14 Days Project
"Our main goal is World Peace..."
Produced By David Gibbons
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days_logo.gif border=1 align=center>
14 days in Great Britain is a remarkable film<br><br>
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days7.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>The list of folks attending the White sands film Festival included Alamogordo residents, movie fans from all parts of New Mexico and several other states plus film producers, directors, writers, animators cast members, editors and honored guests from as far away as England. The honored English guest was none other than the famous “Mad Brit” himself, Hollywood producer and photographer David Gibbons who was accompanied by Story and Online Editor, Duane Condor (L) and Environmental Photographer Dana Hursey (R). Gibbons and his team are currently engaged in a multi-year historic photo and video project aptly named “The 14 Days Project” (see: www.14DaysProject.com (http://www.14daysproject.com/)). According to the project’s web site,
The mission of the 14 Days Project is to provide a greater awareness of the global community through the marriage of extraordinary film and photography; allowing everyone to develop their own ideas for creating lasting and meaningful change. Building a bridge to the world around us by listening to others tell their own story. The result. Connection. Connection of people from around the world, all over the world, and forever.<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days1.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=right>In response to a question about the goal of the project, Gibbons explained that the concept for ‘The 14 Days Project” (originally called “Face of Freedom Project), began to germinate in his mind during the weeks and months after the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001. The concept involved traveling to many nations of the world and interviewing and photographing the “common man” on the street about their lives and the issues and challenges the world faces. The goal was to help the world see that people are much alike everywhere and that people worldwide have similar feelings, face familiar challenges and that our basic feelings and attitudes about life and the world we live in are very much alike. “Our goal was to begin the project of building bridges between people worldwide and to teach ourselves and our children that people really are alike.” he explained.<br><br>At this point, we must have looked confused, because Gibbons suddenly chuckled and said, "When it comes down to it, I guess you could say, 'Our main goal is World Peace.' I like to keep things simple." That didn't sound so simple to us.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days2.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>The 14 Days Project’s web site explains its history and purpose this way:
The 14 Days Project began its life in the winter of 2001 and was formally launched in the summer of 2002. Originally written and conceived as the Face of Freedom project, it became the life's work of its creator David William Gibbons. Now five years later it is better and more commonly known as the 14 Days Project.<br><br>Gibbons spent days in the aftermath of September 11 2001 exploring the vision and dynamics of a journey that would take him and others around the world through different countries and across continents. In the five years since its inception it has taken him and many others through a diverse set of life changing experiences. Beyond achieving the key objective of recording people's lives through the dynamics and symmetry of photography and film, it has opened up a never ending passion in pursuing the principles and single notion of changing people's lives for the better; improving them in their own way step by step.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days3.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=right>Gibbons from the early years decided to make education intrinsic to the heart of the project. The initial pilot journeys have therefore seen a significant participation of students at university level immerse themselves in the production. Throughout this period many universities and government organizations have become involved in supporting the project.<br><br>This insight to the vision of the project and realities of production life has realized benefits for many of the individuals and organizations involved in this process. The educational space is now identified as a firm target for the materials produced with opportunities for high school onwards. In this area training and teaching activities will encompass interviews and portraits developed during the productions and incorporate them into manuals, tutorials and coursework for varied levels of education.<br><br>Disciplines engaged in Anthropology, Sociology and the humanities will benefit particularly from the coursework. The second documentary film 14 Days in Great Britain has become a landmark for the project to date and offers a strong visual and narrative storyline. This filmic piece develops further the premise of a long-term project seeking the very best in human interaction and understanding.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days4.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>The pilot 14 Days project was “14 Days in America”. It was photographed and recorded - with very little live video - in 2004 during a whirlwind 14 day trip from New York City to Portland Oregon with a crew of dozens plus many volunteers in each of the 14 cities visited. A video and DVD using primarily still photos and audio - was released in 2005. Coincidentally, that’s the same year the White Sands Film Festival began. In the second project in the series “14 Days in Great Britain” took place in 2005. This time the crew used both video and photography recording over 140 hours of video and snapping over 10,000 photos. The video for “14 Days in Great Britain” premiered in Alamogordo last week at the 2007 White Sands Festival. The audiences who saw it seemed glued to their seats from the moment the video began until the final credits and everyone who saw it seemed pleased, intrigued and enchanted with the project’s possibilities.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days5.