The more you study history the more you realize that
everything moves in cycles, a slow progression, trapped in a back and forth,
give and take, wobble all the way.
Much as the universe expands outward from the big bang. The sun remains trapped in the orbit of the
galaxy’s rotation. The earth revolves
around the sun in a slow steady progress through the void.
So too is it with the evolution of mankind. Throughout history, every conflict
demonstrates the battle between our individual points of view, the polar
opposites and every opinion in-between battle it out on this stage of existence. Negative
versus positive night and day as the planet revolves. And every action taken by
both sides has an equal and opposite reaction, and when the dust settles we as
a species have taken one small step forward in the cycle of evolution.
Full Circle.
We started studying Social media in 2003. At the time the phenomenon consisted mainly of
a growing community of bloggers, chronicling their lives on a day to day
basis.. Over time the patterns began to emerge. Year over year similar events
transposed over periods of time from years past. And it became clear that we
were likely to face similar victories or challenges in our lives depending on
where we were in the yearly progression around the sun.
When it was first conceived Anterockstar was intended to be
a 10 week demo product for a social media platform / “real life” lifestyle webzine
we had conceived of in June of 2005.
Intended to be a platform for real everyday people, to illustrate the possibility
that consumers themselves could become viable media product. Our initial
pitches to investors failed, leaving us financial unable to proceed.
However in February of 2006 a local radio station was
holding a contest for a guaranteed audition for Rockstar Supernova. The
resulting failed attempt to create demo for the contest, served as the perfect
vehicle for our concept. Take an average person and chronicle the journey of
turning her into a “Rockstar”.
The idea sprouted wings and By that June
we were in los Angeles pitching our concept to a panel of media moguls hot to
capitalize on the next lonely girl 15. Having
secured a production partner, and joined on stage by our platform partner to
develop the site, we premiered the first episode of Anterockstar on June 6,
2006.
666 a bad omen. Enter conflict stage left.
By the end of June Our production partner had quit the
series, over a difference of opinion. Controlling
the outcome of the project versus “letting go”.
Real Reality vs. Produced Reality.
And so began a ten year long progress of give and take, back
and forth, challenges honed by victories, rolling year over year..
One of many examples of which can be found with the above
noted Rockstar Supernova contest.. it reappears in an new form when in 2008 we
featured Lukas Rossi (winner of Rockstar Supernova)in an episode of Season 2.
Spooky Action. The universe unfolds.
Fast forward to February 2016 where we began participating
in a 10 week workshop that takes amateur musicians, sticks them together to
form a band, and ends in a live on stage performance.. sound familiar… Full circle…
My job as an editor and filmmaker is to try and capture and
present these subtitle nuances, that we call life, and present them in a way so
as to inspire an audience, to take a moment and appreciate our existence and
its ever evolving give and take , noting that through every conflict we take
one small determined step forward.
