User:DavidWilliamGibbons

David William Gibbons is most well known for the recognized 14 Days Project. As a very experienced and highly driven Director/Producer and Writer involved in film and photography for 20 years, he continues to work in the area of the humanities and cultural understanding. His documentaries have been screened at festivals and sell on DVD.

The 14 Days Project began its life in the winter of 2001 and was formally launched in the summer of 2002. Originally written and conceived as the Face of Freedom project, it became the life's work of its creator David William Gibbons. Now six years later it is better and more commonly known as the 14 Days Project. Gibbons spent days in the aftermath of September 11 2001 exploring the vision and dynamics of a journey that would take him and others around the world through different countries and across continents. In the six years since its inception, it has taken him and many others through a diverse set of life changing experiences. Beyond achieving the key objective of recording people's lives through the dynamics and symmetry of photography and film, it has opened up a never ending passion in pursuing the principles and single notion of changing people's lives for the better; improving them in their own way step by step. Gibbons from the early years decided to make education intrinsic to the heart of the project. The initial pilot journeys have therefore seen a significant participation of students at university level immerse themselves in the production. Throughout this period many universities and government organizations have become involved in supporting the project. This insight to the vision of the project and realities of production life has realized benefits for many of the individuals and organizations involved in this process. The educational space is now identified as a firm target for the materials produced with opportunities for high school onwards. In this area training and teaching activities will encompass interviews and portraits developed during the productions and incorporate them into manuals, tutorials and coursework for varied levels of education. Disciplines engaged in Anthropology, Sociology and the humanities will benefit particularly from the coursework. The second documentary film 14 Days in Great Britain has become a landmark for the project to date and offers a strong visual and narrative storyline. This filmic piece develops further the premise of a long-term project seeking the very best in human interaction and understanding.

His work in the Arts and Photography transformed into new areas of interest and research in the late 1990's with focus on film and writing. Since then he has become intensely fascinated with the human position in an ever closing global arena. His writing and development of premise in particular has been of keen interest in the importance of film as an important medium. Attention to lyrical flow and story structure develops in a never ending search for proper disturbance and resolution patterns in the projects he immerses himself in. By creating powerful messages of fortitude and strength for all age groups, the films he makes send strong signals to the X and Y generation groups.