Posts Tagged ‘Documentary film’
The Chameleon Club Documentary now available on iTunes! ::
Click on the above image to get it on iTunes.
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PRESS SUCCESS – WE ARE CAJUN ::
Kickstarter isn’t only a way to fund important projects that would mean a lot to a lot of people. Sometimes your losing campaign is a significant win win in the way of promotions. Crowd-sourced funding turns out to be a substantial way to promote your project whether or not you reach your funding goal.
This, however, requires a lot of hard work. I dedicated long hours on the phone, on email, and even filming my own half of interviews for television stations to get the word out. In the end, my latest documentary film, We Are Cajun, may not be funded… VIA KICKSTARTER… but it’s now a project that has emotional backers and got a lot of play in a short period of time. A fantastic promotional blast.
Here’s a few examples of where you can now find information about the film:
‘We Are Cajun’ Hopes to Show a Broader Reality of Cajun Culture
NBC33tv.com / Alex Deiro (VIDEO INTERVIEW) Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Acadiana, Campaign, Creole, Crowd, Crowd-Sourcing, documentary, Documentary film, Fundraiser, Independent film, Interview, Kickstarter, Louisiana, Marketing, New Orleans, News, NOLA, Press, Press Release, Publicity, Radio, Source, South Louisiana, Television, tv, We Are Cajun., Zydeco
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Filming in Cajun Country ::
After filming in Louisiana for a couple weeks, Allen will be on his way back to Lancaster in just a few days. He is coming back from Acadiana with some great footage for We Are Cajun. A Documtary Film. While visiting his homeland, Allen gathered handfuls of successful interviews which are going to make the film much easier to piece together. On the trip he spoke with Trent Angers of Acadian House Publishing who authored The Truth About The Cajuns. He captured the process of crawfishing as presented by master fishermans of their craft. In Lafayette, he attended Festival International where he filmed the French Mass and performers of Cajun music. These preservers of the Cajun culture are sure to hilight and shape the film’s message.
Allen and the rest of us at Postage are excited for the next steps ahead towards making the film a possibility.
Tags: Allen Clements, Cajun, documentary, Documentary film, Film, Filmmaking, Lafayette, Louisiana, Production, We Are Cajun.
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Bayou Bonjour:: We Are Cajun begins. ::
Today I embark for a trip to Louisiana. It’s not my first… oh no. In fact, I grew up there. Upon the completion of The Chameleon Club, I decided that my next film was to be an important one. I wanted to capture the essence of my heritage in a feature length documentary. This film is likely to be called “We Are Cajun” and is, as of today, underway.
Along the way I honed my mission to include several goals:
- Create a new inspiration for preserving the Cajun culture for generations to come.
- Define Cajun and educate the world on it’s meaning.
- Explain the differences between Cajun and other cultures in terms of language, tradition, cuisine, and the arts and celebrate these differences.
- Debunk cultural stereotypes where they exist.
- Achieve the above with the highest of quality as an archive in HD. A snapshot of the next two years in Cajun history.
While admittedly this seems like a lot, I know it can be accomplished with a handful of select, concise interviews, and a lot of hard work developing and putting the story together.
On this first trip I’ll be speaking to several people who are part of and familiar with the culture, as well as visiting some archives and other resources for cultural information. I’ll be speaking to some people who are preserving Cajun culture by teaching the history at Vermilionville… and even spend a day with purveyors of Cajun foods and fisheries. I look forward to sharing what I know and what I discover with all of you throughout the journey and next year when the film is released. Keep it right here… and “like” http://www.facebook.com/wearecajun on Facebook.
Tags: Abbeville, Acadian, Acadiana, Bayou, Breaux Bridge, Broussard, Cajun, Cajuns, documentary, Documentary film, Film, Houma, Lafayette, Louisiana, Mamou, New Iberia, Parks, St. Martinville, Ville Platte
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EXPOSING A GOOD CAUSE ::
Today there are two media worlds. The internet media world and the traditional (newspaper) media world. Internet news outlets and social media sites disseminate more news at a much faster rate. That’s why Jason Russell’s Kony 2012 film went viral. FOX News reported the video racked 80 million views by March 15 (about two weeks after the film’s release date). While the internet helped Russell spread the word about the Lord’s Resistance Army and Joseph Kony’s terror over Uganda, the internet also helped voice the various critics of Russell’s advocacy video.
Such critics include Ethan Zuckerman, who according to readwriteweb.com claimed Russell oversimplified the issue and proposed that his video could cause more harm than good. The stress of attacks on his personal work set in and Russel broke down. The world was immediately notified of Russell’s naked rampage (reportedly due to dehydration and exhaustion) around his San Diego neighborhood. Just as his advocacy video, the video containing the break down footage went viral with the help of social media and internet news outlets.
Prior to viewing Russell’s video, many people, including myself, were unaware of Kony and his forcing children into sex slavery and becoming soldiers. Russell and the non-profit Invisible Children served the difficult duty of raising awareness about the brutal warlord. It may not have solved the problem, but at least it’s a start.
Article by Elyse Brown, Postage, Inc.
Tags: Documentary film, Jason Russell, Joseph Kony, Kony 2012, social media
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