tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-507652938193991402024-03-19T04:46:54.656+02:00Voices Beyond WallsDigital Storytelling and Participatory Media Program among Palestinian YouthBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023421225217213844noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-17310054646614499192010-08-06T17:16:00.000+03:002010-08-06T17:45:41.566+03:00Re-imagining Gaza: Evaluation and Community Screenings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">With the end of our youth media program in Jabaliya refugee camp last week, we conducted evaluations and screenings of the films with the families and local community, along with a photography exhibition and large public screening hosted at the Mat’haf (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Gaza</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">) from August 1 - 13, 2010</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The workshop evaluations were conducted in focus groups through follow-up questionnaires and group discussions, as well as video-based interviews conducted by youth among themselves. See a brief excerpt of evaluation interviews edited by youth in the 4-min video below.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Both the community and public exhibition and screenings were a huge success with nearly 250-300 people in the audience, Q&A with the young filmmakers, a diploma ceremony that the youth and their families looked forward to, and interviews with youth conducted by Al Jazeera’s Arabic language TV correspondent. The images below give a sense of excitement about these events. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The youth continue to work on independent media projects and short films, with the support of their trainers through an on-going follow-up program. It’s been an exhilarating summer for everyone involved and we’re proud to have an extraordinary team of young filmmakers pushing the boundaries of participatory media in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">The “Re-imagining Project” is a program of digital video, photography and storytelling workshops that supports Palestinian children and youth in expressing their cultural identity, personal narratives, and creative visions through participatory digital media.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">The photo exhibit and screening events showcase work emerging from two 3-week digital media and storytelling workshops conducted from July 4 – 25, 2010 with 10-15 year old children, in collaboration</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">with the Women’s Program Center in Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza and the Al Aroub Play and Animation Center in Al Aroub refugee camp, West Bank.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">West Bank Event: <a href="http://www.ejepal.org/eje/news/al-aroub-youth-debut-films/">Al Aroub Camp, Hebron</a>, July 29, 2010</span></span><br />
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Gaza Event: Al Mat’haf, Sodaniya, Beach Road, Gaza<br />
Photo Exhibit: August 1st – 13th, 2010<br />
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Exhibit Opening Reception and Film Screenings:<br />
Sunday 5:30pm – 8:30pm, August 1, 2010<br />
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The program has been conducted by <a href="http://www.voicesbeyondwalls.org/">Voices Beyond Walls</a> with community centers in refugee camps in the West Bank since 2006. In June-July 2010, the project was launched in Gaza in collaboration with <a href="http://www.ejepal.org/">Les Enfants, Le Jeu et l’Education</a> (EJE) and participating community centers.<br />
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The program is led by an international and local team of filmmakers, artists, photographers, educators, and youth community animators. The project is supported in part by Les Enfants, Le Jeu et l’Education (EJE), <a href="http://www.sharek.ps/eng2.php">Sharek Youth Forum</a>, Tamer Institute, Canaan Institute for New Pedagogy, the French Cultural Center in Gaza, UNRWA, the <a href="http://civic.mit.edu/">MIT Center for Future Civic Media</a>, and the Genevieve McMillan-Reba Stewart Foundation.<br />
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The photo exhibition is hosted at <a href="http://www.almathaf.ps/">Al Mat’haf</a> (the Museum), a one-of-a-kind recreation and cultural center that showcases Gaza’s rich historical past and seamlessly blends it into the context of contemporary life in Gaza. At a time when many in Gaza have forgotten its rich cultural heritage, Al-Mathaf aims to preserve the region’s historical treasures, provide a venue for modern cultural dialogue, and support the new generation in creating a brighter future.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 11: </span></b><span class="hp"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A day of ups and downs shooting video in the camp…</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-EsfFefI/AAAAAAAAEqw/zr3D3pTOoF0/s1600/DSCF9742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-EsfFefI/AAAAAAAAEqw/zr3D3pTOoF0/s320/DSCF9742.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A day with many ups and downs - we had left video cameras with all groups and trainers to continue filming over the weekend. All but one group reported in their morning check-in that they were nearly done with their primary shooting. Many had worked hard on the weekend in new locations and reworked narratives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-LTZIOuI/AAAAAAAAErE/nR9HJWlsHFA/s1600/DSCF9751.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-LTZIOuI/AAAAAAAAErE/nR9HJWlsHFA/s320/DSCF9751.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">However, during our video footage review it became clear nearly all had critical challenges, which nearly left their films either unusable or fairly flat. These included very poor audio and lighting for many crucial scenes; interestingly at least 2 groups shot scenes in the center (when they were unable to get permission to shoot elsewhere) but somehow failed to notice the roaring diesel generator running in the background, muting all but the loudest characters in the scenes. Others shot indoors in very poor lightning or composition and outdoor shots at a distance had little or no expression seen in the characters. Natural and dramatic acting was also turning out to be a challenge for many groups in difficult locations with little preparation, coaching or rehearsal.