[CREATE] "Reclaim your tools". A film by Jakub Szypulka

[helen varley jamieson]

hi jake,
well done on the film, nice to remember the event & also the locality in 
brussels :)

i want to comment on the almost complete absence of women from the film. 
i'm sure this was not intentional, & i appreciate that the video is your 
individual perspective of the event rather than attempting to be 
representative. but it's disappointing that it perpetuates the image of 
open source as a boy's club. i know that many of you on this list don't 
percieve this as a problem; but i do. the women who attended, presented 
and did a significant amount of the organising of LGM have been excluded 
from the only publicly-available video documentation, giving the message 
to the outside world that only men are involved in LGM.

unfortunately i don't have the resources to make a video from my 
perspective; but i hope that this is something to think about for next time.

h : )

On 8/01/11 10:06 PM, Jakub Szypulka wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I just finished editing "Reclaim your tools", a short film about the
> Libre Graphics Meeting 2010 in Brussels.
>
> Here is the link: http://vimeo.com/18568225
>
> All the filming and editing as well as the music was done by myself.
> The movie is just some two and a half minutes, but I believe it might
> be a useful marketing tool for LGM.
>
> What I'm especially proud of is that everything you can see was done a
> HUNDRED PERCENT using opensource software! (minus camera firmware I
> suppose, haha)
>
> Feel free to share the movie where ever you want! The only thing I'm
> asking for is that you include my name.
>
> As I count film-making to graphics, I feel that open source video
> editing software should be a part of the LGM conference. Thus, I'd be
> more than happy to have a short talk about the film at the next LGM. I
> would present my workflow as well as point out areas where improvement
> is possible (and sometimes really necessary) compared to closed
> source, commercial software, which I've been using for a longer time.
> What do you guys think about that?
>
> I really hope you'll enjoy it just as much as I enjoyed making it!
> Can't wait to hear your comments!
>
> Jakub Szypulka
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