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

[Jakub Szypulka]

Helen,

I'm awfully sorry to hear that. Of course this was absolutely
unintentional, and I admit that I should have watched out for that not
to happen. I assure you that it will not be the case in the next LGM.
(given that there will be women to film ;)

Jakub

2011/1/12 helen varley jamieson <helen at creative-catalyst.com>:
> 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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