SEAPCP COMMUNITY VIDEO WORKSHOP IN MALAYSIA
A picture paints a thousand words, a video film will indeed paint millions of words! This is the basic spirit that has motivated SEAPCP to develop community video among the grassroots communities in different South East Asian countries about 17 years ago.
Since then, SEAPCP has established community video units and centers in different parts of Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Thailand and Cambodia. These are set up to mainly support community organising work and not just to produce "beautiful video films".
In these 17 years, the first trainees of SEAPCP community video have already established their own network of community video practitioners on the ground and have used different types of short films, simple cut to cut productions, news bulletin coverage, or just "shoot and show" techniques to reach out to communities.
These simple approaches are different from the usual video productions that takes weeks and even months to produce. They are used as tools for awareness raising, analysis, and even preparing communities for actions. Sometimes images are shot in the morning and shown in the afternoon for discussions and analysis.
To further strengthen the already existing network of community video practitioners, SEAPCP will be organising its first Asian wide community video workshop in Malaysia from April 18-26 2010. This event is for carefully identified participants who have been involved in community organising and also using the video film medium to support their work.
It is hoped that as a follow up of this event, localised in-country workshops will be organised to enable a further reach of participants for each country. Furthermore it can be conducted in their local languages and include more local community organisers to develop the community video tool for their work.
Keep tuned into this blog to get the latest about this exciting event of SEAPCP!
by: Jo Hann Tan
SEAPCP community organising coordinator
