From
http://www.witness.org | WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations.
This
video is part of a five-part "How to Film Protests" series, which
incorporates the best practices WITNESS has developed with over 300
p
artners in 80 countries who are using video for human rights
documentation and to create lasting change.
From raw
documentation of human rights violations in Syria to the Occupy protests
and the range of police abuse and misconduct therein, citizen video is
an increasingly powerful tool for human rights documentation.
Now
more than ever we need to ensure that the footage that we capture as
activists incorporates essential information like the exact date, time
and location so it may best be used by the media, as evidence, and for
advocacy. Additionally, we need to pay special attention to the unique
safety and security risks that we face as filmmakers and activists, as
well as risks to those we capture in our footage.
--- How-to Film Safely and Effectively for Human Rights ---
This
video series is broken into small, two-minute videos, and focuses on
how to best prepare to film, choose and test your equipment, get good
footage, film as part of a team and conduct interviews.
Whether
you're filming the May 1st Occupy Wall Street protests and events or
just want to be prepared to best use your camera phone if you are in the
wrong place at the right time, watch these how-to videos to be best
prepared to capture good footage that will be engaging, informative and
can be used for potential advocacy and evidentiary use.
We are
excited to share these tips in video and text. Let us know how they are
useful for you, and what you would add to make them even better by
adding comments to the videos or at
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