Open - World's first short film on Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source

Make Web Not War (http://www.webnotwar.ca) is proud to present Open, the World's first short film on Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source. Open is the directorial debut of Richard Pietro, a self-described "Open Government Fanboy & Groupie to Hero Public Servants."

If you'd like the original, raw, uncut takes for the film, please don't hesitate to contact us and we'll make the proper arrangements to send you the files. Open Data isn't just for CSVs, XML, and JSON files :-)

Mish Tam https://twitter.com/TheMishTam
Julian Frid https://twitter.com/JulianFrid

Written and Directed by Richard Pietro https://twitter.com/richardpietro
Screenplay by Richard Pietro & Rick Weiss https://twitter.com/RickWeiss
Produced by Richard Pietro & Rick Weiss
Cinematographers Gord Poon & Mike Donis https://twitter.com/MikeDonis
Technical Lead Brian Wong

In association with http://clearmedia.ca/ and StoriesWorthSharing https://twitter.com/sws_films

Executive Producer Keith Loo https://twitter.com/thekeithloo
Executive Producer Bruce Chau https://twitter.com/brucechau

Learn more: #WhatIsOpen https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23whatisopen&src=typd

Learn more: #webnotwar https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23webnotwar&src=typda

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Good morning to all of you out there.

This is "Rich and Rich" in the morning. I'm Rich.

...and I'm Rich

Today kicks-off our semi-annual Michael Bolton week.

Rich, I am really, REALLY excited because for my money

I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings

"When a Man loves a Woman."

Haha. I know exactly what you mean.

I celebrate the guy's entire catalogue.

Don't we all, but...

Let me tell you why I’m here. It’s because I know something.

What I know can’t be explained, but you can feel it.

You’ve felt it your whole career.

Felt that something's wrong with your 9 to 5 grind.

Felt that we need progress, but don’t how or where to begin.

But it’s there like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.

It’s this feeling that’s brought me to you.

Do you know what I’m talking about?

Open Government, Open Data and Open Source.

Yes, O3. Do you want to know what it is?

O3 is everywhere. Even now in this very room.

You use it when you wake up in the morning

or choose where to buy your coffee.

You feel its effect when you commute

when you share your opinions.

It’s the presence of a World that you don’t yet acknowledge,

but impacts every aspect of your life.

Unfortunately, no one can be told what O3 is.

You have to experience it for yourself.

This is your last chance.

After this, you won’t want to turn back.

Take the blue Smartie and this life continues,

forever and ever.

Take the red Smartie and I show you what

progress really looks like.

Remember, I am simply a messenger.

The Smartie you took was just to distract you

Because I’m about to give you the Vulcan Neck P inch.

What?!

O3 is everywhere. O3 is everywhere. O3 is everywhere...

This is our co-working space. It is our ecosystem.

We can do anything from creating new apps,

to developing new relationships. Hold events or meetings.

Design or attend workshops. Do alpha & beta testing.

Anything we need.

Right now, we’re in an open work environment?

Is it really so hard to believe?

Your clothes are different; there’s lively and engaged chatter

in your ears.

Your wedgy is dislodged.

Your mindset is now what we call “comfortable.”

It is the final realization of your subconscious self.

But can anyone actually get work done in this environment?

What is a work environment?

How do you define a work environment?

If you’re talking about cubicles, drab colours, fluorescent

lighting, and TPS reports,

then a work environment is simply a place for doing things.

This is the World that you know.

The World as it was at the end of the 20th Century.

It exists now only as part of a mentally depressing

paradigm that we call the “bureaucracy.”

You’ve been living in a Closed World.

A World that is being replaced by this.

You've never heard of Short Circuit?

Like, these images look familiar, if that makes any sense?

Welcome to an Open Community.

We have only bits and pieces of information,

but what we do know is that at a certain point

in the early 21st century, all of mankind was

united in celebration.

We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to

Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source.

O3.

A communal realization that spawned massive changes in the

culture of how we do things.

We don’t know exactly how it happened, but we know

things started changing with the arrival of the Internet.

Throughout human history we have been dependent on

hierarchies to be innovative, responsive, and efficient.

Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.

The Internet creates more per second

than the entire Renaissance

and gives all people an equal opportunity to

share their perspectives and ideas.

Combined with the proper social tools, the Internet has

ushered a new collaborative dynamic between

the people and their government.

There are sites. Endless sites where people are

no longer indifferent, they are engaged.

For the longest time I wouldn’t believe it, but then I saw

these sites with my own eyes. Saw the transparency tools

that are actually effective at keeping people accountable

for their words and actions.

Observed citizens working together with public servants.

Standing there, facing the pure delightful progress,

I came to realize the obviousness of the truth.

What is O3?

Trust.

O3 is a new social standard designed to foster

accountability, transparency, and engagement

in order to bring about a functional relationship

between people and government.

You have got to be joking, right?

I never said it would be easy,

I only said that this is what progress looks like.

And it is happening now.

This may work for coding apps and websites,

but government is too big and messy.

It can't be done

You have to let it all go. Fear. Doubt. Disbelief.

Open your mind.

Woah.

Most 20-year-olds I speak with

have no idea what Short Circuit is.

Oh really?

Totally.

I actually, frankly never...

That movie was shot in Toronto.

You've never heard of Short Circuit?

Like, these images look familiar, if that makes any sense?

Like, I think they've crossed my visage as a younger man

But, I know very little.

Johnny 5

Good movie. They had a second one too, right?