VIDEO SPRINT
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A two day open content video / new media production and rights management sprint.
A sprint is a focused workshop held over several days originally conceived for the rapid development, testing and documentation of open source software.
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Title of session
VIDEO SPRINT
Subtitle of session
A two day open content video production and rights management sprint.
Session format
Tutorial, production, rights and asset management, post-production, screening, discussion/forum.
Learning outcomes
The VIDEO SPRINT is a two day workshop for multidisciplinary, DIY filmmakers and artists that provides a hands-on process to develop skills in the use and creation of open licensed content and the fundamentals of collaborative, team based production.
Participants will make use of existing and appropriately licensed Creative Commons (CC) content and where applicable, free and open source software (FOSS).
Participants create from script to screen a 2.5 - 5 minute video short for the duration of the sprint.
VIDEO SPRINT participants will:
- be introduced to the fundamentals of remix culture and the values behind open licensed content;
- enhance their knowledge of team work and collaborative production;
- learn how to find open licensed content (sound, video, photos, text);
- find how they can contribute to a pool of open licenses content within their region / country / culture;
- learn what Creative Commons licenses they can use;
- how they must be used;
- how materials need to be attributed, and;
- how rights management in the media arts and traditional filmmaking is being redefined within the global commons.
Format
Pre-Video Sprint
Session coordinators set guidelines via the video sprint mailing list:
- Duration of final video
- Script guidelines and clarify at least four thematic scences
- Prepare release forms
- Prepare shot, samples and CC license tracker (GoogleDocs)
Video Sprint workshop
Day 1 - Workshop: Duration - approx 2 hours
- 20 mins: Introduction - Video Sprint concept and CC license requirements
- 10 mins: Screening - Video Sprint shorts from previous workshops
- 30 mins: Teams - Participants break into four Video Sprint teams, ensuring equal distribution of skills, and write up or storyboard their thematic scene.
- 20 mins: Team presentation - Each team presents their theme, 2 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for discussion.
- 40 mins: Net search - Each team scours the net for appropriately licensed assets logging them onto the license tracker.
Day 1 - post-Workshop: Duration - unlimited
- Video Sprint teams continue to search for assets and compile for production but must have all assets found and logged no later than 21:00
- Video Sprint coordinators review assets list and confirm accuracy of licenses
- Interviews are scheduled over the course of the first and second days
- Note, teams may commence compilation / editing, etc of their thematic scene prior to the second workshop if their found assets are approved by the coordinators
Day 2 - Workshop: Duration - approx 2 hours
- 1.5 hrs: Production - Teams edit, compile, render, etc
- 20 mins: Screening - Teams screen their thematic scenes and discussion
Day 2 - post-Workshop: Duration - unlimited
- Coordinators and interested participants compile thematic themes into a single clip
- Titling and credits including accurate CC license attributions are produced
- Final clip rendered
Licenses
A video sprint will generally support the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike licence.
The following mix of licenses may be used on the basis that the final productions are released under a BY-NC-SA licence.
- BY
- BY-NC
- BY-NC-SA
- CC Public Domain
- CC Sampling +
Resources
A detailed resource list is prepared for each commissioned sprint. The following is a generic list of requirements.
- Workshop Room
- Video projector
- Workstation
- Storage (200 - 500 GB)
- 1 x video camera (DV or HDV)
- DV stock (if required)
- Printer
- Net access
Participants to provide their own laptop, production software and use of any form of camera they may have so long as material can be quickly exported and rendered into the final format.
Budget
A detailed budget is prepared for each commissioned sprint. The following is a generic list of requirements.
- Airfares (if applicable)
- Transfer / transport costs (if applicable)
- Accommodation (if applicable)
- Producer fee
- Per-diems (if applicable)
- Production materials
- Venue hire
- Catering
- DV stock
Presenters
- Andrew Garton - apc.au / Toy Satellite
About VIDEO SPRINT
The VIDEO SPRINT was originally devised by Andrew Garton as a video / film rights management workshop, commonly referred to as VIDEO SLAM, for the Melbourne based screen resource centre, OPEN CHANNEL in association with the Creative Commons Clinic, Australia.
It is designed to introduce filmmakers and like practitioners to the use of Creative Commons licenses, available assets online. In addition, the VIDEO SPRINT would stimulate the creation of Creative Commons resources for filmmakers as well as fresh content for online archives for appropriately accredited reuse.
The first VIDEO SLAM, titled VIDEO SLAM - Five Smiles, was produced for Arts Law Week 2007. The second, VIDEO SLAM - Appropriate Original, is being developed for Arts Law Week 2008 by OPEN CHANNEL in association with apc.au, Creative Commons Clinic, Horse Bazaar, Federation Square, 3RRR and Film Victoria.
Licence
VIDEO SPRINT is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License.
Links
Reference materials
- CC Screen: Generic release and copyright clearance forms under Creative Commons licenses. May be adapted for different legal jurisdictions
- Make Internet TV: Guides and tutorials
- The Hub Toolkit: Video advocacy guides, toolkits and resources
Open Content
FOSS tools
- Audio/Video Edition of NGO-in-a-box: A collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools, documentation and tutorials
- Global Independent Streaming Support: Free streaming for free media
Research
- iSummit DIY Video Lab: iCommons iSummit DIY Video wiki
