they accomplished. Lucky for them, not so long ago, the execs at MTV had been scratching their addled heads in search of new ideas to win back their audiences who, bored of escapist trash, turned off in search of Obama-style civic-minded optimism. They wooed the Buried Life boys with an offer they couldn’t refuse (presumably), and Bingo! The boys will be back this summer with 53 more missions to complete, and lots of strangers to pleasantly surprise. Permalink to the original posting: CLICK HERE The Buried Life in the New York Times: CLICK HERE

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MILESTONES IN VIDEOBLOGGING #2 Author: CHRIS WEAGELImportant thoughts published on September 28th, 2004 by our favorite Prof. Chris Weagel on the occasion of his 23rd birthday. About memories & reality and the strange fact that, at least for our generation and generations to come, the only remaining reality left of ones life is the reality caught on images and footage of oneself. And the strange fact that as a filmmaker you are able to create your own reality. For one reason or another this video has exactly the same length as THE HOUSE OF VLOG - WITH THE VLOGFATHER. There must be something... Mail us your Milestones @ submissions[at]unitedvloggers[dot]com Permalink to the original file: CLICK HERE Human Dog: CLICK HERE Subscribe to Human Dog: CLICK HERE Earlier Revlogs from the work of Chris Weagel on UV: CLICK HERE [Tags]human dog, chris weagel, memory, human, dog, chris, weagel, birthday, memories, home, movie, childhood, creation, imagination, vidblog, skidoo, reality, milestones in videoblogging, revlog, united vloggers, vloggers, submarine channel, submarine, vloggers united, video blog, videoblog, videoblogging, vlog, blog, blogging, vlogging, video, video podcast, podcast, media[/tags]

Revlog no. 45 authors: THE UPTAKEA Revlog by our beloved CITIZEN REPORTER BICYCLEMARK (Mark Foncesca Rendeiro): "How often, anywhere in the world, do you see protesters standing outside the home of an elected official? Take it one step further: how often do you see an elected leader (in this case SENATOR NORM COLEMAN) of one of the highest offices in the country, standing in front of his house openly having an unscripted debate with protesters who disagree with him in front of his house? Now add the video aspect; record, post, and let everyone on the internet see the result of this exchange. That is basically what you get with this entry on Minnesota Stories via a site called The Uptake. A civic moment that might look very web 2.0 but is actually one of the oldest democratic traditions of all time." Permalink: CLICK HERE The Uptake: CLICK HERE Citizen Reporter Bicyclemark: CLICK HERE More on Norm Coleman: CLICK HERE Minnesota Stories: CLICK HERE [Tags]the uptake, uptake, protest, ant-war, war, iraq, norm coleman, senator, peace rally, peace, minnesota stories, bicyclemark, citizen reporter, mark foncesca rendeiro, revlog, united vloggers, vloggers, submarine channel, submarine, vloggers united, video blog, videoblog, videoblogging, vlog, blog, blogging, vlogging, video, video podcast, podcast, media[/tags]

Revlog no. 36 author: IRIN. Published last month as a video podcast by OneWorldTVIt is now more than two decades since the discovery of the AIDS virus. But despite huge advances in the prevention and treatment of the disease, AIDS continues to decimate communities across Africa. This is the story of one such community in Kenya.Please take a moment to watch and grasp this horrifying story about a small village at the shores of the great Lake Victoria.About OneWorldTV: "OneWorldTV is a public platform for filmmakers, video journalists, NGO s and just about anyone with a video camera and an interest in social issues. It gives you the opportunity to access video messages and short films from around the world. Anyone with access to a camera and computer can contribute their films. OneWorldTV is part of OneWorld.net - a fast-growing civil society network online, supporting people s media to help build a more just global society." About IRIN: "IRIN's principal role is to provide news and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for the humanitarian community. The networks target decision-makers in relief agencies, host and donor governments, human-rights organisations, humanitarian advocacy groups, academic institutions and the media. At the same time, IRIN strives to ensure that affected communities can also access reliable information, so they can take informed decisions about their future. IRIN (The Integrated Regional Information Networks) is part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, but its services are editorially independent. Its reports do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations and its agencies, nor its member states. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, IRIN was founded in 1995 to improve the flow of vital information to those involved in relief efforts in the Great Lakes region following the 1994 Rwandan genocide." Link to the original location: CLICK HERE Text transcript of the total movie: CLICK HERE OneWorldTV: CLICK HERE OneWorld.net: CLICK HERE IRIN: CLICK HERE Subscribe to OneWorldTV's video podcast: CLICK HERE[Tags]aids, hiv, africa, lake victoria, aids crisis, fish, fishermen, deadly catch, prostitution, sex, whoring, irin, one world tv, united nations. kenya, revlog, united vloggers, vloggers, submarine channel, submarine, vloggers united, video blog, videoblog, videoblogging, vlog, blog, blogging, vlogging, video, video podcast, podcast, media[/tags]

