ACTIVE

Important directions for ACTIVE video submissions from the Operation: Can You Hear Us Now/March on the Media events.

Video shot on Saturday will be posted on the ACTIVE YouTube page, run by our National Video Operations Officer, Dave Dunbar.

As our Video Operations aka Video Commando teams continue to produce work, it will be consolidated on that page, as well as published on this site and PatDollard.com.

All video operations should be done with the two following goals in mind. They are broad goals and cover a lot of territory while still allowing for focused creativity.

First, to expose the public to stories that the mainstream media refuses to report, or reports inaccurately.

Second, brand awareness to support and expose the ACCDF brand.

When submitting videos please follow these guidelines:

1. Videos should be in either .avi or mpg (mpeg) format. Conversion of the videos to edit in ACCDF info is time consuming and sometimes just wont work. There are multiple formats to shoot in. Your camera should have come with software to convert to one of these formats.

2. Please edit to the “money shots”. 25 min videos submitted with a 2 min confrontation are overwhelming to work on. You shot the video and know what’s usable. Give some background, but edit out what you can. You tube limits to 10 min clips. Most people wont watch longer then 3 or 4 min unless there is action.

3. Be creative. The videos that brought down ACORN were so outrageous and outside the normal scope. Music videos are cool as well as artsy stuff. We will have different categories so don’t feel limited to only confrontational or expose videos.

4. Remember to have fun. This is a counter-propaganda campaign. We are right, they are wrong. Being right should allow you the freedom to explore and be proactive. You have the right to go just about anywhere and shoot just about anything. There is no expectation of privacy in public. Act like you belong and get in there and get ACTIVE.

5. Please submit video using http://www.yousendit.com. Yousendit is a free service and allows us to get your videos, integrate the ACCDF logo and get them on Youtube. The ACTIVE email account to send them to is: activevideo@hotmail.com