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15-610: In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell , Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document the War in Darfur . Instead, they changed their focus to covering the conflict in northern Uganda , Africa's second longest-running conflict after the Eritrean War of Independence . The documentary depicts the abduction of children who are used as child soldiers by Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The film centers around

30-456: A conventional film, but may have notable errors or defects, may not have the desired narrative flow from scene to scene, may lack soundtrack music, sound effects or visual effects, and still undergo many significant changes before the release of the film. A number of the preliminary stages can be undertaken by lower cost staff, or people less skilled in using expensive and sophisticated editing equipment (such as those who are not directors). With

45-569: A group of Ugandan children who walk miles every night to places of refuge in order to avoid abduction by the LRA. The film was first screened on June 22, 2004 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego . Since then, Invisible Children, Inc. has hosted more than 10,000 screenings at colleges, high schools, churches, concerts, and other venues. As of June 2009, it

60-534: A musical, Moxie , which the team sold to Steven Spielberg . On October 23, 2004, he married Danica Jones in La Jolla, California . They have two children. Russell has a sister, Amy, who is married to actor Ryan Hansen . On March 15, 2012, at the height of the Kony 2012 video's viral popularity, San Diego police detained a naked Russell for psychiatric evaluation after he had a public breakdown . Russell

75-622: A way to respond to the situation in Uganda. An employee of the organization, Nate Henn, was killed in the July 2010 Kampala attacks . The film is about 55 minutes long and the DVD includes a shorter 35-minute version for different screening options. The DVD includes special features; deleted scenes, extras, filmmaker commentary, update on the war, and trailers filmed by Invisible Children, Inc. Jason Russell Jason Russell (born October 12, 1978)

90-405: Is an American film and theater director, choreographer, and activist who co-founded Invisible Children, Inc. He is the director of Kony 2012 , a short documentary film that went viral in the beginning of March 2012. In the first two weeks following its release, the documentary gained more than 83 million views on YouTube and became the subject of media scrutiny and criticism. Its subject

105-429: Is estimated that more than 5 million people have seen Invisible Children: The Rough Cut. The story of children depicted in the film was the basis for a grassroots movement mobilizing thousands of American teens into action to raise money to both rebuild war-torn schools in northern Uganda and provide scholarships to African youth. In 2005, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Invisible Children, Inc., was created giving individuals

120-745: Is the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony , his alleged war crimes, and the movement to bring him to the International Criminal Court . Russell is the younger son of Sheryl (née Hortman) and Paul Russell, co-founders of Christian Youth Theater , which Russell was part of as a child. Russell discussed acting in an interview when he was 13 years old: "That was my life. It was what everybody around me did. I didn't even think about it. I did my first show at 8, and I have done over 20 plays since. You can't do this if you don't like it. You have to commit yourself to it." Russell graduated from

135-581: The USC School of Cinematic Arts . Russell, with Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole, created the Invisible Children organization in 2006 after they "traveled to Uganda and witnessed children camping out in the city of Gulu to avoid being kidnapped into the militia in their villages." With camera equipment obtained from eBay , they went to Uganda as student filmmakers but had no plan for the focus of their intended documentary. According to Russell,

150-428: The rough cut (also known as the first cut or editor's cut ) is the second of three stages of offline editing . The term originates from the early days of filmmaking when film stock was physically cut and reassembled, but is still used to describe projects that are recorded and edited digitally. The rough cut is the first stage in which the film begins to resemble its final product. Rough cuts are recognizable as

165-544: The LRA on their home villages in Acholiland . During filming, the three men contracted malaria, but omitted covering their illness so that the documentary would remain focused on the children. The footage they shot resulted in the original Invisible Children documentary draft, which was first screened in June 2004. Russell and others returned to Uganda for six months in 2005 to collect more interviews and documentation for

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180-410: The advent of digital video editing software and non-linear editing systems (NLE), films or television shows go through a number of stages. There is often a large amount of footage to be reviewed in a given project. An example workflow is given below: A version supposedly nearer to the director's original creative vision is sometimes marketed as a director's cut . These special-market versions of

195-726: The next Invisible Children documentary. In 2006, after the Washington D.C. screening of Russell and Poole's rough cut , the U.S. Congress approved discussion of the plight of the Acholi before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus . The 2006 Invisible Children: Rough Cut also won Russell, Bailey, and Poole the Pioneering Spirit Award at the 2007 Heartland Film Festival . With his wife Danica Jones and Jon M. Chu , Russell co-wrote

210-570: The trip was inspired by the 1993 death of Dan Eldon , who had been beaten to death while trying to document the ongoing famine in Somalia . After Russell's group reached the Sudan their caravan was attacked by the Lord's Resistance Army, forcing a retreat to Northern Uganda. In Gulu , Russell and the others interviewed and videotaped children who had to commute to the city every night to elude raids by

225-525: Was hospitalized for several weeks. A statement by his family said the diagnosis was a " brief reactive psychosis , an acute state brought on by extreme exhaustion, stress and dehydration" as a result of the popularity of the campaign. In October 2012, Russell appeared on the TV show Oprah's Next Chapter to discuss the incident, describing it as an "out-of-body experience" and stating "that wasn't me; [...] that's not who I am". Rough cut In filmmaking ,

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