[CREATE] Need help writing the script for the documentary about LGM

[Robert Martinez]

Your work looks great!

I'm keen on the final documentary since I couldn't join - please do 
leave a note on the mailing list when it is done.

(I know this doesn't help you :P)

Good luck,
Robert

On 06/05/2010 07:55 PM, Jake wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> as you might know, I'm doing the documentary on our meeting. It will 
> have a permanent voice-over that will guide the viewer through the 
> story. Together with Andy Fitzsimon, we created the script for the 
> introduction, which is somewhat a general story on collaboration in 
> general, how open source is the way to go, and finally how libre 
> graphics are the climax.
>
> The final script will be read out by Peter Linnell, who got studio 
> gear, so this aspect is covered (thanks Peter).
>
> *However, it would be a great help if somebody could assist me in 
> writing the script for the rest of the film. *
>
> I already have a draft, as well as a summary of all the footage I got, 
> both which can be viewed here: http://ietherpad.com/MFDquFQcGn .
>
>
> I would really appreciate any help.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jakub Szypulka
>
>
>
> P.S. If you're curious what the intro script looks like, here it is:
>
>
>
> /1. (First you have a short Intro, with text like Libre Graphics 
> Meeting, a film by blablabla, made June 2010, maybe license. this all 
> is accompanied by a short (<30sec) symphonical composition (which I 
> will write).)
>
> 2. "Just like a symphonic orchestra requires perfect teamwork in order 
> to succeed, the greatest achievements of mankind were rarely done by a 
> single person. It is human nature to work on things together. 
> Collaboration has helped us overcome our greatest challenges."
>
> 3. "History shows us, that when people get together, anything is 
> possible. It may seem comical to some at first, but in the end, 
> previously unthinkable ideas become quick realities." (I'll cut 
> footage of the pyramids first, then the wright brothers failing, then 
> succeeding, and finally some nasa footage)
>
> 4. "In the technology space, open source software is a better way to 
> collaborate and be creative with the ideas of others. The bi-product 
> of someone else's implementation, for example, can become incredibly 
> useful in a completely different area."
>
> 5. "Code, the essential building block of computer software has become 
> a rapidly transferable medium for the exchange of complex ideas. The 
> creative arts space makes for a natural melting pot for the inherit 
> creativity of open source software. L-G-M, the Libre Graphics Meeting, 
> unites code writers, artists and people in between each year for a 
> mutual benefit: to make the tools and the works made with those tools 
> a better place."
> /
> /6. Music sets in, part II (main one) starts./
>
>
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