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There seems to be a dilemma to get the right balance between indoor/outdoor shooting to handle light and the inevitable noise in the camp. So we suggested good "location scouting" was most crucial for all groups, along with getting compelling characters in desirable roles. In some cases, simply casting other individuals in critical roles that are more authentic, was the only solution to make the films seem compelling. Finally, we urged some trainers to work closer with the other teams to provide more guidance and support.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-Mgd1ykI/AAAAAAAAErI/xT-RWu5O4Fg/s1600/DSCF9755.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-Mgd1ykI/AAAAAAAAErI/xT-RWu5O4Fg/s320/DSCF9755.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">One could feel the exasperation of the teams as they watched their footage and we noticed that many scenes re-shot had only gotten worse. This was certainly not an outcome we all wished at this stage of the workshop with all the training and critical reviews we had done. So we simply went around and got everyone to give constructive suggestions to each group as they presented their work; clearly seeing it on large format screen really helps each time. At least two groups decided to completely re-write their stories or choose a new concept, as they saw their current work fall flat. We decided to work intensively with the two groups most in need to get them back on track. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-OIyscLI/AAAAAAAAErM/Kxpo8OinGZ0/s1600/DSCF9786.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-OIyscLI/AAAAAAAAErM/Kxpo8OinGZ0/s320/DSCF9786.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The only group that finished shooting all footage was the one doing the silent abstract film which they shot in a new location around destroyed buildings by the sea - the effect was quite moving and everyone clapped at the end. I suggested they combine their footage from the previous location to retain the urgency and dramatic character they originally achieved. Overall, this group appears to have some powerful footage to go into editing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">With the inspiration from the last group's footage, we got all other groups to meet separately with us to consider how to improve their work. Roger and Maha worked closely with a group where the children quickly developed refreshing new story, which they are excited to shoot tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-UdyETdI/AAAAAAAAErg/Ni3xqe6go3E/s1600/IMG_1714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-UdyETdI/AAAAAAAAErg/Ni3xqe6go3E/s320/IMG_1714.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I had one group, which was a bit demoralized due to internal dynamics and trainer issues, to revert back to a piece they originally developed in the first week, focusing on human rights issues and persons injured in Jabaliya camp during the war. They were psyched to get back on-location and begin shooting. So we developed a new angle where we would have one team interview and shoot the emerging story, while another "camera crew" would film them doing so, thus creating a film inside a film. We had the "camera crew" of a 11-year old boy (Mohammed) and girl from another group use Roger's professional Panasonic video camera for the secondary shoot; they both took to it readily panning gracefully between the interview and the team filming it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-ZZm5vMI/AAAAAAAAEr0/pbptQhWJJRI/s1600/IMG_1731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-ZZm5vMI/AAAAAAAAEr0/pbptQhWJJRI/s320/IMG_1731.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The pairing worked really well as we re-interviewed the Hammad family who suffered during the war; they welcomed us back in their home as both teams filmed them in a somewhat odd fashion (one saying "action" after the other). They understood the concept and that it was for training purposes as well. The camera team also filmed the group making decisions about their shots and preparing for interviews while walking along, so the film may turn out to be fairly compelling once it’s completed. The team plans to meet Mezan, the human rights center in the camp and film two other cases as part of their documentary narrative.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This was a great high-point for the frustrating day as the group felt a sense of satisfaction at seeing a concept come together quickly and having a workable plan of action to produce something effective in a short time. Let’s see how the rest goes with all other groups as they wrap up shooting tomorrow, and get into editing...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 12: </span></b><span class="hp"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Wrapping up shooting and brief editing tutorial</span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-jr4n4nI/AAAAAAAAEsU/ZCAq8UlTqzs/s1600/IMG_1811.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-jr4n4nI/AAAAAAAAEsU/ZCAq8UlTqzs/s320/IMG_1811.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The day started with all the groups eagerly waiting in the courtyard of the center holding tripods and cameras ready to go for their final shoot. I came in with a large tray of Bakhalava to celebrate the arrival of my little sister's baby boy this morning. Just enough sugar to get everyone recharged for their filming on-location all morning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmLOIoWa7I/AAAAAAAAEvY/yI3miuwIGGg/s1600/IMG_1841.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmLOIoWa7I/AAAAAAAAEvY/yI3miuwIGGg/s320/IMG_1841.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Each team went out to their final locations; I took our group to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mezan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Human Rights to see if we could get them to take us out for an interview with a family. No one was around, so we instead went to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), also nearby... they too were hesitant (and asked for formal letters of request), but the young team persisted and the staff finally asked a field officer to take us out to a site in Beit Lahiya where several families and schools had been hard hit. The group worked in two teams conducting the interviews and filming the film; I was impressed at their clockwork dynamic. Even the 11-year old Mohammed closely held his professional Panasonic DVX camera (which was way bigger than his sholders) and shot footage indoors and in the streets, walking rapidly backwards to frame the shots. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-5AvFIXI/AAAAAAAAEtI/6mh7ozZBCzE/s1600/IMG_1937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-5AvFIXI/AAAAAAAAEtI/6mh7ozZBCzE/s320/IMG_1937.