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MAKILA.TV présente une vidéo ouverte, ludique et collaboratif

11 octobre 2009 à l’Agora de l’UQAM / 175 Président Kennedy / entrée gratuite !

Le collectif MAKILA propose une expérience inédite en ralliant des jeunes d’une communauté à Vancouver et des jeunes de l’arrondissement Montréal-Nord, qui se répondront par la vidéo en alternant d’un océan à l’autre. L’œuvre sera révélée aux participants et au public simultanément à Vancouver et à Montréal par la transmission vidéo en direct au cours d’une soirée festive de lancement avec musique éclatéeaux accents panaméricains.
visitez le site du festival de nouveau cinéma

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MAKILA.TV presents an open video experience

October 11, 2009, at UQAM’s Agora, 175 President Kennedy / Free admission!

On October 11, participants from Montreal and across Canada will convene online and in person at the UQAM Agora to celebrate a unique cinematic co-creation. A short film “exquisite corpse” will be unveiled after a month-long collaborative creative process connecting youth from Montreal Nord and film-makers across Canada.  The screening is part of Festival Nouveau Cinema and will be followed by DJs and visuals powered by Makila.tv. A live video feed and interactive web-portals will enable Montreal participants and observers to connect and party with film-makers across Canada.

Follow the process online Kalavera #6, on Twitter @kalaveradeli, and on Facebook

(Part of our Makila Workshop sessions in partnership with AGENCE TOPO)

I wanted to share some notes about the gathering on Thursday the 4th of December with Jason Rodi, founder, creator and owner of MOMENT FACTORY, about the challenges of editing short-format video today. I’ll do it in English (rather than Spanglish) first because it’s a bit easier for me, but second for easier sharing out of our inner circle.

I wanted to hand out a summary or playlist before the session with the films and some of the key themes and ideas I wanted to bring to the table, but as I sat to do that, daycare called, my daughter has an ear infection and i had to run around town to find a clinic to get here an anti-biotic and see her reaction. Thanks to Lissy, Dina and Sara for their support by the way! So, I made it to the gathering but no summary whatsoever.

My goal was to serve as a counter-part, an “anti-introduction”, to the ground breaking VJ-inspired style and approach of Moment’s ongoing work. For that, I selected 3 examples:…

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