I continue to be amazed to see evidence each month how the revolutions in technology are democratizing the media, what I mean to say is that our access to technology is allowing us as individuals to make our thoughts and ideas, our stories known where just decades ago it was the power-brokers, the politicians and the corporations with lots of dollars who were the ones 'owning the media'.
Now with affordable camcorders (and video phones) & editing in your laptop and distribution on YouTube and other internet channels most anyone can be an indie film-maker or online Journalist.
I recently learned that the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is stepping up to the plate with a cool options. The BBC's 'Digital Revolution', is a four part TV series for BBC Two (Channel in the UK) about
how the web is changing the world. Due in 2010, it's in production now,
and we're offering a range of ways to interact with the program team
and the content the BBC produces.
We - you and I can actually get involved by downloading and editing interviews from the series... yes, you and I can download this ongoing, growing collection of rushes (video sequences) from the production, to watch, share, download, and even edit together your own program, documentary on the impact of the internet. How cool is that!
There is the provision that we cannot use the footage for commercial purposes but we have access to some key people in the history of the internet (folks like Vint Cerf - considered the father of the internet, Jimmy Wales the Founder of Wikipedia, Araianna Huffington of the Huffington Post and more. For more information and to download your own interview clips (for editing) see the web pages of the project here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalrevolution/rushes.shtml
On a similar but way different note - I also learned that a group of Star Wars fans are working independently and together to recreate or remake that icon of our age, Star Wars!
472 people have signed-up to recreate 'Start Wars: A New Hope' . The organizers have split the movie up into 15-second long scenes and folks are recreating their 15-seconds of movie magic... when completed the whole thing will be stitched together for a great fan-fest. Cool idea... will be interesting to see when done (or maybe it won't).
You can read more about this project on their website: http://www.starwarsuncut.com/
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