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The group filmed 3 families two of which were in Jabaliya camp, each with devastating stories of loss and inspiring resilience. Abeer, the 15-year old girl directing the group, conducted most interviews along with Nour, while others assisted with photography and basic production work - a natural team with each one taking turns to manage the shoot. We did many interviews indoors, with several shots in the open to capture the destroyed homes and conversing while walking with our characters in the narrow alleys of the camp. Both cameras captured multiple angles of the shots; with nearly 3 hours of video it will be quite a bit of work for the group to begin sorting out and trimming their final scenes during editing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-f5FJuiI/AAAAAAAAEsM/jIiRvdAk2-I/s1600/IMG_1801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl-f5FJuiI/AAAAAAAAEsM/jIiRvdAk2-I/s320/IMG_1801.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In the afternoon, I conducted a brief hour-long tutorial of the VideoStudio editing software using an example of the "<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Rabbit</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>" film this group had shot last week. They have subsequently abandoned the story in favor of the human rights piece. So it made for a good example that was fun to edit. They learned the key elements of editing, trimming, sound tracks, audio recording, titling and transitions with only a few special effects in the context of this narrative. They suggested slow motion and repeat takes in some scenes, which all added nicely to the final film rendered.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tomorrow all groups will begin organizing and capturing their footage to begin editing in groups, so we hope to get them off on a good track, though some may still insist on re-shooting a few scenes with audio/lighting issues. Let’s hope we can keep the full group engaged in the editing process somehow or find other constructive video/photo activities as the Al Aroub team has been trying.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 13: </span></b><span class="hp"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Power cuts and video editing...</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl_H3JVDRI/AAAAAAAAEts/WWUKI-P-IKI/s1600/IMG_1962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEl_H3JVDRI/AAAAAAAAEts/WWUKI-P-IKI/s320/IMG_1962.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A frustrating day for many groups as we struggled to begin video editing with just 3 laptops available for 5 groups. One finally finished shooting its last 2 scenes, while the others tried to review their footage, logging scenes, writing up key descriptions, and sequencing them on paper. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAH08SgiI/AAAAAAAAEuA/9nhC6pCycH4/s1600/IMG_1995.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAH08SgiI/AAAAAAAAEuA/9nhC6pCycH4/s320/IMG_1995.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The center had no power for most of the day - later we heard it was a scheduled power outage throughout the camp, and the center's only diesel generator simply broke-down. So we tried to use laptops with whatever battery charge was remaining, while some groups reviewed their footage on the tiny video camera screens. At some point 2-3 groups tried to move to other buildings (a nearby UN office and a special needs center) for an hour or so to continue working, however most simply fizzled out by early afternoon with all the logistical challenges and resource constraints.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Only one group managed to finish most of their initial editing (for the abstract silent film) while 2 others made it part way through their footage. My group had shot nearly 3 hours of interviews (using two cameras), so it took a great deal of time to sort through and select some key scenes from just one camera - turns out to be a more ambitious effort than expected. We have a great deal more to do tomorrow. The remaining two groups are still essentially beginning their editing work tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAJekl2TI/AAAAAAAAEuE/P1iNDEAmCt0/s1600/IMG_1996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAJekl2TI/AAAAAAAAEuE/P1iNDEAmCt0/s320/IMG_1996.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So the next 2 days will remain intensive if we can keep groups focused and manage with the power outages; our plan B is simply to move to another center temporarily. We'll review rough cuts tomorrow late afternoon, and hope to get all shorts completed by the end of the week for final screenings. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I expect we'll do our post-workshop evaluations on Sunday morning, so all groups have enough time to wrap-up prior to it. I'm working on a new questionnaire for the evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We plan to do a community screening in Jabaliya camp early next week with families (Monday), and hopefully a public screening in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> the following weekend. That should give us more time to refine and finalize all films with subtitles, print a selection of photos (from both workshops) and arrange some publicity to attract local audiences in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 14: </span></b><span class="hp"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Power back on and video editing progressing</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAQothPgI/AAAAAAAAEuc/vCsWZ1d2WeA/s1600/IMG_2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAQothPgI/AAAAAAAAEuc/vCsWZ1d2WeA/s320/IMG_2021.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Today was much better as we miraculously had power nearly all day at the woman's center in Jabaliya camp. After a quick warm-up we asked everyone to discuss their editing and shooting experience thus far, to get some feedback on things we can improve - of course power and access to working laptops on-time were their biggest concerns. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAWchuyAI/AAAAAAAAEu0/e1F6SpVsht0/s1600/IMG_2046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAWchuyAI/AAAAAAAAEu0/e1F6SpVsht0/s320/IMG_2046.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We then broke up into our editing teams and tried to get everyone back on track; two groups waited around for new laptops to arrive which we had to setup with the editing software , both of them had to switch mid-stream twice, as their laptops crashed... and lost their initial edits. This was quite disruptive and frustrating, but the groups pressed ahead. