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"content": "<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/@tumbao1949?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">James Wainscoat</a> on <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-large-flock-of-birds-flying-over-a-field-b7MZ6iGIoSI?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash</a></em></p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Content warning: mention of the US Presidential election results</strong></span></p><p>Following Wednesday’s US presidential results, one could say that the United States has become a kakistocracy (government run by the worst, less qualified people) AND a kleptocracy (a government by corrupt leaders who use their political power to accumulate wealth – at the detriment of their citizens) at once.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>This nightmare was facilitated by a class of billionaire tech barons (Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk to name a few) who used their powerful platforms to conceal vital information, to sway emotions of the electorate or to disseminate disinformation.</p><p><strong>It is flagrantly obvious that the Fediverse with its independence and lack of algorithmic feeds is possibly the only safe and ethical online social media space one could be in right now.</strong></p><p>I haven’t heard people mention the role of Meta Inc. 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This article by Tobias Rose from 2017 is an excellent primer about these issues: “<a href=\"https://tobiasrose.medium.com/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511488de\">This Is How Your Fear and Outrage Are Being Sold for Profit</a>.”</p><p>And more recently, the 5Rights Foundation <a href=\"https://5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-knows-it-is-harming-children/\">shared internal report from TikTok</a> regarding evidence executives know the app is harming children:</p><blockquote><p>According to TikTok’s own research, it only takes 260 videos – the equivalent of 35 minutes on the app – to form a habit and it concludes that “compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking, conversational depth, empathy, and increased anxiety” as well as “interference[ing] with essential personal responsibilities like sufficient sleep, work/school responsibilities, and connecting with loved ones.”</p></blockquote><p>Why add TikTok to this discussion? Because it is currently the most popular social media app in the world, especially for young people. It’s incredibly addictive and algorithm-based.</p><p>Let’s repeat the negative effects of TikTok in bullet points, to get the gravity of the situation (arguably, you could say the same about Instagram and other algorithm-driven social media apps):</p><ul><li>Loss of analytical skills</li><li>Loss of memory formation</li><li>Loss of contextual thinking</li><li>Loss of conversational depth</li><li>Loss of empathy</li><li>Increased anxiety</li></ul><p>And:</p><ul><li>Interference with sleep</li><li>Interference with work/school responsibilities<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></li><li>Interference with connecting with loved ones</li></ul><p>According to the 5Rights foundation the daily average screen time of 13 to 18 year olds is 8 HOURS and 39 MINUTES.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>Since we are talking about minors, this is not screen time related to work. It’s entirely recreational.</p><h2>What will be my driving force for the next four years?</h2><p><strong>I will be thinking: what do the Big Tech billionaires and kleptocrats wish I would do? And then I will do the OPPOSITE.</strong></p><p>Tech barons want extremely online citizens that are easily distractable and spend 4+ hours a day on TikTok, Instagram, Threads, X and the like? I will stay the hell away from these platforms (I already was, for the most part, except Threads – I just deactivated it).</p><p>Tech barons want people who would rather endlessly scroll feeds on social media apps instead of reading books. So I’m renewing membership at my favorite library in my city and I will make sure I spend at least an hour a day reading a wide variety of books (non-fiction, history, philosophy, FOSS manuals, etc.).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>Tech barons want people to think that the only way one can socialize and nurture friendships is through screens – more precisely, through the billionaires’ digital platforms. So I will make sure to reach out to my friends via phone calls or privacy-focused independent messaging apps. I will completely bypass Big Tech’s toxic “social” platforms that are nothing but honeypots for gathering personal data… so they can serve us targeted ads. (I was already doing this, but now I will actively encourage my friends to join me on the other side – in the Fediverse).</p><p>Tech barons want women and girls to curate their online image following unattainable beauty standards, constantly comparing themselves to others and feeling inferior… so they would buy products and beauty services they don’t need in the hope of reaching that impossible ideal. Instagram is a toxic trap of unattainable life and beauty ideals. I will stay the hell away from it and encourage people (my friends in primis) to do the same.</p><p>Tech barons want you to think their platforms are vital to one’s work life and career. I will volunteer with FLOSS organizations and Fediverse platforms to spread awareness about their tools.</p><h2>Become the tech barons’ nightmare</h2><p>A healthy (in body and mind), active, frugal, sociable, mostly offline citizen who is highly educated and informed, in full control of their data, avoiding Big Tech’s platforms and algorithms, with a positive self-esteem and self-image, is probably persona non grata for these tech billionaires. But a small, insignificant nuisance, like a fly – they don’t care about ONE. But imagine having thousands, then hundreds of thousands, then millions of individuals that fit this description – banding together against Big Tech’s technopoly. That is an awe-inspiring, almighty force that would make them tremble.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>You think it can’t be done? Think again. The organic food movement comes to mind. How old were you when you started spotting organic fruits and vegetables at your supermarket? Did they progressively take up more shelf space? <strong>This is the Fediverse’s moment to start a sea change, a rebellion against the technopoly created by Big Tech.</strong></p><p>I am more fired up than ever to promote it and help people escape from the grip of surveillance capitalism, towards greater freedom, independence, and digital sovereignty.</p><h2>Step-by-step</h2><p>Most revolutions start small. At home. The mission seems impossible, like climbing mount Everest, but it’s a good way to think of this work as step by step. <strong>Modest actions that compound over time.</strong></p><p>This is what I have been doing this week:</p><p><em>Wednesday November 6:</em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><ul><li>I set up my Raspberry Pi for the first time and took my first steps towards learning Linux.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></li></ul><p><em>Thursday Nov 7</em>:</p><ul><li>renewed membership at my favorite library in Paris</li><li>checked out books on Linux, Raspberry Pi, tech history and theories</li><li>started reading Raspberry Pi for Dummies, familiarizing myself with Linux commands</li><li>ordered a Raspberry Pi 5 (because the 3, ordered in 2016 and never used till yesteday, was impossibly slow)</li><li>started a first draft of this blog post, with the intention of also sharing it with friends once it’s published</li><li>requested the Twitter / X archives of two old accounts I hadn’t been using since the M takeover, but that I want to nuke ASAP</li><li>deactivated my Threads account</li><li>blocked <a href=\"http://threads.net\">threads.net</a> posts from my Mastodon account</li></ul><p><em>Friday Nov 8</em>:</p><ul><li>updated my personal website to remove links to Threads</li><li>started researching laptops for Linux</li><li>started sketching a presentation about the Fediverse for high schools and universities (I have done presentations there for my film projects)</li><li>brainstormed ideas for presentations about the Fediverse for parent-teacher associations in Paris (of kids in elementary school and middle schools)</li></ul><p>Of course I have moments when I am feeling dejected by the current geopolitical situation. But as soon as these negative thoughts arise, I immediately think that the human beings I despise the most would win: one more progressive activist being driven to inaction by pessimism. I want to become a nuisance to them. A quote by Anita Roddick (founder of the Body Shop) comes to mind: “If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.”</p><p>So what is it? What is the small action you are taking today that would annoy the tech barons?</p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-rebellion-will-be-federated/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-rebellion-will-be-federated/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/activism/\">#activism</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/big-tech/\">#BigTech</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/\">#fediverse</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/ff0000/\">#ff0000</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/floss/\">#floss</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/politics/\">#politics</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/rebellion/\">#rebellion</a></p>",
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This article by Tobias Rose from 2017 is an excellent primer about these issues: “<a href=\"https://tobiasrose.medium.com/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511488de\">This Is How Your Fear and Outrage Are Being Sold for Profit</a>.”</p><p>And more recently, the 5Rights Foundation <a href=\"https://5rightsfoundation.com/tiktok-knows-it-is-harming-children/\">shared internal report from TikTok</a> regarding evidence executives know the app is harming children:</p><blockquote><p>According to TikTok’s own research, it only takes 260 videos – the equivalent of 35 minutes on the app – to form a habit and it concludes that “compulsive usage correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking, conversational depth, empathy, and increased anxiety” as well as “interference[ing] with essential personal responsibilities like sufficient sleep, work/school responsibilities, and connecting with loved ones.”</p></blockquote><p>Why add TikTok to this discussion? Because it is currently the most popular social media app in the world, especially for young people. It’s incredibly addictive and algorithm-based.</p><p>Let’s repeat the negative effects of TikTok in bullet points, to get the gravity of the situation (arguably, you could say the same about Instagram and other algorithm-driven social media apps):</p><ul><li>Loss of analytical skills</li><li>Loss of memory formation</li><li>Loss of contextual thinking</li><li>Loss of conversational depth</li><li>Loss of empathy</li><li>Increased anxiety</li></ul><p>And:</p><ul><li>Interference with sleep</li><li>Interference with work/school responsibilities<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></li><li>Interference with connecting with loved ones</li></ul><p>According to the 5Rights foundation the daily average screen time of 13 to 18 year olds is 8 HOURS and 39 MINUTES.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>Since we are talking about minors, this is not screen time related to work. It’s entirely recreational.</p><h2>What will be my driving force for the next four years?</h2><p><strong>I will be thinking: what do the Big Tech billionaires and kleptocrats wish I would do? And then I will do the OPPOSITE.</strong></p><p>Tech barons want extremely online citizens that are easily distractable and spend 4+ hours a day on TikTok, Instagram, Threads, X and the like? I will stay the hell away from these platforms (I already was, for the most part, except Threads – I just deactivated it).</p><p>Tech barons want people who would rather endlessly scroll feeds on social media apps instead of reading books. So I’m renewing membership at my favorite library in my city and I will make sure I spend at least an hour a day reading a wide variety of books (non-fiction, history, philosophy, FOSS manuals, etc.).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>Tech barons want people to think that the only way one can socialize and nurture friendships is through screens – more precisely, through the billionaires’ digital platforms. So I will make sure to reach out to my friends via phone calls or privacy-focused independent messaging apps. I will completely bypass Big Tech’s toxic “social” platforms that are nothing but honeypots for gathering personal data… so they can serve us targeted ads. (I was already doing this, but now I will actively encourage my friends to join me on the other side – in the Fediverse).</p><p>Tech barons want women and girls to curate their online image following unattainable beauty standards, constantly comparing themselves to others and feeling inferior… so they would buy products and beauty services they don’t need in the hope of reaching that impossible ideal. Instagram is a toxic trap of unattainable life and beauty ideals. I will stay the hell away from it and encourage people (my friends in primis) to do the same.</p><p>Tech barons want you to think their platforms are vital to one’s work life and career. I will volunteer with FLOSS organizations and Fediverse platforms to spread awareness about their tools.</p><h2>Become the tech barons’ nightmare</h2><p>A healthy (in body and mind), active, frugal, sociable, mostly offline citizen who is highly educated and informed, in full control of their data, avoiding Big Tech’s platforms and algorithms, with a positive self-esteem and self-image, is probably persona non grata for these tech billionaires. But a small, insignificant nuisance, like a fly – they don’t care about ONE. But imagine having thousands, then hundreds of thousands, then millions of individuals that fit this description – banding together against Big Tech’s technopoly. That is an awe-inspiring, almighty force that would make them tremble.