ECOFLIX / EU COMMISSION / CINEMA SCREENING
This year somehow my volunteering projects are going very slow. Yet many things happening in a different direction.
1 - From Today 10 of my series will be broadcasted as Season 1 Series on ECOFLIX.
That's the funny AI banner they made, and they just published first Episode - watch.ecoflix.com/programs/be-…
Ecoflix - is a Non Profit Streaming platform, in the style of Netflix, but all of the revenue , 100% of it goes into Nature and Wildlife conservation. I am also not getting paid by them. Anyway I am quite happy to have my series there, as it's a place for people which already have interest in nature conservation. And also although there are subscriptions, you can watch everything for free there.
2 - We just got back from Climate Pact Conference in EU Commission in Brussels. We were traveling on a night train from Vienna to Brussels. 1100 km, yet it's the most green way to travel. I wish I would take trains much often going to the projects, but unfortunately the prices are insane for the min Europe. Return tickets for 2 persons costed us 650 euro! And it was standard cabin, not lux! It's 16 hours drive in one direction. Ryanair would cost us 100 euro. And only because organizers paid for our travel and wanted to choose the most green method we were able to take train. It's a shame to be honest, when there is such price difference. Regardless of how much I love earth and planet, if I have to pay myself I would taken airplane. Trains in Europe should be properly subsidized and offer affordable prices.
Anyway in EU Parliament we played a concert with the sound of the whales and dolphins we've been recording throughout last few years. + On a large screen I was showing many BBTA videos from our expeditions, and shoots of cetaceans and also shoots from Grind in Faroe Islands. I spoke about Ocean conservation, Cetaceans, threats to them, their conservation and what anyone can do. The were issues with the sound, they haven't done proper live stream and many things went wrong, but at the end we delivered the message and many people were touched by it. That's the most important. I will try to make a short video when I get some video files fro organizers.
3 - On 9th April in Montenegro there will be a movie night with 3 of my videos which I filmed with ngo DMAD in Turkey. They will be presentation about Cetaceans, their work and show 3 of mine videos
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Tio
in reply to Dima • •Ecoflix should stop making these AI-thumbnails because is quite ridiculous :)). You already make very good thumbnails maybe tell them to use them...they are real not AI generated.
100% about trains and generally public transport. No way people will use them when they are several times more expensive than planes. And planes need a lot of fuel, airports, security, etc.. In terms of resources a lot more expensive, but not money....such a shame.
But anyway great to see you do these things too. Although I have little hope in these gov organizations at least maybe you get some eyeballs to see you stuff and maybe make new connections that can help you in the future. Would really like to see a video about your presentation.
Great about Montenegro too!
Also I see a bit more support on Patreon? Even if it is a tiny bit, if it grows maybe it is a good sign. Very far from what you would need to even pay for a bus ticket probably :D but maybe if you continue bit by bit you'll get more support. It is fucking hard but who knows...
Keep up the great work man! Both of you!
Dima
in reply to Tio • •Yeah, these AI thumbs are ridiculous :) I actually specially made thumb for each episode, as they require that, but then they changed them :)
I also don't have any hope for this GOV organizations, especially after the conference , but even before. It's just talking and discussing and talking and again discussing, and then symposium and few online meetings.
Yeah, I would love to see video from presentation tambien :) but they fucked up live stream :( It was the most important part for me, to have such video. ANyway I am waiting if they could get some footage for me, as they had video guy there as well.
Patreon - yes, but it's still I got only 47 euro a month :) In average I spent 300 euro per 1 video, that's only my expenses if I count all the videos I did last year and divided on all the money I spent. That's also excluding food and other small things, mainly just transport and nightstay. And even that in most of the cases I am trying to get very very cheap, like staying at friends, asking for NGO's to provide stay and food etc. Normally price would be much more.
... Show more...Yeah, these AI thumbs are ridiculous :) I actually specially made thumb for each episode, as they require that, but then they changed them :)
I also don't have any hope for this GOV organizations, especially after the conference , but even before. It's just talking and discussing and talking and again discussing, and then symposium and few online meetings.
Yeah, I would love to see video from presentation tambien :) but they fucked up live stream :( It was the most important part for me, to have such video. ANyway I am waiting if they could get some footage for me, as they had video guy there as well.
Patreon - yes, but it's still I got only 47 euro a month :) In average I spent 300 euro per 1 video, that's only my expenses if I count all the videos I did last year and divided on all the money I spent. That's also excluding food and other small things, mainly just transport and nightstay. And even that in most of the cases I am trying to get very very cheap, like staying at friends, asking for NGO's to provide stay and food etc. Normally price would be much more.
I really hope to get more supporters, but that' on the verge of impossible :)
Also man I've red your post yesterday, sorry to hear that, i was thinking to comment something, but then at the end not sure what else I can say. Just keep going and hopefully your father will become better. Also your health man. Take care
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Rokosun
in reply to Dima • • •@tio
The biggest evidence that our trade-based society is fucked is the fact that people like you are struggling to find enough donations, not even covering the cost of making these videos. People who do good things for the world are constantly disincentiviced to keep doing these. And speaking of incentives, that train ticket price is absolutely insane, can't think of a bigger incentive to make people choose airplane over trains.
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Tio
in reply to Dima • •Yah this AI shit drives me insane...views views views, but how about the quality of them. If people are not bothered by fake thumbnails or videos then their "viewer quality" is already pointless.
Sad to see this but well....
And these conferences are like that and I feel EU is a master of talking and not doing anything.
And I was thinking you must spend even more per 1 video since you have to travel a lot. But 300 is also 9 times more than you get on Patreon...I hope you can get more but for that you have to sustain yourself for the foreseeable future. Until there are more people getting to know your work and decide to support you. The endless struggle.....
Yah about my situation is fine...not much to say for me either for now. Am trying to record some videos these next weeks see if I can do that and hope that my parents will be ok.