jet tweets·14:08PM
Jumping off docks, swimming in lakes, hoping small children dont injure themselves & eating poutine. Vive Les vacs! http://yfrog.com/b5scuj
2009,
0:10 GMT
Faster Pussycat!
Posted by: Jet
I’ve decided to upgrade my internet service to faster! or rather “lite” but faster!
I was watching the proverbial YouTube and it just became apparent that the download speed was just not cutting it with my daughter and her peers. I say, “hey! What’s wrong with getting a cup of tea while the lolcats are loading?”. Alas and alack! I will be the reason for her eventual casting out of the “heathers” and her life will be ruined for-like-ever if I don’t upgrade and those cute pussycats don’t get to dance at proper speed.
Similarly rumblings have been going on with Hal and his internet service – except he was balking at the upgrade – afraid of losing his grandfathered internet service with its unlimited download capacity so he might lose all those TV shows he’s bit-torrenting down instead of paying cable like the rest of us…
Hey Hal! That’s where our broadcast licence fees come from! (sometimes).
So will download in the fast lane make my daughter more popular? Or will I just go the way of Hal and be tempted to snatch more torrent off the web?
2009,
16:57 GMT
Rate Hal!
Posted by: Sally
Hi everyone,
We want to get Hal some feedback on his blogging so far. Has he been doing a good job of ‘sharing’? Of revealing his personal side? What about his Facebook account? Do you feel you know him any better now than you did before? Or does he keep it too professional, too ‘managed’?
We’re looking for your feedback and you don’t have to be kind! Just send a comment to this blog and tell us everything that’s on your mind.
And stay tuned…full documentary production starts next week and we’re looking for people to get involved!
2009,
13:27 GMT
Behind the scenes of Hal’s book tour
Posted by: Sally
The ups and downs of the book tour circuit, peep style!
I recently tagged along with Hal on his US book tour and took our little handycam along for the ride. I was doing double duty, scouting possible film locations and meeting up with potential interviewees at the same time. Along the way I was able to get to a few of Hal’s events and follow the action.
2009,
13:54 GMT
Thinking about Hal
Posted by: Sally
So, I’m sitting here trying to figure out how to make this movie. You see, I’m at a bit of a cross-roads. They call this kind of movie a “hybrid essay film”, which means it’s half an essay film (evolution of a theme/idea rather than a plot) with something else, in this case Hal’s ‘journey’. I’m less worried about the essay part as I was always pretty good at writing those things, but Hal’s ‘journey’ is what’s stumping me.
When we first dreamt up ‘Peep Me’ and pitched it to broadcasters we said it was one man’s personal journey into the world of peep as he researched and wrote his book ‘The Peep Diaries’. Unfortunately Hal’s fingers work a lot faster than the world of film financing and Hal’s book is already written and published and we haven’t started filming yet. Hal has ‘figured it all out’, drawn his conclusions and is now sitting back and reaping the rewards. In fact, he seems downright bored whenever I ask him anything about it. So what’s his ‘journey’ going to be now? I suppose I could just take Hal out of the altogether and stick to the essay part, but for some reason I’m resisting that solution. I just don’t think ‘peep culture’ is best explored through a straight interview style film. We need to experience it, feel it, connect with it, and we need to do that through a person.
Okay, on the plus side: Hal didn’t really experience ‘peep’ in any deep, meaningful way when he wrote the book. Sure, he came up with a few gimmicks: tracking his wife on GPS (which he told her about so was kind of lame anyway) and throwing his Facebook party which only one person showed up for (a great idea and one that I still wince over when I think how amazing it would have been to capture for the doc). But he never made any real relationships with anybody online, never really revealed anything about himself personally, never really tried to get on a reality tv show, never truly peeped himself at all, except for a few half-hearted blogging attempts. Is that one of the reasons he has come down so negatively on ‘peep’? It’s easy to judge from the outside looking in, and indeed I don’t agree with everything he says about peep. I don’t think it’s all shaped by a desperate yearning for celebrity - I think there is a genuine need to connect and in a lot of cases that connection is made and blossoms. Not every online relationship is shallow or perverse.
So perhaps it’s a matter of moving the goal posts. Hal’s written the book but now he’s got to live it. What will he discover about himself and the world of peep that might surprise him? Or by revealing all, and doing it in-front of our documentary cameras so we can turn it into, let’s face it, peep entertainment - will that just re-inforce everything he’s said? And is that journey enough?
Thoughts anyone?
2009,
21:45 GMT
Secrets Video
Posted by: Sally
So, finally had some time to put together bits of video I shot with Hal on his book tour. First up, Hal bribes delegates to the Book Expo of America (huge book trade show in NYC). He gave them a signed copy of his book in exchange for a personal secret, which he in turn twittered to the entire twitterverse. What kind of secrets could Hal solicit with a book worth $12.21? You’d be surprised!
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