An important part of participatory video work is getting participants thinking like film-makers. The best way I know of of doing that is making films....Trying things out, looking at the results and discussing it. This also helps with other things like being comfortable with the technology and the pressures of being on camera, but I'd still say the biggest pay off is learning to think through how something is going to look and feel to an audience and then getting interested in how to achieve particular effects.
One of the things I'm working on with Al is a set of exercises and games used in PV to offer this space to think. Here's the results of a good trustworthy favourite, the disappearing game:
One of the things I'm working on with Al is a set of exercises and games used in PV to offer this space to think. Here's the results of a good trustworthy favourite, the disappearing game:
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