This second edition of "The Video Activist Handbook" includes numerous examples of contemporary video activism from around the world. The first book to provide the basic skills and know-how required for beginning video activism, it also offers a wealth of ideas on video strategies to those with some prior experience. Whether you are involved in campaigning, non-violent direct action, or simply want to know how to make use of video as a political tool, this book is for you.;The book covers the key topics in a step-by-step guide - from choosing and using the right equipment and planning when and where to shoot, to supplying to TV, making a campaign video, and legal considerations. It combines clearly written and well illustrated practical advice, backed up by a wealth of resources, with first-hand exmples of successful video activism, and critically assesses the mainstream media agendas and offers a lively survey of the international video activist scene.
| ISBN: | 9780745317700 |
| Publication date: | 20th August 2001 |
| Author: | Thomas Harding |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 255 pages |
| Genres: |
Media studies |
This second edition of "The Video Activist Handbook" includes numerous examples of contemporary video activism from around the world. The first book to provide the basic skills and know-how required for beginning video activism, it also offers a wealth of ideas on video strategies to those with some prior experience. Whether you are involved in campaigning, non-violent direct action, or simply want to know how to make use of video as a political tool, this book is for you.;The book covers the key topics in a step-by-step guide - from choosing and using the right equipment and planning when and where to shoot, to supplying to TV, making a campaign video, and legal considerations. It combines clearly written and well illustrated practical advice, backed up by a wealth of resources, with first-hand exmples of successful video activism, and critically assesses the mainstream media agendas and offers a lively survey of the international video activist scene.
The Video Activist Handbook features in the following genres: Media studies
The Video Activist Handbook is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Video Activist Handbook was written by Thomas Harding and published by Pluto Press
The Video Activist Handbook has 255 pages