Through Twitter I got asked to do an interview with on whohub.com. Whohub’s goal is to create a social network for creative professionals based on their capacity for self-expression and collaboration.
So I’ll post up a few questions from that here.
What is your specialty? Production, direction, something else?
My speciality is in Direction and editing, I produce video for online distribution.
I currently work as a filmmaker (producer/director/editor/camera op) for a company which is creating a careers information website for 16-30 year olds. My main role is to work and manage a group of 17 researchers who are finding industry leaders to interview. From there I will film and edit several of the interviews that the researchers have conducted.
I have also worked at the BBC and Maverick Television and also freelance.
How did you begin in this field? Who introduced you to it?
I began by creating short 10 second animations out of plasticine using an old 2mp camera but I always just saw this as mess around.
I suppose it all started when it came time to choose my options for A-Level, I had friends who had done Media Studies in GCSE but that sounded like a lot of analysis and theory and not much practical learning. But I was told about a similar course that was Media and Communication, this was my real start, it taught me all the basics I needed. Alot of the course was practical, we did bits on video, photography and radio.
So at the age of 16 was the time I really got interested in becoming a filmmaker.
To read the rest of the interview go to http://www.whohub.com/daleokeeffe#
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Severin Blanchet, 66, was a French documentary filmmaker who had been training young, aspiring Afghan filmmakers.
Severin Blanchet.
Blanchet died on Friday during an attack by Afghan rebels on a hotel for foreigners in Kabul, where he was staying. He had been teaching in Afghanistan since 2006 and created filmmaking courses in many other countries.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said this in a statement on Friday.”I salute the memory of our compatriot Severin Blanchet,” In the attack at least 18 people were killed and 36 more were injured.
Freedom is created through knowledge and it is a shame to hear that a documentary filmmaker has been killed doing a job that helps to set the Afghan people free from the Taliban. I send my condolences out to his family.
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One World, One Photo is a project put together by Connar O’Keeffe.
It aims at gathering Photo, Painting, Sketch and Sculptures from people all over the world, to be used in a book as part of a Uni project. It doesn’t matter whether the submitters are artists or non-artists, all submitted work is welcome.
The idea of the project is to “bring together the talents of those recognised artists and non artists. Art today is controlled mainly by those that have had a formal education, based in an art school. Yet it is apparent that there are incredibly talented people who aren’t trained artists that take photographs, paint, sketch and make sculptures. I want to put these people side to side with those who are ‘ARTISTS’.”
This is a fantastic project that brings together like minded people from all over the world into a Global community.
So Visit oneworldonephoto.co.uk and submit you piece today!
(Just a disclaimer from OneWorldOnePhoto website,
“All the rights to the images will remain with the person who provided the image. By agreeing to let One World One Photo use your image for this project you are providing consent for the use of the image and not the sale of the image. One World One Photo is strictly non-profit. Your images or copyrights will not be used at any point to create profits for myself or others.” )
