The video activist handbook
By: Thomas Harding.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London; Sterling, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Video recordings -- Production and direction -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Television in publicity -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: Whether it be a camcorder to get an important protest on the nightly news, a video screening to promote a little-known issue, the Web to offer radical documentaries you can't find in your local video stores or mobile telephones to give access to images and sounds that were never before possible, video provides an enormously powerful took for those who want to make a difference. [Preface].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 What is Video Activism?; title: A brief history of video activism; title: The camcorder revolution; title: 2 The Strategy of Video Activism; title: Finding a purpose; title: Types of video activist; title: Comparing video strategies; title: Hazards of the video activist approach; title: 3 Equipment; title: Finding a camcorder; title: The basic kit; title: Choosing a camcorder; title: Sound equipment; title: Advanced video equipment; title: Looking after your equipment; title: Powering up in difficult places; title: 4 Getting Started; title: The psychology of videoing in public; title: Getting good images; title: Getting good sound; title: Teach yourself to video in four easy steps; title: Your first day of serious videoing; title: Getting better; title: 5 Witness Video - Legal Work; title: Types of witness video; title: Working with the legal system; title: Appearing in court; title: Endurance; title: Issues of security; title: Videoing covertly; title: Countervideoing; title: 6 Supplying Footage to Television News; title: Why supply footage to television news?; title: What is television news looking for?; title: Problems and issues; title: Tactics for supplying news footage; title: The sale; title: 7 Television Beyond the News; title: Other ways of supplying footage to television; title: Producing a video news release; title: Archive sales to television; title: Becoming a professional documentary-maker; title: 8 Producing a Campaign Video; title: Types of campaign video; title: The process; title: Preparation and research; title: Shooting; title: 9 Editing a Campaign Video; title: Activist editing; title: Timecode and counter numbers explained; title: The editing process; title: Types of editing; title: Problems and pitfalls; title: 10 Campaign Screenings; title: Types of screening; title: Screening strategies; title: Screening equipment; title: 11 Other Distribution Outlets; title: Community terrestrial broadcast; title: Cable; title: Video letters; title: Catalogues; title: Video magazines; title: CD-ROM; title: The World Wide Web; title: 12 Training Video Activists; title: Types of video activist training; title: Issues and problems; title: Training strategies; title: Training schedules; title: Resources; title: Recomnmended reading; title: Video activist organisations; title: Television station newsdesks; title: Video activist festivals; title: Glossary; title: Index.