[Cc-webedit] [mediateam] Letter to the met - as a highlight on front page?

[Jonathan Leighton]

I've put the video up as a highlight - we clearly do not have consensus
that it should replace the cardboard image in the main promo.

Jon

On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 12:50 +0000, Tom Pursey wrote:
> mmm wavey hands to bens and nat's posts.
> T
>  
> > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:15:55 +0100
> > From: gringoben at gmail.com
> > To: nszarek at googlemail.com
> > CC: j at jonathanleighton.com; hamish at undercurrents.org;
> mediateam at lists.riseup.net; cc-webedit at lists.aktivix.org;
> richard.braude at googlemail.com; richard at visionon.tv;
> hamish at visionon.tv; kevin.smith at gmx.net
> > Subject: Re: [mediateam] Letter to the met - as a highlight on front
> page?
> > 
> > I agree. the letter works fine as a letter and video doesn't really
> > add much to it. but more importantly the camp is about action on
> > climate change not cops. lets try to avoid the cop fixation by not
> > giving it pride of place on the website.
> > 
> > ben
> > 
> > 2009/8/25 Natalie Szarek <nszarek at googlemail.com>:
> > > I think we want a far more exciting "omg! come to camp!!!" video
> to have as
> > > the first video up there. I think that the letter to the met video
> serves a
> > > certain purpose, but it doesn't galvanise, and i think that it's
> important
> > > that the first video that people see up there gets them excited,
> and gets
> > > them to come back to the site for more and more updates.
> > >
> > > maybe putting a little announcement on the site saying "watch us
> swoop
> > > here!" or something.
> > >
> > > n
> > >
> > >
> > > 2009/8/25 Jonathan Leighton <j at jonathanleighton.com>
> > >>
> > >> Let's speak plainly: We are talking about the letter video and
> that
> > >> alone - unless there will be more videos going up before the
> swoop
> > >> video?
> > >>
> > >> On this I am "neutral". I don't think the letter to the met is
> the best
> > >> "come to the camp" material, but I don't think it's the worst
> either. I
> > >> do fully support putting the swoop video up there as soon as it's
> ready.
> > >>
> > >> I'd like hear opinions from others who are not involved in
> producing the
> > >> content (no offence Hamish).
> > >>
> > >> Totally willing to be persuaded either way.
> > >>
> > >> Jon
> > >>
> > >> On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 11:48 +0100, hamish wrote:
> > >> > I would like to like to put forward a proposal that the
> climatecamptv
> > >> > "show embed" goes up to replace the cardboard today. Putting up
> single
> > >> > embed a day after the video is posted is silly (:
> > >> >
> > >> > The show embed will be full of the best content produced at the
> climate
> > >> > camp, is the an issue here? As for the police angle, we all
> agree that
> > >> > isn't our focus. we will soon have videos about all the issues
> behind
> > >> > CCA, and hopefully we won't have to mention the police at all.
> > >> >
> > >> > PROPOSAL
> > >> > Put the show player (which will have the "letter to the met" on
> it) up
> > >> > to replace the cardboard
> > >> >
> > >> > DEADLINE
> > >> > Today at 14.00
> > >> >
> > >> > Cheers,
> > >> > Hamish
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > Jonathan Leighton wrote:
> > >> > > Hi,
> > >> > >
> > >> > > There's been discussion in the media group about having the
> letter to
> > >> > > the met on the home page. This seems to have broad support.
> We have
> > >> > > already agreed that the "swoop video" will replace the
> cardboard image
> > >> > > in the main promo when it's ready.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > PROPOSAL: Make the letter to the met video a "highlight"
> under the
> > >> > > main
> > >> > > promo.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > DEADLINE: We don't have much time and people seem to vaguely
> agree
> > >> > > with
> > >> > > this anyway - so 12:30 PM.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Cheers,
> > >> > > Jon
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
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