Talk Selection As Mockumentary Film Editing
A presentation at DevOpsDays Toronto 2018 in in Toronto, ON, Canada by Matt Stratton
Talk Selection As Mockumentary Film Editing Matt Stratton
DevOps Evangelist, PagerDuty
176 Submissions 18 spots
Started with
an idea…
PROBLEM!
Don’t force the issue
Find the story
So what about the mockumentary stuff?
I made a movie about swing dancing
A story was written But it wasn’t in the footage
Let’s Review • You can’t predict what you’ll get
• Start with an idea, but be flexible
• Improvisation can be fun. Let your speakers be your guide
Want the slides? Email mattystratton@SendYourSlides.com
with the subject “DevOps”
One of the best, and also worst, parts of organizing a conference is selecting the talks. You likely receive submissions on an order of magnitude greater than the speaking slots you have. And most of them are super great! How do you pick the ones that tell the story you want?
In this talk, I’ll explain how the methods used by “mockumentary” filmmakers like Christopher Guest (Best in Show, Waiting For Guffman) can be used to help “find” the story in your talk submissions. This ignite also includes a “real-world” example from the speaker’s experience in making a mockumentary about swing dancing.
Yes. About swing dancing.
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