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p>You think it can’t be done? Think again. The organic food movement comes to mind. How old were you when you started spotting organic fruits and vegetables at your supermarket? Did they progressively take up more shelf space? <strong>This is the Fediverse’s moment to start a sea change, a rebellion against the technopoly created by Big Tech.</strong></p><p>I am more fired up than ever to promote it and help people escape from the grip of surveillance capitalism, towards greater freedom, independence, and digital sovereignty.</p><h2>Step-by-step</h2><p>Most revolutions start small. At home. The mission seems impossible, like climbing mount Everest, but it’s a good way to think of this work as step by step. <strong>Modest actions that compound over time.</strong></p><p>This is what I have been doing this week:</p><p><em>Wednesday November 6:</em><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><ul><li>I set up my Raspberry Pi for the first time and took my first steps towards learning Linux.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></li></ul><p><em>Thursday Nov 7</em>:</p><ul><li>renewed membership at my favorite library in Paris</li><li>checked out books on Linux, Raspberry Pi, tech history and theories</li><li>started reading Raspberry Pi for Dummies, familiarizing myself with Linux commands</li><li>ordered a Raspberry Pi 5 (because the 3, ordered in 2016 and never used till yesteday, was impossibly slow)</li><li>started a first draft of this blog post, with the intention of also sharing it with friends once it’s published</li><li>requested the Twitter / X archives of two old accounts I hadn’t been using since the M takeover, but that I want to nuke ASAP</li><li>deactivated my Threads account</li><li>blocked <a href=\"http://threads.net\">threads.net</a> posts from my Mastodon account</li></ul><p><em>Friday Nov 8</em>:</p><ul><li>updated my personal website to remove links to Threads</li><li>started researching laptops for Linux</li><li>started sketching a presentation about the Fediverse for high schools and universities (I have done presentations there for my film projects)</li><li>brainstormed ideas for presentations about the Fediverse for parent-teacher associations in Paris (of kids in elementary school and middle schools)</li></ul><p>Of course I have moments when I am feeling dejected by the current geopolitical situation. 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"content": "<p>Dear blog readers & Fedi friends,</p><p>Over the past couple of days I shared <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113219481424720599\">toots on Mastodon</a> about the possibility of creating t-shirts and sweatshirts with a message in Latin that promotes the Fediverse. This was in reaction to Mark Zuckerberg’s recent appearance at Meta Connect, where he proudly displayed a custom made black sweatshirt with the message, in Latin, “Aut Zuck aut nihil” (either Zuck or nothing). The phrase is inspired by Caesar, the Roman emperor, who had once said “aut Caesar aut nihil” (either Cesar or nothing). The sweatshirt and its message made headline news around the world; the Guardian wrote this great piece: “<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/28/mark-zuckeberg-revamps-public-image-style\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta’s emperor rebrands in new clothes</a>”.</p><p><strong>After exchanging messages about this with people on the Fediverse</strong> (<a class=\"detailed-status__display-name\" href=\"https://sociale.network/@oblomov\" data-hover-card-account=\"108231831319283774\"><span class=\"display-name\"><span class=\"display-name__account\">@oblomov@sociale.network</span></span></a> in primis, who wrote <a href=\"https://wok.oblomov.eu/ordet/foediversum/\">a great blog post in Italian</a> about this) <strong>I would like to put that idea on pause and offer an apology.</strong></p><p><a class=\"detailed-status__display-name\" href=\"https://sociale.network/@oblomov\" data-hover-card-account=\"108231831319283774\"><span class=\"display-name\"><span class=\"display-name__account\">@oblomov@sociale.network</span></span></a><span class=\"display-name\"><span class=\"display-name__account\">‘s post</span></span> made me realize that the phrase is imperialistic and it makes me feel nauseous to associate something dictatorial and authoritarian to the Fediverse. It just feels wrong. Absolutely wrong. In the heat of the moment it had felt like a good idea:<strong> a gentle but trollish pushback</strong> <strong>to the founder of Meta and his brazen ambition for total world domination</strong>. But upon further reflection it feels icky to attach such a sentence to the Fediverse.</p><p>I’ve been having a great back-and-forth with Oblomov and other Italians in the Fediverse (fun fact: in many Italian high schools you typically study Latin for five years) about <strong>alternative, positive phrases in Latin that could promote the Fediverse</strong>. My gut feeling right now is to go with something like “the future is federated” or “federation is the future” – <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/#post-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspired by the title of my newsletter about all things Fediverse</a>. As Oblomov smartly remarked, all the best Latin phrases have already been taken (“<em>E Pluribus Unum</em>” by the United States and “<em>Unus Pro Omnibus, Omnes Pro Uno</em>” by Switzerland).</p><p>I’d love to hear your ideas and come up with something in Latin, pro Fediverse. Why Latin? Because it still gives me pleasure to be a gentle troll towards a certain imperialistic entrepreneur. And I love wearing my values.</p><p>Years ago I had created and <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/shop/\">sold my own t-shirts and sweatshirts promoting the visibility of female filmmakers</a>; ampersand t-shirts with their names were always great conversation starters. I had also created a line of t-shirts with the message “this is what a film director looks like” or “this is what an entrepreneur looks like” that women bought and proudly wore. This had made me so happy and I’d like to do something similar to promote the Fediverse. The small earnings the t-shirts would make (typically $1-2 per item) could be donated to Fediverse servers I use – I could split them evenly between mastodon.social, pixelfed.social and poliverso.org (the Friendica server I am on). These are just some ideas… I would love to hear what you think about this.</p><p>Onwards and upwards!</p><p>Elena</p><p>P.S.: find me on Mastodon at <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\">@_elena@mastodon.social</a></p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2024/10/wear-your-values/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2024/10/wear-your-values/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/apparel/\">#apparel</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/\">#fediverse</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/sweatshirts/\">#sweatshirts</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/t-shirts/\">#tShirts</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/the-future-is-federated/\">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/wear-your-values/\">#wearYourValues</a></p>",
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The sweatshirt and its message made headline news around the world; the Guardian wrote this great piece: “<a href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/28/mark-zuckeberg-revamps-public-image-style\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zuckerberg Augustus: Meta’s emperor rebrands in new clothes</a>”.</p><p><strong>After exchanging messages about this with people on the Fediverse</strong> (<a class=\"detailed-status__display-name\" href=\"https://sociale.network/@oblomov\" data-hover-card-account=\"108231831319283774\"><span class=\"display-name\"><span class=\"display-name__account\">@oblomov@sociale.network</span></span></a> in primis, who wrote <a href=\"https://wok.oblomov.eu/ordet/foediversum/\">a great blog post in Italian</a> about this) <strong>I would like to put that idea on pause and offer an apology.</strong></p><p><a class=\"detailed-status__display-name\" href=\"https://sociale.network/@oblomov\" data-hover-card-account=\"108231831319283774\"><span class=\"display-name\"><span class=\"display-name__account\">@oblomov@sociale.network</span></span></a><span class=\"display-name\"><span class=\"display-name__account\">‘s post</span></span> made me realize that the phrase is imperialistic and it makes me feel nauseous to associate something dictatorial and authoritarian to the Fediverse. It just feels wrong. Absolutely wrong. In the heat of the moment it had felt like a good idea:<strong> a gentle but trollish pushback</strong> <strong>to the founder of Meta and his brazen ambition for total world domination</strong>. But upon further reflection it feels icky to attach such a sentence to the Fediverse.</p><p>I’ve been having a great back-and-forth with Oblomov and other Italians in the Fediverse (fun fact: in many Italian high schools you typically study Latin for five years) about <strong>alternative, positive phrases in Latin that could promote the Fediverse</strong>. My gut feeling right now is to go with something like “the future is federated” or “federation is the future” – <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/#post-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inspired by the title of my newsletter about all things Fediverse</a>. As Oblomov smartly remarked, all the best Latin phrases have already been taken (“<em>E Pluribus Unum</em>” by the United States and “<em>Unus Pro Omnibus, Omnes Pro Uno</em>” by Switzerland).</p><p>I’d love to hear your ideas and come up with something in Latin, pro Fediverse. Why Latin? Because it still gives me pleasure to be a gentle troll towards a certain imperialistic entrepreneur. And I love wearing my values.</p><p>Years ago I had created and <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/shop/\">sold my own t-shirts and sweatshirts promoting the visibility of female filmmakers</a>; ampersand t-shirts with their names were always great conversation starters. I had also created a line of t-shirts with the message “this is what a film director looks like” or “this is what an entrepreneur looks like” that women bought and proudly wore. This had made me so happy and I’d like to do something similar to promote the Fediverse. The small earnings the t-shirts would make (typically $1-2 per item) could be donated to Fediverse servers I use – I could split them evenly between mastodon.social, pixelfed.social and poliverso.org (the Friendica server I am on). These are just some ideas… I would love to hear what you think about this.</p><p>Onwards and upwards!</p><p>Elena</p><p>P.S.: find me on Mastodon at <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\">@_elena@mastodon.social</a></p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2024/10/wear-your-values/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2024/10/wear-your-values/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/apparel/\">#apparel</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/\">#fediverse</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/sweatshirts/\">#sweatshirts</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/t-shirts/\">#tShirts</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/the-future-is-federated/\">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/wear-your-values/\">#wearYourValues</a></p>"
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"content": "<p>Hello blog readers and Fedi Friends!</p><p>Two months ago I managed to successfully federate this site, giving it <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ActivityPub</a> superpowers (if you are confused about what this means, I wrote about it for on my Ghost blog <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-part-2-wordpress-fediverse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Future is Federated</em></a>).</p><p>This feat was the absolute highlight of my summer and I’d love to make it a habit to write more on here – inspired by <a href=\"https://macaw.social/@andypiper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Piper</a>‘s <a href=\"https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/100daystooffload/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#100DaysToOffload</a> (I couldn’t possibly write daily, but maybe weekly).</p><p>In case you missed it, on Friday I published this essay for<em> The Future is Federated</em>: “<strong><a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)</em></a></strong>” (<a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source</a>). It’s my love letter to the Fediverse, listing all the reasons why I truly cherish it.</p><p>What does this have to do with “carpe diem” (seizing the day)?</p><p>Well, earlier this month I learned an important lesson: if I ever have a project idea – especially about a domain name to register – I should not procrastinate but immediately take action.</p><p>In late August I started looking up available URLs for potential future Fediverse projects / self-hosted one-person instances. I thought: for my birthday, I will gift myself two domain names – <em>elena.video</em> and <em>elena.social</em>. They were both available and seemed perfect for the purposes of hosting my own Peertube server… and/or something else.</p><p>Well well well my birthday came and went and on September 18th I checked and saw that <em>elena.video</em> had been registered by someone in Russia on September 12th 2024!!!</p><p>At least I bought/registered <em>elena.social</em>.</p><p>Maybe one day in the not so distant future I will learn how to self-host a Fediverse project and use that as its URL / username. For now,<a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/links/\"> elena.social</a> is redirecting to the “Links” page of this site, listing my social media profiles. I just updated that page to reflect my views and some of the powerful points I shared <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in my Ghost blog post</a>: “<em>My favorite social networks are all part of the real Fediverse (Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed); I rarely use platforms owned by Meta & co. for reasons I outlined <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\">in this blog post</a> (TL;DR: behavior modification and illusion of connection for purposes of surveillance capitalism).</em>”</p><p>I’m excited but still, I can’t begin to tell you how disappointed I am (to this day!) for not registering <em>elena.video</em> when I saw it was available.</p><p>Well, you live and you learn. Carpe diem folks!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\">Elena</a></p><p><em>Cover photo by <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/fr/@antony123antony?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Anton Filatov</a> on <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/fr/photos/un-fond-violet-et-bleu-avec-des-lignes-de-lumiere-O_5SJuSOxZA?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash</a></em></p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2024/09/carpe-diem/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2024/09/carpe-diem/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/elena-social/\">#elenaSocial</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/\">#fediverse</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/the-future-is-federated/\">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/url/\">#URL</a></p>",
