Stop the Violence!!!!

[Kene555]

Darn. The enthusiam for this one has almost died here. Now it seems to just be Runeshai and myself having to finish this project.

Well, I should be finishing up in the next month or so - I could use some DVDs for the 20+ actors that signed LHM's release form. Let me know how to work out the finishing parts with this project.

[Knightly]

My enthusiasm is still here, just not the time to pursue it given school, family and trying to find work...but I'm still enthusiastic for you Not that it'll get footage or editing done.

[Runeshai]

Sorry about the slow-down, Ryan. I just watched Bowling for Columbine tonight, and thought it was fascinating that there was only one person in that movie who recognized that the kids who committed the shootings hadn't been listened to - Marilyn Manson. And in mine, the same thing happened... only one person said "I guess it's pretty clear that nobody's really been listening to them." I thought it was interesting. I'll export what I've got so far and upload it for you all to take a peek at.

[LizaTrainer]

yeah me to, I have never bin this bizzzzzzy and I need the $$$$$ so I cant stop.


No one wants to do anything to stop it.

[Runeshai]

Yea, kinda same here. I'm working, finishing school, and once school's out I'll be working much more, and I really need the money too. But I'll do my best to get things done on time. The School Violence thing is first on my list now, since it's so close to being done anyway. And I watched Bowling for Columbine the other night. But then come the two roto jobs I've got lined up, heh. But yea... busy times cal for... busy schedules? That sounds dumb.

[Kene555]

Yeah, I know. It's just that we got so worked up over this, started a new forum, hundreds of topics and collaboration threads, and then it just fell apart.

What was a whole huge collaboration now just looks like it turned into 2 people adding clips...far from the huge "nationwide collaboration project on PBS".

I just don't like to see stuff I've worked on die out from lack of interest/motivation, especially now as I got 20+ kids together to do a reenactment for LHM...they're all waiting for a final product that may very well not be spectacular or moving at all from lack of contribution from people.

[LizaTrainer]

Yea I just watched it to. I just can't think of a good angle to work.

[Kene555]

What do you mean by that? I know that you said you had some music from someone, and I'm sure everyone could put something on the table.

C'mon Liza, you're in charge. Rally everyone together, lets get this rollin' again!

[Runeshai]

It's great to be ambitious, but it is a very broad topic. That's what I had trouble with at first, and it's why I went with simple interviews with each person in my video. Liza, that might be an angle in itself, asking people questions about violence, school violence, domestic violence, any kinds of things like that. Or you could try to address it in a way that relates to the situation down in areas of FL hit by the hurricane, that would attract interest. Maybe something about how it's changed people or how the environments have changed or something. I don't know the situation now, so I don't want to sound ignorant, but I'm sure there's something you could do, even if it just interviewing people you know every few days and cutting that together each night whenever you get the time. Are you guys still working on the ChiChiTV or are you doing some more paid video work? You could ask people involved in that work a few questions, if they're willing. That'd be a great way to both get people to talk about it and to get the word out, since they're involved and undoubtedly coming from all over the place or from different social and professional circles and would be able to spread the word pretty broadly about the project. Just a thought. Let us know though, we could try to get something going from each of the members of this forum, and try to put all of that together. Oh no, duh, I know what you could do... do a video about your friend who's in the hospital! A short documentary about what happened, how she's doing, what the doctors think, that kinds of stuff. Interviews or archival footage (that won't be archival, since you'll shoot it, heh). But yea, that would be good, since it's not any specific kind of violence, it's just anti-violence in general. That could work well. What do you think? Ryan?

[Kene555]

Anything anti-violence fits well with the theme. I just found a project I did last winter about violence in media and its effect that we could use.

[Runeshai]

Sweet. Maybe we should do something on the DVD or even off the DVD, like a ChiChiTV episode or some kind of demo reel to send out to places to see if we could get it shown anywhere. Something like the two of us hosting the thing to see if we could show it anywhere when the final thing's done. Just an idea, but that could really be cool.

[Kene555]

OK. My stuff is done and the DVD menu is set up. Runeshai should be done in a few days exporting his cut. MY question is, I have to get 20+ copies burned over my Christmas break for everyone that spent so much time and effort on this, including the actors, interviewees, and a few members on here, Liza included. Will I get any funding, or will I have to foot the bill on this?

I need money to purchase blank DVDs and money for postage to send copies around the US.

[Knightly]

what you've run into is the bad part about no-budget production. Perhaps you can get a local business or youth program to front for the copies and get a mention in the credits...smile alot and be sincere when asking for donations...maybe a local computer store or somewhere that carries DVD's that would just donate dvd's for you to burn on.

[LizaTrainer]

I can't wait to see it, you worked so hard.

[Runeshai]

Hey dude, I'm really sorry, I stopped getting email updates that this thread had been responded to for some reason. I can make copies from here, if that helps. But I guess if you're putting it all on just one disc then maybe that doesn't quite work. Let me know what would be helpful and I'll see how I can do it.