Response to Yes Men

Yes Men was an okay movie. Personally I didn't see how these people were going to change the world through pranks. The act of impersonation isn't going to change anything. You'll annoy a few people, but the machine will keep on going. However, the movie itself, documenting these guys and their views is a much more affective way of mass communication to bring about change. I believe that to get any group collective thinking, you have to do it in bulk. That is because one thread over here, and another thread over here, won't tie themselves together, usually. If you can get a whole bunch of threads at once though, people begin to see the larger impacts of globalization, and will tie themselves with others they see in front of them.  

Watching the movie tied in perfectly with Assignment 5 because this assignment is about camera less filmmaking. About taking what you have in front of you, to make a film. The Yes Men, take what they have in front of them, a global market of executives, and they try to integrate themselves by impersonating them to make change. There was a certain quality of experimentation with the Yes Men. They used what was thought of as standards of practice, power points, suits, etc, and fooled people into listening to ridiculous lectures about the merits of slavery! They took a set of expectations, and turn them on their head. When you then look at it, you see its ridiculousness. 

Assignment 5 is not about the ridiculousness of filmmaking, but perhaps the ridiculous notion that you have to make a film, with a film camera. We turn that notion on its head, and show that you can make great movies by working outside the box.