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My group spent a great deal of time reviewing and capturing a selection of key scenes from over 6 hours of video they shot using the two cameras. We finally got through most of it by the end of the day and made an initial rough-cut which fairly coherent. It’s the story about 3 families in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> devastated during the war, as captured through interviews by a team of young girls and their camera crew.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAXor1fiI/AAAAAAAAEu4/X4wGPDL4zpI/s1600/IMG_2050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAXor1fiI/AAAAAAAAEu4/X4wGPDL4zpI/s320/IMG_2050.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We made a brief review of 4 out of 5 films that completed rough-cuts today in a small group of children and trainers remaining late this afternoon. The feedback was very helpful to the groups. One group with the silent abstract film decided to lay a music track over it which nearly destroyed the overall effect of the power footage they shot. Many of us suggested they try creating another version with just natural sounds of the locations and spaces they used, and see what resonates better with everyone in the final reviews tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After the long day, I spent another few hours in <st1:city w:st="on">Gaza</st1:city> city meeting folks at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">French</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Cultural</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>, YMCA and Palestinian Red Crescent Society trying to get a venue for our exhibit and screening. I’m also checking with the Museum in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> (the "Mathaf") - a newly renovated private space by the sea near Beit Lahiya. Lets see what works out in the next few days. The event will likely be on August 1st for the opening, with the exhibit on for 2 weeks hopefully.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 15: </span></b><span class="hp"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">youth video shorts making progress....</span></b></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmANBPs5MI/AAAAAAAAEuQ/0U6uclyGYGs/s1600/IMG_2007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmANBPs5MI/AAAAAAAAEuQ/0U6uclyGYGs/s320/IMG_2007.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I think we got a lot done today as all groups were more focused on completing their editing. In the morning, we reviewed a check-list of things each one had to consider for their final pieces, including:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1. Writing up a title, summary, brief synopsis, and group names for each film<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2. Ensuring their video sequences are coherent and concise to represent the intended storyline<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3. Completing all voice recordings, soundtrack and adjusting audio levels for all scenes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">4. Simplifying any transitions and effects to maintain a seamless flow in the visual narrative (and not distract the viewer)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAVZckTZI/AAAAAAAAEuw/AVJqOk1OePM/s1600/IMG_2044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAVZckTZI/AAAAAAAAEuw/AVJqOk1OePM/s320/IMG_2044.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5. Add the title and credits including acknowledging the community center and voices beyond walls<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">6. Writing up an Arabic dialog script with timestamps for the entire film, and translating it to English for subtitles<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">7. Ensuring any images or music in the film are copyright free or get permission or credit them. This year we need to ensure that copyrighted material is well handled if we plan to post the youth shorts on YouTube and submit them to film festivals.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAYydx3iI/AAAAAAAAEu8/fSDEprGCvIU/s1600/IMG_2054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEmAYydx3iI/AAAAAAAAEu8/fSDEprGCvIU/s320/IMG_2054.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The groups got through most items on the checklist, though many still need to adjust audio levels, and complete the Arabic/English scripting and subtitles. We plan to extend the workshop into Saturday to finalize their films (given the power cuts and laptop issues all week). All groups and trainers are eager to wrap up their films and are willing to work through the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On Sunday we plan to do our evaluations in focus groups for both the video workshop and the Dabke workshop kids (our comparison group). I'm working on the questionnaire this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Finally, we plan to do our community screenings with the families and distribute diplomas to all children at an event in the center on Monday evening, followed by a more public screening in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> at the “Mat’haf” (Museum) next Sunday. A satisfying close for a long and productive week; we are on our last stretch to complete the youth films by early next week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023421225217213844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-36984722387723763852010-07-20T23:29:00.000+03:002010-07-20T23:32:56.213+03:00al Aroub day 13<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZ9H6D8ACaczjzbuz0rbNRIyOqqJtN-AsosQ5GE21-NzeXZbe9KrjcHOhXdt8pjkrnHVGrlY3cxXj6IMnLctz49gUsoQ2FejA9sgvOtU_gkRC6av0JM7o89iE69mrWogZ8LRPmCknYQ/s1600/IMG_2485.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZ9H6D8ACaczjzbuz0rbNRIyOqqJtN-AsosQ5GE21-NzeXZbe9KrjcHOhXdt8pjkrnHVGrlY3cxXj6IMnLctz49gUsoQ2FejA9sgvOtU_gkRC6av0JM7o89iE69mrWogZ8LRPmCknYQ/s400/IMG_2485.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496088859522032194" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe1syL05Sgb3RulSADqz4CXKyGWpUgWF8Jc8fmr9sn_F2cQp-RKkXICcmWA_SC-2y93Uo_A_sA8L_jOY4-nX522x19nt-xFoZ5FlnsEnMwBtaXV-7ieGBBHQAaKjdk3dGvdPBAFvpBg/s1600/IMG_2487.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU2VXCmQAdc-Pi1DhJ3tbFgFDYe103WjAB4YaCIwFy1pfJqOAVfouIVoz0DuXKQwXWFc7Ghvq_7AdqZ9sAlvdjl-7016PDGBxMqV4gzV0yq3P9fVqAQo7zOKnR8s5ejP5o0m0uwd19Ug/s400/IMG_2445.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495686936397908018" /></a><br /><br />(c) Anne Paq/Voicesbeyondwalls.org<br /><br /><br />1- Review of the shots<br />2- review of the shots in editing room.