Kony 2012 - Must See

[Demetri Zuev]

This is a very high quality film and an effective one at achieving it's goals, but...

From the first minute of watching it I was waiting when the speaker will ask me to donate something. He also uses his little son as an effective plot device to communicate certain ideas and there are tens of other little tricks that filmmakers perform during this "experiment" as they call it.

No child should suffer from actions of people like Kony and the cause is 100% right, but while watching this piece I couldn't help but notice all the "instruments" that is used to communicate certain messages and try to make them stick with the viewer.

P.S.: People like Kony are not operating alone, they have their own army of followers. Making him a scapegoat seems right, but the fundamental problem is, once he's eliminated, another guy will take his place, these "communities" are very hard to stop, it's the same with what's happening in Caucasus and in Middle East.

 

[Zeb B]

Now I understand their financials better:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loc...o-invisible-children-kony-2012-142970255.html

Again, we as filmmakers need to be very careful who we associate with or support. Your reputation is all you have. No matter how worthy the cause seems - do a complete background check before jumping in

 

[Peter Dmitriyev]

Now I understand their financials better:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loc...o-invisible-children-kony-2012-142970255.html

Again, we as filmmakers need to be very careful who we associate with or support. Your reputation is all you have. No matter how worthy the cause seems - do a complete background check before jumping in

lol /thread

there goes the end of the kony 2012 campaign

 

[Brandon J. Garcia]

[video=youtube;k78xX9uwj-0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=k78xX9uwj-0[/video]

 

[Ivan Kovax]

This is a very high quality film and an effective one at achieving it's goals, but...

From the first minute of watching it I was waiting when the speaker will ask me to donate something. He also uses his little son as an effective plot device to communicate certain ideas and there are tens of other little tricks that filmmakers perform during this "experiment" as they call it.

No child should suffer from actions of people like Kony and the cause is 100% right, but while watching this piece I couldn't help but notice all the "instruments" that is used to communicate certain messages and try to make them stick with the viewer.

P.S.: People like Kony are not operating alone, they have their own army of followers. Making him a scapegoat seems right, but the fundamental problem is, once he's eliminated, another guy will take his place, these "communities" are very hard to stop, it's the same with what's happening in Caucasus and in Middle East.

You are correct in that it was a well executed marketing piece... however... well... I don't need to say it right?

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

that was fast, he's not as smart as i thought

 

[Martin Weiss]

I'll shut this down as it has nothing to do with cinematography.