and sad threads alternating , sooo weird

finalists up at noon, 5 am my time tomorrow lol

In the meantime, what do u think...honestly.


love M

the title is freedom1, not the other freedom video that is there.

www.youtube.com/mihadali2



www.myspace.com/filmyourissue
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UPDATE 2! don't mean 2 yell they had it in all caps

VOTING BEGINS TUESDAY, APRIL 29, at 12pm noon. VOTING ENDS TUESDAY, MAY 13 at 11:59am.

THE JURY WILL BE REVIEWING 35 FILMS SELECTED BY THE FILM YOUR ISSUE EDITORIAL TEAM, FOR THE JURY PRIZE.

MYSPACE MEMBERS WILL VIEW AND VOTE ON THE 35 FILMS FOR THE AUDIENCE FAVORITE AWARD.

ALL 400+ FILMS SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETITION ARE BEING JUDGED APRIL 29 TO MAY 13 by THE UNITED NATIONS, THE HUMANE SOCIETY, USA TODAY, NAACP, THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, STRONG AMERICAN SCHOOLS, AFI SILVERDOCS, PBS' P.O.V., SIERRA CLUB/ NRDC, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN for their AWARDS and INTERNSHIPS.

IMPORTANT: EVEN IF YOUR FILM ISN'T AMONG THE 35 ON THE VOTING PAGE, YOUR FILM IS STILL BEING REVIEWED FOR 90% OF THE REST OF THE AWARDS AND PRIZES.

AND IF YOUR FILM IS IN THE 35, THAT FILM IS ELIGIBLE FOR BOTH THE JURY AND PUBLIC AWARD, AND ANY OF THE OTHER AWARDS AND PRIZES BY THE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES
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hey love
i like the subject of the video - will you be creating more based on the freedom of speech?
i think the still photographs should be the whole screen, and the picture of the ankh should be a tad clearer

as for the captions/text, the cap with the dates should be shorter while the caps discussing the issue should be sustained a bit longer so that the viewer has time to take it in - and perhaps do a fade into each one?

just an opinion or a few

sammij said:

hey honey, i agree with u , they should have been the whole screen, i wanted the ankh to be somewhat distorted to signify the fact that she believes in something else but can't really let the world know about her conversion wothout getting in hot water, hence the distortion, does that make sense?

I agree with you on the text should have been longer, my own mistake, but u learn, on to the next video then lol.

i didn't want to do many transitions in the fim being a short especially.


im not sure yet.....what other videos will be on.

thanks sweetheart.
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your concept of the ankh does make sense
i think to convey it clearer you should experiment with your own photography, try posing with an ankh of some sort, in a way that hides the amulet but still communicates, or reinforces the text

i unno, i love working on these types of things

sammij said:

its ok, it is fun being creative regardless of medium.

wow, never thought of that, thanks 4 opening my mind honey

my thing is: do u understand the film, does it make sense?
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missmad said:

it does make sense
keep them up - i want to see more!

sammij said:

gr8, awwwww, i will sweetheart.

I like it!

A few minor things... I didn't understand what Kira Black says right at the beginning. And the article she wrote "Freedom of Speech at Large"... I couldn't read the text within the article... and I couldn't read the text in the poem "Sam Rose" was reading... But I could read all the captions fine...

Might just be my pc or youtube that's making those smaller texts hard for me to read...

But I thought it was very good and very effective. good job!

I like the music... what is that piano piece that's playing?

coolcat said:

thanks honey, oh she said ill have it in b4 four. i wanted all that text to be distorted so that u could not read it clearly. wanted to make the point that life sometimes especially with these gals , is not clear, it is muddled, there r harsh consequences for their actions, hence u not being able to make out anything.

the text in the article was just a paragraph repeated for every column and what "SR" as reading was a poem titled religion ( i can give it 2 u 2 read if u like)

thanks sweetie, that was a piece by Bach.
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missmad said:

I see.



yeah, that would be great.



thanks. had a feeling it was bach.

Powerful and thoughtprovoking. Sometimes we tend to take freedom for granted.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

wow, honey am so glad u liked it, thank u for ur opinion, most appreciated.

I agree

Love M

That was great. I cant wait to see what else u have

chillichocaholic said:

hey sweetie, so sweet of you. Awwwww

public voting of the semi finalists ( we find out who is s finalist) starts hopefully this week.

voting will begin april 28th at noon.( LA time i think) ill let u all now whether my short is in the running or not.

love M, all these threads of mine, happy then sad then happy then sad then happy, wow crazy

good luck

Dewrede said:

thanks sweetie

Best wishes

Mach said:

thanks hun

im up at 5am, 4 this and the finalists r not there, am i blind?




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i didn't make the top 35 for the myspace award etc. but its ok. still have a chance.

love M