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"en": "<p>Hello blog readers and Fedi Friends!</p><p>Two months ago I managed to successfully federate this site, giving it <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ActivityPub</a> superpowers (if you are confused about what this means, I wrote about it for on my Ghost blog <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-part-2-wordpress-fediverse/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Future is Federated</em></a>).</p><p>This feat was the absolute highlight of my summer and I’d love to make it a habit to write more on here – inspired by <a href=\"https://macaw.social/@andypiper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Piper</a>‘s <a href=\"https://andypiper.co.uk/tag/100daystooffload/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#100DaysToOffload</a> (I couldn’t possibly write daily, but maybe weekly).</p><p>In case you missed it, on Friday I published this essay for<em> The Future is Federated</em>: “<strong><a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)</em></a></strong>” (<a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source</a>). It’s my love letter to the Fediverse, listing all the reasons why I truly cherish it.</p><p>What does this have to do with “carpe diem” (seizing the day)?</p><p>Well, earlier this month I learned an important lesson: if I ever have a project idea – especially about a domain name to register – I should not procrastinate but immediately take action.</p><p>In late August I started looking up available URLs for potential future Fediverse projects / self-hosted one-person instances. I thought: for my birthday, I will gift myself two domain names – <em>elena.video</em> and <em>elena.social</em>. They were both available and seemed perfect for the purposes of hosting my own Peertube server… and/or something else.</p><p>Well well well my birthday came and went and on September 18th I checked and saw that <em>elena.video</em> had been registered by someone in Russia on September 12th 2024!!!</p><p>At least I bought/registered <em>elena.social</em>.</p><p>Maybe one day in the not so distant future I will learn how to self-host a Fediverse project and use that as its URL / username. For now,<a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/links/\"> elena.social</a> is redirecting to the “Links” page of this site, listing my social media profiles. I just updated that page to reflect my views and some of the powerful points I shared <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in my Ghost blog post</a>: “<em>My favorite social networks are all part of the real Fediverse (Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed); I rarely use platforms owned by Meta & co. for reasons I outlined <a href=\"https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/\">in this blog post</a> (TL;DR: behavior modification and illusion of connection for purposes of surveillance capitalism).</em>”</p><p>I’m excited but still, I can’t begin to tell you how disappointed I am (to this day!) for not registering <em>elena.video</em> when I saw it was available.</p><p>Well, you live and you learn. Carpe diem folks!</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\">Elena</a></p><p><em>Cover photo by <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/fr/@antony123antony?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Anton Filatov</a> on <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/fr/photos/un-fond-violet-et-bleu-avec-des-lignes-de-lumiere-O_5SJuSOxZA?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash\">Unsplash</a></em></p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2024/09/carpe-diem/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2024/09/carpe-diem/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/elena-social/\">#elenaSocial</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/fediverse/\">#fediverse</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/the-future-is-federated/\">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/url/\">#URL</a></p>"
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It’s the easiest, most natural thing to compliment her for her progress and achievements and it’s heartwarming to see her reactions to the positive encouragement.</p><p><strong>Have I ever felt or demonstrated the same support and optimism towards ANY of my creative projects? Those on which I worked for months or even years? Nope, not a chance.</strong> I most certainly did not.</p><p>Sigh.</p><p>You know the inner monologue many of us have regarding our creative projects? The critic that lives rent-free in our heads spewing negative talk and criticism? Well, if anyone ever directed that negative babble towards my baby girl, I would go full mama bear on them and immediately get my claws out. I get angry just thinking about it.</p><p>It’s so easy and effortless to cheer on babies as they are learning motor and language skills. We are patient with them, as we know it’s only a matter of time before an infant will develop muscles and the ability to stand up… and eventually walk. And talk. 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A year ago she could barely hold her head up and couldn’t grasp objects yet. Now she is a real tornado, moving at the speed of light through our apartment, with so much determination and drive, grabbing everything in her path.</p><p>I have been tracking my girl’s milestones – things small and big – in a document. It’s something very simple, with a bullet list of items in chronological order. For example:</p><p>February 2022<br />– Feb 02: clearly said “acqua” this morning while grabbing the bottle with water<br />– Feb 16: we dance (first time) to Louis Armstrong’s version of <em>La Vie en Rose</em><br />– Feb 21: J. taught her to say “cucù” – it’s the most adorable thing</p><p>I often like to revisit this list of milestones – it always brings a smile to my face.</p><p><strong>What if I were to do the same thing with my projects? Tracking progress and positive milestones?</strong></p><p>In the past, whenever I received positive feedback to one of my films, I would file it away under a “gratitude” label in my inbox. Sadly it’s a cumbersome task to go find them and read through them. It’s really time consuming and not that efficient.</p><p>Well, today I am organizing all my new projects in <a href=\"https://www.notion.so/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notion</a>, with a special page dedicated to each one… so whenever I receive a nice comment or positive feedback, I can see it at a glance under the project’s page.</p><p>You don’t have to use Notion to do that, you can build a similar system elsewhere, too, just trust me: <strong>keeping track of progress and small moments of gratitude can do wonders when you need a boost of confidence. 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And then, when they get older, you need to be ready to set them free.</p><p>What if we did the same with our creative projects?</p><p><strong>We would give our absolute best, do all we can to maximize their impact and chance of success, and then we would release the projects and be ok with whatever happens.</strong></p><p>We have no control over how the world will respond to our offspring – the same way we have absolutely no control over the reaction to our creative work. We just have to let go of expectations or else we would go mad.</p><p><strong>Being able to let go of expectations may be the most transformative thing that has ever happened to me, vis-à-vis my work.</strong> I wish I had had that mindset when I released<a href=\"https://theillusionists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> The Illusionists</em></a> back in November 2016. 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How would that transform our creativity? This Italian mamma/artist is telling you: you should try it.</p><p><strong>Attention readers! This post is for anyone with a creative project.</strong> It’s not just for moms. Or for dads. Or for caretakers. If you’re proudly childfree, this applies to you too – carry on reading. I’m sharing some <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2022/03/mammartist-life-lessons-from-my-baby/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">powerful lessons I learned while caring for my 14-month-old baby</a> – which are helping my filmmaking and my photography. Tremendously so. <strong>These are pretty universal revelations that hopefully will apply to many of you – whether you’re a budding artist, someone well established in your career or if you have a creative hobby you’re passionate about.</strong> I wish I had had these epiphanies 15 years ago.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″ custom_height_tablet=”30″ custom_height_phone=”20″][vc_column_text]</p><h2>The power of gentle loving kindness</h2><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″ custom_height_tablet=”30″ custom_height_phone=”20″][vc_column_text]A few years ago I came across a quote on Twitter that said something along the lines of: “treat yourself with the same gentle loving kindness you’d treat a newborn baby.” I thought, “Wow! What a powerful concept. I should do this.”</p><p>For a while, I would think back to this quote often but to be honest, it was pretty abstract. 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It’s the easiest, most natural thing to compliment her for her progress and achievements and it’s heartwarming to see her reactions to the positive encouragement.</p><p><strong>Have I ever felt or demonstrated the same support and optimism towards ANY of my creative projects? Those on which I worked for months or even years? Nope, not a chance.</strong> I most certainly did not.</p><p>Sigh.</p><p>You know the inner monologue many of us have regarding our creative projects? The critic that lives rent-free in our heads spewing negative talk and criticism? Well, if anyone ever directed that negative babble towards my baby girl, I would go full mama bear on them and immediately get my claws out. I get angry just thinking about it.</p><p>It’s so easy and effortless to cheer on babies as they are learning motor and language skills. We are patient with them, as we know it’s only a matter of time before an infant will develop muscles and the ability to stand up… and eventually walk. And talk. We know every baby develops at his/her own pace. <strong>What if we showed the same grace and patience towards our creative projects, especially during their beginning stages?</strong></p><p><strong>It’s nothing short of a miracle to start working on a film, or a book, or a play, or any kind of creative endeavor.</strong> The default setting for many of us may be to compare ourselves to others far ahead in their creative journey and feel like we are failing… or to be petrified by the next steps. I say: think of your project as a baby and treat it with the same gentle loving kindness and patience, knowing things take time and every project is different and develops at its own pace. <strong>The key ingredient here is optimism and a blind faith in the process. Things will develop in their own time… especially if nurtured and loved. 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A year ago she could barely hold her head up and couldn’t grasp objects yet. Now she is a real tornado, moving at the speed of light through our apartment, with so much determination and drive, grabbing everything in her path.</p><p>I have been tracking my girl’s milestones – things small and big – in a document. It’s something very simple, with a bullet list of items in chronological order. For example:</p><p>February 2022<br />– Feb 02: clearly said “acqua” this morning while grabbing the bottle with water<br />– Feb 16: we dance (first time) to Louis Armstrong’s version of <em>La Vie en Rose</em><br />– Feb 21: J. taught her to say “cucù” – it’s the most adorable thing</p><p>I often like to revisit this list of milestones – it always brings a smile to my face.</p><p><strong>What if I were to do the same thing with my projects? Tracking progress and positive milestones?</strong></p><p>In the past, whenever I received positive feedback to one of my films, I would file it away under a “gratitude” label in my inbox. Sadly it’s a cumbersome task to go find them and read through them. It’s really time consuming and not that efficient.</p><p>Well, today I am organizing all my new projects in <a href=\"https://www.notion.so/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notion</a>, with a special page dedicated to each one… so whenever I receive a nice comment or positive feedback, I can see it at a glance under the project’s page.</p><p>You don’t have to use Notion to do that, you can build a similar system elsewhere, too, just trust me: <strong>keeping track of progress and small moments of gratitude can do wonders when you need a boost of confidence. 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I was so focused on external results, comparing and contrasting it to famous documentaries, that I failed to appreciate all the amazing things that happened since its release.