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parocks
11-12-2007, 05:35 PM
Is there an official Ron Paul DVD?

There really should be.

DVDs are really cheap to produce in bulk.
Here are a couple links on that.

http://www.discmakers.com/film/products/dvdb101.asp
10,000 DVDs for $8,300 (that's for a DVD with full color printing on it, a case, a full color cover insert, and a UPC code) . For an extra 14 cents, per, the slickest 4 page full color insert (slim jim content?)

for 63 cents per, you get a full color cardboard jacket and a full color DVD - as well as the upc code. http://www.discmakers.com/film/products/j100.asp

Now, I'm certainly not the only person on this board who has made a DVD, and I think that if there isn't one now, one could be ready to manufacture in a week or less.

A slick DVD would be good for many reasons.

1) Sell on RonPaul2008.com - make $. Sell 1 for $3 or $5 or $10
Sell 100 for $200 Sell 1000 for $1500 or $1000 (meetup groups would likely spend $ for a bunch of em.

2) Currently, there are at least 2 chip-ins where funds are being solicited for DVD related materials. One has to do with buying a DVD burner, the other has to do with sending DVDs to folks in Michigan.

3) New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina. Voters in those states should have slick DVDs. Clinton got press, a lot of positive feedback, etc., by handing out videotapes in NH. The tapes weren't polished at all, just a white box with a cutout for the label, which was a white sticker with black writing. I believe that cheap looking VHS dubs then were more expensive than really cool DVDs.

4) Sell the DVD in stores, sell the DVD on Amazon. It has a bar code. I bet that
if the DVD was available on Amazon, there would be plenty of people who would
say "Let's get the DVD to #1" and would probably be quite successful.

What you all say?

Ninja Homer
11-12-2007, 05:52 PM
An official DVD is something that's been brought up many times, and we still haven't heard anything about it being worked on. I think almost everybody agrees that it would be a good thing to have. They could probably make up on production costs within a few days by selling it from their online store.

Many people have DVD players that either don't have an internet connection or have a slow internet connection that can't handle youtube. DVD's are cheap and easy to hand out. People will normally watch free DVD's, especially if they got it from somebody they know. They'd work well for throwing "Ron Paul home parties", so people can just invite a bunch of people over and then throw in the DVD.

To me, it's a no-brainer. It's my one gripe about the official HQ... we should have had a high quality DVD months ago.

VIDEODROME
11-12-2007, 06:03 PM
I would like something like this. Either sell DVDs or merely provide the material for download somewhere. Work out a license agreement allowing downloaders to burn copies for distribution or for public video projection.

Sure there is YouTube but it would be nice to have superior resolution and audio. Also as some have mentioned not everybody has high speed internet.

Man from La Mancha
11-12-2007, 06:11 PM
It's been mentioned for 5 months but either it is too complex for HQ or they hired someone really inept help to produce it. Several people on this forum have proven if given the material, in days could put out a DVD for free labor, but HQ won't even release any footage of the dozens events they have held. This is the biggest thing they have not improved on.:(:confused:

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parocks
11-12-2007, 06:17 PM
An official DVD is something that's been brought up many times, and we still haven't heard anything about it being worked on. I think almost everybody agrees that it would be a good thing to have. They could probably make up on production costs within a few days by selling it from their online store.

Many people have DVD players that either don't have an internet connection or have a slow internet connection that can't handle youtube. DVD's are cheap and easy to hand out. People will normally watch free DVD's, especially if they got it from somebody they know. They'd work well for throwing "Ron Paul home parties", so people can just invite a bunch of people over and then throw in the DVD.

To me, it's a no-brainer. It's my one gripe about the official HQ... we should have had a high quality DVD months ago.


Well, is this the type of thing that the grassroots should take the bull by the horns on? I mean, we have a chipin to raise $6300 and we can have 10k DVDs.
I mean, I like the idea of the official campaign having full control of the message, but to this point, the grassroots is running full page newspaper ads, producing and airing TV commercials, radio spots, so I don't think that a DVD is really more than that.

There could be a DVD section of this forum where people with the skills could hammer together a DVD.

The campaign could at least upload DV clips somewhere (or bittorrent) that they would want used on a DVD. If they're too busy to work on a DVD, they probably do have an idea of what footage they already have that has the right message. We can do the authoring, graphics, etc.

