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The Tibetans is one of 5 Preview Sequence from "Visually and Respectfully Yours - The Story of The Tibetan Photo Project." Release date Nov. 4. Details at http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com
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24 responses // The Tibetans /The Tibetan Photo Project

  • Thank you for watching and we appreciate any votes.
    Visually and Respectfully Yours, Joe Mickey and Sazzy Varga, Founders of The Tibetan Photo Project.
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  • Slow to start but nice to see. great job with the sound.
    TradewindsHD
  • Thanks... the slow start as a change of pace to the preceeding sequence on India.. appreciate the comments, advice, votes and support.

    The entire film, "Visually and Respectfully Yours - The Story of The Tibetan Photo Project." will be complete and have a premiere screening in Mendocino, Ca. On Nov. 4. Details at The Tibetan Photo Project Website.

    Visually and respectfully, Joe
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  • The audio at the credits is unnecacary. I understand that this is an exceprt from your documentary but it would be better suited as a POD if youw condensed it or combined it with your other piece or other excerpts from your documentary. making it a POD makes it something new and new pacing or control should be created so that this works for a 3-seven minuite piece. I understand the purpose of the long intro but it could still be cut down.
    ocanada
  • We appreciate all the help. We are just getting started here and the format is very new to us for posting clips.
    Visually and respectfully, Joe
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  • Again thanks for the time and info... If I can ask about another aspect. Uploading format... any info on uploading format?

    Thanks for the time and the views and the votes... Visually and Respectfully, Joe Mickey
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  • Joe Mickey...you are the best. This is the format of the future. Network TV is over. Cable is almost as dead. Content makers will rule the day. People don't watch NBC TBS OR ESPN, they watch Seinfield, Casablanca, and specific programs not programming from here on out. Great programs that are very specific, like yours. Congrats. Advice to all see the tibetanphotoproject when it comes to your city.
    filmboy
  • respectfully-
    beautiful intro; so often do we miss just contemplating images; good job with the sound design, i agree.
    can you do sth about the resolution though?
    and-seems like the narration (the voice itself) could be a little softer/poetic to GL it; it just doesn't go well with the spirit of this pod for me.
    nata
  • We appreciate the opportunity to add information created by the comments. For the past five years, we have evolved The Tibetan Photo Project from disposable cameras to a single monk to several Tibetans working in still phototography and with the release of Tenzin Wangden Andrugtsang's "Voices in Exile we have made it to film. We have had a couple of donations but for the most part, The Tibetan Photo Project is self funded. The mission is to create a voice from The Tibetan People through their photos and films. We have recently released Tenzin Wangden Andrugtsang's "Voices in Exile." and this clip is from "Visually and Respectfully Yours - The Story of The Tibetan Photo Project," currently being edited as the evolution continues. By reporting on this effort, the combined circulation in print that has told some part of Tibet's story is appraoching 26 million. See our media coverage page at the Website. Antioch College has created an exhibit and circulated it to 5 of its 6 campus locations and Centenary College mounted a full scale exhibit from the project that ran four months in early 2005. We still are self funded and what we may lack in poetic voices etc. we hope we show with heart and the drive to take The Tibetan Photo Project forward. Anyway, I appreciate the opportunity to respond to the comments. I am the narrator... I, more than anyone, would certainly like a better and more professional voice,,,but I work cheap and it keeps us going forward. We are new to posting here and we would also like technical information on best format to post in for quality...
    Visually and respectfully yours, Joe
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  • absolutely beautiful
    beetie
  • Greetings.

    I'm certainly drawn to the subject of Tibet, spiritually and politically. These people have suffered horribly at the hands of the Chinese, as the voice-over points out.

    On a filmmaking level, the shot selection and the cuts seem aimless. The shots have no theme and no context. The first shot, of the sand "painting" is a great illustration of patience, but the camera is too far back. It seems to need a sequence of close-ups. The second shot, of the prayer flags and the sky is a beautiful shot. But why so long? Without titles or narration, the shot is "read" and understood in 4 or 5 seconds. The next shot of the boy under the prayer flags is also beautiful and seems candid and spontaneous, but again, too long. Also dissolving out as the boy runs toward the camera is awkward.

