Video for Change : A Guide For Advocacy and Activism - Sam Gregory

Video for Change

A Guide For Advocacy and Activism

By: Sam Gregory (Editor), Gillian Caldwell (Editor), Ronit Avni (Editor), Thomas Harding (Editor), Witness (Editor)

Paperback | 1 November 2005 | Edition Number 1

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This is the first ever comprehensive practical guide to human rights and video campaigning.

Pictures from Abu Ghraib showed the power of the amateur image to grab the world's attention. The Asian tsunami, caught on camcorder, brought home the reality of what had happened more than any news report ever could. Around the world the increasing availability and affordability of technology has fuelled the world of social justice video activism. Film-making---at its best---has the power to change the way people think, and create real social change, and now the tools to do it are more accessible than ever before. This book shows how activists and human rights campaigners can harness the power of images and stories for their own purposes---it's a step-by-step guide to the handicam revolution.

Written by leading video activists, and staff of the world-renowned human rights organization WITNESS, this practical handbook will appeal to experienced campaigners as well as aspiring video activists. It combines a comprehensive analysis of what's going on in this growing global field with a how-to primer to doing it yourself.

Video for Change is packed with real-life stories from the fray, how-to guidance, and easy-to-use exercises. Clear and accessible, it provides a crash course in the basics of social justice video documentation and advocacy. The authors cover every aspect of filmmaking from technical guidance to strategic and ethical issues, making it indispensable for both amateur and professional filmmakers.

Readers are shown how to plan, film, edit and distribute; they are shown how to adopt an effective strategy so that their video makes a difference. The book is unique in that it also covers the practical ethics and responsibilities of social justice video-work and offers a global range of real-life stories to learn from.

Industry Reviews
'WITNESS doesn't just use video to expose human rights abuses for the world. It taps local heart and initiative and empowers those who know their countries best - an indispensable organisation' -- Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide and lecturer at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
'This step by step guide to the handicam revolution is the first comprehensive practical guide to human rights and video campaigning' -- Festival Eye
'A comprehensive guide to video making, as well as highlighting the need for safety and a clear understanding of the dangers involved' -- Suzanne Fane-Saunders, Red Pepper

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