<br />3, 4 and 5- finishing shooting scenes.Anne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-84000242041756645922010-07-17T14:36:00.002+03:002010-07-17T22:54:22.535+03:00Creative Writing & Video Shooting in Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza – Week 2<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">In our second week of the workshop the children and trainers in all groups began developing their story concepts and storyboards, along with acting and shooting video on-location for their films. Below is a day-by-day summary of our experiences with the workshop in Jabaliya refugee camp in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 6: Creative story-writing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEGtbWVX-qI/AAAAAAAAEl4/ZKB3LSJNWI0/s1600/IMG_1223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEGtbWVX-qI/AAAAAAAAEl4/ZKB3LSJNWI0/s320/IMG_1223.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We began the workshop with a focus on creative story-writing; the session was lead by Asmaa Elghoul, an award winning writer and journalist in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>, who's been volunteering some time with our workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIA_Lvto0I/AAAAAAAAEmE/uwzfm1u4KX0/s1600/IMG_1228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIA_Lvto0I/AAAAAAAAEmE/uwzfm1u4KX0/s320/IMG_1228.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">After a quick warm-up yoga stance and physical ice-breaker, Asmaa began the session with having everyone introduce themselves to her and describe their dream the previous night; this elicited some hilarious and touching thoughts. She then discussed what children felt were key story elements like place, climax, plot, ending, turning point, dialog, writing style, characters, context etc. We noted these points on a large sheet and referred to them often during the day as they spoke about their own narratives. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We then broke-up in 5 groups and Asmaa handed each one an illustrated storybook to read and decompose the key story elements we had discussed. Each group leader spoke a summary of the story (often acted out in funny ways) followed by one of the children presenting key elements. We then had each group participate in a rapid story-writing game we developed as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">1. Children in each group wrote a character, object and place on separate pieces of paper and threw then into 3 baskets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIA9Rk--dI/AAAAAAAAEmA/G5Pf-dxuD_Y/s1600/IMG_1226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIA9Rk--dI/AAAAAAAAEmA/G5Pf-dxuD_Y/s320/IMG_1226.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">2. We shuffled each one and handed them back to children in all groups (3 for each person).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">3. Then children worked in their groups to quickly write a story comprising of these elements in 15 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">4. Trainers reviewed the stories written among the groups asking about key story elements and the narratives were refined.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">5. We collected the pieces of paper and re-shuffled them in the baskets, handing them back once again to children in all groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">6. Children repeated the exercise and wrote new narratives from the elements they received.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">7. After a quick review among the groups, we then collected everyone for a class wide activity called "story chains". Here we asked one person to read their story and then using elements in their narrative, someone else with similar elements (each a character, place or object) had to read their story... this continued till nearly everyone read theirs, while we often chose children who were shy or had not spoken earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The entire activity was devised by us on the fly and it went really well; it got all the groups really engaged and internalizing some of the story elements we discussed earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">After lunch we watched two short films made by youth in previous workshops, Lamees Daydream and Street Lesson, to discuss story elements in the films, using the later to develop a storyboard of key scenes. This went quite well as the children understood the reasons for storyboarding, to better communicate ideas and break narratives down to the visual elements for filming.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBD-NTRBI/AAAAAAAAEmU/VdtzjHsRfAE/s1600/IMG_1247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBD-NTRBI/AAAAAAAAEmU/VdtzjHsRfAE/s320/IMG_1247.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The final exercise was to discuss stories they wrote over the weekend in their groups; there was less time for this and given the long day I think children were less creative and energetic at this stage. The narratives they read were typical of a day in their life with few if any imaginative elements (though one was about dreaming a trip to the moon). One that struck me was about a magic stick and a couple seeking counseling from a psychiatrist... though the story was under-developed, I suggested making the psychiatrist the one needing help - visiting families in the families in his neighborhood to figure out his dilemma :-) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Trainers felt this was the hardest activity for the children and many thought it would take a long time to get children into a more creative space. They were less optimistic but I mentioned that we've always experienced these challenges at this stage of the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Overall, I think our creative exercises in the morning were valuable but we need to spurn the children into more imaginative thinking; we'll try a few other exercises the next day, like developing narratives from photographs, story circles where children start a story and others in the circle have to complete it, improvisational stories by acting out character roles assigned to them, and perhaps going back to their neighborhoods or a brief field-trip to activate their imagination.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 7: Improvisational play - </span></b><span class="hp"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The psychiatrist and the donkey...</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBFfPtPsI/AAAAAAAAEmY/4zUDpAnnfQ8/s1600/IMG_1254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBFfPtPsI/AAAAAAAAEmY/4zUDpAnnfQ8/s320/IMG_1254.JPG" /></a></div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Our day began with the usual warm-up; this time children lined up along a cross-bar and playing a game of swapping themselves like musical chairs quite rapidly. I could barely make sense of it all. I'm just amazing with the creative new exercises they keep devising each day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBL45mO6I/AAAAAAAAEmk/2LicmROs8ws/s1600/IMG_1263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBL45mO6I/AAAAAAAAEmk/2LicmROs8ws/s320/IMG_1263.