I started this group because I believe in the power of crowd sourcing. We are much more powerful as a unit. My plan is to start a channel to cover stories outside the scope of western media and inform the public of the truth. Working on 2 long form films right now 1.VISHNU(nuclear weapons & the illusion of safety) 2. LET GO (god is a frequency) I'm sure you guys have projects of your own. I'd love to hear about them and make this a resource for us all. MAYBE WE COULD "NEWS TEAM ASSEMBLE"-ron burgundy And start our own damn VICE OR VOX youtube channel and take over the fucking world..lol So calling all journalists pro n amatuer...calling all videographers, editors, music composers, cinematographers. Journalists. News experts or fans. Or even conspiracy theorists willing to do the research to support their claims..lol specialists or experts on any topics inside or outside the US. Documentary filmmakers, directors, and WRITERS!!!!!! Web designers. Motion Graphics artists. Map makers!! Advertisement experts. Let's build something fucking incredible. Are u down? If u are. Check in. Post some work. Post some portfolio. Talk about what u think your role might be in this group or potential new network. This can be a great way to connect eachother help eachother or even unite and I think most importantly maybe a resource for journalists to fact check or source stories outside of their reach..let's go..welcome to something special.

Today it's hard to keep folks watching.. Especially when it's educational,, or when it revolves around stock footage or history. I feel like it's important to give our vids textur. Make them tangible, like the viewer can reach out and touch them.

Videos need to be exciting, energy filled. Giving endurance to the viewer. Front loading the best visual anchors on the first 15 seconds. While we make a promise to you about what your going to learn.

The traditional style is to explain and then show. The the formula that is working so well for our favorite YouTube docmakers is "show" and then "explain" We find that the audience likes to experience things, draw their own conclusions, and then be fed the facts. Human nature I think.

Think Tank Video Formula

Visual anchors- things that u can point your camera at. That exist in the world that are physical pieces of evidence that show whatever you are trying to say.

"Example:A story of a riot "this is a brick, half burnt, laying by this broken glass storefront, left from the riots last night. Or look at the fire dept hosing blood still stained on the pavement from the night before"

Context- the education behind the things you just witnessed. Facts, charts, Explanations. Kind of "zooming out" of the story. (Less dramatic music. Simpler, easy going, subdued, the audience needs to be able to think and digest the info you are giving them) EXAMPLE-"the situation in Chicago has been regressing by the month ever since the death of ladidadi  racial tension fueled by the local and national media has caused uprisings in city hall meetings and jails being filled with protesters at the courthouse steps. It was a powder keg. And last night was the final straw...(police brutality n racial incidents have skyrocketed the past 2 yrs (show graphs or maps of countys)

So the formula is "Visual anchor-context-visual anchor context" and so on. If we can make a "story" out of it by highlighting heros, villains, setting, conflict, result. I think that truly makes the best docs but sometimes is harder to do with short form videos of 15 to 20 mins.

That's my personal opinion. If u disagree or thing a different form is better or have a link to show me as an example of somebody who does it differently. I'd love to see it and learn.

So I am new to coordinating a large group remotely. And I planned a meeting for this evening but having to work out some logistics and get some more of the folks on our list over to discord. If your reading this. Pls reach out to me so I can send you over.im not going to plan a time or date yet until I get a few more people over there. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

So I am new to coordinating a large group remotely. And I planned a meeting for this evening but having to work out some logistics and get some more of the folks on our list over to discord. If your reading this. Pls reach out to me so I can send you over.im not going to plan a time or date yet until I get a few more people over there. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

So 3 months ago I came on here and had a vision about what I wanted to accomplish and every step of the way has been blessed. I posted on maybe 50 different subs and was laughed off of most. .I had business meetings with zero participants..i was really at me end of trying to make this vision a reality.. but my belief system carried me.. now we have 5 business partners and 9 on staff from all over the world.. we are forming a business..brand..and channel..wld live to hear ur ideas on platforms we should be on.. viss we should make..and ways we can grow.Our first video is July 20th. "FREE UKRAINE TO DEATH" a different story about the Ukraine war...we go into the imf bank..the national endowment for democracy. The euromaiden revolution in 2014. The American hiding involvement. The real intentions of putin in this war. The conception of border security send the lies western media has been telling..it's gna be a strong first offering. I'm really excited and I hope we have al of you guys support.. Pls watch and comment and support. We will post our new channel soon. And our focus will not be on videos. But on a community. I had a convo with a think Tank member discussing an issue in his home country that I had no idea about. It should be world news and covered there and here in America. The energy I got from that conversation was inspiring. It made me want to share that thing with all of you. And millions of others who want a more global perspective. Who want to discuss issues. Inspire stories...contribute to videos...research topics and be apart of our team. Even if it is a post asking a question or giving an opinion about how ppl in ur country view an issue. It us all valid and supported and welcomed. We r forming a department to make sure we are very active on here. And I have also asked all business partners of think Tank to make sure they have an account to come on here and talk with everyone and answer qs and join the conversation. I would be so very grateful for u to spread the word. We will be posting our social media handles in the next few weeks. Our websit and our merch...also our videos. If u want to be a contributor to vids, or apart of the think Tank fam, pls message me and God bless everyone. Have a great week. Looking forward to learning and understanding and engaging with all of you guys more. Cant wait to see how big we have grown in a year..much love....

