[open-government] [euopendata] New film about #opendata

Wed Apr 13 10:59:16 UTC 2011

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Johnny
> thanks a lot for info,  its interesting background and some of it could be
> attached as metadata for the resource, no?

On the opengovernmentdata.org/film I've deliverately kept this page
very slim so its just the video - and credits to the translators for
all of their hard work (credits to everyone else are in the film - but
we can't add in translator credits retrospectively as this will be an
ongoing process).

>   - since this is your baby, well done for the initiative, and I will watch
> it....

Thanks! I hope you like it. :-)

I'm also hoping to do a 60 second animated short on open government
data - and will definitely ping the open-government list with the
script for feedback/input.

> Yes it will be good to have the raw footage available and also to harness
> the media expertise of participants
> to  self produce information  a variety of materials in relation to their
>  OK and OD activities and projects etc

Yes!

> Maybe more people can do filming and editing and could help you extend your
> capability

That would be amazing. Unfortunately lots of people are very busy -
but all and any small bits of help would be *very* much appreciated.

> It would be good to have a  public 'media library'  too, which journalists
> and media ww can use

Thats the vision! :-)

At the moment this is living on the OKF's Vimeo account, but at some
point I think we want to have media.okfn.org with a media library of
all graphics, source files, film footage, films, sound files, etc.

> so maybe just than rather direct translation, people could cut their own
> local versions of the movies etc

Yes - that would be fantastic! :-)

J.

> cheers
> PDM
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I was at the camp, but have never heard about anyone doing a movie!
>>
>> We had a video production team on site shooting interviews with people
>> - mainly speakers at the Open Government Data Camp [1]. We packed as
>> many interviews as we could into the limited time we had.
>>
>> There were a bunch of other people with video cameras who came down to
>> shoot footage, including Andrew Mackenzie (in cc) who has told me he
>> will upload his footage soon.
>>
>> [1] http://opengovernmentdata.org/camp2010/after
>>
>> > was this a project in collaboration with camp participants , or
>> > was this discuss anywhwere and could people provide input?
>>
>> No. This was mainly my initiative. I mostly wanted to take the
>> opportunity to get video interview footage with people who were
>> travelling from afar - as otherwise making such a film could involve
>> lots of travelling around!
>>
>> I would have liked to have done a rough cut, then solicited for
>> feedback, then produced further versions based on feedback. But the
>> editor only had a short window to do this - and is now off doing loads
>> of other stuff for National Geographic, etc. I wish there were more
>> hours in the day!
>>
>> We'll aim to upload raw footage soon, and - as this will be openly
>> licensed - other can produce their own cuts/versions of the film from
>> this. I will endeavour to make it clearer next time that people are
>> very warmly welcomed to bring their own film cameras to get footage
>> from events like this. It would be great to have a 'media team' next
>> time!
>>
>> Incidentally - we'd *love* to hear from anyone who is able/willing to
>> edit films. I edited something on our public domain work last year [2]
>> but don't have any editing experience. (Any tips on free/open source
>> editing apps would also be much appreciated!)
>>
>> [2] http://www.vimeo.com/15678944
>>
>> > Was this movie produced with public funding?
>>
>> No it was not.
>>
>> > Wonder who was it directed/produced by, who wrote the script, who
>> > decided
>> > who was appearing in the movie and who not etc
>>
>> There was no script - it is cut from interviews with participants. We
>> scoured the footage, categorising into types, and then turned this
>> into a broad narrative (what, why, examples, how, conclusion).
>>
>> > The usual self governance  (vs media propaganda) questions that
>> >  media savy persons like to ask  :-)
>>
>> Indeed! This is definitely more like a pro- open government data
>> promotional film by a small NGO who cares about this area, rather than
>> - e.g. - an impartial documentary film about open government data. It
>> aims to explain what open government data is, and to encourage people
>> to get involved! I hope all this is pretty obvious when you watch it.
>> :-)
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> J.
>>
>> > Thanks for attaching more info
>> > cheers
>> >
>> > cheers
>> > PDM
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> We're very pleased to announce the launch of a new film about open
>> >> government data:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://blog.okfn.org/2011/04/13/opendata-new-film-about-open-government-data/
>> >> http://opengovernmentdata.org/film/
>> >>
>> >> If you'd like to help translate this into your language, please visit:
>> >> http://bit.ly/ogdfilm-translate
>> >>
>> >> Any help with publicising this (blogging, tweeting, forwarding, etc)
>> >> would be *very* much appreciated!
>> >>
>> >> I hope you like it!
>> >>
>> >> All the best,
>> >>
>> >> Jonathan
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jonathan Gray
>> >>
>> >> Community Coordinator
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>>
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>>
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