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Politics, Mature and taboo => Political Pundits => Topic started by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 06:14:46 AM

Title: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 06:14:46 AM
I'm working at the film festival for another week and so spending my time here and on FB when not doing anything useful. Since most of the films are digital, it means that I don't have a whole lot to do.

So until now I've posted my thoughts about the films I've screened, the filmmakers I've met and the technology I've faced. Not all of it showed the festival or the films or the filmmakers or the technology in a, shall we say, positive light.

This morning, the tech manager asked me to please refrain from such comments during the festival. He also said that sarcasms were not allowed either. They'd discussed me during today's planning meeting.

So now that they are trying to gag me, what can I do to vent? Inventive ideas welcomed.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: 'andersom' on January 26, 2015, 06:18:42 AM
Write it down. For yourself, maybe also in the elder bit of I2.

Put in time and effort, and make a book.

Not one to publish now. But, by the time you think it is better for you to leave the festival, you can publish it, online or on paper. See the years you still go on with the festival as research time. And write down as many anecdotes and horror stories as you can.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 06:39:22 AM
Not a stranger to the gagging order, me, but apart from the more obvious censorship jibes on FB, I can't think of anything funny to circumvent the festival management.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: 'andersom' on January 26, 2015, 06:43:24 AM
Having the festival , to survive a year at work, now leading to this must be extremely frustrating.

First the frustration of the festival going down the drain, and then the gagging on top of that.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Icequeen on January 26, 2015, 09:48:06 AM
What can you do to brighten their day? :autism:

(http://img.humorsharing.com/media/images/1202/i_4899_hilarious-job-related-pictures-025.jpg)

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Yep, I'd write it down and vent like hyke suggested...while doing some creative thinking.
But then, that's just me. :angel:

Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 09:53:20 AM
I'm extremely frustrated, right now.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Semicolon on January 26, 2015, 11:23:54 AM
Is the festival publicly funded? That may give you the right to criticize how they spend their funds. Sweden has stricter employment laws than America does.

If you don't want to fight directly, you can use a pseudonym. :thumbup: Or, you could write in Finnish. :orly:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2015, 02:35:26 PM
They read your Facebook posts :zombiefuck:   
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 03:02:27 PM
They read your Facebook posts :zombiefuck:

Yes.

I posted a message in Zulu, stating that 1984 is my favourite book these days.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 26, 2015, 03:03:41 PM
Is the festival publicly funded? That may give you the right to criticize how they spend their funds. Sweden has stricter employment laws than America does.

If you don't want to fight directly, you can use a pseudonym. :thumbup: Or, you could write in Finnish. :orly:

No, the festival is a private foundation, financed in part by donations. Good thinking, though. I'll have a think.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Yuri Bezmenov on January 26, 2015, 03:29:08 PM
So now that they are trying to gag me, what can I do to vent? Inventive ideas welcomed.

This calls for some extreme passive-agressiveness.

Perhaps you could set off one of those chemical stink bombs that smell like rotten eggs when they show a film you don't like.

Or you could just whip it out and piss on the audience from the projection booth.     :pee:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2015, 03:48:54 PM
They read your Facebook posts :zombiefuck:

Yes.

I posted a message in Zulu, stating that 1984 is my favourite book these days.

So they bothered with  translating stuff too,  post something in gibberish and see what they come up with what it means.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Jack on January 26, 2015, 05:03:37 PM
I'm extremely frustrated, right now.
Vent somewhere they can't see it, as suggested by others.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 26, 2015, 08:18:17 PM
Inventive ideas welcomed.

Shut up and do you job.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Pyraxis on January 26, 2015, 08:42:39 PM
Edit some single-frame subliminal messages into the films with your venting.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Parts on January 26, 2015, 11:18:08 PM
Eat a lot of gassy foods then walk around during the breaks to let them now they are showing stinkers
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 27, 2015, 12:59:22 AM
Edit some single-frame subliminal messages into the films with your venting.

Can't do it with digital film. :(
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 27, 2015, 01:00:20 AM
They read your Facebook posts :zombiefuck:

Yes.

I posted a message in Zulu, stating that 1984 is my favourite book these days.

So they bothered with  translating stuff too,  post something in gibberish and see what they come up with what it means.

:laugh:

I posted a meaningless ad slogan, yesterday.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: ZEGH8578 on January 27, 2015, 06:02:54 AM
Take a shit on their desk, and quit like a rebel!
That oughta teach 'em!

Cartman takes a crap on desk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9jdjeG5s9Q#ws)
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Semicolon on January 27, 2015, 07:57:06 AM
Is the festival publicly funded? That may give you the right to criticize how they spend their funds. Sweden has stricter employment laws than America does.

If you don't want to fight directly, you can use a pseudonym. :thumbup: Or, you could write in Finnish. :orly:

No, the festival is a private foundation, financed in part by donations. Good thinking, though. I'll have a think.

:)
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Pyraxis on January 27, 2015, 08:42:13 AM
Edit some single-frame subliminal messages into the films with your venting.

Can't do it with digital film. :(

Sure you can, you just need Premiere?

Actually I wouldn't know, when it comes to the files that are physically shipped out to theatres. But I was thinking in between previews or shorts something if you had to queue separate files.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: RageBeoulve on January 27, 2015, 11:20:30 AM
I'm working at the film festival for another week and so spending my time here and on FB when not doing anything useful. Since most of the films are digital, it means that I don't have a whole lot to do.

So until now I've posted my thoughts about the films I've screened, the filmmakers I've met and the technology I've faced. Not all of it showed the festival or the films or the filmmakers or the technology in a, shall we say, positive light.