</p><p>Every child is different and can’t be compared to others… in the same way that <strong>every creative project is different and deserves grace, acceptance and the release of expectations about how the world is going to react to it.</strong> Because caring deeply about things we can’t control is a recipe for frustration and disappointment.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″ custom_height_tablet=”30″ custom_height_phone=”20″][vc_column_text]</p><h2>So, how do you parent your creative work?</h2><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″ custom_height_tablet=”30″ custom_height_phone=”20″][vc_column_text]First off, be patient and hopeful at the beginning of your creative journey. Give your absolute best and make a bit of effort every day. 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"content": "<p>Up until recently, when anybody asked me who my role model was, I would have replied in a heartbeat: the late <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnès_Varda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnès Varda</a> – a prolific filmmaker, photographer, artist who was an outspoken feminist and a positive force for change. Her work is powerful, sometimes light and quirky, sometimes solemn, always imbued with curiosity, wonder and originality.</p><p>Now when people ask me who my role model is, my answer invariably raises eyebrows or provokes chuckles. “My baby girl” I would say. “She’s x months old.” (I started saying it when she was 5 months old, she’s 14 months old as I write this). Actually I most often refer to her as my “spiritual guru” because her behavior and evolution never cease to amaze me.</p><p><strong>Before she could even hold her head up, my baby girl inspired me for her assertiveness and tenacity.</strong> If she wants something, she surely makes it very clear – without words. When she has a goal in mind – say, picking up an object that belongs to me, that’s high up on a shelf she can’t reach – she is relentless in the pursuit of the goal, crossing our entire apartment and standing right below the object of her attention, studying ways to get to it. She is strong and sweet, knowing when to deploy her contagious laughter to make us melt – and bend to her desires.</p><p>You may say, “aren’t all babies like this?” Yes, maybe? But I am in a privileged position, as I’ve spent every day since she was born looking after her (my parents insist I was not like this at all as a baby, very quiet and obedient. Their granddaughter is something else…)</p><p><strong>Nobody ever tells you how inspiring it is to see a tiny human being – your favorite human – coming into their power as they grow up. It motivates me to be more outspoken and more assertive, because if a 5-month-old is that strong and confident, what is stopping me?</strong> She can’t even go anywhere without me… she wears a diaper (which she can’t change by herself), depends on my cooking for her survival and can’t construct full sentences yet. And yet… she’s the most formidable human I know. At 14 months she is discovering the power of her voice – it’s endlessly amusing and inspiring for me to see.</p><p>I wonder, do all mothers experience this awakening?</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7827\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px.jpg\" alt=\"Mammartist Elena Rossini life lessons from my baby\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px.jpg 800w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px-300x200.jpg 300w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /></p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A self-portrait of me and my baby girl when she was 4 months old</em></p><p>All that said, over the past year, sometime along the way, I felt that I lost my voice. More than my voice, my sense of self. I’m not sure who I am anymore, when my life has changed so drastically overnight. The old Elena is long gone, a distant dream. I am reminded about my past life, pre-baby and pre-pandemic, thanks to my journal and its prompts “On this day”. I’ve got 8 years’ worth of detailed entries, dating back to 2014, and those lived experiences seem so foreign now. <strong>When my daughter was born, I was also reborn. It’s been a tremendous opportunity to figure out what I really want out of life.</strong></p><p>Accounts of the early days of parenting are often focused on how hard it is. Yes, 5-6 months’ worth of sleepless nights can break your brain. But her first year has been the happiest year of my life.</p><p>What I know is this.</p><p>I spent the past 14 months looking after the health and wellbeing of a tiny human.</p><p>My life, up until her arrival, had been all about external goals, wanting to make a name for myself, having a successful documentary, empowering women and girls while speaking truth to power. I had a charmed life, but a sense of unfulfilled professional goals hung like a dark cloud above me. Unless you are an A-list director or someone up and coming with a shiny contract with Netflix, most people see you as a failure. Or so I thought. A lot of that was ego, I now realize. Well, the arrival of my baby girl annihilated my ego in one quick sweep.</p><p><strong>I spent the past 14 months following my heart, living in the now, connecting with my favorite tiny human. And life has never felt so good.</strong></p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7838\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mammartist-May2021.jpg\" alt=\"Mammartist Elena Rossini\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mammartist-May2021.jpg 450w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mammartist-May2021-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" />A typical evening: the sun is setting in our living room. I have just given my baby girl her dinner, I take her out of her high chair and we go sit on our sofa. I prop her up on my lap and she says “Baby.” Her first English word (she’s being raised trilingual) and her cue for reading <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31423563-feminist-baby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Feminist Baby</em></a>. I grab the book and she enthusiastically turns the pages as I read to her. “THIS is happiness” I think.</p><p><strong>I was a filmmaker and photographer. And then I became a mom. A mom/artist – “Mammartist.”</strong> I’ve relished in documenting her life through photographs and videos (some 20k photos and 8k videos to date). My new creative goal at the end of each day is: have I taken any great photos of her today?</p><p>Now my creativity needs recalibration. I’ve swung from 100% focus on my work to 100% focus on my tiny human. And as she gets older and more independent, the need to recalibrate my focus gets more apparent. It’ll be good for her. And for me.</p><p>What’s up with the business of losing my voice? Well, if I have one regret about the past year is that I didn’t properly document what it’s been like for me, as her caretaker. I’ve been so concentrated in serving her that my sense of self got lost along the way.</p><p>I often quote the words of the late Neil Postman when discussing technology (since <a href=\"https://therealists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my new film will be about the effects of social media on our self esteem and self-image</a>). Well, Neil Postman said this about technology:</p><blockquote><p>Technological change is neither additive nor subtractive. It is ecological. I mean “ecological” in the same sense as the word is used by environmental scientists. One significant change generates total change. If you remove the caterpillars from a given habitat, you are not left with the same environment minus caterpillars: you have a new environment, and you have reconstituted the conditions of survival; the same is true if you add caterpillars to an environment that has had none. This is how the ecology of media works as well. A new technology does not add or subtract something. It changes everything.</p></blockquote><p>Yesterday I had an epiphany. This applies perfectly to the arrival of a baby, too. You don’t have your old professional self plus a baby. EVERYTHING CHANGES.</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7828\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1450\" height=\"967\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3.jpg 1450w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-300x200.jpg 300w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1450px) 100vw, 1450px\" /></p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My baby girl in her playpen</em></p><p>I know that for this new life and new opportunity, I would like to be more assertive. And more visible. It’s always been easy for me to shine a light on the work of other women (see: 120+ interviews on <a href=\"https://nocountryforyoungwomen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Country for Young Women</a>, <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Days of Women in Film</a>, <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/giphy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of GIFs</a> showing inspiring women). But I’ve been mostly hidden, behind the curtain, afraid to show myself… Fear of what? Maybe of appearing too self-centered, too narcissistic, too… too much? Our culture often punishes women who are vocal. I must have internalized this along the way. The writer Emma Gray perfectly captured this problem in the latest issue of Rich Text: “<a href=\"https://claireandemma.substack.com/p/the-attention-trap?s=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Attention Trap</a>.”</p><p>Here’s the thing: I would like my daughter to see what I’m like… what my life and work are like now… So that, many years into the future, if she ever takes an active interest or curiosity in my life, she can see what it was like. And maybe, in the present, this could help budding filmmakers and photographers? Some of my favorite memories are from screenings of my film <a href=\"https://theillusionists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Illusionists</em></a> at high schools and universities and the always thought-provoking, inspiring discussions that followed with students.</p><p><strong>I spent almost 15 years telling the stories of other women, but failed to talk about the person I know best. Myself.</strong> So this <em>mammartist</em> may finally be getting the courage to do just that. Thanks to her feisty and curious 14-month-old who is her spiritual guru. <strong>Two new lives begin.</strong></p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2022/03/mammartist-life-lessons-from-my-baby/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2022/03/mammartist-life-lessons-from-my-baby/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/filmmakers-life/\">#filmmakerSLife</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/filmmaking/\">#filmmaking</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/mammartist/\">#mammartist</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/mom-life/\">#momLife</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/photography-2/\">#photography</a></p>",
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"en": "<p>Up until recently, when anybody asked me who my role model was, I would have replied in a heartbeat: the late <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnès_Varda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnès Varda</a> – a prolific filmmaker, photographer, artist who was an outspoken feminist and a positive force for change. Her work is powerful, sometimes light and quirky, sometimes solemn, always imbued with curiosity, wonder and originality.</p><p>Now when people ask me who my role model is, my answer invariably raises eyebrows or provokes chuckles. “My baby girl” I would say. “She’s x months old.” (I started saying it when she was 5 months old, she’s 14 months old as I write this). Actually I most often refer to her as my “spiritual guru” because her behavior and evolution never cease to amaze me.</p><p><strong>Before she could even hold her head up, my baby girl inspired me for her assertiveness and tenacity.</strong> If she wants something, she surely makes it very clear – without words. When she has a goal in mind – say, picking up an object that belongs to me, that’s high up on a shelf she can’t reach – she is relentless in the pursuit of the goal, crossing our entire apartment and standing right below the object of her attention, studying ways to get to it. She is strong and sweet, knowing when to deploy her contagious laughter to make us melt – and bend to her desires.</p><p>You may say, “aren’t all babies like this?” Yes, maybe? But I am in a privileged position, as I’ve spent every day since she was born looking after her (my parents insist I was not like this at all as a baby, very quiet and obedient. Their granddaughter is something else…)</p><p><strong>Nobody ever tells you how inspiring it is to see a tiny human being – your favorite human – coming into their power as they grow up. It motivates me to be more outspoken and more assertive, because if a 5-month-old is that strong and confident, what is stopping me?</strong> She can’t even go anywhere without me… she wears a diaper (which she can’t change by herself), depends on my cooking for her survival and can’t construct full sentences yet. And yet… she’s the most formidable human I know. At 14 months she is discovering the power of her voice – it’s endlessly amusing and inspiring for me to see.</p><p>I wonder, do all mothers experience this awakening?</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7827\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px.jpg\" alt=\"Mammartist Elena Rossini life lessons from my baby\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px.jpg 800w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px-300x200.jpg 300w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ele-baby-Life-Lessons-Mammartist-800px-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /></p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A self-portrait of me and my baby girl when she was 4 months old</em></p><p>All that said, over the past year, sometime along the way, I felt that I lost my voice. More than my voice, my sense of self. I’m not sure who I am anymore, when my life has changed so drastically overnight. The old Elena is long gone, a distant dream. I am reminded about my past life, pre-baby and pre-pandemic, thanks to my journal and its prompts “On this day”. I’ve got 8 years’ worth of detailed entries, dating back to 2014, and those lived experiences seem so foreign now. <strong>When my daughter was born, I was also reborn. It’s been a tremendous opportunity to figure out what I really want out of life.