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Asmaa and I then led our next stage of creative narrative sessions; this time we played the "story-chain" in the full circle of the group of 20 children and their trainers. Asmaa started with one example phrase "One day as I was on my way home ..." and then asked me to continue as I said "I met an elephant" .. and so on. The children at first were a bit slow to keep up the pace but eventually got the hang of it and created quite an imaginative storyline towards the end of the circle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBt8iGoWI/AAAAAAAAEm8/P3Yqmn4juF0/s1600/IMG_1302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBt8iGoWI/AAAAAAAAEm8/P3Yqmn4juF0/s320/IMG_1302.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">I then suggested we repeat the "story-circle" and I started with a more specific context to spur a richer storyline. I said "There was once a psychiatrist in Jabaliya camp, who thought he was going crazy and wanted help ..." and then the next person said "and he ran down the street and met a donkey" ... "who told him about his problems" ... and so on... by the end we had a hilarious and touching storyline that had a rich array of characters including "donkeys who protested their working conditions (i.e. DR - or donkey rights)", "mice who stole their petitions", and "a magician on a broom stick" who tried to solve their dilemma. In the end the psychiatrist wakes up from his "dream" but as he washes his face sees a "donkey" in the mirror... and runs back into the street seeing donkeys everywhere... I think they wanted to imply that the psychiatrists' problem was inside him and only he could solve it by introspection - yet instead of a direct message, the children suggested an "open ending" - leaving that up to the audience. It felt more like a version of the "Twilight Zone" :-)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBvsnRecI/AAAAAAAAEnA/jvKRenCDjKE/s1600/IMG_1304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBvsnRecI/AAAAAAAAEnA/jvKRenCDjKE/s320/IMG_1304.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We than asked the children to script-out and storyboard the tale they devised for practice... this worked well as we went through key details for each potential scene devising better characters and transitions within the story. We got the children to make a play with the storyline. We selected Abeer (one of our best participants) as the director and got the children to "audition" for each of the roles, rehearsing key scenes several times, with a virtual film crew. Finally, Roger decided to film the full play and it went surprisingly smoothly (after many chaotic rehearsal takes). The acting was amazing with Abeer finally playing the psychiatrist (after directing many actors to do it) and little Hammad acting as the cool donkey wearing shades. I was impressed that everyone played their roles so well; feels like many children opened up in the exercise and there's pretty good working dynamics within the group.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBxWzgwZI/AAAAAAAAEnE/Zg2KOVMRl2E/s1600/IMG_1311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIBxWzgwZI/AAAAAAAAEnE/Zg2KOVMRl2E/s320/IMG_1311.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We then screened the video and children got to see a complete concept to video example in less than 2 hours. It was a huge morale boost and hilariously fun to perform. They also talked about the difficult job of the director and importance of a really detailed script. We then watched another example youth video short "Mother of Palestine" (Jenin 2007) which also had a good storyline and discussed various aspects of the narrative and video shooting thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">In the last hour we broke up into newly selected groups (we thought mixing them up again would bring fresh ideas) and had them each try developing new stories for their films the next day. The groups struggled a bit at first but then after we asked some of the children to close their eyes and imagine a few key characters and situations, got them to develop narrative scripts and storyboards together.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We plan to review the storyboards in the morning and have them act out the key scenes, before doing a sample video shoot in the afternoon. I expect many of their stories tomorrow will still be rather preliminary so they may get better refined/expanded as they shoot or they can simply develop a new one after this initial video trial. I think its best not to push the groups too hard to have coherent narratives in the first go, but let them get comfortable with the full process of concept to video and later develop better narratives as they mature their ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 8: Refining story ideas, animation and video tutorial<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB0LPovzI/AAAAAAAAEnM/3I8UmkawviM/s1600/IMG_1322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB0LPovzI/AAAAAAAAEnM/3I8UmkawviM/s320/IMG_1322.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Today the groups presented their storyboards and scripts for potential films they plan to work on. Here's a quick summary of the key ideas emerging thus far:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">1. A folk tale about a lion that harasses a colony of rabbits ("Rabbit City"), asking for one delivered and sacrificed to him each day for his meal; finally the rabbits protest and devise a way to trick the lion into thinking another lion is vying for his share. The lion sees his own reflection in a pool of water and jumps in; it’s a simple tale but the group narrated it with a lot of symbolism and metaphors about Palestinian children under occupation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB3SZ-e2I/AAAAAAAAEnU/TBpnYrln2tQ/s1600/IMG_1336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB3SZ-e2I/AAAAAAAAEnU/TBpnYrln2tQ/s320/IMG_1336.JPG" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">2. A film about the "noise" in the camp from generators to street vendors selling watermelons... it was an unfinished story until I suggested bridging it with one they worked on about the deaf girl Amna. Here they story would transition from an annoying noise filled day in the life of a child in the camp to meeting Amna and transforming her world through Amna's impairment, and thus learning to appreciate the richness of the soundscape around her.