Images from SXSW

A few images from SXSW

IM videojournalism is NOT I am videojournalism!! but .. you get the idea


Scary!

I walked into the Green Room - where the presenters are destressed before their talk. Everyone around me had friends and family - sort of kumbaya moments.

Are you by yourself, a kind SXSW volunteer asked.

Gulp, er yeah! So what next, I asked

OK, I'll come get you at about quarter to ten

I nodded, then quickly added nervously , er could you make that half past I have a few things to set up.

( blimey she must a thought. Who do you think you are? Ridley Scott. You're only doing a talk, not setting up scene with a 1000 extras)

Here for talk

Here for the meme diagram I conceived a week earlier for the talk

So much to read, how do you find the time to attend conferences?

What's in the goody bag?

Whoaah!

A whole shelf of magazines. Truthfully I couldn't bring anywhere near as many as I wanted with me back to London, so I left them for room service. Not sure they'll read em either.


Hide and Seek

Whos's hiding behind the Mac?

We went to a talk, Karyn an editor from New Riders and me. We'd already been discussing a book. I wanted to remember the moment. You know, if/when the book materialises, this is where I started that anguishing climb to write and write and write.

I put my camera on auto 10 secs, placed it on the chair in front. Karyn was chatting merrily away and then as it hit a second countdown, she ducked. LOL


The last post.
Tucked away in a corner all by my lonesome. I am a sad figure. I wrapped up my last post. To my right is the entrance to the SXSW trade fare.

I'd just finished filming/interviewing Henry Jenkins ( Convergence Culture) and Dan Willis ( fab designer)

My last twitter was something like - thanks everybody for great 72 hours. It's been great and I have really enjoyed it. And you're all in my heart and on my birthday wishes and will cherish you next to my bosom.

It was too long to go on twitter!

SXSW rocks. Next on SXSW - Viewmagazine

SXSW rocks. Next on SXSW.

Apologies if at all for the effusive language. This morning, Sunday, I got up tired, groggy. It was 7.30. Urgh overslept.

I looked outside my window and I was on Danny Boyle's 28 Days film set. The streets were deserted.

What the h*** is going on. It's 7.30. It was irresistible. Within 4 mins I was on the street, jogging gear on, filming.

In this shot above I'm lying in the middle of the street: it's now 7.45 Other shots followed. I have got the nose for SXSW promo opening. Serendipity.

Yesterday on SXSW

After the event. Picture courtesy of Karyn Johnson

Meanwhile, I have completed a segment of yesterday's talk which you can find here and on viewmagazine.

Within the piece I make a number of references. This one to a Blue Print article is probably worth a read, insofar as the content is quite apt for its time. The article was however written in 2001.

No I hope this doesn't come across the wrong way. The article highlights the flux and energy of digital creativity. It's a continuum.

There's another goody on Viewmagazine.tv. One of the video's from Nato's War Games that I showed and made the point that as a swarm of VJs we could cover conflicts coordinating our shoots.

I have worked enough hostile and conflict areas in Africa to know its potential. The comparison and potential for live cine-videojournalism alongside BBC Newsnight's award winning concept: 10 Days to War, remains strong.

The point: that drama could be undertaken by VJs with strong direction. Did you know that 24 used the z1 camera? Slightly bigger than the camera I'm using.

BTW the Editor and commisioner behind 10 days... Peter Barron has since left Newsnight to become a senior figure in google, but I hope to interview him about the show soon.


David presenting at SXSW on IM Videojournalism from david dunkley gyimah on Vimeo.


Late afternoon yesterday Paul Egglestone , amazing guy from Sandbox (UK) and I did a couple of talks on camera about the event. I'll post soon. And I got an interview with Zoe Magolise who wrote the "top blog" : girl with a one track mind and was outed by a Brit Newspaper.

I'm hoping to turn those cuts over to student at Westminster.

Today on SXSW
Today I hope to put together a couple of interviews, so please if you see me do come up and lets have a chat.

An hours talk is sufficient time, but there's so much I can talk about how VJ shoots cross over into shows.

So on viewmagazine, you'll find a story shoot I did with

• A $ 300,000 Ferarri 599GTB
• Interview with Quincy Jones
• Constructung the International film show Filminute
• Deepe sea diving looking for a WWI wreck in Gallipoli
• Working with World Heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis
• Creating a series of commercials

To everyone that has been so generous, I'm indebted. No point playing baseball in a public arena if you don't have crowd support. :)

David Dunkley Gyimah a senior lecturer and Phd Student at the University of Westminster was at SXSW explaining new work flows within digital media and video journalism