Video Production Training The Project has been completed, final report will come soon. Background: The need for intensive and specialized media training is growing, as the advocacy program of PCR is advancing. Media production is one of the most competitive fields these days. The compatibility of the new technology with each other made it possible for video to be published on the internet with a fairly accepted quality.
The training will help activists who take part in nonviolent actions in Bethlehem and Ramallah to provide video that can be posted on the internet, which will promote nonviolent resistance. Moreover, in several cases, footage taken by activists or citizen journalists have been used in Israeli courts to falsify alleged charges brought by Israeli police or military against nonviolent protestors. Advocacy efforts are not limited to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, yet, they includes internal social problem that the Palestinian society is facing. Training young Palestinians in producing short videos, including feature stories and Public Service Announcements (PSA), will give them a good chance to be more involved in advocacy campaigns. Public Service Announcements are short video clips that carry a message to be delivered to the public. By definition, a public service announcement (PSA) or community service announcement (CSA) is a non-commercial advertisement broadcast on radio or television, ostensibly for the public good. PSAs are intended to modify public attitudes by raising awareness about specific issues. In a nutshell, almost any idea can be presented in the form of a short video that carries a message to the public. The training will equip those young people with the tools they need for the presentation of their ideas. Although most of the training will be in technical issues, yet, the training will also include elements needed as basis for the stories they are going to produce. A basic human rights and advocacy training will be provided in order to help the students spot human rights abuses which can be material for their videos and to learn skills needed to expose these abuses to the public. This training can be base for future citizen journalism which will allow young people to express themselves through video production. As a practice, participants will produce a film at the end of the training in which they will send a message to youth in their age on issues of concern for the Palestinian people. This video can be posted on IMEMC site, You Tube. PCR will contact related organizations in the field and encourage them to screen the film for young people. The video will consist of short interviews with young Palestinians regarding their view about the situation in Palestine and what do they want other youth in the world to know about Palestine. The first day of the project was December 27, 2008. around 25 applied to the project, and only 12 Young males and females have been selected to participate. The participants are mainly from Beit Sahour, Bethlehem, Hebron, Bil'in, Ni'lin and Obaidia. Priority was given for applicants according to the following criteria: The project aims at giving training for young Palestinians to be qualified to produce short videos, in addition, provide technical audio and video support for IMEMC. The trainees are expected to produce Public Service Announcement. Moreover, some of the trainees will contribute to the coverage of nonviolent actions in their regions. Trainees will receive 20 training hours in Human Rights and Advocacy skills in order to be able to spot the human rights violations and to think about ways to advocate for the respect of human rights through video. Trainees will also receive 50 training hours in production Skills, (Story boarding, shooting Video, recording Audio, and still photography) and 30 training hours in Post Production skills (Graphics, Video & Audio Editing). The project is jointly funded by
Download Application Form (Arabic) More information in Arabic (doc file) PLEASE complete application and fax to 02-277-4602 before November 28, 2008 |