A Blog Tool Kit for Digital Community Media





I can't believe that's over two years of blogs. 

Here are some of the most popular posts from the 80+ published : 




18 Advantages of visual auto-ethnography for resea...

Social Media, Revolution and Historical Consciousn...

Reflections on social media and 'anarchy' in Birmi...

Civil Society Groups and Volunteer Film Projects

Our 3-minute film guide

Film Editing for Beginners – Understanding the Pro...

Radical Origins of the 'Big Society' ?

30 Tips to help you make an Award Winning Film on ...

What is Community Film ?

30 Ways to Put the Community Into Film ...

India's answer to Hollywood and No-Budget film pro...

A Recipe for Auteur Film Directors (14-point toolk...

Participatory Video - the role of the Trainer and ...

Beyond CinemaScope and Technicolor: the World of A...

Towards an Imperfect Cinema

Worldwide Community Film Screenings

Postcolonial and Transnational Cinema

11 Laws of Viral Video - Part 1

Comments

  1. Dr Ian McCormick31 March 2012 at 00:20

    community film and media news is also posted on Twitter as "Postfilm"

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

My blog posts are exploratory rather than finished works. You are invited to add any comments below...

Popular posts from this blog

How do academics read so many books?

Image
Scientia imperii decus et tutamen est First, let's interrogate the truth apparently proposed or implied in the titular question. Would it not be more accurate to state: it is believed that academics read lots of books. Is this true? For many undergraduates the notion that their Professor has read more than fifty books secures her a place in the same league as Wittgenstein or Dr Johnson. Far out! Strange! A living geek-book. So, the revered state of being widely read is a relative judgment. But let's grant that academics do 'read' rather a lot; perhaps more than average, perhaps excessively . For teachers in the arts, and in the social sciences, academic books are their primary tools and resources. Text is a living laboratory. Surely they spend every moment of their lives reading . That is to say, they might entertaining the possibility of reading in those great vistas of time the yawn like chasms between teaching, assessing, writing, and generally administerin
Read more

Social Media, Revolution and Historical Consciousness in Tunisia and Egypt

Image
                                           "Tremble all ye oppressors of the world!" Be warned that the title of this blog hints at its ambitious scope: the relationship between the kinds of communication available and the range of actions achievable. What can history tell us about the spirit of revolution and its effective transmission between individuals and between nations? Let me say at the outset that I value immensely the opportunities afforded by new media and social media. But I would not claim to be an unqualified cyber-evangelist, and I tend not to confuse virtual and real worlds. But the question of technological hype and social hyperactivity being mixed up with the evolving situation of hyper revolution and regime change is a most interesting one. Against the geektech utopians we need to assert that social media is not innately liberal or liberating. Web 2.0 has helped to create and promote opportunities for paedophiles and depraved pornograp
Read more

Ten Routes for Community Film Distribution

Image
Open Air Cinema 1. How Content and Style determine the Target Group It is alleged that very few community film makers start out with a clear sense of how their finished film will be distributed. This is the vexed question of the target audience. It also brings into play questions about the content of the film – the product – and whether it is fit for purpose in terms of its spectators. That means that the distribution agenda should always already be built into your production and planning process. There’s clearly no point filming disturbing adult scenes that will be unusable for a target group of children. And will people really sit through a two hour community film on any topic, unless they were major participants throughout? Is your film relevant to a wider community, and how can you get it out there? Here are some options to think about: Evaluating Distribution Options 2. Broadcasters: TV, Cable and Satellite (including Free-View Services). Apart fro
Read more