Goals and Ethics
Our ultimate goal with The Kites is to tell stories about with a focus on heightened reality, and genuine empathy, in ways only we can. We have a deep love of the arts, paired with a unique perspective as professionals from lots of industries that carry different skills and disciplines, and more than anyone else out there we're going to show the value of combining all of those skills and disciplines in ways never seen before.​
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This can only be achieved through a keen understanding of expectations, reality, and the cultural context in which we exist, so please read on for clarification on where we stand on lots of important topics.
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Inclusivity and Sensitivity
In today's political climate it's important to make stances clear, especially when an organization's presence is predominantly online. The Kites are headed by 2 white guys from a rural area, so there's inevitably going to be lots of blind spots, and without question we will make mistakes, particularly when it comes to writing comedy and other material which is meant to challenge and provoke our audience. That being said our intentions are crystal clear:
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There is no place in our productions for bigotry or discrimination of any kind.
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We support the LGBTQIA+ community.
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We support anyone's right to practice their own culture and religion without fear of persecution.
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We actively and consistently factor inclusivity into any decision we make, artistic or otherwise, and aim to consult people with the knowledge and experience to help us make better decisions wherever we feel unqualified.
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We will undoubtedly ​amend and change our values as we grow, and that's a good thing.
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We will fuck up. We will learn. We will improve. We will move on.
AI Usage Policy
AI is an extremely complicated subject with plenty of unknowns surrounding it, that being said we have to make our stance clear as a group creating art in a world where jobs are continuously threatened by AI alternatives to human labour.
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We are not against AI as a usefull tool, but we will never use it to create original art, copy, or media. We believe in the potential of AI to help automate and speed up administrative tasks and generally assist in increasing productivity in a broad sense, but when specifically pertaining to the creation of content we do not allow it in our productions. To clarify, this means we will not utilise AI Vocals/Voiceovers (with the minor exception being very basic Text To Speech style voices that sound distinctly non-human, and don't imitate anyone in particular). We also won't use AI to create Art, Video, or Music, and we will never knowingly use any of these materials in our work if licensing materials for a project.
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If you find or recognise any material in our work that you believe to be stolen, or misattributed, please contact hellothekites@gmail.com and we will investigate this as soon as we possibly can.