    If I may suggest a different approach to the filmmaking, think about your theme and make every shot speak to it. If you need narration to make your point, make it. If your visuals themselves tell the story, so much the better. Showing the actual Chinese presence in Tibet and it's inevitable contradictions would seem to illustrate your theme more directly.

    Respectfully,

    Jeff Burman
    JeffB
  • Thanks again for the wide variety of comments and opinions. I hope everyone will see the sequence in the full context when it releases in November... Editing continues... One of our reasons for posting here, besides the exposure for the Tibetans is the seriousness of this "test" audience... Its pretty varried... and all appreicated.

    The opening prayer flag shots will be offset against a sequence of a pretty frantic pace that puts Tibetans in the context of India. The pace chage in context is very deliberate and I can see that context or at least an explanation is needed here. Other folks seem to get the pace simply in understanding the Tibetans. I find the difference in views facinating to say the least.

    Certainly, the time and care given to opinions and advice is greatly appreciated.

    We hope you will check the entire project at link
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  • enter your post here Why is this rating so low? Lots of greenlights, most are fresh as the piece is not very old. Not to mention that it has thirteen comments.
    ocanada
  • cgloveguru
    We are brand new here. Certainly, many of the top videos have many more views and votes. We certainly hope to make broadcast at some point and appreicate that for the moment we are doing respectfully in our first outing here.

    We are in the middle of editing "Visually and Respectfully Yours - The Story of The Tibetan Photo Project" and the level of discussion and talent here makes this very valuable to the process of editing the entire film.
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  • Personally a softer narrative voice would be more appealling. The scene with the boy seemed a little long but overall great job on this piece!
    Namgyal
  • Namgyal,
    Thanks for the comment. We are on a begging bowl budget but I would love to afford a better voice than my own... Visually and respectfully, Joe
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  • I really like your work, and cant wait to see the finished product. I think the subject matter is fascinating. Thats why I love current, I always learn something new. Best of luck. GL!
    Yolanda_Marshall
  • congratulations on a wonderful pod. it could have used some more editing, specifically with that second languorous shot of the black prayer banners overlooking the sky. this ran about 8 seconds too long. don't get me wrong, i usually love films with this kind of slow, mesmerizing composition, but it doesn't work well in a pod, where in this particular case, it was clearly meant as an establishing shot. still, kudos for the sound! and i love the transition from the boy playing under the rainbow canopy of prayer flags to the filtered stills of the Chinese occupation. i agree with most of the other posts on the matter of the voiceover, but i am a videographer myself and yea, more often than not budgetary constraints impel you to making such decisions. anyway, i do look forward to seeing some more of your work and learning more about the foundation. keep at it!
    dharmabrigade
  • dharmabrigade
    Thanks so much for the time and very thoughtful comment.. I have to admit that I came here with mixed reasons. Each of our clips is out of context from a total film and the verh hight level of comment here has been very helpful with the edit process, and we are paying attention... We should have a final edit on "Visually and Respectfully Yours, The Story of The Tibetan Photo Project." this week... I was saying that last week...

    I will be the very first to agree, I would love another narrator... our budget is begging-bowl... thanks again

    Visually and Respectfully, Joe Mickey
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  • Yolanda_Marshall
    Thanks for your comment... Our biggest goal with The Tibetan Photo Project is not to "preach to the choir" but to reach and inform... Your comment made my day...

    Visually and Respectfully, Joe Mickey
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  • The begining woudl work well in a feature film but not a POD. I still give this a gl. Lets hope Brittain is a receptive place for this wonderful message.
    ocanada
  • cgloveguru
    Actually this is part of a larger feature documentary...Thanks for the comment. Visually and respectfully, Joe

    Details on "Visually and Respectfully Yours - The Story of The Tibetan Photo Project" at www.tibetanphotoproject.com
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  • Excellent - gives a real feel for the place. Would like to see the whole piece.
    nonameproductions
  • You can get the DVD through the Website <a href=" http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com">link</a&... and we give it away free to folks who will host a screening party with 10 guests or more. We can give you details, drop us a note at thetibetanphotoproject@yahoo.com and please put Tibetan Films in your subject line.

    Thanks for the kind comment.

    Visually and Respectfully, Joe Mickey
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