HEY, I’VE BEEN BOOTED BY THE BRITS.
That's a first one for me, I’m a trouble maker even across the Atlantic. To think that one of my secret dreams was to be knighted by the Queen, that's out of question now.
Crap, I already had business cards printed as "Sir Nino Giannotti" video services.
Oh well, another dream in the crapper.
Considering that Rosenblum graced us with his presence here yesterday I decided to exchange the courtesy and do the same on his Guardian Blog.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-academy-blog/2012/apr/27/video-courses-guardian-media-academy
So I asked basically the same questions I asked on this thread.
In view that their main punch line on the Rosenblum/Guardian classes is that Rosenblum trained over 40,000 students I would say that my question was appropriate.
I also imagine that any good and intelligent consumer who is considering spending over $2000 for four days of video training would ask the same question. Considering also that Rosenblum has a mile long list of credentials but shows absolutely nothing to back those claims, for any intelligent consumer that's would be a big red flag, even the BBB always warn consumer to always check references and credentials. So I don't think that my questions were out of line, when I’m asked to conduct workshops I show real work with real clients, real results and real money.
So my question basically was:
“If you claim to have successfully trained over 40,000 students, can we see some of their work and successes?â€
Well, The Guardian is in bed with Rosenblum on these 4 days training and they both stand to make a lot of money. Questions like mine might lead to those who intend to attend those training classes to ask the very same question and considering that they have no answers any intelligent question might cause them to lose a lots of money, intelligence and the new wave of videomakers don't go well together. Is much easier to just delete my questions as “inappropriateâ€, than to answers questions when there are no answers.
Also in big red letter they are telling me that if I intend to post in the future:
“Your comments are being pre moderated.â€
The Guardian must be a very impartial newspaper, as long as it doesn't cut into their profits, in that case everything goes. Their version and rules of freedom of speech is set and monitored by their accountants.
This sure brought back a lots of memories. In the 60s when I was a photojournalist student I traveled for assignments in the former Yugoslavia, (I lived just across the border in Italy). That was under the Tito’s socialist regime. When there I was always assigned a government security agent to make sure that every time I click the shutter is an approved picture.