The '365' experiment... testing our collective sensibilities!
Have you ever been up in the wee hours of night- or more like the crossroads beyond that time when it becomes early hours of the next morning?! Well just over 12 hours ago I was up being futile as a result of long hours working online- and i was distracted by a quite random inner need and desire to enter a competition (for anyone who knows me- i'm extremely cynical about competitions- in fact I don't even believe in the National Lottery- as an example!)
So the question remains- if I am so cynical about competitions- what urged me to fall for the strategic marketing campaign + linked competition with big corporate hotel brand- Radisson Blu... and why have i given it as much emphasis as i have done over the last 12 hours?
Well for one- it's what my mind and heart urged me to do as some kind of involuntary 'insomnia induced' reaction. Two- i believe there is art within my proposed idea which I don't mind if it is used by anyone else or even replicated on a small level.
And so...
THE COMPETITION: Offering 365 days of free stay in any Radisson Blu Resort of Hotel complex. (sounds great!) The task is to argue why you should win this opportunity and then collect votes- from everyone- friends, family, strangers, Joe Public, anyone... wait a minute- STOP THE PRESS: "BUT SURELY THIS IS JUST CLEVER MARKETING + NO ONE GETS THE PRIZE- ????" -well... only one way to find out!!
THE IDEA: Rather than use the prize for our own purposes- after all- we all have roofs over our heads + are quite blessed! We have decided to get creative with it and we require peoples votes in order to make it happen. Whilst we can appreciate this is a great publicity campaign for the Radisson brand- as film makers, observers and writers- we feel that it is our creative use for what they are offering with positive intentions which will be the real focus for audiences- and eventually the documentary itself. So this what we plan to do with the prize: (oops, i already mentioned documentary!) ...READ ON => => => => :
THE PITCH: We R a collective of creative professionals- Journalists Film Makers, Producers + Writers- with a passion 4 creativity + community interest. We R striving 2 create shoestring budget multimedia content which provokes thought, inspires, touches & encourages debate- + even better- some form of +ve action. We luv the idea of providing the experience of a luxury stay in a hotel for 365 different homeless people & filming each contact during their stay. Talking 2 them about their life, their predicaments, their lifestyle choices- impartially- + if appropriate- mayb incorporating adequate interventions if needed. The documentary can run as a campaign endorsed by Radisson Blu Hotels and in line with a charity (or charities) who are specialist in this area. And much more.
We are looking for coverage from Media teams and individuals who can possibly encourage votes from their networks or the general public to make this happen- NOTE: this is also a test of the power of social media and the power of collective sensibilities which is also a key element of the documentary idea itself. The element of cynical motivation behind the comp also added motivation and a realistic understanding that most media (both commercial or BBC) will not touch this with a barge pole unless there is squillions of money involved for advertising! THIS IS WHY I AM RELYING ON INDIVIDUALS!!!!
We love the theory behind this organically formed proposal, we dig the possibilities, and we consider it all one big testing experiment!
And for inspiration- QUOTE: “I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible. . . .” Friedrich Nietzsche
So there you have it- FEEL FREE TO COMMUNICATE, LEAVE COMMENTS + kindly VOTE- The page where we require votes is: http://tinyurl.com/365documentary
Any support would be much appreciated- and we will highlight this throughout the campaign as part of the story. Im intrigued to see the reaction it invokes + if worse comes to worse- we can change the name to '30' and link up with a cheap B & B locally who could allow us their space for a micro version of the filming + interactions-
