Smart toolkit training workshop

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Smart toolkit training workshop
Bay Gardens Hotel Rodney Bay, St.
Lucia (November 17-21, 2008)
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Video for development
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• Why video?

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Video for development

• Video is an excellent medium for disseminating
  information and many organizations have made it a
  central part of their communication strategy.
• The widespread use of video is due not only to
  its ability to reach a large audience (in
  particular by television broadcasting) and its
  distinct impact (we remember what we see and hear
  better than words alone)
• Its large-scale use is undoubtedly due to the
  fact that production has become technically and
  financially more accessible.
• The recent developments in Internet broadcasting,
  such as YouTube and BlipTV, are also evidence of
  a trend towards mass public broadcasting
  previously restricted.
• See also http//video.cta.int/

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Potential use of video in development
Source http//talksharelearn.wordpress.com/2008/0
9/30/writeshop-on-video-for-development/
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What is Participatory Video
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The best way is to watch PV in action!

• http//www.insightshare.org/video_insightintro_07.
  html

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What is PV (adapted)

• Participatory Video (PV) is a set of techniques
  to involve a group / community / organisation /
  multi-stakeholder platform in shaping and
  creating their own film.
• This process can be very empowering, enabling a
  group / community / organisation /
  multi-stakeholder platform
• To take action to solve their own problems and
  also
• to communicate their needs and ideas to
  decision-makers and/or other stakeholders .

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Benefits of PV

• PV can become a powerful means of documenting
  local people's experiences, needs and hopes from
  their own perspectives.
• It initiates a process of analysis and change
  that celebrates local knowledge and practice,
  whilst stimulating creativity both within and
  beyond the community.
• When done well, PV presents the "inside view" in
  a lively way that is accessible to people at all
  levels.

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Benefits of PV
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Benefits of PV

• All community members have equal access to the
  process. All voices are expressed and heard.
• The video medium is transportable, easily
  replicated and easily shared it thus has a wide
  "spread effect".
• PV gives a voice and a face to those who are
  normally not heard or seen, even in participatory
  programmes that focus on identifying local
  innovations and enhancing endogenous development

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How does PV work?
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How does PV work? (adapted)

• Quick learning through the use of games and
  exercises.
• Facilitators guide the process, using e.g. PLA
  methodologies and tools.
• Short videos and messages are directed and filmed
  by the participants.
• Footage is shown to the wider community /
  stakeholder group at daily screenings.
• A dynamic process of participant-led learning,
  sharing and exchange is set in motion.

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Potential use of PV
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Potential use of PV

• PV is a tool with great potential to stimulate
  (local) innovation processes.
• PV can stimulate organisational learning
• PV can stimulate dialogue and social learning
  within and between stakeholder groups.
• PV can be used for monitoring and evaluation,
  e.g. in combination with the Most Significant
  Change (MSC) Technique.

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Potential use of PV

• Horizontal communication (e.g. with other
  community groups) and vertical communication
  (e.g. with policy makers). Feedback loops!
• Promoting awareness, fund raising etc.

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More info on PV
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More information about PV

• http//insightshare.org
• http//insightshare.org/PV_nutshell.html
• http//www.insightshare.org/video_insightintro_07.
  html
• http//www.insightshare.org/pdfs/PLA20PV20ARTICL
  E2007.pdf

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Video making tips
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Production phases

• Pre-production
• Production
• Post-production

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Pre-production phase - preparations

• Concept development, idea of story
• Plan movie
• What? Why? Where? How? Who? When? in bigger
  productions
• E.g. for short interviews what do you want to
  show, what questions to ask
• Develop a storyboard what shots do you need?
• For web short movies, up to 3 minutes

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Pre-production phase - preparations

• Types of Shots
• Close-ups (powerful) most used for web-viewing
• Medium shots
• Wide shots (lots of information) not useful for
  web-viewing
• Cut-away shots a shot of something other than
  the current action (filling)

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Type of shots - examples

• Close-up Medium shot
• Most used for web viewing (powerful)
• Wide shot Cut away shots
• Not useful for web viewing (lots of
  information) a shot of something other than the
  current
• action (filling)

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Production phase actual shooting

• Tips for filming
• Avoid camera movement (use tri-pod where
  possible)
• Avoid panning (moving with a moving object)
• Avoid zooming (Better to move in than zoom)
• 180 degree rule
• Avoid backlight
• Shoot 10 15 seconds per shot to allow for
  editing
• Let the tape run 20 seconds at the beginning of
  the tape and a bit at the end as well (with video
  camera)

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Production Phase actual shooting

• Sound
• make sure surrounding sounds are kept to a
  minimum, the camera will pick up all surrounding
  sounds
• Clean time code (video camera only)
• Unique 8-digit numerical sequence
  hoursminutessecondsframes
• Keep a clean timecode!!!

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Post-production Phase

• Compiling and finishing movie
• Editing
• Windows Movie Maker
• Sound
• Titles
• Voices
• Exporting for release on web (blip.tv)

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Practice make your own video
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Exercise learn to shoot and edit a film

• Shoot a few minutes film
• Try out editing (with help of facilitators)

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Exercise for the group work on methodologies
story board film

• Decide on a topic keep it simple! E.g. food at
  the hotel, the workshop etc.
• Make a story board to describe the story you
  want to tell in a 3-minute film
• Shoot the film
• Edit the film

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Shooting and editing

• Have fun!