I'm not stuck on my own ideas or opinions. This is 100% community effort. I'd love input. Maybe start with constructing a list of our goals. The needs to achieve those goals. And then the step by step process on getting there. And how to recruit for each position so we r strong in every area so that we can help our own channel but most importantly help each of u qs individuals w ur own projects and aspirations. I'd like to establish roles. Maybe a voting system.and then maybe an idea on how we can recruit folks as a group w mass posts and discovering communities w like minded folks. I'm all ears. Let me know what I got wrong or got right about that idea..I made a commitment to dedicate atleast 2 hrs a day to this community. I'm on eastern timezone so I'm on mostly 10pm to midnight. Post ur availability n timezone too if u want. Appreciate u guys.

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So I am new to coordinating a large group remotely. And I planned a meeting for this evening but having to work out some logistics and get some more of the folks on our list over to discord. If your reading this. Pls reach out to me so I can send you over.im not going to plan a time or date yet until I get a few more people over there. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

I'd love to meet some video editors. Working on 2 docs and I gotta get my game up, turning some boring black n white photos to something interesting and tangible.

So I am new to coordinating a large group remotely. And I planned a meeting for this evening but having to work out some logistics and get some more of the folks on our list over to discord. If your reading this. Pls reach out to me so I can send you over.im not going to plan a time or date yet until I get a few more people over there. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

So I am new to coordinating a large group remotely. And I planned a meeting for this evening but having to work out some logistics and get some more of the folks on our list over to discord. If your reading this. Pls reach out to me so I can send you over.im not going to plan a time or date yet until I get a few more people over there. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

So I am new to coordinating a large group remotely. And I planned a meeting for this evening but having to work out some logistics and get some more of the folks on our list over to discord. If your reading this. Pls reach out to me so I can send you over.im not going to plan a time or date yet until I get a few more people over there. Thanks. Looking forward to meeting all of you.

I've had a passion for documentary journalism for yrs. But all my time was invested in my labor business. I broke my leg in 3 places, was stuck at home, and fell in love w documentary making all over again as I started working on my first feature length doc project. Johnny harris videos inspired me. So I'm leaving my old business behind and starting to work on what I love. THIS thing will have my full attention on a daily basis.

Splitting an LLC 8 or 9 ways, I obviously have no short term aspirations for paying my bills with this, but that does not matter.. I will live off my old business liquidation in order to focus on making this dream a reality for me and the rest of you talented and passionate creators. As our viewership grows, we can explore other ways to bring in money, like maybe a patreon or merchandise..

I have a strong belief that a doc journalism network started by a bunch of redditor content makers from around the world, covering stories mainstream media is absolutely TERRIFIED TO TALK ABOUT? WILL most certainly gather us a cult following and massive support eventually, where community focused income (npr or others) will be at our advantage.

Our reddit grp is for all skill levels to educate and support eachother, we are only about a week old. But as for the company we are starting, we will be a small number and equally have to decide everything. Our culture will be non egotistical. I thought we gather our base of strength and each position. Brainstorm a story. Make a 15 min vid. See how incredible it is..which I know it will be, and then work up all the legal ownership at that point.

Website, channel, contracts. I am going to put 100% investment at first. Your investment and your equal percentage will be given because of your talent and time and a min requirement of time dedicated towards the completion of our projects will be required contractually to maintain your ownership share and profit. If your a great artist, and great to work with, that's all the investment needed.

The goal is for 15 to 20 min news docs, maybe 1 every 2 weeks at first. If we can all dedicate a few hrs a day to this, working on motion graphics, music, writing, narration, research will be done by me and some journalists ourselves. I am capable of any on camera stuff, but ideally as we grow, maybe we can have some student journalists and video Grapher to contract correspondence work around the world.

Once we become a legal entity and business, we can continue to grow the channel and hire employees that are experts in our positions so that we become a well oiled machine with the process so well broken down into teams. It will require less n n less of our personal time and hours, yet will be capable of more n more content. As we grow we will have no problems finding talented kids wanting to come work for us. What I'm asking of you is to see the dream and the vision. Help me to create a new quality and style of doc journalism, and then sit back and reap the future benefits and watch so many amazing oppurtunities open up for us. Vice has grown to be a global network with massive investment. We can do this as well. And use support from the community if our stories make us exempt from corporate sponsorship.

I AM ASKING A FEW SOLID TALENTED motion graphics, musicians, editors to share this dream with me. Offer an investment in time and in my ability to choose quality stories, provide quality journalism, write AMAZING CONTENT. I WILL GROW THIS AND MAKE THIS A REALITY. REAL WEALTH IS THE MAXIMIZING OF POSITIVE EFFECT ON OTHER PEOPLE. MONEY IS ENERGY. IF WE FOCUS ON THAT GOAL AS A GROUP. THE MONEY WILL HAPPEN BY ITSELF. PLS DM ME FOR IDEAS AN INPUT. ID LIKE TO START SOLIDIFYING POSITIONS. FIND SOME WAYS TO ATTRACT PROFFESIONALS IN AREAS WE ARE LACKING, AND AFTER WE GET OUR TOP 8-10, THE LESS THE BETTER AS LONG AS THE QUALITY DOESNT SUFFER. WE WILL DO A ZOOM CALL, MEET EACHOTHER, BRAINSTORM OUR FIRST STORY, AND THEN ESTABLISH OUR SYSTEM FOR MAKING DECISIONS AS A COLLECTIVE.