I’ve posted two new videos. First, I’ve posted a bigger version of Dissent in “native” 16:9 resolution (640×360), with tweaked compression settings. Quality should be significantly improved.
More importantly, I’ve posted the piece on media. Originally, Dissent was a 90 minute affair, putting even my closest, most politically-concerned friends to sleep. I gradually brought it down to 60 minutes, where most people who saw it appreciated it but said it needed a lot of work. Then I decided to give up on making a feature length film out of 9 hours of interviews and no B-Roll, and I split the project into several sub projects, primarily a piece about dissenters, and a piece about problems with the media.
As I’ve been editing down each part, now I’m starting to think that they might actually go well together. Not only that, but it looks like with a bit more tweaking, together they will come in under 40 minutes, putting them in the short-film category that many film festivals have.
Of course, this leaves me in a no-man’s land between the flat 30 and 60 minutes that indy / nonprofit television wants, although pretty close to the 47 minutes that tv-with-commercials wants (does PBS sometimes want this format? I forget).
At any rate, the two pieces are still separate for now. Let me know what you think.
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