QA Video Project

Since the start of this project in its current phase at the end of last year I have been attempting to make a couple of short videos (3-4min) long, that would encapsulated, promote, inform, and entertain, and enthuse ourselves, as well as those we would like to attract to this project.
The difficulty I am having is defining, apart from the obvious dis-authoritarianism (which I think is much better than the obvious anti-authoritarian concept most people take from the Question Authority idiom), is appreciating what we would want to put across to others and ourselves. What do we stand for, and want to say, I am having difficulty in putting this into words, and thoughts to convey to others.
I have/am toying with the technology to do a short daily show alternative sketch using puppet, or cgi avatars, but admit my scripting skills leave much to be desire despite being technically competant. As well as a sudden lack of space, as my studio metamorphosises into a nursery, and I have to downsize on hardware space.
Basically I am frustrated in terms on having the skills and equipment to produce the video content, yet no knowing what would be an effortive format, dialogue story, ideas to put across.
So in part I am looking for inspiration, ideas, and any help to try and help produce some visual/audio media for these projects (by "profession" I am a psychedelic digital video artist.performer, but this as a medium doesn't necessarily translate well, and Timothy Leary did it aptly with the collaborative Think for Yourself video from the 90's.)

All contributions, ruminations, and assistance welcome.

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Permalink Reply by Yodhe on January 14, 2008 at 6:03am: The silence is deafening......

Which is doing wonders for my enthusiasm. ;); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Phil Leggiere on January 14, 2008 at 1:26pm: I'm just noticing this topic now, despite being on this site at least half a dozen times in the past week, so don't despair. i think part of the problem is there's such a melange of activity and discussion it's really hard to navigate. I don't have anything at the moment in the way of concrete response but I promise i will give it some thought. I think there's a strong case to be made made for what QA can be as an educational/advocacy organization and video should be an important part of it. Video's not my personal area of interest but i'll try to come up with some ideas about the root messages we're trying to convey.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Yodhe on January 14, 2008 at 1:30pm: Thanks, I look forward to reading your contributions to the root messages we are attempting to convey. No pressure or hurry though.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by RU Sirius on January 27, 2008 at 4:15pm: Yeah, I'm sorry too. My plate is just overstuffed. Frankly, I wish more people who have "joined" this group would give some attention to project ideas like this and then just go ahead and start doing them...

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