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Global Media Seminar with James Der Derian, John Santos, and chihuahuas

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The 2007 Global Media class prepares for its psycho-geographic drift to the Providence Mall to see The 300

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John Phillip Santos, James Der Derian and Eugene Jarecki with the inaugural 2006 Global Media class (and Che T-shirts)

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Beyond the Filter

Hey All,

I decided to post my project from last year to get the play count up and also because it relates to Net Neutrality, which Eugene discussed last week. Enjoy, http://www.archive.org/details/PhillipGaraBeyondtheFilter. It is too long so feel free to skim it. I am looking for some feedback and I learned a lot from the experience, some of it the hard way. Maybe this can be of some inspiration for a more focused, sizzly pitch reel.

The documentary is about this very 'global media' place called the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School. They are affiliated with a bunch of great media initiatives like Radio Open Source [Henry has worked for them in the past] and Global Voices. The Center has also been instrumental in making the web more collaborative and open to new forms of dialogue through legal code. The Berkman faculty has been involved in the development of Creative Commons licensing that allows artists to define their copyright terms and the expansion of RSS software, which feeds this blog.

The other reason I decided to post the video is because last week Eugene spoke about doing something on Net Neutrality, the ‘first amendment of the Internet’ that is under threat of being controlled or ‘clogged’ by large telecommunications corporations. http://www.savetheinternet.com/=coalition Due to low mic battery, I lost my interview on Net Neutrality, but maybe you guys can put something together in ‘pitch reel form’ that can turn into a powerful documentary on the topic. I guess run it by Eugene if you are interested. Enjoy, I spent some of the summer finishing this because I thought the topic was interesting and if I have learned any lessons from the experience, it would be to have a specific focus can be phrased in 2 sentences or less and to keep the video under 12 minutes. Or, in other words, listen to Eugene and Morgan.

Phil

Comments

I urge everyone to take a look at Phil's tour de force, so effectively matching medium and message. Rare to get such smart digerati talking turkey in one stream of cricial consciousness. Be sure to stick around to hear Chris Lyon explore the 9 dimenions of reality...

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