Presentation by ABC Open Central Victoria at ANHLC conference 22 March 2012. Tips on ways to document a community project with photography and video. http://abc.net.au/open

1. How to document
a community project
with digital media

3. #abcopen
@abcopen_vic
ABC OPEN

4. What is ABC OPEN?
A big, exciting new project
that you can be part of.
We invite regional communities to
produce and publish photos, stories,
videos, and sound through the ABC.
We help you make stories.

5. People tell stories about
their lives and
communities.
Stories are made by
you, not journalists.

8. ABC Open :
• runs free workshops
• teaches digital media skills from
photography, audio and video
recording, editing and social
media

9. How do Neighbourhood Houses
and ABC Open work together
in Victoria?

10. Since Sept 2010, neighbourhood
houses in Victoria have offered
over 100 workshops

11. run by ABC
Open producers

12. where people
have produced
over 500

13. Now and Then at Buninyong
Community House
photos

14. Buddha in a Chocolate Box
music video in Port Fairy
videos

15. Guest blogger at
Our Place, Eaglehawk
blogs

16. The Moment Behind The Photo at
Swan Hill Community House
digital stories

17. video at Long Gully
Neighbourhood Centre
What is a
‘community
project’?

18. Examples?
• pilot • collaborative
• one-off • with partnerships
• short term • important
• long term • less important
• ongoing • interesting
• funded • radical
• volunteer run • critical/not critical
to document

19. 2 example
projects

20. • What are the different stories in
your project?
• Which are the most interesting?
• And most important?
• Are there stories happening
NOW?
• Are there things you could
ALWAYS record?

21. What parts to
document?

22. What parts to
document?
Before the
project starts:
the location, the
problem before
it’s solved, how
things are now

23. 2 example
projects?

24. What parts to document?
the inspiration:
sketches, ideas, scribbles,
dreams, feelings

25. What parts to document?
the planning:
meetings, surveys, flyers

26. What parts to document?
the planning:
models, maps, plans

27. What parts to document?
milestones:
work begins,
start of a new phase

28. What parts to document?
special events

29. What parts to document?
interesting or
extraordinary things

30. What parts to document?
resources:
tools, equipment, materials

31. What parts to document?
people doing stuff!
(action shots)

32. What parts to document?
the different people involved

33. What parts to document?
small details

34. What parts to document?
place markers:
signs, landmarks, street signs

35. What parts to document?
other documentation
(bits of paper!)

36. Photo tips
basic camera
training: portrait,
landscape
and macro

37. Photo tips
Keep a notebook
with you:
• who
• location
• quote from them

38. Photo tips
Take 5:
Take at least
5 photos
each time

39. Photo tips
Try different angles:
• your view
• up high
• down low
• from the side

40. Photo tips
For people:
Go in closer

41. Photo tips
For people:
Photograph
hands

42. Video tips
• lean the camera on
something or use a
tripod
• keep it short
1 -3 mins
• & simple: a video
interview + photos

43. How could we
document the 2
example projects?

44. Photo and video tips
file well!
(so that anyone can
make sense of
what’s there)

45. Photo and video tips
borrow ideas
of simple ways to
record a ‘story’

47. Who is this for?
• the community
• stakeholders
• the world!
• people who know
nothing about
the project
• the next generation

48. Flickr
Photos
How to share
photos:
online
eg flickr.com

49. organise into sets

51. don’t forget the
description!

52. How to share photos:
• website
• eNews
• your Facebook
• others Facebook
• Twitter

53. How to share
photos:
offline
albums,
boards,
newsletter,
email

54. Where to
share videos:
vimeo.com or
youtube.com

55. Things to consider
What are the different stories in
your project?
Which are the most interesting?
And most important?
Are there stories happening
NOW?
Are there things you could
ALWAYS record?

56. Things to consider
What parts to document?
Who documents?
Who manages?
Training? Time? Equipment?
Where it goes?
How build documentation
into your project plan?
Who is this for?

57. Photo credits from Flickr
The Learning Community
http://www.flickr.com/photos/learning_community/
http://www.flickr.com/jronaldlee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dklimke