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

[helen varley jamieson]

thanks jake :)

i don't think i'm going to be able to get to montreal this year but i'm 
sure there will be some great women (& great men too) there again, & 
i'll encourage other women thru my networks.

h : )

On 12/01/11 3:35 PM, Jakub Szypulka wrote:
> 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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