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB5V_S-hI/AAAAAAAAEnY/YndUrMZpE0c/s1600/IMG_1337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB5V_S-hI/AAAAAAAAEnY/YndUrMZpE0c/s320/IMG_1337.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">3. A child experiences nightmares and is unable to sleep, while his parents complain about his performance in school. The story drifted a bit with an accident experienced by the boy, after which the parents are sympathetic to the boy. We suggested the issue of problems with sleep in the camp may actually be useful to emphasize in the film (as we heard it from many of the mothers in our focus groups). The children are refining their narrative (including perhaps an animated dream sequence) and may try to make the script more dramatic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB91AJ7LI/AAAAAAAAEnk/YP04WWNnIcw/s1600/IMG_1356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIB91AJ7LI/AAAAAAAAEnk/YP04WWNnIcw/s320/IMG_1356.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">4. A story about Ahmad and Anna on their last day in school. Ahmad is a poor child living in the camp and Anna in a more affluent neighborhood in the city. A series of events happen in their lives until Ahmad finds a jewel on the beach - a turning point in the story, after which their roles may switch after which they may both appreciate each other lives better.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">5. A story about separation among Palestinians living in the West Bank and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>. It shows children walking lonely and confused in both places looking for each other, with <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Palestine</st1:place></st1:city> being their mother. The film is a rather abstract performative piece with much symbolism. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">After some long and constructive critique the narratives appear to be shaping up a bit - lets see what the groups try to make of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICNG40nwI/AAAAAAAAEoI/mdpgEkBdPYY/s1600/IMG_1414.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICNG40nwI/AAAAAAAAEoI/mdpgEkBdPYY/s320/IMG_1414.JPG" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">In the afternoon we watched an animated film presented by a guest speaker, Tilda, a photographer from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region>, who worked with children in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nablus</st1:place></st1:city> on the short. The kids got excited to try such animations for some scenes in their own films though they were well aware of the efforts needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Finally, Roger conducted the video session as planned quite thoroughly with some camera demonstrations on-screen, watching scenes from shorts like the Pole, Lamees Daydream, Theater of Stones and Take it or Leave it, to reinforce camera angles and composition. The session was long and needed to be a bit more interactive and hands-on. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">By the end the children were losing steam and we ended the day with a quick review of their scripts in groups to start video shooting the following morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 9: First day of video shooting on-location<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICT9CNeUI/AAAAAAAAEoY/BPdPE1jci-Y/s1600/IMG_1431.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICT9CNeUI/AAAAAAAAEoY/BPdPE1jci-Y/s320/IMG_1431.JPG" /></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Today we began preparing groups for their first video shoot on-location. After revising their scripts and reviewing them with us, they had to develop detailed production plans with key characters and locations of scenes and also assign roles for the director, photo/video camera persons and actors. In some cases groups had to find extras for their films in the locations itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICXN67jUI/AAAAAAAAEog/yX2f_uCUWvM/s1600/IMG_1438.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICXN67jUI/AAAAAAAAEog/yX2f_uCUWvM/s320/IMG_1438.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Before leaving we also asked all trainers to conduct brief hands-on video camera trainings with all children in their groups, reinforcing lessons learned on shot framing, angles and composition in the video tutorial by Roger the previous day. Finally, we asked all groups to register themselves in a sign-up sheet with the center so we knew who was on-location and what equipment they took along. We insisted on all group members wearing their badges on-location as well. All the preparations were meant to get them to take their shooting seriously and think through their efforts more professionally as they go forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICsHro3PI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/YlzkeIfcpGY/s1600/IMG_1481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICsHro3PI/AAAAAAAAEpQ/YlzkeIfcpGY/s320/IMG_1481.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The five groups managed to spend 2-3 hours on their first shoot; each seemed quite satisfied with their experience. A de-briefing discussion among all later that afternoon indicated a few points. Groups took care to shoot several scenes in multiple takes to get it right; some had a hard time getting extras on-location or other characters for their films but managed partly - though will need to go back and shoot more with other characters the next day. One group had a hard time getting the hearing impaired girl to be in the film as she was not around and they felt the sign translation would take more effort, so they may have an actor in her place.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICwp1U1pI/AAAAAAAAEpU/rbrpKAAcw0w/s1600/IMG_1485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICwp1U1pI/AAAAAAAAEpU/rbrpKAAcw0w/s320/IMG_1485.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">My group recruited half a dozen kids on-location to wear masks as rabbits and over 20 spectators (unintentionally) in the station park (apparently the only open green play-space in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>) where they shot their lion and rabbit tale. Most people there turned out to be quite helpful. The group managed to use many sections of the park as key locations for different scenes (but had some trouble maintaining scene continuity shooting a forest in an urban space); they generally enjoyed the shoot, despite the blaring sun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Getting permission to shoot in other locations was not easy e.g. a UN school and a special needs center, so these needed to be negotiated in advance; some eventually worked out through personal connections. One group wanted to shoot in an open desert area, but when they got there, many new homes were being built to their surprise and they felt uncomfortable shooting due to the police there. They finally got assistance from a popular old man in the neighborhood to get access from the community. Most did not give up easily and tried to get many of their scenes done. "Location Scouting" in advance is an important lesson they recognized.