Apparently Georgian embassy workers in Kiev don’t quite get the concept of a free press. When half-naked protestors, working as part of an international campaign backing the Georgian photo journalists recently arrested on espionage charges, tired to draw attention to that situation they were forcefully dispersed by an embassy employee. A local journalist is reported to have been injured during the dispersal.

According to FEMEN activists, the actions taken by the Georgian embassy only prove “the international community’s suspicions that official Tbilisi is media-phobic.”

“Members of the embassy demonstrated a lack of respect for all democratic values: freedom of speech, freedom of association. Thus we are even more worried about the journalists who were arrested in Georgia,” stated the FEMEN activists.

The Embassy has also issued a statement in which it expressed “regret at the incident” and apologized to those who were injured and to the Ukrainian public in general. They supposedly fired the employee responsible for the physical abuse of the protesters and journalists.

Four Georgian photographers, including a photographer with the presidential administration’s press service, Irakly Gedenidze, and his wife Natiya, were charged with espionage on July 9. Natiya Gedenidze was later released on bail. The other detainees are Zurab Kurtsikidze, a representative of the European Press Photo Agency (EPA), and Georgy Abdaladze, a photographer for the Foreign Ministry who was also working with the Associated Press.

This video is an unedited version of the incident. It contains brief nudity.

Damage control mode at News Corp.

Lately I’ve found myself with some free time and not being one who enjoys sitting around I decided to try my luck with rounding up some commercial work. First I honed my script writing skills and planned ahead for how to shoot a commercial video. Doesn’t seem to hard if you’re already familiar with lighting, audio, and video. My plan is to hit the social media market and offer video as something that can be implemented with a web site rather than television. Video online is booming so might as well get off on the right foot and go where the money is, supposedly.

I targeted small businesses with a 20/30/60 second promo and placed an ad on Kijiji here in Halifax and in no time picked up my first client. Had a meeting to plan the shot, went over a script, they shared their needs, I shared my knowledge on what works and what doesn’t, and we were off to the races. I came over and did some shooting for a couple hours, spent an hour editing to the script, and bingo! WEBmmercial in the bag.

I’ll be giving this some serious time this summer between shooting my doc and working on other productions. The money is good, the hours are mine, and best of all this offers me some independence and I love that. I’ve own and operated a small business before and remember it’s not all fun and games. Making commercials is a completely different world than news or documentary shooting so my next step is to draw up a good contract and market, market, market.

I also found a great resource for commercial shooting over at the New York Video School. Lots of helpful information about the business of shooting for money.

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Tonight I watched a fascinating 60 Minutes report about a film shot in San Francisco in 1906. The detective work David Kiehn used to date the film it was right up there with a CSI show.

Love this old stuff!

Bita Haidarian Nossa, has an upcoming film about her “journey around the world to answer the big questions – who am I, where do I come from, and where can a girl find a good laser hair removalist?” If the trailer is any indication this will be on my watch list although I can’t find any information for a release date.

Bita was born in America to Baha’i refugee parents from Iran. Her story tells the “tragic-comic story of her family coming to America, her childhood in Texas, trying to fit in, and competitive cheerleading – all part of the quest of a girl who knows more about MTV than Al Jazeera.” The film looks gutsy and I like that.

And Bita’s plea to public – please watch my film! If it doesn’t succeed, I’m going to have to get married.

“If she can do something to change the world maybe I can, maybe you can, maybe whoever can. It doesn’t take an Ivy League education and lots of money, it’s like, standing up for what you believe in.” – Bita Haidarian

“In a world of ubiquitous, hand-held digital cameras,” according to reason.tv, “that’s not an abstract philosophical question. Police everywhere are cracking down on citizens using cameras to capture breaking news and law enforcement in action.”

Who will watch the watchers? All of us, it turns out, but only if we’re willing to fight for our rights. Read Reason magazine’s January 2011 cover story, “The War on Cameras” and the companion piece “How to Record the Cops.”

Name: WILLS PHILIP

OBJECTIVE

To apply for the post of Operating Cameraperson in a Television Production & Broadcasting Company.

