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The video activist handbook / Thomas Harding.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001.Edition: 2a edDescription: xx, 255 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0745317715
  • 9780745317717
  • 0745317707 (pbk.)
  • 9780745317700 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 384.55
LOC classification:
  • PN 1992.94 H263v 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
1 What is Video Activism? -- A brief history of video activism -- The camcorder revolution -- 2 The Strategy of Video Activism -- Finding a purpose -- Types of video activist -- Comparing video strategies -- Hazards of the video activist approach -- 3 Equipment -- Finding a camcorder -- The basic kit -- Choosing a camcorder -- Sound equipment -- Advanced video equipment -- Looking after your equipment -- Powering up in difficult places -- 4 Getting Started -- The psychology of videoing in public -- Getting good images -- Getting good sound -- Teach yourself to video in four easy steps -- Your first day of serious videoing -- Getting better -- 5 Witness Video - Legal Work -- Types of witness video -- Working with the legal system -- Appearing in court -- Endurance -- Issues of security -- Videoing covertly -- Countervideoing -- 6 Supplying Footage to Television News -- Why supply footage to television news? -- What is television news looking for? -- Problems and issues -- Tactics for supplying news footage -- The sale -- 7 Television Beyond the News -- Other ways of supplying footage to television -- Producing a video news release -- Archive sales to television -- Becoming a professional documentary-maker -- 8 Producing a Campaign Video -- Types of campaign video -- The process -- Preparation and research -- Shooting -- 9 Editing a Campaign Video -- Activist editing -- Timecode and counter numbers explained -- The editing process -- Types of editing -- Problems and pitfalls -- 10 Campaign Screenings -- Types of screening -- Screening strategies -- Screening equipment -- 11 Other Distribution Outlets -- Community terrestrial broadcast -- Cable -- Video letters -- Catalogues -- Video magazines -- CD-ROM -- The World Wide Web -- 12 Training Video Activists -- Types of video activist training -- Issues and problems -- Training strategies -- Training schedules -- Resources -- Recomnmended reading -- Video activist organisations -- Television station newsdesks -- Video activist festivals -- Glossary -- Index.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1992.94 H263v 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000015547

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240) and index.

1 What is Video Activism? -- A brief history of video activism -- The camcorder revolution -- 2 The Strategy of Video Activism -- Finding a purpose -- Types of video activist -- Comparing video strategies -- Hazards of the video activist approach -- 3 Equipment -- Finding a camcorder -- The basic kit -- Choosing a camcorder -- Sound equipment -- Advanced video equipment -- Looking after your equipment -- Powering up in difficult places -- 4 Getting Started -- The psychology of videoing in public -- Getting good images -- Getting good sound -- Teach yourself to video in four easy steps -- Your first day of serious videoing -- Getting better -- 5 Witness Video - Legal Work -- Types of witness video -- Working with the legal system -- Appearing in court -- Endurance -- Issues of security -- Videoing covertly -- Countervideoing -- 6 Supplying Footage to Television News -- Why supply footage to television news? -- What is television news looking for? -- Problems and issues -- Tactics for supplying news footage -- The sale -- 7 Television Beyond the News -- Other ways of supplying footage to television -- Producing a video news release -- Archive sales to television -- Becoming a professional documentary-maker -- 8 Producing a Campaign Video -- Types of campaign video -- The process -- Preparation and research -- Shooting -- 9 Editing a Campaign Video -- Activist editing -- Timecode and counter numbers explained -- The editing process -- Types of editing -- Problems and pitfalls -- 10 Campaign Screenings -- Types of screening -- Screening strategies -- Screening equipment -- 11 Other Distribution Outlets -- Community terrestrial broadcast -- Cable -- Video letters -- Catalogues -- Video magazines -- CD-ROM -- The World Wide Web -- 12 Training Video Activists -- Types of video activist training -- Issues and problems -- Training strategies -- Training schedules -- Resources -- Recomnmended reading -- Video activist organisations -- Television station newsdesks -- Video activist festivals -- Glossary -- Index.

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