A special duckrabbit message for #Kony
Written by duckrabbitIt would be impolite to steal Invisible Children’s thunder and I’ll admit they’ve had a small modicum of attention, but they should leave the advocacy videos down to the big boys.
So with that in mind we’ve pulled in every favor we could to have this film put together for Kony. It’s a simple message, authentic, accurate, from the heart and delivering the kind of complexity that we’ve come to expect from the more grown up NGOs who never resort to simplifying the message.
If we all share this film (and take a pledge of celibacy) maybe, somewhere , someday, Kony will hear it too, and come in from the cold. But if he doesn’t we’re asking you to donate (or buy one of our stuffed cats) so we can go to plan B and send in the A-Team (literally the A-Team).
We need to say an extra big thank you to Laudable Screams (its an anagram, he’s so humble he didn’t want to be named) for agreeing to be the director of photography and poor audio on this project and most importantly (and rather remarkably) agreeing to waive the clause in his contract that stipulates at the beginning of every film he must be given the opportunity to stare into the camera and say ‘My name is Laudable Screams and I am a photojournalist who is saving the world one shot at a time with a Canon 5D mark 3′.
http://youtu.be/seQDXPDa0J0
Author — duckrabbit
duckrabbit is a production company formed by radio producer/journalist Benjamin Chesterton and photographer David White. We specialize in digital storytelling.
Discussion (3 Comments)
Brilliant and clear. Rosebell Kagumire, a female Ugandan blogger (@rosebellk) responds to #KONY2012: http://youtu.be/KLVY5jBnD-E via @dreamhampton
Why is every forum filled with cats? Bloody cats everywhere. I mean – everywhere. Cats. Whats all that about?
Kenneth Jarecke knows:
“So how do you become a better photographer when you’re reinforced with so much unearned praise from your internet buddies? What’s your motivation, to get a hundred likes instead of just ten? There’s an easy recipe for that. Start making pictures of cats. Better yet, kittens… kittens and children. You’ll soon be more awesome then you could possibly imagine.”
(http://kennethjarecke.typepad.com/)
All I can say is I bet the production team were glad you didn’t choose The Flight of The Bumble Bee. Then we’d have had to involve Sting too….and yon wee guy with the sunglasses…..and the hairy one……and that Scots git…….
..for those of you too young to remembe…this is the original Mogg Synthesiser……(thats a duckrabbit exclusive)