</strong></p><p>Accounts of the early days of parenting are often focused on how hard it is. Yes, 5-6 months’ worth of sleepless nights can break your brain. But her first year has been the happiest year of my life.</p><p>What I know is this.</p><p>I spent the past 14 months looking after the health and wellbeing of a tiny human.</p><p>My life, up until her arrival, had been all about external goals, wanting to make a name for myself, having a successful documentary, empowering women and girls while speaking truth to power. I had a charmed life, but a sense of unfulfilled professional goals hung like a dark cloud above me. Unless you are an A-list director or someone up and coming with a shiny contract with Netflix, most people see you as a failure. Or so I thought. A lot of that was ego, I now realize. Well, the arrival of my baby girl annihilated my ego in one quick sweep.</p><p><strong>I spent the past 14 months following my heart, living in the now, connecting with my favorite tiny human. And life has never felt so good.</strong></p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7838\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mammartist-May2021.jpg\" alt=\"Mammartist Elena Rossini\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mammartist-May2021.jpg 450w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mammartist-May2021-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" />A typical evening: the sun is setting in our living room. I have just given my baby girl her dinner, I take her out of her high chair and we go sit on our sofa. I prop her up on my lap and she says “Baby.” Her first English word (she’s being raised trilingual) and her cue for reading <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/31423563-feminist-baby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Feminist Baby</em></a>. I grab the book and she enthusiastically turns the pages as I read to her. “THIS is happiness” I think.</p><p><strong>I was a filmmaker and photographer. And then I became a mom. A mom/artist – “Mammartist.”</strong> I’ve relished in documenting her life through photographs and videos (some 20k photos and 8k videos to date). My new creative goal at the end of each day is: have I taken any great photos of her today?</p><p>Now my creativity needs recalibration. I’ve swung from 100% focus on my work to 100% focus on my tiny human. And as she gets older and more independent, the need to recalibrate my focus gets more apparent. It’ll be good for her. And for me.</p><p>What’s up with the business of losing my voice? Well, if I have one regret about the past year is that I didn’t properly document what it’s been like for me, as her caretaker. I’ve been so concentrated in serving her that my sense of self got lost along the way.</p><p>I often quote the words of the late Neil Postman when discussing technology (since <a href=\"https://therealists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my new film will be about the effects of social media on our self esteem and self-image</a>). Well, Neil Postman said this about technology:</p><blockquote><p>Technological change is neither additive nor subtractive. It is ecological. I mean “ecological” in the same sense as the word is used by environmental scientists. One significant change generates total change. If you remove the caterpillars from a given habitat, you are not left with the same environment minus caterpillars: you have a new environment, and you have reconstituted the conditions of survival; the same is true if you add caterpillars to an environment that has had none. This is how the ecology of media works as well. A new technology does not add or subtract something. It changes everything.</p></blockquote><p>Yesterday I had an epiphany. This applies perfectly to the arrival of a baby, too. You don’t have your old professional self plus a baby. EVERYTHING CHANGES.</p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7828\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1450\" height=\"967\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3.jpg 1450w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-300x200.jpg 300w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-768x512.jpg 768w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-02-25-DSCF7912-FujiXT3-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1450px) 100vw, 1450px\" /></p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>My baby girl in her playpen</em></p><p>I know that for this new life and new opportunity, I would like to be more assertive. And more visible. It’s always been easy for me to shine a light on the work of other women (see: 120+ interviews on <a href=\"https://nocountryforyoungwomen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Country for Young Women</a>, <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100 Days of Women in Film</a>, <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/giphy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of GIFs</a> showing inspiring women). But I’ve been mostly hidden, behind the curtain, afraid to show myself… Fear of what? Maybe of appearing too self-centered, too narcissistic, too… too much? Our culture often punishes women who are vocal. I must have internalized this along the way. The writer Emma Gray perfectly captured this problem in the latest issue of Rich Text: “<a href=\"https://claireandemma.substack.com/p/the-attention-trap?s=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Attention Trap</a>.”</p><p>Here’s the thing: I would like my daughter to see what I’m like… what my life and work are like now… So that, many years into the future, if she ever takes an active interest or curiosity in my life, she can see what it was like. And maybe, in the present, this could help budding filmmakers and photographers? Some of my favorite memories are from screenings of my film <a href=\"https://theillusionists.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Illusionists</em></a> at high schools and universities and the always thought-provoking, inspiring discussions that followed with students.</p><p><strong>I spent almost 15 years telling the stories of other women, but failed to talk about the person I know best. Myself.</strong> So this <em>mammartist</em> may finally be getting the courage to do just that. Thanks to her feisty and curious 14-month-old who is her spiritual guru. <strong>Two new lives begin.</strong></p><p> </p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2022/03/mammartist-life-lessons-from-my-baby/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2022/03/mammartist-life-lessons-from-my-baby/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/filmmakers-life/\">#filmmakerSLife</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/filmmaking/\">#filmmaking</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/mammartist/\">#mammartist</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/mom-life/\">#momLife</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/photography-2/\">#photography</a></p>"
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Can you introduce yourself and tell us about the projects/work you’re most proud of?</h2><p>My name is Rosella Tursi, and I am a documentary editor, although I occasionally dip my toe in the narrative world. I am based in New York City where the documentary film business is flourishing, giving me the opportunity to work on many projects focusing on subjects and messages that I really believe in.</p><p>I am really proud of <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8300932/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Last Defense</em></a>, a documentary series produced by Viola Davis that focused on the wrongful conviction of Julius Jones, a death row inmate in Oklahoma. I edited the second episode of this three-part doc series in 2017-2018, and Julius’ story became more widely known once it aired on ABC, kicking off a torrent of activism on his behalf.</p><p>Julius was scheduled for execution in November 2021 and because of the groundswell of support for him, the governor of Oklahoma granted him clemency just hours before he was set to die. Julius has now been moved off death row, and while the fight continues to get him out of prison, he was recently able to hug his mother for the first time in 20 years. That’s something he was not allowed to do when he was on death row. I am so grateful to have been part of the team that brought his story out of the shadows.</p><p>More recently, I edited three episodes of the <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FX documentary series <em>Pride</em></a>, which chronicles the LGBTQ rights movement across the decades in the United States. As a member of the queer community, this project was a pure labour of love that I mostly edited from home during the pandemic.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″ custom_height_tablet=”50″ custom_height_phone=”50″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLW5vY29va2llLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGU0tfdmx5N0U1M2MlMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMllvdVR1YmUlMjB2aWRlbyUyMHBsYXllciUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlciUzQiUyMGF1dG9wbGF5JTNCJTIwY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlJTNCJTIwZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhJTNCJTIwZ3lyb3Njb3BlJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Prior to the pandemic forcing us out of the editing suite, I had been working in person with filmmakers Anthony Caronna and Alex Smith, who co-directed the 1980s episode, and Oscar-nominated director Yance Ford, who directed the 1990s episode. These two episodes of Pride were radically different from each other because the filmmakers had different creative visions, and it made my job exciting as I navigated from the queer underground scene of the 1980s against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic to the culture wars of the 1990s, which set the tone for where we are today politically in the United States.</p><p>Switching from in-person work to remote editing was a real challenge at first, by the way. I have spent my career collaborating with directors in the edit suite but never actually had any in-person contact with director Ro Haber, who was behind the 2000s episode of <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em></a> that I edited. But we had long telephone discussions during which I got to understand their creative vision, and we worked really well together.</p><p>Somewhere along the way, I fell into a real groove working at home, and the creativity poured out of me in a whole new way. And working on <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em></a>, such a meaningful project, kept me going in the dark, early days of the pandemic when all I heard was ambulance sirens racing up the avenue near my apartment.</p><p>Once <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em></a> wrapped, I took on an equally important and gratifying documentary series for HBO with an incredibly talented female director, and I wish I could tell you about it, but I can’t talk about it yet![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">2. What inspired you to become an editor?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">I was inspired to become an editor while cutting a Super 8 film in college that I shot myself. Drawing and painting were my primary forms of creative expression at the time, and I had taken a film class on a whim. When I sat down to edit this short film, I got so lost in the process that 14 hours went by without me even realizing it. I still went on to focus on textile art for a while after that until I realized that film was a better medium for me. I’m a perpetual storyteller, and I happen to be good with detailed, focused, repetitive tasks, so editing truly is the best vocation for me.</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">3. What advice would you give to your younger self?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">Don’t be so sensitive when you get notes. Editing is unique in that your whole job entails doing something and then getting critiqued for it over and over and over. It can be emotionally draining when you pour your heart into something and then producers or network executives pick at it. But it is so important to consider the notes you’re being given thoughtfully and that they always point to an area that needs improvement. Every editor gets notes. Film and TV are collaborative efforts, so feedback is essential. At the beginning of my career, I was personally hurt by notes. That is silly. It’s part of the process, and I wish I had developed a thicker skin earlier on.</p><p dir=\"ltr\">My other big piece of advice is to do something that inspires you creatively every single day, whether it’s taking a walk while listening to a particular soundtrack on your headphones, reading a book, going to an exhibit, or watching other peoples’ work. There are so many ways to replenish the creative well, and it’s vital to do it every day.</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">4. Who is the woman in film who inspires you the most? Why?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">It’s so hard to choose just one. If I had to pick one, I would have to say <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnès_Varda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnès Varda</a>, but there are so many others like Thelma Schoonmaker, Ava DuVernay, Christine Vachon, Lulu Wang, Dee Rees, Céline Sciamma, Alma Har’el and Sally Menke among others.</p><p dir=\"ltr\">But you asked me to pick one, and <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnès_Varda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnès Varda</a> has always been a consistent inspiration to me. Her approach to filmmaking and her creative spirit are so inspiring. Agnès was so daring and so prolific. I have always been, and will always be, in awe of her magic.