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This slide show was produced for the PV workshop we organized in Wageningen with Otherwise in May 2011. We worked with representatives of local NGOs and the results were publicly screened. We: Patricia Santos Margriet Goris Tessa Steenbergen Geke Kieft
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Participatory Video Participatory Video
WorkshopWorkshop
Participatory Video Participatory Video
WorkshopWorkshop
7th May 2011, Wageningen, DOCU FILM FEST
MORNING
Introduction to Participatory Video (PV)
PV Workshop
Playback and Wrap-up
AFTERNOON
Meeting the Organisations
PV Process
EVENING
Editing
Closing Reflections
Program of the workshop
Program of the workshop
Ice-breaking with video
Ice-breaking with video
⌐ What is PV?
⌐ Why use PV?
⌐ From/to Whom? – Typologies
⌐ Examples of PV Methods
⌐ How to facilitate PV?
⌐ Research options - Ethnovideography
⌐ Video Examples
Introduction to Participatory Video
Introduction to Participatory Video
⌐ Coffee break
⌐ Wrap up – Shooting tips
⌐ Lunch
⌐ Welcome back - Editing tips
⌐ Dinner
⌐ Closing reflections
And also
And also
⌐ Or, what is not!PV is not making movies - it aims for community empowerment
⌐ You, as a PV facilitator will not be taking the shots - the participants have full ownership of the process and the product
What is PV?
What is PV?
⌐ Creates a safe place⌐ Literacy barriers⌐ Geographical barriers⌐ Exercise democratic right ⌐ Technology and knowledge transfer⌐ Experiential action learning ⌐ Multi-stakeholder interaction⌐ Attracts curiosity⌐ Fits oral traditions⌐ Low cost for outreach potential⌐ …
Why use PV?
Why use PV?
1. FOR ADVOCACY & AWARENESS RISINGFrom Community to researchers/ NGOs/ policy makers
From Marginalized/ isolated groups to wider community
Community to communityPolicy makers to community Multi-stakeholder workshops
From/to Whom? – Typologies (1)
From/to Whom? – Typologies (1)
2. FOR CAPACITY BUILDINGTool for sharing information and technologies, e.g. for agricultural extension and introduction of new practices
3. FOR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT & REPORTINGUsed from project planning, M&E, consultation of isolated communities, conflict situations, etc.
From/to Whom? - Typologies (2)
From/to Whom? - Typologies (2)
The Fogo ProcessNational Film Board of Canada, 1960’s
Participatory Video ApproachLunch and Lunch, 2006
Zooming in zooming outVan Mele, 2006 and 2008
Visual Problem AppraisalWitteveen and Enserink, 2007
…
Examples of PV Methods
Examples of PV Methods
The facilitator is a person who is
substantively neutral, who has no
substantive decision-making authority and
intervenes to help a group to
explore, solve problems and make
decisions. Schwarz, 2002
How to facilitate PV?
How to facilitate PV?
ENGAGE AND ENABLE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION
Ethics•Attitudes and behavior•Hand over control•Be aware of power•Ownership•Honor commitments
Ethics of editing
Challenges
Ethics and challenges
Ethics and challenges
Research⌐ Six Navajos made films about anything they want.
Research options
Research options
Starting point:
people use motion pictures in a patterned, rather than a random fashion, and the particular patterns used would reflect their culture and their cognition.
Research options
Research options
Analyze⌐ The narrative “Style” of the films, related to mythic forms and symbols of the culture.
Research options
Research options
Analyze⌐ The cultural, perceptual, and cognitive taboos influencing semantic or syntactic organization and structure of an utterance.
Research options
Research options
Analyze⌐ The syntactic organization and sequencing of events and units of eventing – we shall be dealing with way pieces or units of films were used/edited.
Research options
Research options
Method⌐ Film when you look back with the filmmakers.
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Research options
Research options
Video Examples
Video Examples
Teenagers in Wageningen
Graffiti
Students in Groningen, Netherlands
Small Gestures Big Effects
Participatory 3D Mapping, Ethiopia
Participatory Video with Students
Insightshare.org
Insights into PV
Example of PV Method
Example of PV Method
http://vimeo.com/21449246
Example of PV Method
Example of PV Method
10-steps method
1.1. Sit in circleSit in circle2.2. camera basics, handling precautions, on/off, camera basics, handling precautions, on/off,
framing - One teaches the next framing - One teaches the next 3.3. Again, using the microphone – The name gameAgain, using the microphone – The name game4.4. Watch footage, promoting reflection and commentsWatch footage, promoting reflection and comments5.5. Introduce the tripod – Let them handle the Introduce the tripod – Let them handle the
equipmentequipment6.6. Help making out what story they want to tell – Help making out what story they want to tell –
StoryboardStoryboard7.7. Go, make it! - Let participants experimentGo, make it! - Let participants experiment8.8. Participatory editingParticipatory editing9.9. Help organise a community screeningHelp organise a community screening10.10.Reflect on the process and ask for consent for Reflect on the process and ask for consent for
disseminationdissemination
PV Workshop
Wrap Up
Wrap Up
Shooting tips Shooting tips
Before you start
⌐ Study the camera manual
⌐ Know basic camera functions
⌐ Charge batteries
⌐ Check memory space / empty tapes
⌐ Try to get a tripod
Make a plan
Make a plan
⌐ What do you want to tell / achieve?
⌐ Who will watch?
⌐ Where will it be shown?⌐ Internet: short (around 3min)
⌐ Option: make a story board
Storyboard
Storyboard
Framing
Framing
Camera angles
Camera angles
Canted shot
Over the shoulder
Cut away
Bird’s-eye view
High angle
Eye-level
Frog perspective
Low angle
Point of view
Camera movements
Camera movements
⌐ Panning from left to right⌐ Tilting up and down⌐ Dolly moving with subject⌐ Zooming
⌐ Slow movements
⌐ 180 degree rule
Composition (1)
Composition (1)
⌐ Rule of thirds
Composition (2)
Composition (2)
⌐ Empty space in the direction the subject is talking/looking/going
Interview
Interview
⌐ Position yourself next to camera
⌐ Use tripod for interview
⌐ Ask interviewee to maintain eye contact with you
⌐ Avoid leading questions
Location and light
Location and light
⌐ Find location that illustrates the story
⌐ Avoid moving backgrounds
⌐ Enough light. Preferably outside in natural light
⌐ Avoid backlight (into the sun)
Sound
Sound
⌐ Position of build-in microphone
⌐ Get close to person for better sound
⌐ Find quiet place (or film source of noise)
⌐ Don’t touch the sound cables
⌐ Use external (clip) microphone to improve sound (if possible)
Shooting
Shooting
⌐ Count till 10
⌐ Shoot fat: start before action and keep shooting after
⌐ Diversify your shots: different angles, frames, movements
⌐ Include objects/environments that illustrate the story
Meeting the Organisations & PV Process
ENJOY!
Welcome back! Welcome back! how was your afternoon?
Before we start editing…
A refreshment !
Editing
Editing
Access your Clips and Video effects and Transitions
Insert and edit clips in the Timeline
(video and sound)
Preview
screen
Editing process
Editing process
1. Preview, name and classify clips
2. Review storyboard
3. Import selected clips to video
editing software
4. Make rough edit, placing clips in
order in the timeline
5. Choose tittles and soundtrack
6. Refine editing
7. Export to movie format
Closing Reflections
Thank you
Screening of today’s VideosMonday, 8pm, @ Movie W
The teamMargriet GorisPatricia SantosTessa SteenbergenGeke Kieft
