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And so I have declared war on facebook. I have deleted my albums and will no more be an active member. Facebook can never be a community but a pain. And it is all evident now in the problems that the social media is facing. There is a price to pay and letting go of boundaries will challenge the identity of a person and eventually may put the life of the person at risk..

Belonging to every community there will be problems but problems in the physical can be dealt with by moving away or responding to it. But virtually it becomes harder to manage reputations.

In a matter of 2 hours after my second post about Fb was written at 1.33 p.m I found yet another coverage adding to the blackmarks Fb has recieved. Does this signal the downfall of Fb. I wouldnt be surprised to see the banning of this social networking site very son or atleast some kinda restrictions. “The facebook thing changed it”?? was the Educational Regional director’s response. It seems to me that Fb is being regarded as a evil form like Peter Parker in Spiderman being overcome by the alien symbiote which transforms the people interacting with it…

Social networks are powerful in their ability to shrink the world to a global village…but considering their vulnerability makes me question just how powerful they are in the enemies hands too. Every article I have read recently about facebook including “the sexiest video attack” and the users being exposed simply because they were unaware of the change in privacy settings seem to highlight the vulnerability of facebook, the murder of a teen who was lued by a stranger. We as users should be aware of the consequences.

I couldn’t make my documentary flow as the art of narration is new to me. I have decided to look up on some books. One book I found was “Documentary story telling for video and filmmakers by Sheila Curran Bernard. Few tips that I learnt were

1.What I say depends on what the audience needs to learn. And here I paused to think of introducing the universal theme in a subtle manner.The key theme is

• Community support in overcoming challenges

What can I say in the story to introduce a theme like community support. Community groups are becoming popular to an extent but I hesitate to say all groups have positive outcomes.My documentary talks of a positively deviant group. In a collaborative world belonging to a group need not necessarily mean that it is good or ethical or moral or even humane.Maybe my documentary doesn’t have a universal theme. I am inspiring Christians to become overcomers of stigma using their church community support. If their church doesn’t offer support my documentary will urge them to become leaders. Using their negative experiences as stepping stones personally or for members in the group.

I close my eyes and I feel that every person is dancing. Dancing to different tunes. The community I belong to are dancing to a calm, peaceful, graceful song that speaks of love. Undying love for their Lord and savior.They did not choose Him but He chose them and died for them on the cross. It is their act of love in obeying his words and not cursing their enemies but in choosing to bless them.It is their act of love in choosing to refuse conformity to the world’s ways.It is their act of love in choosing to spend their time with Him.

I thought it was hilarious but it does become difficult these days to distinguish fact and fiction. It seems as though most of our news is a parody in itself.

1.Land without bread :

I thought it was for real because there are certain communities where weird practises still exist. It did look like archival footage but again the fine line between fact and fiction seems to be more pronounced.

2.This is Spinal Tap:

Seemed like one of the spoof movies to me. I was laughing uncontrollably and the “choking over vomit” was hilarious until Jenny said that such things did happen. If I had known of the occurences then the doco was quite convincing. The context , the screaming fans, the stage , the singers – the authenticity of the whole “the golden age” singers seemed to be convincing to me.

3.Borat:

Seemed offensive and rude to me. I wouldn’t call it as a documentary. Thats why it’s called a mockumentary I guess – but that shouldn’t give the director the power to shame practises of culture and society. It is a cheap form of infotainment.