Wow. 4 months ago I posted two movies on line, and kept it pretty much friends-only. But still already 2432 people have watched (at least part of) it, and 173 people have downloaded it. One has even reviewed it (or rated it, 4 star!!) and while i haven't really been promoting it, it is encouraging that even 4 months after my (friends-only) publicity (and a tiny bit more at hugg) it's still going strong...like yesterday, 21 people watched it and 5 DL it. OK thats not AL Gore numbers, but then again, my movies focus on solutions not winning the very moot argument...
all i can say is thanks whoever starred me, thanks googlevideo, and thanks to everyone who's been watching it!
~lee
[note: 5 months later (almost 12/26/06) and am happy to say that more people watch them everyday... so far a little more than 8,600 people have watched them, and if you are onf of the 8,600--- THANKS!!]
ok keeping this friends-only for one more week.. [edited to add: WOW! Ok, it's like 24 hours after I wrote this (friends-only): and 30 people have watched the movie already! Wow. Thanks! I mean, sure I would like to get some constructive criticism, but even seeing that swing in downloads and page views says a lot! Thanks!]
Earthchange II is now online!!! Yes! it got 'verified' by googlevideo this past evening. I am not 100% sure yet but it seems a little choppy (might have to re-upload it, or else it's choppy on this computer but not in real life... (and most likely it is as smooth as a lake at 5:30 am if you use thta new free google video player). It is definitley less choppy if you dont start watching it right away but let the whole film load up (10 minutes?)
So, without further ado, here's the movie!! I hope you enjoy it and see some new and inspiring things. You will also notice that the doom & gloom has been turned down to 1 or 2 and the optimism has been pumped up to 11... Yay it's all happening now, too! So, enjoy the movie! let me know what you think....
well the first good news i have is that my second "Earthchange" movie (3 parts x35 min) has been posted on videogoogle(!) it takes a couple of days to actually be available, so I expect to have some more kewl news coming at ya very soon regarding that movie. [edited to say: something happened it will be up again in a few moreday --4/13/06]
Earthchange II, btw, won an award at EarthVisions, the environmental film festival in Santa Cruz CA. Actually kinda funny, I submitted it thinking it would be completed in time, but it was a work-in-progress when it won(!) Anyway, as you can imagine its a little less frenetic and choppy, and WAY more optimistic about the future... but that will be later this week-- it takes a couple of days to get to get 'verified'.... in the meantime yes, you can see Earthchange I but again same warning as before... while it is way optimistic and full of positive solutions, it's sorta old school: 'us versus them' and pretty full of fear for the coming changes, two things that i noe feel help no one (probably why i spent another two years reworking it after the first few screenings). But it was 1997, and so it's kinda like looking back in time (the crazy thing is that the science tha was 'wild' back then is now accepted, and the technologies mentionned in the movies are still not all on the radar for *most* people....
Feedback: And I just found out how to see the reports on activity of the first video, Earthchange I, and I gotta say I'm impressed. Sure, no one made comments = ( but it seems that *someone* is watching it. I only posted something about it here, and friends only (((ok not at the moments 04/13/06))). And yet, already, there's been 203 page views and 5 full downloads. WOoo HOoo, 203 people have watched it in whole or in part (or... people have watched parts of it 200 times). I'm touched!!! (((edited to add: it's now at 330 people watched it and 15 downloaded! 04/13/06]))) Sure, I'd love feedback, what artist doesn't? but that is in its own way feedback, right?
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