Geronimo
11-12-2007, 06:19 PM
This isn't an official campaign DVD, but it's the best thing I've seen.

http://www.ronpauldvdproject.com/

parocks
11-12-2007, 06:30 PM
I would like something like this. Either sell DVDs or merely provide the material for download somewhere. Work out a license agreement allowing downloaders to burn copies for distribution or for public video projection.

Sure there is YouTube but it would be nice to have superior resolution and audio. Also as some have mentioned not everybody has high speed internet.

And when people are going door to door in NH, Iowa, Nevada, SC, they could hand the people a DVD, with a 4 page slim jim booklet in it instead of just a slim jim. Even those with high speed internet might not be thinking about Ron Paul as much as we are and might not go check out YouTube vids even if you hand them a slim jim.

Maybe they're just waiting. They don't want to release the awesome DVD until exactly the right time. And then they'll flood NH with busloads of volunteers with armfuls of DVDs for everyone in NH. Everyone in NH will see the DVD and vote for Ron Paul.

Do this now, get to 60% in the polls a month+ before the primary, be the front runner and get attacked and lose momentum, or, do this x days, weeks before the primary, time it right.

parocks
11-12-2007, 06:44 PM
This isn't an official campaign DVD, but it's the best thing I've seen.

http://www.ronpauldvdproject.com/


Yeah, this is quite good. I was thinking of something not as good as this.
The only concerns I would have would be copyright.

Ncturnal
11-12-2007, 06:48 PM
Yeah, this is quite good. I was thinking of something not as good as this.
The only concerns I would have would be copyright.

They have links on the site to freely download it. They encourage you to copy it and get it to as many people as possible.

Geronimo
11-12-2007, 07:01 PM
I'd be doing this if my computer had the capacity to burn discs.

lastnymleft
11-12-2007, 07:35 PM
They have links on the site to freely download it. They encourage you to copy it and get it to as many people as possible.

http://www.Ronpauldvd.com has 10,000 dvds for just $5358

We should have chipins to send these to NH and IA meetup groups for distribution within their states. Flood the joint with DVDs, so that at least everybody has access to having seen it.

NH has 560,000 households. I'm sure we could cover a fair few of them.

Geronimo
11-12-2007, 07:44 PM
I think it's a great idea, but I'd bounce it off of the NH meetup organizers first.
(I think I posted links to them in this thread somewhere)

progrock
11-13-2007, 01:43 AM
This is an Excellent unofficial DVD http://www.mininova.org/tor/957282
comes with a menu system with music vids and the works. i'm making about 30 copies as of now and i'm going to give them away at my work

dc74rp
11-13-2007, 02:56 AM
I would pay for For people who would agree with the message of liberty but might not have heard of Ron Paul, this is the best video I've seen, in my opinion. Warning: Contains anti-socialist views, and Paul says "the foundations of a police state have been laid" and "our leaders are demogouges and would be dictators". But to my ears despite how extreme the wording is, somehow the way Paul says says it, in context, they don't sound that extremist:

Ron Paul PEC Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlPT4bncq8

For someone with a longer attention span and interested in the Constitution or Law, this series is great. He's speaking to a group of Law students and other supporters about the Constitution. Here's the first of a series:

Ron Paul Constitution Speech @ Seattle University School of Law Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0sKHtDaBUo

If someone could burn these, I would pay and distribute them all over.

I also thought the recent Ron Paul lecture to Bernanke was powerful, but I'm guessing it wouldn't be a good sales pitch to those who weren't interested in economics and agreed with Paul's views. In my imagination it looks like Bernanke knows the economy is in danger, and it's tough for him to hear Paul saying it's the Fed's fault cause Ben thinks our man might have been right all this time and no one listened.

Ron Paul Schools Ben Bernanke Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAwvlDJgJbM

Thunderbolt
11-13-2007, 05:07 AM
http://www.Ronpauldvd.com has 10,000 dvds for just $5358

We should have chipins to send these to NH and IA meetup groups for distribution within their states. Flood the joint with DVDs, so that at least everybody has access to having seen it.

NH has 560,000 households. I'm sure we could cover a fair few of them.

These are way too long for marketing purposes. You need something much shorter or people will get bored. These are not good for marketing purposes.

Thunderbolt
11-13-2007, 05:11 AM
Yeah, this is quite good. I was thinking of something not as good as this.
The only concerns I would have would be copyright.