</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">5. What are your favorite films by women directors (or editors) – that you’ve watched recently?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8893974/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Passing</em></a> directed by Rebecca Hall and edited by Sabine Hoffman, was a nuanced and delicately-told story about two women with a complex relationship to each other and with their own identities. I was captivated by the story and mesmerized by the beauty of the cinematography and editing.</p><p dir=\"ltr\">And while this isn’t a film, I recently watched the sixth episode of the HBO series <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5024912/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Insecure</em></a>’s final season, directed by Natasha Rothwell, who also writes for the show and plays Kelli, and I was blown away. First of all, I LOVE Natasha Rothwell in everything she is in. She literally steals every scene, and I am obsessed with her. The Insecure episode <em><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15034784/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tired, Okay?</a></em> was her directorial debut, and she totally killed it. While I love editing and can’t imagine not doing it, I also want to direct, and I was so inspired when I saw her name in the credits as the director of that episode.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">6. What can we do to watch / support your work?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">You can watch <a href=\"https://www.hulu.com/series/pride-43ac99ac-a3c6-4a3d-b03f-953f40be0fdb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em> on Hulu</a>. It’s a six-part documentary. I edited the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes, but you should watch all of them!</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″ custom_height_tablet=”50″ custom_height_phone=”50″][vc_column_text]</p><h3 dir=\"ltr\">Links:</h3><ul><li>Rosella Tursi’s full filmography on <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878111/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDb</a></li><li>follow Rosella on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/rosellatursi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter</a></li></ul><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″ custom_height_tablet=”50″ custom_height_phone=”50″][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7097 size-full\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ELE-dont-miss-a-thing.png\" alt=\"Don't Miss a Thing\" width=\"530\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ELE-dont-miss-a-thing.png 530w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ELE-dont-miss-a-thing-300x35.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" /></p><p>Sign up to receive blog posts from 100 Days of Women in Film straight to your inbox:</p><p><a class=\"nectar-button n-sc-button jumbo accent-color regular-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://eepurl.com/gYFKsL\" data-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-text-color-override=\"#fff\"><span>Subscribe to 100 Days of Women in Film</span></a>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″ custom_height_tablet=”50″ custom_height_phone=”50″][vc_column_text]</p><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Did you miss a post?</h2><p>Visit <strong><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the homepage of 100 Days of Women in Film</a></strong> and <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explore all the posts</a>.</p><p>So far <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#100DaysofWomeninFilm</a> has featured:</p><ul><li>1/100: film director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-1-100-filmmaker-elvira-notari/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvira Notari</a> (Italy’s first female director)</li><li>2/100: American cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-kira-kelly/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kira Kelly</a> (<em>13th</em>, <em>Queen Sugar</em>, <em>Self Made</em>)</li><li>3/100: film editor <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-editor-margaret-booth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Margaret Booth</a> (the first person in the history of cinema to be named “film editor”)</li><li>4/100: filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-madeline-anderson/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madeline Anderson</a> (the first African American female documentarian)</li><li>5/100: film critic <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-film-critic-iris-brey/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iris Brey</a> (author of the book <em>The Female Gaze</em>)</li><li>6/100: trailblazing director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-film-director-ida-lupino/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ida Lupino</a> (the first American female filmmaker to direct a <em>film noir</em>)</li><li>7/100: film director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-film-director-karyn-kusama/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karyn Kusama</a> (<em>Girlfight</em>, <em>The Invitation</em>, <em>Destroyer</em>)</li><li>8/100: documentary filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-film-director-veena-rao/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veena Rao</a></li><li>9/100: cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-sarah-thomas-moffat/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Thomas Moffat</a></li><li>10/100: film director, writer & producer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-film-director-leila-djansi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leila Djansi</a></li><li>11/100: production designer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-production-designer-monique-dias/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monique Dias</a></li><li>12/100: sound designer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-sound-designer-cindy-takehara/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cindy Takehara</a></li><li>13/100: colorist <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-colorist-anastasia-shepherd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Shepherd</a></li><li>14/100: director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-director-jen-mcgowan/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jen McGowan</a></li><li>15/100: experimental filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-director-maya-deren/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maya Deren</a></li><li>16/100: producer / director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-producer-director-demane-davis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeMane Davis</a></li><li>17/100: Italian cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-valentina-caniglia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valentina Caniglia</a></li><li>18/100: film director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-mira-nair/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mira Nair</a></li><li>19/100: director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-director-aya-tanimura/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aya Tanimura</a></li><li>20/100: filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-lynne-ramsay/\">Lynne Ramsay</a> (<em>We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here</em>)</li><li>21/100: film director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-writer-director-lynn-shelton/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lynn Shelton</a> (<em>Humpday</em>, <em>Your Sister’s Sister</em>)</li><li>22/100: director & cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-nadia-hallgren/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nadia Hallgren</a> (<em>Becoming, She’s the Ticket</em>)</li><li>23/100: re-recording mixer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-sound-mixer-sherry-klein/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherry Klein</a> (<em>New Amsterdam</em>, <em>Queen of the South</em>)</li><li>24/100: cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-daphne-wu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daphne Wu</a></li><li>25/100: cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/06/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-cybel-martin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cybel Martin</a></li><li>26/100: filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/06/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-tina-mabry/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tina Mabry</a></li><li>27/100: composer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2021/07/100daysofwomeninfilm-composer-zinovia-arvanitidi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zinovia Arvanitidi</a></li><li>28/100: production sound mixer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2021/11/100daysofwomeninfilm-28-100-production-sound-mixer-camila-franco-ribeiro-gomide/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide</a></li></ul><p>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]</p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2021/12/100daysofwomeninfilm-29-100-film-editor-rosella-tursi/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2021/12/100daysofwomeninfilm-29-100-film-editor-rosella-tursi/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/100-days-of-women-in-film/\">#100DaysOfWomenInFilm</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/film-editor/\">#filmEditor</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/pride/\">#Pride</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/rosella-tursi/\">#RosellaTursi</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/the-last-defense/\">#TheLastDefense</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/women-in-film/\">#womenInFilm</a></p>",
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"en": "<p>[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Today’s issue of <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\">#100DaysofWomeninFilm</a> focuses on the career of documentary film editor Rosella Tursi.</p><h1>29/100: Film editor Rosella Tursi</h1><h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7801\" src=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/100DaysofWomeninFilm-Rosella-Tursi-800.jpg\" alt=\"film editor Rosella Tursi - 100 Days of Women in Film\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/100DaysofWomeninFilm-Rosella-Tursi-800.jpg 800w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/100DaysofWomeninFilm-Rosella-Tursi-800-300x169.jpg 300w, https://elenarossini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/100DaysofWomeninFilm-Rosella-Tursi-800-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" /></h2><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″ custom_height_tablet=”50″ custom_height_phone=”50″][vc_column_text]</p><h2>1. Can you introduce yourself and tell us about the projects/work you’re most proud of?</h2><p>My name is Rosella Tursi, and I am a documentary editor, although I occasionally dip my toe in the narrative world. I am based in New York City where the documentary film business is flourishing, giving me the opportunity to work on many projects focusing on subjects and messages that I really believe in.</p><p>I am really proud of <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8300932/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Last Defense</em></a>, a documentary series produced by Viola Davis that focused on the wrongful conviction of Julius Jones, a death row inmate in Oklahoma. I edited the second episode of this three-part doc series in 2017-2018, and Julius’ story became more widely known once it aired on ABC, kicking off a torrent of activism on his behalf.</p><p>Julius was scheduled for execution in November 2021 and because of the groundswell of support for him, the governor of Oklahoma granted him clemency just hours before he was set to die. Julius has now been moved off death row, and while the fight continues to get him out of prison, he was recently able to hug his mother for the first time in 20 years. That’s something he was not allowed to do when he was on death row. I am so grateful to have been part of the team that brought his story out of the shadows.</p><p>More recently, I edited three episodes of the <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FX documentary series <em>Pride</em></a>, which chronicles the LGBTQ rights movement across the decades in the United States. As a member of the queer community, this project was a pure labour of love that I mostly edited from home during the pandemic.[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50″ custom_height_tablet=”50″ custom_height_phone=”50″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLW5vY29va2llLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGU0tfdmx5N0U1M2MlMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMllvdVR1YmUlMjB2aWRlbyUyMHBsYXllciUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlciUzQiUyMGF1dG9wbGF5JTNCJTIwY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlJTNCJTIwZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhJTNCJTIwZ3lyb3Njb3BlJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Prior to the pandemic forcing us out of the editing suite, I had been working in person with filmmakers Anthony Caronna and Alex Smith, who co-directed the 1980s episode, and Oscar-nominated director Yance Ford, who directed the 1990s episode. These two episodes of Pride were radically different from each other because the filmmakers had different creative visions, and it made my job exciting as I navigated from the queer underground scene of the 1980s against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic to the culture wars of the 1990s, which set the tone for where we are today politically in the United States.