I am proud to present to you CFI’s most recent promo video. The official site for the video contains more info.
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I quoth the CFI site hosting the video:
The methods and values of scientific thinking have expanded our knowledge about life and our place in the universe. This modern knowledge—based on experience and evidence—has brought enormous benefit to humanity, yet many people still choose to rely on ancient texts and beliefs to guide their lives and their nations.
The Center for Inquiry exists to change this situation. We are here to promote the scientific outlook, to expand the methods and values of science into all areas of human endeavor.
We invite you to learn more about the ways we are using education, outreach, and activism to advance reason and human values around the world. Then, if these values are as important to you as they are to us, we ask you to join CFI.
Let your voice be heard. With your help, we can ensure that our time—your time—will be a time of science and reason.
Some of the brightest lights or our day are in this video. It contains Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Susan Jacoby, Ann Druyan, Laurence M. Krauss, Damon Linker, E.O. Wilson, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Richard Dawkins, and Paul Kurtz.
The video is fantastic and for very good reason. Lauren Becker, a field organizer for CFI, along with Rich Blundell, president of Omniscopic and CFI supporter, produced the video, and I, yours truly, created all the graphics used in the video.
However, there are some observations I would like to make about the video. Again, it is awesome, but that is mainly due to the fact that I greatly respect and admire the work of everyone featured in the film. I am not entirely sure what the target audience for that video is, but I think in future promotional videos, younger student leaders need to be featured so that the video will appeal to a younger generation. I guess this has been a long-standing problem with CFI and the skeptical/secularist movement in general. There needs to be a greater showing of the many young people who are part of the movement. Plus, I have no idea how appealing this video will be to people who are not already familiar with CFI’s mission.
Nevertheless, I love this video. Lauren and Rich did a fantastic job and I am proud of them and CFI.
On a side note, if you noticed that Dawkins’ head was too close when he was shown for the second time in the video, don’t fret. Due to the contraints in time that was the best shot available.
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What is that tune that starts at 1:50? The guitar thing.
The Discovery Institute uses it too.
In fact, a LOT of these types of videos seem to use it.
But what is it?
My one criticism of the video is the demeanor of Paul Kurtz. I don’t at all think that Kurtz is creepy person, but I can see how his demeanor could be perceived as awkward. Given the nature of the political situation, perhaps upbeat wasn’t called for. But I probably would have preferred as less grim demeanor.
As to invoking young people. I think it would be good to run some promos with heavy weights like Dennett, Pinker, Dawkins, etc., and run some with younger people, and some with both.
We’re going to try and do our own Edger one.