[Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Foundation filming in Gdansk

Wed Jul 7 23:40:21 UTC 2010

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We'll shoot mostly in English, but you'll be encouraged to add responses in native or other languages as well.

Ant

On 7/8/10 1:27 AM, Lodewijk wrote:
> hey Jay,
>
> thanks a lot for the heads up! Just one question: will the 
> conversations only be in English, or will you also be asking questions 
> in mother tongue? (or allow people to answer as they like). Combining 
> the two, asking both to answer in English and mother tongue, would 
> give some interesting opportunities when you want to roll something 
> out on a more world wide level - and it would allow people to more 
> freely express what they feel without having to translate in the mean 
> while etc - which might limit them.
>
> best,
>
> lodewijk
>
> 2010/7/8 Jay Walsh <jwalsh at wikimedia.org <mailto:jwalsh at wikimedia.org>>
>
>     Hi folks,
>
>     For those who might not know me - I manage communications for the
>     Foundation, here for my third Wikimania!
>
>     Some of you may be aware that the Wikimedia Foundation is
>     undertaking a small production here at Gdansk this year, largely
>     to coincide with the presence of so many of our project
>     representatives from around the world.  The intention of this
>     filming is to produce a bank of footage of our project
>     participants, and more specifically to produce a series of short
>     videos that will help show the faces and personalities behind our
>     projects. Much photography and video exists of our community, but
>     this is the first time we're working to produce something of
>     significant, studio-style quality that everyone will be able to
>     use. We'll be asking some basic questions about how the projects
>     work, particularly Wikipedia, so we can have interesting
>     perspectives and practical knowledge - first hand from the
>     contributors - to use for a variety of purposes.
>
>     The final videos will be CCBYSA, of course, and the timing of
>     their release (late August, early Sept) should help us with some
>     major upcoming milestones, specifically the 10th anniversary of
>     Wikipedia, our next major fundraiser, and efforts to both bring in
>     new editors and to provide a short, simple, and very good video
>     that portrays some of the people behind our movement. We hope the
>     videos can also be subtitled and localized by and for chapters and
>     other groups interested in supporting the Wikimedia projects.
>
>     Over the three days of Wikimania you might be approached by me or
>     one of a few staff or volunteers to share 10-15 mins of your time
>     to tell us about yourself and your involvement with the projects
>     on camera.  The questions will be very simple - no special prep
>     needed, just your honest answers and enthusiasm.
>
>     This is of course 100% voluntary, and because we're filming just
>     off-site of the main venue (we've set up a small studio at the
>     adjacent Maritime Museum), it will only involve those who wish to
>     be filmed. This isn't a video project focussed on Wikimania
>     specifically, rather on the people of the projects, and why and
>     how you participate. A few other visiting video/media crews may be
>     shooting Wikimania itself (besides the many videographers amongst
>     the contributors), but this project is completely studio-based.
>     Obviously if you are not comfortable having your likeness,
>     username/name, and nationality used in a public work like this, it
>     probably isn't something you would want to participate in. The
>     final videos will be hosted on Commons and other video sites.
>
>     Because we have limited time over three days, we won't be able to
>     film everyone, but we'll try to film as many as possible.  We're
>     trying to cover a spectrum of people, projects, personalities, and
>     nationalities.  We'll shoot mostly in English, but you'll be
>     encouraged to add responses in native or other languages as well.
>
>     Jelly Helm, who was working with the Foundation at last year's
>     Wikimania as well, will be back to oversee and direct this
>     production alongside the Foundation. We're also working with a
>     small film crew from Hamburg who has done some work on the topic
>     of Wikimedia's projects before.
>
>     You can get a sense of the kind of production that we're
>     envisioning by seeing some of the earlier work Jelly has done with
>     a non profit in the US called Oregon Humanities:
>     http://www.youtube.com/user/oregonhumanities#
>
>     I'm really confident that the final videos and footage will be
>     very good, and highlight the people and passion of our projects.
>      No one is better at telling the story of why 'you' contribute
>     than you - and without a doubt (obviously!) Wikimedians know and
>     speak about their movement better than anyone else.
>
>     The filming will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday starting
>     at about 11AM and running through 7 or 8 PM. If you'd like to
>     participate you can reach out to me off-list, or you'll probably
>     meet or hear from me or some of the other folks helping out with
>     this project during Wikimania. Again, we won't be able to film
>     everyone, but we'll try to get lots.  If this proves successful we
>     may try again next year as well - particularly for the big 10 year
>     anniversary.
>
>     Please let me know if you have any questions! Thanks in advance
>     for your interest - hope to see you take part.
>
>     Best,
>     jay
>
>
>
>     --
>     Jay Walsh
>     Head of Communications
>     WikimediaFoundation.org
>     blog.wikimedia.org <http://blog.wikimedia.org>
>     +1 (415) 839 6885 x 609, @jansonw
>
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