Dublin: The movie - a film shot in 24 hours

I'm very excited to be involved in this:



As part of the Darklight Film Festival, 30 film makers are taking part in a shoot of 24 hours tomorrow around Dublin.

The idea is to create a mini-movie of 3 to 5 minutes which will then become part of an overall feature film, to be shown at the end of the Festival.

Let's take that again:

• 30 film makers
• 24 hours (tomorrow)
• 3 to 5 minutes of film each
  
  will hopefully equal
  
  
• 1 feature film
• in 4 days.

Welcome to the 4 Day Movie project.

I'm honoured to have been invited to blog, twitter, twitterfone, interview, shoot and otherwise cover this event. My friends Niamh and Emily are helping out over what will be a very manic weekend.

I've set up a blog on 4daymovie.wordpress.com and a Twitter account on 4daymovie.

I've already been talking to some of the filmmakers and they're getting back to me. They sound very excited!

Also a big thanks to Pat Phelan of Twitterfone and to Alan, resident Twitterfone genius for their help :)

Some links for you to have a look at:

• The 4daymovie blog
  
  
• The official Twitter page
  
  
• The official MySpace page
  
  
• Rick O' Shea is watching you
  
  
• Una Mullally writes in the Sunday Tribune
  
  
• About the film on the Darklight website
  
  
• Louise Hogan covers it in the Indo

Wish me luck!

Reputation: Gossip, Rumour and Privacy on the Internet

Letting it all hang out: Privacy vs. Publicity in the Virtual World.



I've been invited to join in on the Darklight symposium on Friday at 10am in Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin.

Professor Daniel Solove, author of "The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet" is due to speak together with a panel chaired by solicitor and digital rights expert Caroline Campbell including Damien Mulley, Jim Carroll, Niall Larkin of Relevant Media, and Cormac Callanan, director of Hotline.ie.

The panel will take a look at the mirror to the soul that is Facebook and the powers wielded by the blogging community in deciding peoples' fates.

Professor Solove will take a lawyerly look at the fates of little fatty, dog poop girl and star wars kid.

We'll ask:

• Can bloggers say what they like?
  
  
• What's wrong with having nothing to hide?
  
  
• Who is really stalking you on Facebook? Does anyone care anymore?

It should be very interesting to see what comes out of the talk. I'm looking forward to it.

For more information visit the Darklight website. If you can't be there, are there any questions or points you'd like raised?

( I'm also volunteering for the festival so if you're there, feel free to say hi :) )

Your favourite YouTube videos on the big screen

You'll see this out there today on other great blogs, including the screening of Tron for the first time in 25 years, but I'd like to draw your attention to Darklight's Budda Bag YouTube salon.



I did this last year and it was great fun. A very simple idea - choose your favourite You Tube videos, line them up on the laptops and show the audience what you like!



You get 30 minutes to show off your chosen videos. It's a great idea for the people who make their own films, who do interesting mash-ups or who just have funny ideas and talent.

I met some really interesting people doing it last year and saw some videos I wasn't even aware of.

I'm hoping Darren, Anthony, Ben and myself may be able to throw some sort of show together... stay tuned!

Find out more here. To book a place email the lovely Sinéad at sinead[at]darklight[dot]ie

How creative could you be and what would you choose if you got a go?

This one will always be one of my favourites: