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Be a film-maker for a day on February 15th!

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Wednesday February 12, 2003 15:31author by John Cunningham - Galway Alliance Against Warauthor email johnliamsheain at eircom dot netauthor address c/o 33, Claremont, Galway

Bring a camera!

A number of Galway-based independent film-makers are attempting to organise the production of a visual record which will capture the essence of the 15 February Dublin demonstration. Obviously, a few individuals willl not be able to achieve this by themselves. Instead, it is envisaged that the meaning of the march will be captured and interpreted by the thousands participating.

The result should be an authentically democratic record of the day, created by hundreds, if not thousands of people. We are asking you to bring a camera —an ordinary stills camera, a video camera, a video phone, a movie camera or whatever— and to record anything you consider moving, poignant, or interesting in any way. Ideally, the record should start before you leave your own town on Saturday morning. After 15 February, photographs, videos, or other images can be sent to GAAW, c/o 33 Claremont, Galway or to johnliamsheain@eircom.net. Don’t leave it to the O'Reilly media to tell the story of F15. Let us tell our own story. Any film resulting from this project will be used to build support for the anti-war movement.

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IMC Ireland
author by Aidanpublication date Wed Feb 12, 2003 15:38author address author phone

If you want to have a meeting point for those involved Indymedia Ireland should be meeting in the Ha'penny Inn at 12 on Saturday.

Recording, editing and democracy
author by Pier Paolopublication date Wed Feb 12, 2003 15:51author address author phone

This is an interesting project. However, to be a truly democratic record of the day, all the people involved in recording the event (and, ideally, all the people participating in it) should also be involved with the final editing.
I suppose that this principle also applies to broader organizational issues...

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author by pasolini was not a bollockspublication date Wed Feb 12, 2003 15:55author address author phone

make film. make images. make culture. make profit make fun make play make good make better make make
author by iosafpublication date Wed Feb 12, 2003 16:35author address author phone

but dont ever try and capture "the spirit"
would you know what to make with it?

recording, editing, and democracy
author by John Cunninghampublication date Wed Feb 12, 2003 17:00author address author phone

Re Pierpaolo's 1st point: I don't know how all participants in a demo can be involved in an editing process, but I do know that the film-makers concerned —I am not one of them, and I may not have done their concept justice— foresee involving in the editing process everybody who submits material.
Re Pierpaolo's 2nd point: touché

Re. John
author by Pier Paolopublication date Wed Feb 12, 2003 18:13author address author phone

"I don't know how all participants in a demo can be involved in an editing process"

It definitely wouldn't be easy! Even Mejerhold didn't manage to do that.

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