Wednesday, March 17, 2010

the BBC ran a competition for short films using freely available video from the virtual revolution series

the BBC programme Virtual revolution (on the impact of the web) ran a short film competition during the production of The Virtual Revolution to see who could produce the best short film or trailer, using footage downloaded for free from their site.http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution

they had a range of creative, entertaining and sometimes bizarre entries. 12 were shortlisted by the Virtual Revolution production team, and these were then judged by BBC Factual Executive Producers Nick Mirsky and Dominic Crossley-Holland, and BBC Multiplatform Executive Producer Julian Phillips.


this is the winning entry
'Digital De-evolution' by Edward Sludden suggests that the real internet revolution will be controlled by a secret, global cabal of simian overlords. They already own 98 percent of our DNA, and it's only a matter of time before they get the rest.








this is the runner up entry
In 'Craving communication' by Tero Hiltunen, two men sit in a room facing each other. Finding this situation both awkward and unusual, they begin to acknowledge each other through facial expressions and body language. They finally realise that they have been struggling to sit in silence, because what humans crave most is the power to communicate.

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