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%.
Tags: join a union, Unions, video, YouTube
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!
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
July 6th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Great Video John. Congratulations for the idea and for the mobie itself!!
July 6th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Very clever. Can you do a version with the ‘CUPE’ logo somewhere? We’d pay big.
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July 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
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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.
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
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″.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
You’re very welcome Cathy. Thanks for nice comments – glad you liked it! John