The BBC is developing a unique four part documentary series for broadcast in 2010 on BBC Two. It has a working title of ‘Digital Revolution‘, and there are a number of ways we can all get involved, including helping Stephen Fry to come up with a better name for the series, and shaping the content of the series.
Here’s some blurb from the Digital Revolution website about the project:
‘Digital Revolution’ is an experiment in collaboration. We want to hear the opinions, thoughts and experiences from the populace of the web – you. Add your comments to our blog posts. Tell us the stories you think we should be covering. Your input will help shape our documentary.
One of the things I personally find exciting about the project is that as many as possible of the video rushes† are being made available by the site for us to watch, share, download and, significantly, edit ourselves (adhering to the licensing terms, which are similar to Creative Commons but have to differ because of the way the BBC is funded and run). This ties in with a previous post about Remix. Some of the people interviewed and available in these rushes include:
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Clay Shirky
- Charles Leadbeater
- Howard Rheingold
- Stephen Fry
- Jimmy Wales
many of whom I’ve written about, used quotes or photographs of in presentations or writings, or communicated with directly.
When I have time, possibly next week, I’ll certainly be remixing this video content.
You can follow Digital Revolution on Twitter @BBCDigRev
† Rushes (or dailies) are the unedited, raw film (video) footage from a days shooting.
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