I sent a U2U to Springer about using this idea and ATSer's enthusiasm for it to start a competition for the best footage entered. The aim rather than
getting air time on TV would be to build an online repository of compelling videos that use the known facts to maximum impact all within 10 minutes
long, that could be used by anyone that has a use for them.
The idea is that whenever anyone needs or wants to make the point that this phenomenon is real, they have a new resource that will make their point
far more effectively than they could on their own. This sounds like a pretty weak aim, but when you consider that there are celebrities out there that
are too afraid to talk about this subject just because they know that the media will crucify them for it. With these videos on their side they might
feel a little more confident about letting their own beliefs known. With this new resource they will be able to play a number of short video
specifically designed to display the hard and most compelling facts, statistics and footage that there is.
I don't know if anyone has seen this
speech by Adrian Hicks, but I personally find it is
painful to watch.
The poor guy goes on and on, getting the facts out, plus he is a lousy public speaker. Now if he had a few short films that got the facts out there in
a concise and compelling way, then even if the rest of his presentation is lousy, at least the movies are getting a huge amount of exposure to the
public's perception where they are most likely to do some real good.
Rather than trying to fund these videos, just make them available and tell folk that they are free to use by anyone. If we all start posting these
videos on forums and on our own websites adding a link or banner to the source page then word is going to get out.
On the source page we could all vote on the best footage, so that the most powerful and compelling film is always at the top of the list, followed by
all the runners up in order of the votes that they got. We could have a variety of categories and specific subjects all displayed with the most
popular at the top of each list.
Apparently ATS is planning to do something like this in the new year, so perhaps is it time to start making a wish list.
I think that there is a huge untapped potential here at ATS. There are a huge number of passionate and skilled people that visit this site 24 hours a
day every day of the week. If we all work together would could move mountains.