Nah, he is happy to have you copy them. But, it is a little self indulgent. A lot of time spent on the meetup group that made it and how wonderful they are. But, once you get past that, it really grew on me. I just wish they would take out a whole lot.

We need a DVD no more than 20 minutes long.


By the way, I called the campaign about making an official DVD. This is not a priority for them. They are busy.

literatim
11-13-2007, 05:18 AM
The worst part about these DVDs floating around is the quality of the footage and frankly they are too long. It is best to tackle it issue by issue and let people select the issue they want to see on the select screen.

Thunderbolt
11-13-2007, 05:19 AM
In our campaign materials section is a video called a man for all seasons. You can watch it on Google. It is great for hard core Reps. Good for turning delegates, that kind of thing. A friend turned me on to it. I suggest you all take a look at it. It is real Ronald Reagan rah rah rah kind of stuff.

Most of us might not like it, but think of an audience of delegates... My friend is distributing them at District meetings. Let me know if you all agree. Maybe we can figure out a way to get these into the hands of all the GOP delegates? I think it would be a worthwhile project.

But, I need feedback from staunch old right republicans. Will some of you check it out please and give feedback?

Oh, and I did not make this. It is a bit long - 45 minutes, but I think it has good stuff in it. Please watch it with hardcore GOP folks in mind. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8351865602354164048

Thunderbolt
11-13-2007, 05:20 AM
This is an Excellent unofficial DVD http://www.mininova.org/tor/957282
comes with a menu system with music vids and the works. i'm making about 30 copies as of now and i'm going to give them away at my work


Hey, that is the DVD I am talking about! He has a high res version available.

Eric21ND
11-13-2007, 07:09 AM
Man of All Seasons I don't think is very good for the general public. Might work for delegates.

I'd like to see a DVD an hour or less in length, maybe organized to give it that documentary point of view. Starting with the early days of the campaign and culminating to where we are today and how far we got.

We should have a section on the forum where people can upload broadcast quality video and have it all in one organized section so people with the good quality video can get in the hands of those that want to make DVDs.

Mass producing a high quality DVD needs to be a huge priority right now!! I mean let's get the ball rolling on this so we can have something within the next week or so.

dc74rp
11-13-2007, 01:20 PM
These are way too long for marketing purposes. You need something much shorter or people will get bored. These are not good for marketing purposes.

You all gotta look at the PEC video. It's under 7 minutes, and was made as an advertisement by the official Ron Paul Presidential Exploratory Commitee. It could be edited to be shorter.... and it'd be good to get a version with better resolution. It's Paul sitting in a living room in front of the fireplace, explaining the troubles our country faces, which no politician seems to want to admit, and the message of liberty. There's a slight "in front of the camera" tone, but to me that just makes it seem more sincere? Maybe because he doesn't come across as "slick".

Maybe it's just me, but it's the most inspiring "official commercial" to promote a candidacy for president I've seen. This one comes across to me like a call to join the cause of liberty. A stark contrast to almost every other political commercial that candidates put out that seem to be short "sound bite-ized" lists of policy positions meant to win votes, selling the candidate like something on a shelf in the store.

I think this has what the recent official commercials are missing...... it presents a coherent vision of liberty vs. the vision government will take care of you in exchange for control of your life. It won't win voters who have socialist tendencies, but for those who lean towards liberty, I'm sure a better resolution, well edited version would win them over.

I could be wrong, but look for yourself and you decide:

Ron Paul PEC Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlPT4bncq8

Cindy
11-13-2007, 01:39 PM
This is an Excellent unofficial DVD http://www.mininova.org/tor/957282
comes with a menu system with music vids and the works. i'm making about 30 copies as of now and i'm going to give them away at my work


The other DVD link shared by another poster also has a downloadable label. Office Depot sells a label maker kit for $14.00 It's really simple and quick to use. it makes the DVDs look super proffesional.

My husband and I have been burning hundreds of copies for give aways with slim jims too.


This is a great way to get Ron Paul on peoples television sets in their Living Rooms, through the medium they are most accustomed to worshipping- The almighty Big Screen TV with Surround Sound!


One great DVD in someones player, makes up for the lack of good coverage on the television. Watching a DVD makes it feel like he is getting more press and exposure because they are seeing it on their television. It's a psychological thing. No doubt it's why Hillary Obama and Rudy are in the lead. They get the most face time on the boob tube.