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GNN (Galaxy News Network), an alien news channel, reports on a planet in crisis. Jblit Jblis, an intrepid alien reporter, is sent to the Navgrun Galaxy, (where there is a small planet known as Earth) to find out exactly what is going on. Submitted by Stuart Roweth, UK

64 Responses to “Galaxy News Network”

Elizabeth Stevens Says:
October 30th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Excellent. Creative, smart, funny, entertaining.
Sacha Carter Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 11:21 pm
I love this film. A fun, original take on a serious subject. Great aliens.
Beverley D'Silva Says:
November 1st, 2009 at 11:49 pm
This film focuses on the most pressing environmental issues today in a clever and grabby way. For such a short film its hard-hitting message makes a big impact. Brilliant. I loved it.
Joseph Marshall Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:28 am
Good work. Clever, funny – and horribly real on problems the Earth faces today.
Tricia Van Eck Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:43 am
Love it! It’s too true.
Gill Bond Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:29 am
A wonderful film. Its smart,creative and entertaining- and sends a very clear message about a serious subject that touches us all.
Caroline Foley Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:45 am
Witty, punchy and original. A great take on a deadly serious subject.
Rosamund Saunders Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:32 am
Really witty and appealing, great animation too.
Zoe Palmer Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
Great stuff. Really enjoyed this excellent short. Original, hard-hitting and funny, more of the same please!
bruce webb Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 am
- the place looks lush, must get there before they ruin it – love the film, well done.

cheers

Bruce
carmela uranga Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 am
The horrifying situation of our environment is tackled with humour and wit in this brilliant film which in just one minute turns us into the monsters and those whacky aliens into intelligent and incredulous onlookers.
Claire Stewart Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:57 am
Thank God for the subtitltes – but I couldn’t have said it better myself! I figure this is why we have not been visited by aliens, they would clearly observe us as an inferior life form signing our own death warrant. We must each change our individual behaviours and lobby Government, one without the other is useless. Happy Monday everyone
Dietlind Lerner Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 pm
What we are doing to our planet with the lame pretext of “business as usual” (its just my job… its cheaper) is outrageous. Bravo space aliens for seeing our folly and expressing it so clearly.
Heather Coombs Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Enjoyed this. Like the idea of a GNN report – very witty. And great aliens too – suitably grotesque!
Adam Loveridge Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm
spot on – really does make you think – great to show the kids.
Helen Royall Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Gets the point across very quickly. Left me with a sense of urgency which I had forgotten. Excellent.
Christopher Battiscombe Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Very clever and to the point. I really enjoyed it.
Ben Brown Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Entertaining, Dynamic and creative with a clear message….Love the idea and love the scifi special effects. Outstanding…
sophie haydock Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Really entertaining – we are an insane species!
Marnie Rose Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
What a great way to deliver simple punchy messages! This is a great film and I hope it earns a top position on You Tube very soon!
Ianthe del Tufo Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Loved the aliens. Good film, made the points well re the world’s problems
matt Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:28 pm
enjoyed your film – nice aliens – Universal should be interested, ha ha
Duncan Roweth Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Great little film. Loomking in from the outside it would all look kinda crazy. Shouldn’t the kids have had something to say too!
lara carteer Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 pm
love the aliens. strong message delivered in an entertaining way.
Joanna Says:
November 2nd, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Agree about the aliens!
mark hopkins Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:43 am
I enjoyed the film a lot and I’m sure many others will too. Clever concept well presented.
emma piesse Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 am
Loved the aliens..Loved the film, especially the special effects, certainly brings the message home to us. These hairy creatures have certainly a thing or two to teach us. Hope it gets the buzz it deserves…
Engela Geyer Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 7:50 pm
Absolutely loved this delightful film! Fellow-Earthlings listen up – future teachings may not be such sheer fun. Congratulations and thanks to the creative spirits who gave us this beautiful moment.
Marianne Beresford Says:
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Love the aliens, horrid humans. A neat filmlet, conveying a big message in a short time. Packs a punch.
Rob Borland Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 4:46 am
Awesome! Looks like the aliens from Dr. Who have found a new calling in the media world. Better looking reporters and a punchier story line give GNN the edge over Sky News.
Rosey Lyall Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Great take on a big subject
angus mackinnon Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 10:17 am
fabulous. makes the point perfectly.
Chris Purnell Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
You know it makes sense! Aliens Rock!!
Carien van der Hoop Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Funny and true. Like the aliens telling the story.
Max B Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Great film, important message!
Jeremy Stafford Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Forget the referendum, when’s the election? These guys needed to be voted in!
Gordon Geddes Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Very good and amazing aliens – would love to see how it was done!
Richard Smith Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Out of this world!
Ginny Burdon Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Cute aliens with scary message.
Kenny Lunch Says:
November 4th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Nice. Spot on. You guys have got it right. keep up the good work, Kenny.
Belinda Buckley Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Great, loved the aliens – look forward to their takeover!!
Larry Carter Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Brilliant film delivering the serious message with great imagination
rosamund carter Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Very,very clever to achieve so much in one minute – a great ‘wake-up’ call for everyone.
rosamund carter Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Very,very clever to achieve so much in one minute – a great ‘wake-up’ call for everyonr
Larry Carter Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
A brilliant film presenting the very serious message with great imagination
Larry Carter Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
a brilliant film -the very serious message presented with great imagination
rosamund carter Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
very, very clever to achieve so much in one minute – a great ‘wake-up’ call for everyone.
Ben Page-Phillips Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Love it! When’s the the next report?
IAN SCIACALUGA Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Very powerful communication, entertaining, lighthearted and it’s more importantly a message that needs to be heard NOW!!!
Jean Marie Thierry Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Good movie and as a french man I even did not need the translation!
George Littlejohn Says:
November 7th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Just how Earth media would handle an important story like climate change. Under a minute. So like reality. Want to watch it again.
Stacey Says:
November 7th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Over produced. What was your carbon foot print for the production of this 1 minute film ? Quite high I would image. 3/10.
Stuart Roweth Says:
November 8th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Stuart’s response to Stacey’s comment:
The figures for the power used on this film are as follows:
Lighting: 2 kilowatts for 2 hours = 4 kw/hrs.
Computer time: 24 hrs x 200 watts = 4.8 kw/hrs
Total: 8.8 kw/hrs = 4.7 kg CO2 – this is the equivalent of a 25 mile journey in a small family car. (To offset: I work with trees and we have planted over 300 this year)
The electricity bill is paid to Ecotricity who reinvest in renewable energy.
The alien costumes were recycled and not made specifically for this project.
The filming took place in our house with no specific journeys made.
In our opinion this makes for a very small amount of carbon emissions for an important message.
Stuart Roweth Says:
November 8th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I forgot to include the video camera’s power consumption: 3 hrs x 25 watts = 0.075 kw/hr. This equals 0.04 kg CO2
Milady Says:
November 9th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
absolutely brilliant. very well done, and totally convincing!

