Video for Change

Sam Gregory is the Programme Director at WITNESS, a project that trains and supports activists around the world to use video safely, ethically, and effectively to expose human rights abuse. He also teaches on human rights and participatory media as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005).Gillian Caldwell is a campaigner, lawyer and CEO at Global Witness. She is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005).Ronit Avni is a filmmaker, human rights advocate and the founder of Just Vision, a non-profit organisation that documents and creates media about Palestinian and Israeli grassroots leaders involved in peacebuilding. She is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005).Thomas Harding is the best-selling author of Hanns and Rudolf (2013), and the co-founder of Undercurrents, Britain's first video news service. He is a leading voice in international video activism and has written for the Independent, Guardian, New Statesman and New Internationalist. He is the co-editor of Video for Change (Pluto, 2005) and The Video Activist Handbook (Pluto, 2001).

• Foreword by Peter GabrielAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Using Video for Advocacy by Gillian Caldwell2. Safety and Security by Katerina Cizek3. Storytelling for Advocacy: Conceptualization and Pre-Production by Katerina Cizek4. Video Production: Filming a Story by Joanna Duchesne with Liz Miller5. Editing for Advocacy by Katerina Cizek6. Video as Evidence by Sukanya Pillay7 Strategic Distribution: Reaching Key Audiences in Innovative Ways by Thomas HardingGlossary of TermsResource ListNotes on AuthorsAppendicesI.Witness Video Action PlanII. Witness Footage and Tape Description III. Sample Personal Release Form (Short-Form)IV. Sample Personal Consent and Release (Long-Form)V. Preproduction and Production ChecklistVI. Script Formatting for Video DocumentaryVII. Costing-Out Your Video Distribution StrategyIndex

'WITNESS doesn't just use video to expose human rights abuses for the world. It taps local heart and initiative and empowers those who know their countries best - an indispensable organisation'