tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post3978502765458362714..comments2024-01-14T03:48:26.232-08:00Comments on Community Media - Interactive World: The Real World of No Budget FilmsDr Ian McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15274889508215448048noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post-15181429156821072102011-11-25T04:39:11.415-08:002011-11-25T04:39:11.415-08:00Growing evidence that the DIY, punk and no- budget...Growing evidence that the DIY, punk and no- budget movement is alive and well :<br /><br />"As our events evolved and mutated we changed our name to THE EXPLODING CINEMA and began a cycle of venue changes, moving on whenever things got too easy. With the money we began to make on the door we were able to buy our own projection and sound equipment and become self sufficient without state intervention or funding of any kind. At the beginning, a show consisted of ten films with an audience of around thirty, within a year we were showing over twenty films per show to an average audience of two hundred a night.<br /><br />Over the last eighteen years we have screened more than two thousand unfunded no-budget films/videos in squats, pubs, clubs, cafes and church halls, we have staged one off shows in disused factories, a circus tent and in a squatted Lido in Brockwell Park, Brixton, an event which attracted an audience of over two thousand. Internationally we've staged shows in Dublin, Prague (1997), Cologne and Frankfurt (1998) and toured Germany with the Kaos Film Gruppe (1994) and toured Belgium and Holland with Kino Trotter, a Brussels based underground film group (1995). We showed a programme of work at the 6th Annual New York Underground Film Festival (March 10-14 1999), and done screenings in Brisbane, Australia (2005, 2006, 2007), and Malta (2009). "<br /><br />http://www.explodingcinema.org/Dr Ian McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274889508215448048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post-36467598752850731912011-02-05T04:06:00.015-08:002011-02-05T04:06:00.015-08:00Thanks for those points. I've just been thinki...Thanks for those points. I've just been thinking about the camcorder's use (1) as a toy safely kept in the domestic sphere (2) as a tool for change - for better or worse - it depends whose hands it's in. I'm characteristically cautiously optimistic that any re-visioning has more potential for health than harm. But geographic inequality is a feature in that new media is still firmly in the hands of the richest 1bn people on the planet, and far out of reach of the billions on $1 a day. Perhaps the recent news on new media and people-led revolutions is the start of a new era? It's great that witness.org, for instance, which records on film human rights abuses, has over 200,000 followers on twitter...Dr Ian McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274889508215448048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post-81322877889536707002011-02-05T03:41:42.187-08:002011-02-05T03:41:42.187-08:00I really liked this post. I think you make a lot o...I really liked this post. I think you make a lot of good points. Yet I thought this line a bit pat and dismissive:<br />"But how much of YouTube represents the interests of white middle-class Americans - in production and consumption?" <br /><br />I see video as a tool, like writing or photography. I see "no budget" in some ways as a term left over from a time before it was easy to disseminate video so easily. "no budget" was an "indie" medium in search of distribution. But now it's not about "budget", it's about whether one is seeing video as a toy or as a transformative way to communicate.gurdonarkhttp://www.gurdonark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post-20434359955223636932010-05-18T12:44:29.281-07:002010-05-18T12:44:29.281-07:00The Shape of the Future is a U-tube.
Or? is it ?...The Shape of the Future is a U-tube. <br /><br />Or? is it ?<br /><br />http://bit.ly/aKmdFaDr Ian McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274889508215448048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post-85394269302833546612010-04-22T12:21:52.013-07:002010-04-22T12:21:52.013-07:00Great post.Perfect.Excellent.
I've read "...Great post.Perfect.Excellent.<br />I've read "8 Practical Approaches For Community Film Makers" before. It is one of my favourite posts on this blog.I've shared it on our group's page on FB too.Anamitra Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777988244707937434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195624104631262068.post-52157736082237239482010-04-22T08:20:25.388-07:002010-04-22T08:20:25.388-07:00Please feel free to comment - we welcome your feed...Please feel free to comment - we welcome your feedback !Dr Ian McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15274889508215448048noreply@blogger.com