</p><p>Switching from in-person work to remote editing was a real challenge at first, by the way. I have spent my career collaborating with directors in the edit suite but never actually had any in-person contact with director Ro Haber, who was behind the 2000s episode of <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em></a> that I edited. But we had long telephone discussions during which I got to understand their creative vision, and we worked really well together.</p><p>Somewhere along the way, I fell into a real groove working at home, and the creativity poured out of me in a whole new way. And working on <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em></a>, such a meaningful project, kept me going in the dark, early days of the pandemic when all I heard was ambulance sirens racing up the avenue near my apartment.</p><p>Once <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8682114/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em></a> wrapped, I took on an equally important and gratifying documentary series for HBO with an incredibly talented female director, and I wish I could tell you about it, but I can’t talk about it yet![/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">2. What inspired you to become an editor?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">I was inspired to become an editor while cutting a Super 8 film in college that I shot myself. Drawing and painting were my primary forms of creative expression at the time, and I had taken a film class on a whim. When I sat down to edit this short film, I got so lost in the process that 14 hours went by without me even realizing it. I still went on to focus on textile art for a while after that until I realized that film was a better medium for me. I’m a perpetual storyteller, and I happen to be good with detailed, focused, repetitive tasks, so editing truly is the best vocation for me.</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">3. What advice would you give to your younger self?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">Don’t be so sensitive when you get notes. Editing is unique in that your whole job entails doing something and then getting critiqued for it over and over and over. It can be emotionally draining when you pour your heart into something and then producers or network executives pick at it. But it is so important to consider the notes you’re being given thoughtfully and that they always point to an area that needs improvement. Every editor gets notes. Film and TV are collaborative efforts, so feedback is essential. At the beginning of my career, I was personally hurt by notes. That is silly. It’s part of the process, and I wish I had developed a thicker skin earlier on.</p><p dir=\"ltr\">My other big piece of advice is to do something that inspires you creatively every single day, whether it’s taking a walk while listening to a particular soundtrack on your headphones, reading a book, going to an exhibit, or watching other peoples’ work. There are so many ways to replenish the creative well, and it’s vital to do it every day.</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">4. Who is the woman in film who inspires you the most? Why?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">It’s so hard to choose just one. If I had to pick one, I would have to say <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnès_Varda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnès Varda</a>, but there are so many others like Thelma Schoonmaker, Ava DuVernay, Christine Vachon, Lulu Wang, Dee Rees, Céline Sciamma, Alma Har’el and Sally Menke among others.</p><p dir=\"ltr\">But you asked me to pick one, and <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnès_Varda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnès Varda</a> has always been a consistent inspiration to me. Her approach to filmmaking and her creative spirit are so inspiring. Agnès was so daring and so prolific. I have always been, and will always be, in awe of her magic.</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">5. What are your favorite films by women directors (or editors) – that you’ve watched recently?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8893974/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Passing</em></a> directed by Rebecca Hall and edited by Sabine Hoffman, was a nuanced and delicately-told story about two women with a complex relationship to each other and with their own identities. I was captivated by the story and mesmerized by the beauty of the cinematography and editing.</p><p dir=\"ltr\">And while this isn’t a film, I recently watched the sixth episode of the HBO series <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5024912/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Insecure</em></a>’s final season, directed by Natasha Rothwell, who also writes for the show and plays Kelli, and I was blown away. First of all, I LOVE Natasha Rothwell in everything she is in. She literally steals every scene, and I am obsessed with her. The Insecure episode <em><a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15034784/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tired, Okay?</a></em> was her directorial debut, and she totally killed it. While I love editing and can’t imagine not doing it, I also want to direct, and I was so inspired when I saw her name in the credits as the director of that episode.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]</p><h2 dir=\"ltr\">6. What can we do to watch / support your work?</h2><p dir=\"ltr\">You can watch <a href=\"https://www.hulu.com/series/pride-43ac99ac-a3c6-4a3d-b03f-953f40be0fdb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Pride</em> on Hulu</a>. It’s a six-part documentary. 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noreferrer\">explore all the posts</a>.</p><p>So far <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/100-days-of-women-in-film/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#100DaysofWomeninFilm</a> has featured:</p><ul><li>1/100: film director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-1-100-filmmaker-elvira-notari/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvira Notari</a> (Italy’s first female director)</li><li>2/100: American cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-kira-kelly/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kira Kelly</a> (<em>13th</em>, <em>Queen Sugar</em>, <em>Self Made</em>)</li><li>3/100: film editor <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/04/100daysofwomeninfilm-editor-margaret-booth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Margaret Booth</a> (the first person in the history of cinema to be named “film editor”)</li><li>4/100: filmmaker <a 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href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-mira-nair/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mira Nair</a></li><li>19/100: director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-director-aya-tanimura/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aya Tanimura</a></li><li>20/100: filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-lynne-ramsay/\">Lynne Ramsay</a> (<em>We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here</em>)</li><li>21/100: film director <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-writer-director-lynn-shelton/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lynn Shelton</a> (<em>Humpday</em>, <em>Your Sister’s Sister</em>)</li><li>22/100: director & cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-nadia-hallgren/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nadia Hallgren</a> (<em>Becoming, She’s the Ticket</em>)</li><li>23/100: re-recording mixer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-sound-mixer-sherry-klein/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherry Klein</a> (<em>New Amsterdam</em>, <em>Queen of the South</em>)</li><li>24/100: cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/05/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-daphne-wu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daphne Wu</a></li><li>25/100: cinematographer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/06/100daysofwomeninfilm-cinematographer-cybel-martin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cybel Martin</a></li><li>26/100: filmmaker <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2020/06/100daysofwomeninfilm-filmmaker-tina-mabry/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tina Mabry</a></li><li>27/100: composer <a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2021/07/100daysofwomeninfilm-composer-zinovia-arvanitidi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zinovia Arvanitidi</a></li><li>28/100: 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What boggles my mind is that camera companies are missing out on a potential HUGE market – not just when it comes to 50% of the population but also people in a particular life situation. Let me explain.</p><h2 class=\"p1\">Capturing My Baby’s Milestones</h2><p class=\"p1\">Since the birth of my daughter in late January 2021, I have taken more than 10,000 photos of her with my professional camera equipment. I also strive to shoot videos of her, if not every day, at least every few days, to capture milestones. The day she came home from the hospital… the first time she met her grandparents… the first time she crawled across the room… you get the idea. So far my husband and I have captured so many moving moments and I’m planning to edit a film for her (it’s my profession after all) so that she can savor these instants too, when she’s older.</p><p class=\"p1\">My baby girl is now used to my camera and truly fascinated by it. Problem is, when I grab my professional cameras or take out of my pocket my iPhone to film her, she typically freezes and looks at the camera quizzically. She started doing this when she was only 4 months old… Photos are one thing – she smiles with her eyes, too and I have hundreds of stunning photos of her. But filming is something else: it’s as if she has a radar and seems to know when she’s being filmed… and then stops acting naturally.</p><h2 class=\"p1\">The smallest high definition camera</h2><p class=\"p1\">As a film director and cinematographer, I possess a large collection of lenses, cameras, gimbals, small drones and other gear to film in any scenario. But this professional equipment is much larger than a phone and more conspicuous. To capture precious moments in the life of my camera-aware baby girl, I’d have to go small. Much smaller.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p class=\"p1\">So last month I started researching products from camera and drone company DJI that fit in the palm of a hand and are much smaller than an iPhone: the <a href=\"https://www.dji.com/pocket-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJI Pocket 2</a> and <a href=\"https://www.dji.com/action-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJI Action 2</a>.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><h2 class=\"p1\">DJI Marketing videos: young people having fun</h2><p class=\"p1\">Both products are showcased in stylish marketing campaigns that show young adults having fun in locations around the world. The tagline for DJI Pocket 2: “create your epic cinematic shot”. Words that come to mind when watching the video are: adventure, travel, fun. There is a quick shot of a baby, but it feels completely out of context in the video. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsh6Iu3aEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The DJI Action promotional video</a> takes thing up a notch, showing skateboarder, a soccer player, someone riding a motorcycle in the desert, a skydiver… and two young women who seem to be fashion bloggers. You’d have a hard time finding someone over the age of 25 featured in these videos.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGSkxqcEhuSlNwdDQlMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMllvdVR1YmUlMjB2aWRlbyUyMHBsYXllciUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlciUzQiUyMGF1dG9wbGF5JTNCJTIwY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlJTNCJTIwZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhJTNCJTIwZ3lyb3Njb3BlJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[/vc_raw_html][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><p class=\"p1\">I’m sure there is a good reason for it and for a company with more than 1000 employees around the world, I’m certain extensive market research was conducted to find the ideal demographic for its products.</p><h2 class=\"p1\">A (forgotten) marketing persona: new parent</h2><p class=\"p1\">After reading mixed reviews for the DJI Action, I took a leap of faith and purchased a DJI Pocket 2. It arrived two weeks ago. I’ve been filming with it ever since and I’m absolutely hooked. I think it’s the ideal product for a new parent and I can’t fathom why DJI won’t target this category in their marketing campaigns.</p><p class=\"p1\"><strong>As a mom and filmmaker, here is what I love about the DJI Pocket 2</strong>:</p><ul><li class=\"p1\">I can turn it on in less than 4 seconds and it’s ready to film. Forget unlocking your phone, opening the camera app and selecting “video”. The DJI Pocket 2 stays on its last used setting, so if you use it to film videos, it’s ready to go at the press of one button</li><li class=\"p1\">It films in gorgeous 4k resolution</li><li class=\"p1\">It has a gimbal with 3 axis stabilization, which means that every shot looks smooth and perfectly stabilized. This is possibly my favorite feature – a teeny tiny gimbal on top of a tiny 4k camera the size of a highlighter. Every shot looks AMAZING. As a cinematographer, I can’t stress this enough. A total game changer.</li><li class=\"p1\">The DJI Pocket has a very wide lens – much wider than that of a smartphone</li><li class=\"p1\">The other day I used the DJI Pocket 2 to film a POV shot of my baby girl reading a book while sitting in the armchair on my lap. I did a high angle, birds’ eye view shot first and then panned down and around to show her from the front. The entire action was smooth and beautiful to look at. The lens is so wide, that it captured my smiling baby girl and a book, even if I was holding her in my arms. It would be impossible to film this kind of close shot on a phone. Even if you’re Christopher Doyle. With professional camera equipment: forget it. You can’t hold a professional camera in one hand while filming yourself and a baby in your arms. With the DJI Pocket 2 this is not only possible, but beautifully executed because of the combo of gimbal and wide lens.