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=right>During Steppin’ Out’s interview Gibbons pointed out that long before they are displayed to the public each of the 14 Days projects has already touched thousands of lives. Each project involves transcontinental and/or transatlantic travel for dozens of people, includes full-time or volunteer staffs of hundreds, contacts, photographs and/or videos thousands of citizens, accumulates an “asset base” of tens of thousands of photos and hundreds of hours of video, and raises travel, lodging, meal and equipment movement logistics that would literally boggle the mind of even the Pentagon’s top generals.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days6.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>Recalling the two projects, Gibbons pointed out that moving staff, crew, baggage and equipment every day for 14 days, setting up in a new city each morning, working a 10 hour day, and then tearing down, packing up and moving to a new city overnight was incredibly stressful on everyone. The crews and students participating in the project found themselves working 15 hour days, and 7 day weeks. That’s how Gibbons earned “The Mad Brit” moniker from his staff and crew. “Yet in the end,” he concluded, ‘almost everyone was glad they participated and they are looking forward to the 2007 project which will involve the same sort of whirlwind tour in the middle east.<br><br>Steppin' Out previewed the new video. 14 Days in Great Britain is a remarkable film! Many of the images in above are of British citizens who agreed to appear and comment in the video. We highly recommend 14 Days in Great Britain to our readers. It may not bring about world peace all on its own, but at least Gibbons and his crew are trying. How can peace-loving people not salute and applaud their globe-trotting, bridge-building efforts?<br><br><br>Fast Broadband Connections<br><br>Fast Broadband Users Click Here (http://14daysproject.com/galleries/greatbritain/trailer.asp)<br><br>This high-quality video sample is drawn directly from the 14 Days Project Site (http://14daysproject.com/) It requires a fast broadband connection and the free QuickTime Player installed on your PC. It won’t work for dial-up users. Visitors with slow DSL may also experience audio & video problems. If you have trouble playing this clip, try one of Steppin Out’s versions below. They’re designed for dialup and slow DSL users.<br><br>Dialup and Slow Broadband Connections <br><br>These video samples require only a dialup line or a low-speed broadband connection and either the free RealMedia Player or the Windows Media Player installed on your PC. The first sample should work for dial-up users.<br><br>Dialup: Dialup Users Click Here (http://sonewmex.com/pp-514/showgallery.php/cat/603)<br><br>Slow Broadband: Slow Broadband Users Click Here (http://sonewmex.com/pp-514/showgallery.php/cat/604)<br><br>Visit Steppin Out's White Sands Film Festival photo and video gallery (http://sonewmex.com/pp-514/showgallery.php/cat/598) for more photos and our videos for 14 Days in Great Britain.<br><br>- Video Details -
Category: Feature Film
Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes
Year Completed: 2006
Producer: David Gibbons
Environmental Photographer: Dana Hursey
Story and Online Editor: Duane Condor
Country: Great Britain
Both the "14 Days in Great Britain" video and photo prints from the trip are available for sale at:
<a href=http://store.madbritfilms.com/>store.madbritfilms.com</a>. Please visit them for more information about either the video or photo prints.
"Our main goal is World Peace..."
Produced By David Gibbons
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days_logo.gif border=1 align=center>
14 days in Great Britain is a remarkable film<br><br>
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days7.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>The list of folks attending the White sands film Festival included Alamogordo residents, movie fans from all parts of New Mexico and several other states plus film producers, directors, writers, animators cast members, editors and honored guests from as far away as England. The honored English guest was none other than the famous “Mad Brit” himself, Hollywood producer and photographer David Gibbons who was accompanied by Story and Online Editor, Duane Condor (L) and Environmental Photographer Dana Hursey (R). Gibbons and his team are currently engaged in a multi-year historic photo and video project aptly named “The 14 Days Project” (see: www.14DaysProject.com (http://www.14daysproject.com/)). According to the project’s web site,
The mission of the 14 Days Project is to provide a greater awareness of the global community through the marriage of extraordinary film and photography; allowing everyone to develop their own ideas for creating lasting and meaningful change. Building a bridge to the world around us by listening to others tell their own story. The result. Connection. Connection of people from around the world, all over the world, and forever.<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days1.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=right>In response to a question about the goal of the project, Gibbons explained that the concept for ‘The 14 Days Project” (originally called “Face of Freedom Project), began to germinate in his mind during the weeks and months after the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001. The concept involved traveling to many nations of the world and interviewing and photographing the “common man” on the street about their lives and the issues and challenges the world faces. The goal was to help the world see that people are much alike everywhere and that people worldwide have similar feelings, face familiar challenges and that our basic feelings and attitudes about life and the world we live in are very much alike. “Our goal was to begin the project of building bridges between people worldwide and to teach ourselves and our children that people really are alike.” he explained.<br><br>At this point, we must have looked confused, because Gibbons suddenly chuckled and said, "When it comes down to it, I guess you could say, 'Our main goal is World Peace.' I like to keep things simple." That didn't sound so simple to us.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days2.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>The 14 Days Project’s web site explains its history and purpose this way:
The 14 Days Project began its life in the winter of 2001 and was formally launched in the summer of 2002. Originally written and conceived as the Face of Freedom project, it became the life's work of its creator David William Gibbons. Now five years later it is better and more commonly known as the 14 Days Project.<br><br>Gibbons spent days in the aftermath of September 11 2001 exploring the vision and dynamics of a journey that would take him and others around the world through different countries and across continents. In the five years since its inception it has taken him and many others through a diverse set of life changing experiences. Beyond achieving the key objective of recording people's lives through the dynamics and symmetry of photography and film, it has opened up a never ending passion in pursuing the principles and single notion of changing people's lives for the better; improving them in their own way step by step.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days3.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=right>Gibbons from the early years decided to make education intrinsic to the heart of the project. The initial pilot journeys have therefore seen a significant participation of students at university level immerse themselves in the production. Throughout this period many universities and government organizations have become involved in supporting the project.<br><br>This insight to the vision of the project and realities of production life has realized benefits for many of the individuals and organizations involved in this process. The educational space is now identified as a firm target for the materials produced with opportunities for high school onwards. In this area training and teaching activities will encompass interviews and portraits developed during the productions and incorporate them into manuals, tutorials and coursework for varied levels of education.<br><br>Disciplines engaged in Anthropology, Sociology and the humanities will benefit particularly from the coursework. The second documentary film 14 Days in Great Britain has become a landmark for the project to date and offers a strong visual and narrative storyline. This filmic piece develops further the premise of a long-term project seeking the very best in human interaction and understanding.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days4.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>The pilot 14 Days project was “14 Days in America”. It was photographed and recorded - with very little live video - in 2004 during a whirlwind 14 day trip from New York City to Portland Oregon with a crew of dozens plus many volunteers in each of the 14 cities visited. A video and DVD using primarily still photos and audio - was released in 2005. Coincidentally, that’s the same year the White Sands Film Festival began. In the second project in the series “14 Days in Great Britain” took place in 2005. This time the crew used both video and photography recording over 140 hours of video and snapping over 10,000 photos. The video for “14 Days in Great Britain” premiered in Alamogordo last week at the 2007 White Sands Festival. The audiences who saw it seemed glued to their seats from the moment the video began until the final credits and everyone who saw it seemed pleased, intrigued and enchanted with the project’s possibilities.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days5.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=right>During Steppin’ Out’s interview Gibbons pointed out that long before they are displayed to the public each of the 14 Days projects has already touched thousands of lives. Each project involves transcontinental and/or transatlantic travel for dozens of people, includes full-time or volunteer staffs of hundreds, contacts, photographs and/or videos thousands of citizens, accumulates an “asset base” of tens of thousands of photos and hundreds of hours of video, and raises travel, lodging, meal and equipment movement logistics that would literally boggle the mind of even the Pentagon’s top generals.<br><br><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/14days6.jpg border=1 vspace=2 hspace=4 align=left>Recalling the two projects, Gibbons pointed out that moving staff, crew, baggage and equipment every day for 14 days, setting up in a new city each morning, working a 10 hour day, and then tearing down, packing up and moving to a new city overnight was incredibly stressful on everyone. The crews and students participating in the project found themselves working 15 hour days, and 7 day weeks. That’s how Gibbons earned “The Mad Brit” moniker from his staff and crew. “Yet in the end,” he concluded, ‘almost everyone was glad they participated and they are looking forward to the 2007 project which will involve the same sort of whirlwind tour in the middle east.<br><br>Steppin' Out previewed the new video. 14 Days in Great Britain is a remarkable film! Many of the images in above are of British citizens who agreed to appear and comment in the video. We highly recommend 14 Days in Great Britain to our readers. It may not bring about world peace all on its own, but at least Gibbons and his crew are trying. How can peace-loving people not salute and applaud their globe-trotting, bridge-building efforts?<br><br><br>Fast Broadband Connections<br><br>Fast Broadband Users Click Here (http://14daysproject.com/galleries/greatbritain/trailer.asp)<br><br>This high-quality video sample is drawn directly from the 14 Days Project Site (http://14daysproject.com/) It requires a fast broadband connection and the free QuickTime Player installed on your PC. It won’t work for dial-up users. Visitors with slow DSL may also experience audio & video problems. If you have trouble playing this clip, try one of Steppin Out’s versions below. They’re designed for dialup and slow DSL users.<br><br>Dialup and Slow Broadband Connections <br><br>These video samples require only a dialup line or a low-speed broadband connection and either the free RealMedia Player or the Windows Media Player installed on your PC. The first sample should work for dial-up users.<br><br>Dialup: Dialup Users Click Here (http://sonewmex.com/pp-514/showgallery.php/cat/603)<br><br>Slow Broadband: Slow Broadband Users Click Here (http://sonewmex.com/pp-514/showgallery.php/cat/604)<br><br>Visit Steppin Out's White Sands Film Festival photo and video gallery (http://sonewmex.com/pp-514/showgallery.php/cat/598) for more photos and our videos for 14 Days in Great Britain.<br><br>- Video Details -
Category: Feature Film
Run Time: 1 hour 33 minutes
Year Completed: 2006
Producer: David Gibbons
Environmental Photographer: Dana Hursey
Story and Online Editor: Duane Condor
Country: Great Britain
Both the "14 Days in Great Britain" video and photo prints from the trip are available for sale at:
<a href=http://store.madbritfilms.com/>store.madbritfilms.com</a>. Please visit them for more information about either the video or photo prints.