Social action and community media - an introduction

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Social action & community media

Introduction

Welcome to a new unit!

1.In this unit you will write a report about social action & community media.

2.You will research & plan a social action programme.

3.You will film & edit your programme (or produce a social action radio programme).

4.You will evaluate your final video / radio show.

Today

We are going to look at social action videos, and community media.

You will be investigating the different aims, or purposes, of this type of video, looking at why we make them.

You will then explore the different formats of social action & community video.

In this unit we’ll talk about social action & community media a lot, but what do these words mean?What is a community?“A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.”For example: "Montreal's Italian community"

In this unit we’ll talk about social action & community media a lot, but what do these words mean?What do we mean by action?“The act of doing something.”For example: "They took action against their oppressors."

So what do we think social action & community media might be?

So what do we think social action & community media might be?

Social action seeks to change the views of people in society. It wants change the way in which an issue is seen, to promote a cause, to challenge dominant ideologies or to instigate charitable giving

So what do we think social action & community media might be?

Community media is a radio or video service to a community combined with the participation of that community in its production, with some emphasis on the benefits derived by participants from being involved in the production

All videos have a purpose, or aim.What’s the purpose of a music video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Bj7Zb-YD4

All videos have a purpose, or aim.What’s the purpose of the 6 o’clock news?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-HPWhGYBQ

All videos have a purpose, or aim.What’s the purpose of a TV advert?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3mby1zvbe8

Watch

https://youtu.be/4JYyHa03x-U

What was the aim of that video?What was its purpose?

One LoveFounded in 2010 to honour the memory of Yeardley Love, One Love is a student-led movement to activate, educate, and empower others to change the statistics around relationship violence.” http://www.joinonelove.org/

https://youtu.be/N5J491fPino who we are promotional video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_r72v3LA44 drama, short film about the love labyrinth

Different social action videos have different aims.

bring about local, national or global change

change attitudes

raise awareness

create access to media production for non-traditional groups

challenge dominant representations and agendas

● create or strengthen community ties

● provide information

● campaign

● change voting behaviour

● infiltrate mainstream media

● build relationships with subjects

What’s the aim of this video?https://youtu.be/zcztCegjX1I

1. bring about local, national or global change

2. change attitudes

3. raise awareness

4. create access to media production for non-traditional groups

5. challenge dominant representations and agendas

6. create or strengthen community ties

7. provide information

8. campaign

9. change voting behaviour

10. infiltrate mainstream media

11. build relationships with subjects

A PIF or PSA is a public information film.It is a publicly funded video which aims to raise the public’s awareness of an issue.

The video is often there to help improve peoples lives through a public safety message.

What technique did this PIF use to get its message across?

What technique did this PIF use to get its message across?Shock!

Lets watch another PIF...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T0D_8OwvOk

What technique did this PIF use to get its message across?

What technique did this PIF use to get its message across?Humour!

Charity videosCampaign videos which seek to raise awareness, change attitudes and raise funding. They seek to change local, national or international change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jdq9OcjajM

Political broadcastCampaign videos which seek to change voting behaviour, persuading the public to vote for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cordxL3sn0c

Community TV & RadioSeeks to create access to media production for non-traditional groups, to challenge dominant representations and agendas and to create or strengthen community ties. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsSMIjkdFg

Task 1: Social action & community media analysisWorking alone pick 4 videos from the examples provided on Moodle and analyse:

The videos aims / purpose.

The different techniques the director has used to create a video with impact.

How effective you think the video is, and why.

You should analyse at least 1 PIF, 1 charity video, 1 community video and 1 party political broadcast.

Plenary

What did we find out?

BREAK

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