</li><li class=\"p1\">It’s so small, it can fit in tiny nooks and crannies. Last night my husband was playing with our baby girl, teaching her to reach for objects while sitting on her knees in front of a bookcase. I was able to film an awesome point-of-view shot putting the DJI Pocket 2 inside a nook of the bookcase.</li><li>It has FOUR microphones, so the audio quality is stellar.</li><li class=\"p1\">The DJI Pocket 2 is so small, it fits in my pocket or my purse. I can easily take it with me everywhere</li></ul><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][image_with_animation image_url=”7787″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]</p><h6><em>Left to right: a Canon 5D Mark IV, the DJI Pocket 2, a highlighter and an iPhone SE</em></h6><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><h2 class=\"p1\">Dear DJI, this may be your biggest missed opportunity</h2><p class=\"p1\">My husband and I have been raving about the DJI Pocket 2. We’ve been demonstrating its awesomeness to anyone who visits us at our apartment. We may have convinced 3 couples and another friend to buy it.</p><p class=\"p1\">My biggest problem these days is the sheer amount of videos I’m filming. Someone – i.e. me – gotta edit these one day. 2 videos a day may not seem much, but they translate to roughly 4 minutes of footage per day… In addition to the photos I’m taking. I’m getting a surge of stress just thinking about it. Thank goodness I have a 12 terabyte hard drive to store them.</p><p class=\"p1\">I don’t feel comfortable sharing online videos that show my baby girl’s face – I want to protect her privacy as much as I can for the time being – so you have to take my word for it. This camera is AMAZING. Especially in natural light, in the daytime. A tiny gimbal on a 4k camera the size of a highlighter. Anyone could film beautiful, smooth sequences with it.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][image_with_animation image_url=”7779″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]</p><h6><em>A screenshot of a video I shot while holding my baby girl. The room was dark but the video turned out great. The DJI Pocket 2 truly shines while filming during the daytime, in natural light</em></h6><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><p class=\"p1\">The DJI Pocket 2 is a marvel and the ideal accessory for new parents. I wish I had had it when I was at the hospital after the delivery… I filmed a bit but with my Canon 5D Mark IV (without a gimbal) and the footage is shaky.</p><p class=\"p1\">New parents aside, this camera would be an amazing accessory for any adult – to film parties, trips, outings with friends… you name it. I have been using it every day since I bought it and I’m constantly blown away by the type of shots I can get. This morning I filmed a bird’s eye view shot of my daughter playing amongst her toys in her playpen. I then panned down at her eye level, filming her between the wooden bars of the playpen; she smiled at me and started crawling towards me and the camera. It was a fluid shot, a 20 second sequence that brings a smile to my face every time I see it.</p><p class=\"p1\">Dear DJI, this is a huge missed opportunity for your marketing team – please consider targeting new parents. And women. And people over the age of 25. 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What boggles my mind is that camera companies are missing out on a potential HUGE market – not just when it comes to 50% of the population but also people in a particular life situation. Let me explain.</p><h2 class=\"p1\">Capturing My Baby’s Milestones</h2><p class=\"p1\">Since the birth of my daughter in late January 2021, I have taken more than 10,000 photos of her with my professional camera equipment. I also strive to shoot videos of her, if not every day, at least every few days, to capture milestones. The day she came home from the hospital… the first time she met her grandparents… the first time she crawled across the room… you get the idea. So far my husband and I have captured so many moving moments and I’m planning to edit a film for her (it’s my profession after all) so that she can savor these instants too, when she’s older.</p><p class=\"p1\">My baby girl is now used to my camera and truly fascinated by it. Problem is, when I grab my professional cameras or take out of my pocket my iPhone to film her, she typically freezes and looks at the camera quizzically. She started doing this when she was only 4 months old… Photos are one thing – she smiles with her eyes, too and I have hundreds of stunning photos of her. But filming is something else: it’s as if she has a radar and seems to know when she’s being filmed… and then stops acting naturally.</p><h2 class=\"p1\">The smallest high definition camera</h2><p class=\"p1\">As a film director and cinematographer, I possess a large collection of lenses, cameras, gimbals, small drones and other gear to film in any scenario. But this professional equipment is much larger than a phone and more conspicuous. To capture precious moments in the life of my camera-aware baby girl, I’d have to go small. Much smaller.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span></p><p class=\"p1\">So last month I started researching products from camera and drone company DJI that fit in the palm of a hand and are much smaller than an iPhone: the <a href=\"https://www.dji.com/pocket-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJI Pocket 2</a> and <a href=\"https://www.dji.com/action-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJI Action 2</a>.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><h2 class=\"p1\">DJI Marketing videos: young people having fun</h2><p class=\"p1\">Both products are showcased in stylish marketing campaigns that show young adults having fun in locations around the world. The tagline for DJI Pocket 2: “create your epic cinematic shot”. Words that come to mind when watching the video are: adventure, travel, fun. There is a quick shot of a baby, but it feels completely out of context in the video. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsh6Iu3aEw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The DJI Action promotional video</a> takes thing up a notch, showing skateboarder, a soccer player, someone riding a motorcycle in the desert, a skydiver… and two young women who seem to be fashion bloggers. You’d have a hard time finding someone over the age of 25 featured in these videos.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGSkxqcEhuSlNwdDQlMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMllvdVR1YmUlMjB2aWRlbyUyMHBsYXllciUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlciUzQiUyMGF1dG9wbGF5JTNCJTIwY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlJTNCJTIwZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhJTNCJTIwZ3lyb3Njb3BlJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[/vc_raw_html][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><p class=\"p1\">I’m sure there is a good reason for it and for a company with more than 1000 employees around the world, I’m certain extensive market research was conducted to find the ideal demographic for its products.</p><h2 class=\"p1\">A (forgotten) marketing persona: new parent</h2><p class=\"p1\">After reading mixed reviews for the DJI Action, I took a leap of faith and purchased a DJI Pocket 2. It arrived two weeks ago. I’ve been filming with it ever since and I’m absolutely hooked. I think it’s the ideal product for a new parent and I can’t fathom why DJI won’t target this category in their marketing campaigns.</p><p class=\"p1\"><strong>As a mom and filmmaker, here is what I love about the DJI Pocket 2</strong>:</p><ul><li class=\"p1\">I can turn it on in less than 4 seconds and it’s ready to film. Forget unlocking your phone, opening the camera app and selecting “video”. The DJI Pocket 2 stays on its last used setting, so if you use it to film videos, it’s ready to go at the press of one button</li><li class=\"p1\">It films in gorgeous 4k resolution</li><li class=\"p1\">It has a gimbal with 3 axis stabilization, which means that every shot looks smooth and perfectly stabilized. This is possibly my favorite feature – a teeny tiny gimbal on top of a tiny 4k camera the size of a highlighter. Every shot looks AMAZING. As a cinematographer, I can’t stress this enough. A total game changer.</li><li class=\"p1\">The DJI Pocket has a very wide lens – much wider than that of a smartphone</li><li class=\"p1\">The other day I used the DJI Pocket 2 to film a POV shot of my baby girl reading a book while sitting in the armchair on my lap. I did a high angle, birds’ eye view shot first and then panned down and around to show her from the front. The entire action was smooth and beautiful to look at. The lens is so wide, that it captured my smiling baby girl and a book, even if I was holding her in my arms. It would be impossible to film this kind of close shot on a phone. Even if you’re Christopher Doyle. With professional camera equipment: forget it. You can’t hold a professional camera in one hand while filming yourself and a baby in your arms. With the DJI Pocket 2 this is not only possible, but beautifully executed because of the combo of gimbal and wide lens.</li><li class=\"p1\">It’s so small, it can fit in tiny nooks and crannies. Last night my husband was playing with our baby girl, teaching her to reach for objects while sitting on her knees in front of a bookcase. I was able to film an awesome point-of-view shot putting the DJI Pocket 2 inside a nook of the bookcase.</li><li>It has FOUR microphones, so the audio quality is stellar.</li><li class=\"p1\">The DJI Pocket 2 is so small, it fits in my pocket or my purse. I can easily take it with me everywhere</li></ul><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][image_with_animation image_url=”7787″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]</p><h6><em>Left to right: a Canon 5D Mark IV, the DJI Pocket 2, a highlighter and an iPhone SE</em></h6><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><h2 class=\"p1\">Dear DJI, this may be your biggest missed opportunity</h2><p class=\"p1\">My husband and I have been raving about the DJI Pocket 2. We’ve been demonstrating its awesomeness to anyone who visits us at our apartment. We may have convinced 3 couples and another friend to buy it.</p><p class=\"p1\">My biggest problem these days is the sheer amount of videos I’m filming. Someone – i.e. me – gotta edit these one day. 2 videos a day may not seem much, but they translate to roughly 4 minutes of footage per day… In addition to the photos I’m taking. I’m getting a surge of stress just thinking about it. Thank goodness I have a 12 terabyte hard drive to store them.</p><p class=\"p1\">I don’t feel comfortable sharing online videos that show my baby girl’s face – I want to protect her privacy as much as I can for the time being – so you have to take my word for it. This camera is AMAZING. Especially in natural light, in the daytime. A tiny gimbal on a 4k camera the size of a highlighter. Anyone could film beautiful, smooth sequences with it.</p><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][image_with_animation image_url=”7779″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]</p><h6><em>A screenshot of a video I shot while holding my baby girl. The room was dark but the video turned out great. The DJI Pocket 2 truly shines while filming during the daytime, in natural light</em></h6><p>[/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”30″][vc_column_text]</p><p class=\"p1\">The DJI Pocket 2 is a marvel and the ideal accessory for new parents. I wish I had had it when I was at the hospital after the delivery… I filmed a bit but with my Canon 5D Mark IV (without a gimbal) and the footage is shaky.</p><p class=\"p1\">New parents aside, this camera would be an amazing accessory for any adult – to film parties, trips, outings with friends… you name it. I have been using it every day since I bought it and I’m constantly blown away by the type of shots I can get. This morning I filmed a bird’s eye view shot of my daughter playing amongst her toys in her playpen. I then panned down at her eye level, filming her between the wooden bars of the playpen; she smiled at me and started crawling towards me and the camera. It was a fluid shot, a 20 second sequence that brings a smile to my face every time I see it.</p><p class=\"p1\">Dear DJI, this is a huge missed opportunity for your marketing team – please consider targeting new parents. And women. And people over the age of 25. You have a miraculous product in your hands that could create magical memories for so many people.</p><p>cheers,</p><p>Elena Rossini[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]</p><p><a href=\"https://elenarossini.com/2021/12/filmmaker-letter-dji-missed-opportunity/\" class=\"status-link unhandled-link\">https://elenarossini.com/2021/12/filmmaker-letter-dji-missed-opportunity/</a></p><p><a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/advertising/\">#advertising</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/caroline-criado-perez/\">#CarolineCriadoPerez</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/cindy-gallop/\">#CindyGallop</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/cinematographers/\">#cinematographers</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/cinematography/\">#cinematography</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/dji/\">#DJI</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/dji-action/\">#DJIAction</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/dji-pocket/\">#DJIPocket</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/dji-pocket-2/\">#DJIPocket2</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/filming-gear/\">#filmingGear</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/gear/\">#gear</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/invisible-women/\">#InvisibleWomen</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/marketing-persona/\">#marketingPersona</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/women-in-film/\">#womenInFilm</a> <a rel=\"tag\" class=\"hashtag u-tag u-category\" href=\"https://elenarossini.com/tag/women-photographers/\">#womenPhotographers</a></p>"
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