KEY SKILLS

- Handling live 10 camera online switching projects for Mega shows
- Adept in technically advising and planning of documentaries, tele shows, tele films, short films, advertisements etc
- Adept in handling and servicing of Standard and High definition cameras

Date of birth: 29.5.1973

Nationality: Indian

Marital status: Married

Address:

Flat No 304, Journalist Colony,
NCC Nagar, Peroorkada.P.O,
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -695005
KERALA STATE, INDIA

Telephone: 0471- 2430925 (Res)
09447154284 (Mob)

E-mail: wills_philip@yahoo.com
willsphilip@gmail.com

Passport details: Passport No.G 2142965 dt 27.4.2007 Valid till 26.4.2017

Educational qualification: Digital Electronics & Microprocessor IHRD Kerala chapter, Kozhikode. Industrial Training Course in Electronics Mechanics (2 years) – Approved by Govt of India

Technical skills: Skilled Camereman in both digital and Analog video formats. Experienced in Standard definition & High definition Cameras.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Multitalented Camera Professional with 16 years experience in Television Broadcasting with breakup as under:

February, 1994 to November, 1997 – Network Television (Production house) as Cameraman

December, 1997 to May, 1998 – Eenadu Television (Telugu Satellite Channel) as Cameraman

June, 1998 till January 2011 – Surya TV & Kiran TV, the Malayalam channels of Sun Network Ltd as Senior Cameraman & Head of the Camera section for charting and allotting cameramen ,Camera Assistants and cameras for various programmes.

February 2011 till date working as Senior Cameraperson in Malayala Manorama TV.

The breakup of importants programmes handled during the course of the experiences in the above mentioned organizations are detailed below:

Programmes done for NTV:

- Arts update- an art based programme for Star TV
- Jalakam- a current affairs programme for Doordarsan
- Varthamanam- a current affairs programme for DD4
- Kannadi – a current affairs programme for Asianet
- Kaanaponnu – a business programme for Asianet

Programmes done for Eenadu TV: News coverge for 6 months in their kerala bureau

Programmes done for Surya TV since 1998:

Live telecasts:

- Election results for Parliament elections in 1999
- Election results for Parliament elections in 2004
- Election results for Trivandrum constituency bye-election in 2006
- Live coverage of Sabarimala Makarajyothi Festival at the notable pilgrim centre SABARIMALA since 2000 and which was telecast by Surya Tv, Sun TV, Udaya TV and Gemini TV for the world audience.
- Live phone-in programmes and talk shows for Kiran TV

10 Camera Online Recorded Programmes:

- The silver Jubilee Celebration of the Singer M.G.Sreekumar conducted at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium in 2009
- The South Indian Film fare award held in Hyderabad in 2008
- The function held for the awareness of Aids attended by Mr. Bill Gates at Chennai in 2007.

Still on air programmes (10 Camera):

- Super Jodi 2010

Single Camera Programme

- Suvarna Geethangal

Single Camera recorded programmes:

- Decemberile Raathrikal ( December nights) – Tele-cinema
- Oru Prathyka Paripadi (A Special Programme) – a short film winning a State award
- Shadows and Moonlight – A documentary fiction
- Irul Padangilile Prakasa Thuruthukal – A documentary on the life of North Indian Tribals (Chathisgarh State)
- NCC in Kerala – a documentary
- Musical Albums – Visualising songs for Surya TV
- Aksharam – an Interview programme with Cine Artists and other eminent persons
- Tharikida – A hidden Camera comedy programme
- Various other studio programmes using Chromo key techniques

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Award for the Best Cameraman for Oru Prakthyeka Paripadi (Tele-film for Surya TV) by Govt of Kerala
• Best Cameraman Award by Suryas Marine Gas Kit Company for their advertisement done by Vinu Associates Advertising Agency.
• Maadhyamam Award – for NCC in Kerala ( A documentary for Surya TV)

We’re loving our time here. Great food, friendly people, beautiful scenery. Visited Adare, Cork, Kinsale, Mizen Head, and now in Kenmare. Off to the Dingle today.