Participatory Videos
WHY should media remain in the hands of a privileged few when communities can use it as a tool of empowering community voices and initiating social change? 
Lights, Camera, Action! Ever thought these could be the survival words for the underprivileged?  
Handy Cams aren’t anymore for only capturing leisure moments, family vacations or weddings. Phones are used, not just to talk on, but to shoot on as well. Video is slowly but steadily becoming a weapon for the deprived to capture their realities and initiate social change. Marginalised communities armed with this audio-visual technology are articulating and expressing their voice, stories and struggles through this medium today.

We believe that video technology as one of the tools of Community Media, possesses the power to change the world. It has the strength to help people to document human rights abuse, prevents violence, and exposes various unknown stories and issues to common people. A people’s media is also effective as it provides vital information on various policies of public welfare and government schemes.

The local story, language and humour used in participatory video bring them closer to people’s reality. It is cost-effective, requiring only the most basic equipment to make.

Youth Power
The core of youth development is to equip young people with essential life and leadership skills to play an active role in society. As they embark on a journey from understanding self to exploring society, young people need to build skills and relationships that empower them. A youth facilitator is a co-voyager who can inspire and capacitate youth to learn, explore and understand for themselves their unique identity and potential. The purpose is to nurture youth to become active citizens in all spheres of life. By offering the course to youth activists and youth facilitators, the program aims to create a youth media network that will strengthen the field of youth development and youth engagement in social action in the region.
 
I. Video Power:   Grassroots Campaigns Using the Power of Video
Drishti Media and Commutiny – The Youth Collective have come together to offer a programme for youth activists and youth facilitators who wish to apply the power and potential of video to promote active citizenship among youth.

	Conceptualise, shoot and create videos.
	Conduct a grassroots video workshop for youth.

	Participatory Videos
	Conceptualising videos
	Shooting
	Editing
	Video dissemination
	And most importantly, creating videos depicting your own stories.

IV. Course Duration:
The course requires six days of full time engagement of all participants in two chunks— September 5-8 and October 5-8, 2009. 
 
V. Programme Cost
Rs3000 (Three Thousand Rupees)
This covers workshop facilities, resource materials, boarding and lodging and the full programme for the six day period. The participants are expected to bear the travel costs themselves.
 
VI. Course Registration and Selection
The workshop is open to participation from youth activists and youth facilitators. No prior video making experience is required. The total number of seats available for the course is 20. It is compulsory to attend both the segments of the workshop.

VII. Equipment
We encourage participants to make videos with the most basic equipment. All the participants are expected to carry their own video capability camera. It could be a camera phone (over 2MP camera and Mini SD Card), or a camcorder or a digital camera capable of recording videos.

VIII. Candidate Selection
Interested candidates should submit a 100-word concept note on a video they want to make on their work. It should include the story they want to tell and their involvement with it. The selection criteria will be the nature of work and relevance.

For Registration form, click here

Please send the concept note alongside the registration form via email at videopower09@gmail.com