[Ssc-dev] Fwd: Video smartphone application by Cine Foundation International... will have option blur and soon voice distortion

[Shawn Van Every]

Very interesting.  I can't seem to find much about it anywhere.

This is the company that is working on it:  http://particlebrand.com/v2/

-s

On Jan 20, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Bryan Nunez wrote:

> Another smartphone app to check out...
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> From: Marianna Moneymaker <marianna at witness.org>
> Date: Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:44 PM
> Subject: Video smartphone application by Cine Foundation International... will have option blur and soon voice distortion
> To: WITNESS Staff <staff at witness.org>
> 
> 
> January 19, 2011. LONDON- Spurred to action by the recent imprisonment and filmmaking ban imposed upon two pro-democracy Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, a new human rights organization and film foundation is offering a revolutionary way for the world to protest human rights abuses.
> 
> The new web and smartphone application developed by Particle at the request of Cine Foundation International is called WHITE MEADOWS (dubbed after a film by Rasoulof) and scheduled to deploy this week will allow anyone in the world to record a short video statement about Panahi and Rasoulof. There will be an ESCAPE button at top, allowing quick exit for those in countries where recording a statement would be dangerous. There will an option to have the screen black, and soon, voice distortion. The video statements will be recorded as mp4s, giving them maximum transmedia capacity, which essentially makes them broadcastable from any device that can show video.
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> Tobias Morgan, one of the founders of Cine Foundation International notes, “ The purpose of the mechanism is meant to have a broader use in the future. While we created it with Particle to specifically address the situation with Panahi and Rasoulof in Iran, and to offer the world another way to condemn this in a way that is more empowering, and we feel more effective than simply adding a name to a petition- we also plan for WHITE MEADOWS to be used by people for addressing other human rights issues as they arise. Future projects using this mechanism include a campaign for women’s rights in the Middle East and one to highlight the plight of street children globally. People can use WHITE MEADOWS not only to make a video statement in support of human rights, but also to share their own experiences. We then will make the videos accessible through our website and through other social and media networks. Soon we will add a feature that allows for live broadcast as well.”
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> For more:
> http://cinefoundation.org/2011/01/the-white-meadows-dir-mohammad-rasoulof-2009-edited-by-jafar-panahi/
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