This morning, the tech manager asked me to please refrain from such comments during the festival. He also said that sarcasms were not allowed either. They'd discussed me during today's planning meeting.

So now that they are trying to gag me, what can I do to vent? Inventive ideas welcomed.

No stranger to snowflakes who cannot handle criticism. There is really nothing you can do about this, apart from disobeying the tech manager and probably being barred from the festival.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 27, 2015, 08:47:27 PM
Take a shit on their desk, and quit like a rebel!
That oughta teach 'em!

Cartman takes a crap on desk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9jdjeG5s9Q#ws)

No way, man. Some cleaning staff person would probably have to deal with it.  >:( 
Smear it behind the handle of their car door instead.  :zoinks:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 28, 2015, 01:01:48 AM
Edit some single-frame subliminal messages into the films with your venting.

Can't do it with digital film. :(

Sure you can, you just need Premiere?

Actually I wouldn't know, when it comes to the files that are physically shipped out to theatres. But I was thinking in between previews or shorts something if you had to queue separate files.

The films are encrypted, a lot of the time, but I suspect Premiere wouldn't know how to read the file format even if they weren't.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 28, 2015, 01:03:15 AM
I'm working at the film festival for another week and so spending my time here and on FB when not doing anything useful. Since most of the films are digital, it means that I don't have a whole lot to do.

So until now I've posted my thoughts about the films I've screened, the filmmakers I've met and the technology I've faced. Not all of it showed the festival or the films or the filmmakers or the technology in a, shall we say, positive light.

This morning, the tech manager asked me to please refrain from such comments during the festival. He also said that sarcasms were not allowed either. They'd discussed me during today's planning meeting.

So now that they are trying to gag me, what can I do to vent? Inventive ideas welcomed.

No stranger to snowflakes who cannot handle criticism. There is really nothing you can do about this, apart from disobeying the tech manager and probably being barred from the festival.

You're right.

They are speshul snowflakes. :zoinks:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Semicolon on January 28, 2015, 09:27:10 AM
I'm working at the film festival for another week and so spending my time here and on FB when not doing anything useful. Since most of the films are digital, it means that I don't have a whole lot to do.

So until now I've posted my thoughts about the films I've screened, the filmmakers I've met and the technology I've faced. Not all of it showed the festival or the films or the filmmakers or the technology in a, shall we say, positive light.

This morning, the tech manager asked me to please refrain from such comments during the festival. He also said that sarcasms were not allowed either. They'd discussed me during today's planning meeting.

So now that they are trying to gag me, what can I do to vent? Inventive ideas welcomed.

No stranger to snowflakes who cannot handle criticism. There is really nothing you can do about this, apart from disobeying the tech manager and probably being barred from the festival.

You're right.

They are speshul snowflakes. :zoinks:

Invite them to Wrong Planet. :zoinks:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 28, 2015, 02:16:44 PM
They'd thrive there, so... no.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Semicolon on January 28, 2015, 02:48:24 PM
They'd thrive there, so... no.

Doesn't Alex want to make movies? :zoinks: It would be an interesting partnership. :trollface:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: 'andersom' on January 28, 2015, 03:00:25 PM
Changing my idea now.

Don't write a book. Write a script for a short movie. Make it about a film-festival.  :autism:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Semicolon on January 28, 2015, 03:07:58 PM
Changing my idea now.

Don't write a book. Write a script for a short movie. Make it about a film-festival.  :autism:

Then get the film festival to show it. :thumbup:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Parts on January 28, 2015, 04:54:37 PM
Are most of the films the pretentious art school types if so consider bringing  a bottle :scotch:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 28, 2015, 08:37:41 PM
Are most of the films the pretentious art school types if so consider bringing  a bottle :scotch:

Yeah, I agree with parts. Just spend the day at work rip roaring drunk.  :lol1:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 29, 2015, 02:32:26 AM
They'd thrive there, so... no.

Doesn't Alex want to make movies? :zoinks: It would be an interesting partnership. :trollface:

They'd deserve each other. :laugh:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 29, 2015, 02:34:03 AM
Are most of the films the pretentious art school types if so consider bringing  a bottle :scotch:

Yeah, I agree with parts. Just spend the day at work rip roaring drunk.  :lol1:

 :lol1: It would help. The artsy types get to be too much sometimes.
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Gopher Gary on January 29, 2015, 09:30:22 PM
Are most of the films the pretentious art school types if so consider bringing  a bottle :scotch:

Yeah, I agree with parts. Just spend the day at work rip roaring drunk.  :lol1:

 :lol1: It would help. The artsy types get to be too much sometimes.

Yep. I think you have all the answers you need here. Get rip roaring drunk and spread some shit around. If you're going to quit doing this stuff then absolutely go out with a bang.  :thumbup:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: Semicolon on January 30, 2015, 08:21:51 AM
Are most of the films the pretentious art school types if so consider bringing  a bottle :scotch:

Yeah, I agree with parts. Just spend the day at work rip roaring drunk.  :lol1:

 :lol1: It would help. The artsy types get to be too much sometimes.

Yep. I think you have all the answers you need here. Get rip roaring drunk and spread some shit around. If you're going to quit doing this stuff then absolutely go out with a bang.  :thumbup:

If he's going to quit, there's always the "accidentally show a porn film" trick. :zoinks:
Title: Re: Ideas, Please
Post by: odeon on January 30, 2015, 03:56:31 PM
I wouldn't do that. :angel: