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I made a movie!

…starring our photocopier, as it can act a whole lot better than me. Thanks to Moby for allowing me to use the splendid track “18″ on this, and to Lianne for clicking repeatedly.

BTW: As Mark Twain would likely have tweeted – had I more time, I would have uploaded a shorter video. If you do, have a go at the TUC 60 second video contest on YouTube, which I’ve missed by a mere 150%.

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9 Responses to “I made a movie!”

  1. garyw Says:
    July 4th, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    First time I’ve come across your blog. Love the film!
    I’ve made some amateurish efforts on film with young members in UNISON which are on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeqYSqawEeU
    and at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92sgMXddnj4
    The latter one I’m especially proud of as it’s forced some BNP fascist goon to post a reply video which really exposes their islamophobia – makes me feel like we’ve touched a nerve!
    I admire the simplicity of your film and its message – it’s good to see creativity is alive and well in the union movement!

  2. admin Says:
    July 5th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Cheers Gary – yes, saw your films after you left a comment at strongerunions.org – thought the BNP one was a really good idea and made really clear – no wonder it annoyed them ;)

  3. miquel loriz Says:
    July 6th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    Great Video John. Congratulations for the idea and for the mobie itself!!

  4. Chris Says:
    July 6th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    Very clever. Can you do a version with the ‘CUPE’ logo somewhere? We’d pay big.

    cmkl

  5. links for 2009-07-09 | STRONGER UNIONS Says:
    July 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    [...] Just another cog in the machine Too long for the TUC 60 second ads contest, but fantastic all the same! (tags: youtube unions employers) [...]

  6. Derek Blackadder Says:
    July 10th, 2009 at 2:39 am

    Very cool and getting a great (and widespread) response here. Made The Toronto Star (largest circulation paper in Canada) blog.

  7. Cathy Salkield Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Hi John,

    Love the film. I’ve put a link into it from our local amicus union website.
    I’m writting to ask if I can actually use the film on the website directly (that
    would look so much cooler). Please let me know if this is OK.

    Best wishes,

    Cathy Salkield

  8. John Gray Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

    Great stuff John – really clever. I would love to play this video at induction meetings. However HR will probably say …

    When is “Cogs 2″.

  9. admin Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    You’re very welcome Cathy. Thanks for nice comments – glad you liked it! John