Miss.K said:
I agree that it is not so easy to get projects off the ground.
But I think it is a good idea if you have time Solarmind, to start with writing the story.
It is always difficult to get people to work for free, as they have to make a living somehow, but it is easier if one has a really good story written down, than if one only has an idea of making a story.
That would also be first step to raise money for it..
Yes the story is the key, and any kind of serious work, specially for kids on those subjects, has to be done seriously with editorial team on board and certain funding raised for that, but to do any of that we first need at least a treatment and project defined and than we can go to look for the funds. I can take a role of the project director and producer to lead the crew, rise funds etc and sure with the crew do the work need to be done on editing animation, design, concept ... but first we need to outline basics for the content, and have someone from SOTT or Cass editorial team who know the things and who can check what we are doing :) unfortunately I am not the person that can write about those things yet.
Palirunus thank you for the link to this picture book about paleo diet, yes it is good example how it is not good to jump on work and hoping that story will be worked out through the forum discussion, it is just not the way how it works :) ....
So in general my opinion is to see if there is need and reason to do that, and who among us can be a main crew to execute it .... visuals and animation and illustration can always be done by any good creative if they are guided properly ... my illustrators and animators don't neccecerly needs to be part of this forum, but if I guide them well they can do the work.
Also Persej .. yes a month ago I talk with one my colleague in documentary production about all this incredible work done here, and he asked me if I want to do documentary on that. Hm I do want, but I am not sure do the other here want that too, and do they found it as something valuable for this whole work. As you pointed out, doing anything in film or media, that you want to present out there on the regular line up of festivals and promotion markets, can be a bit tricky ... Also funding for that will be probably very hard to find with regular funding scheme.
But than again crowdfundnig is always one option. But good docu will definitely gave one good intro to all this amazing work of Laura Ark and crew, and will get a whole new audience that are probably deserving to know about this!
I already can see it as a beautiful docu story on devotion to knowledge and truth, visually crafted in end of 19ct / BW photography stile, with this incredible people, who like old school passionate scholars, devoted their lifes to give us opportunity to learn and discover every day more about reality of things and true purpose of human life on earth. This work is just incredible and unique, and all this material produced from that research and experiment, are for many people out there just toooooo big, and I am sure many get lost and give up, as life is just getting faster and faster in this jungle of survival.
Many ideas .. hope some will work out. At least it is good to think togeather how to make materials more easily disseminated to those who want to do the change, and who are wondering around the world, stumbling at all tons of crap, loosing their life force and sinking into depression.
Also speaking about kids stuff related o those material, that will probably bring a lot of help to parents who are here, on the forum, and involved in this work, and have a kids, but have difficulties to get kids to know the things properly.
