Sometimes making a shitty non-profit video for a non-profit you don't particularly believe in with footage you're not overly proud of can be a little disheartening. Marlowe is bringing over some photos tomorrow that I can hopefully incorporate to improve the pace and quality of the overall piece. The worst part is I know I can do better at this, and have done better given the resources and time. Fuck it though, this may not be a portfolio piece but it's a good connection and I'm doing it for free. I just can't stand the fact that I'm helping to promote a group of business-savvy "patriots" who equate the word to loyalty towards business, government and military rather than the original broad concepts of freedom that the U.S. used to represent. I'm trying to think of it as historical preservation instead but it's pretty hard when only a couple exhibits really illustrate any sense of it.
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silentlywaiting:
Criticizing anyone doesn't usually go over well no matter what the industry. I just checked out their web site... so, yeah. Some of the exhibits look very legit and well founded. Others look like fluff pieces that any local organization across the U.S. could put together with a minimum of time and effort. It does have a very business like feel to it. Is what you are shooting going to be used to promote the facility on tv or the web or is it going to be used for presentations to gather investors? I hope that it will come out solid enough so that you can use it in your portfolio.
silentlywaiting:
Public television fodder. That is by far my favorite new derogatory phrase for the week. The only redeeming quality PBS ever had was that they would show Red Dwarf and Monty Python reruns every once in a blue moon. Let me know when the video is available on the web, I would dig checking it out. And yes, you are terrifying critical and self deprecating so I am sure it will be quite good. Especially to a visual layman such as myself.