and to Stacey – Have some sense of proportion. This problem requires big changes, not a little ‘cutting back’ and this competition is part of helping that groundswell of (changed) opinion which is necessary before our people let/ make our politicians undertake those changes. This book might be useful for helping you understand some of those challenges. It basically does the sums of how we move forward so we can focus on the things that matter and can make a difference – http://withouthotair.com/
Stacey Says:
November 10th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Aaahh speaking of hot air, if you are so pedantic could you calculate the joules emitted from your lighting and other items for such time? Maybe you should have spent as much time on your script as you did in your reply. A predictable and well used naive treatment, I read your message( in film) within the first second, so the other123 seconds were a waste, think of the energy you could have saved! Your entry is totally predictable and frankly lazy, strip stock shots together and dub a voice over, sorry sub titles. It made me cringe, and it is not funny. If you really wanted to get the message over and for it to stick you need to be unique and original, frankly …. 1/10 for the first second
Malcolm Says:
November 10th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Poor sad earthings! Geat film. I like the ‘Newsround’ feel to it. It would work very well on CBBC.
Andrea Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Excelent production qualities but the message was a bit weak.
KD Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Excellent.

Stacey: would love to see the alternative you’ve come up with.
Jessica Ogdon Says:
November 14th, 2009 at 10:36 am
Loved the film. Clever to have conveyed all that in a minute. Funky alien.
Karthick Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Would like to more about the alien’s planet and living conditions..from their looks and dressing, it doesn’t look very normal though

Certainly a very good idea and very well executed..very finely directed.

Karthick
Nuhash Humayun Says:
November 17th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
Another nicely made, well produced crime. If everyone in the world decided to handle the most serious problems with flamboyance and 6th grade humour…imagine what kind of a place it would be.
Yes, I’ve learnt something from your video. We all have…How could we not? Its just talent-flaunting. You’ll need a lot more than a pretty-creative-kinda-different-idea-for-a-climate-change-video to hide the fact that this work doesn’t provide anything constructive.
Don’t get me wrong, I respect your motivation and resourcefulness. A rarity in itself- you know how to get people’s attention. And with a little help, you’ll know how to inform them as well.
Niyonta n.Ch Says:
November 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
brilliant brilliant brilliant.
i worship this video.
cath Says:
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:29 am
In a competition, there are always finalists and those who don’t get through. The problem we had was that there were so many fantastic videos to choose from that there was inevitably going to be great films that didn’t make it, especially as we had to meet a criteria for each category.

However, we’ve decided to rectify this a little and reward 5 more great videos. These have been added to the shortlist and will also guaranteed receive a subscription to Shooting People. They will be on our homepage soon.

The five videos are:

Tank head, Nature finds a way, Paving the planet, Earth clock, Restore the earth

WHAT WAFFLE FROM THE JUDGES THESE FILMS SHOULD BE REMOVED!

THIS COMPETITION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED!

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