Revlog no. 26 author: KIRI DAVIS The reassuring female voice asks the child a question: "Can you show me the doll that looks bad?" The child, a preschool-aged Black girl, quickly picks up and shows the Black doll over a White one that is identical in every respect except complexion. "And why does that look bad?" "Because she's Black", the little girl answers emphatically. "And why is this the nice doll?" the voice continues. "Because she's White." "And can you give me the doll that looks like you?" The little girl hesitates for a split second before handing over the Black doll that she has just designated as the uglier one. The children are from a Harlem Day Care Center. 15 of the 21 children surveyed preferred the White doll over the Black one. It is the year 2005... Should we revlog something that is neither coming from a weblog, nor made recently? Yes we should, for this is a true gem that needs to be seen by as many people. It is a 7 minutes film made in late fall 2005 by director Kiri Davis, at that time 16 years old. In the movie she talks with her girlfriends about being black and about their self-esteem. Halfway her film Davis repeats a shocking doll test that was originally conducted more than 50 years ago by the Afro-American groundbraking psychologist KENNETH B. CLARK. At that time the test helped to make the case for desegregation in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawing segregated public schools. Half a century later the results of Kiri Davis's test are as shocking as can be. Permalink to the original posting: CLICK HERE More about Kiri Davis: CLICK HERE or HERE and also HERE. This film was produced under the auspices of REEL WORKS TEEN FILMMAKING. "Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, supported by HBO, is a free after-school program that challenges high school students to create short documentary films about their lives. Working one-on-one with professional filmmaker-mentors, students write, shoot and edit personal narrative videos on subjects they choose. In the process, they gain self-esteem, develop media literacy and master state-of-the-art digital filmmaking technology." [Tags]kiri davis, media that matters, reel works, usa, america, race, racial, racial justice, racist, racism, discrimination, segregation, black, blacks, negro, self-image, self-esteem, afro, afro-american, empowering, girl, girls, revlog, united vloggers, unitedvloggers, submarine channel, submarine, vloggers united, video blog, videoblog, videoblogging, vlog, blog, blogging, vlogging, video, video podcast, podast, media[/tags]

REVLOG no. 12 author: SILENTMIAOWduration: 08:36Now this is an extraordinary video made by a 27 year old women who is known by her screen names "silentmiaow" and "ballastexistenz" (her real name is A.M. Baggs). Silentmiaow is 'physically challenged' like they like to say in the USA. She is officially labeled as suffering from autism and schizophrenia. But what a woman she is! She is smart, eloquent in writing and she makes videos (all by herself), amongst which is this masterpiece. As she writes herself about this video: "The first part is in my "native language," and then the second part provides a translation, or at least an explanation. This is not a look-at-the-autie gawking freakshow as much as it is a statement about what gets considered thought, intelligence, personhood, language, and communication, and what does not". Permalink to the original video (on YouTube): CLICK HERE Silentmiaow's personal page on YouTube: CLICK HERE Silentmiaow's real website: CLICK HERE[Tags]united vloggers, unitedvloggers, vloggers united, revlog, video blogging, vlog, vlogging, silentmiaow, ballastexistenz, autism, autistic, communication, language, music, disability, personhood[/tags]