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The groups mentioned that everyone took to their roles easily and many got to use the video camera as well, though often only 1-2 were assigned the video camera. Most said they used lessons learned in the video tutorial the previous day, though I expect many mistakes in their shots. I noted some using zoom and rapid movement too often, so I think stable shots maybe something they learn over time. We'll see how their first day of footage turned out during video reviews the following day, and whether they can turn these into their final films. I expect quite a bit may need to be re-shot or scripts re-worked, but its still a good learning exercise.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 10: Reviewing Video Footage and Group Critique<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICadgnZnI/AAAAAAAAEos/lBLqYUPTlrw/s1600/IMG_1505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICadgnZnI/AAAAAAAAEos/lBLqYUPTlrw/s320/IMG_1505.JPG" /></a></div><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">In the morning, we had Jehan, a drama trainer from Tamer, come back to conduct a drama session with the group. This was really refreshing for all after a long day of video shooting the day before. Jehan led them through a series of movements, gestures and role playing exercises. Her goal was to make them less shy, more expressive and improve their body language on-screen while acting out their stories "in character". <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICOKCzmQI/AAAAAAAAEoM/2Xl6nq6Tmho/s1600/IMG_1417.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICOKCzmQI/AAAAAAAAEoM/2Xl6nq6Tmho/s320/IMG_1417.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We than lead a long session of video footage reviews among all groups. Roger and I had watched and compiled key scenes from the group's footage the night before and we examined these "shot selections" carefully to highlight good and poor examples of camera techniques used, along with overall composition and how the scenes actually convey the narrative intended. We were actually quite impressed with the content and composition of many of their shots (thanks to their photo training), though all noticed critical issues with camera stability and movement. One of the more powerful set of scenes was completely silent, with shots composed of the actors running and searching through a barren and destroyed landscape - almost felt like a surreal David Lynch scene or an apocalyptic Mad Max film.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIC_k5_bgI/AAAAAAAAEp0/hu3dcZPM7hw/s1600/IMG_0646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIC_k5_bgI/AAAAAAAAEp0/hu3dcZPM7hw/s320/IMG_0646.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We downloaded all footage into the VideoStudio software for each group as a separate project to show an overall summary of visual footage shot, and also culled 3-4 shot selections from each for illustrative purposes into its own project folder for review. We had labeled all scenes, shots and takes for all projects and the footage selections over 2-3 hours the night before; this was very helpful during the review as we screened different takes and shots of the same scenes to demonstrate techniques used.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIDBHxoOzI/AAAAAAAAEp4/vallYllok0k/s1600/IMG_0650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEIDBHxoOzI/AAAAAAAAEp4/vallYllok0k/s320/IMG_0650.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">This overall session went really well with much of the critique coming from the children themselves as they saw their footage projected on a large screen, with all of the challenges they encountered on-location including camera movement, shot stability, excessive zooming, sound quality, and acting. Jehan, Roger and I helped summarize key lessons learned on a poster including improving shot stability using a tripod and no zoom, breaking up scenes into multiple shots (instead of zooming midway), using cameras closer to the subjects to get more expressive features and better audio, improving overall shot composition with attention to lightning and framing of subjects, acting tips for being "in character" rather than reading out lines, not looking directly at the camera but not turning ones body to it either etc. We asked them to consider consider when and how the camera itself becomes a unintentional "character" in the film if its used with excessive movement and zooming, while POV shots need to be done intentionally to match story outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICVosag7I/AAAAAAAAEoc/funOkm7yRyY/s1600/IMG_1433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TEICVosag7I/AAAAAAAAEoc/funOkm7yRyY/s320/IMG_1433.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The discussions were very lively and I think the groups loved talking about their shots and recognizing things they had simply not noticed during the shoot. We asked each to refine their storyboards for a visual summary of shots and the dialog in their scripts, before continuing shooting. We've now given cameras to all their trainers over the weekend to continue shooing as they have time to meet, and extended their shooting schedule through Sunday, after which we hope to begin video editing tutorials with them next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We are generally going on-track this week and it’s been good to do a critical review of their footage before the weekend to get them to re-think their visual aesthetics and techniques. I have a feeling they'll do a great job on their next days of shooting with trainers, now that there's a higher-bar for what we expect to see. They're really motivated and psyched to work on their films...<o:p></o:p></span></div>Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023421225217213844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-51770556081621575262010-07-16T17:33:00.002+03:002010-07-16T17:40:31.498+03:00Day 10- Al Arub<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmsE20t7G7uzZf-bu5n-K9ci7QgyGHJnLAdA_E73tVrmMVPO5loGv2GeGG803FHYdPM7HGhDGrNSAvE83Y6xB_F2qL-fp6LN8aNvXZM5oxw23IxCbeigTb0hI-Yk84RlUd5aME1LTSg/s1600/IMG_2073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmsE20t7G7uzZf-bu5n-K9ci7QgyGHJnLAdA_E73tVrmMVPO5loGv2GeGG803FHYdPM7HGhDGrNSAvE83Y6xB_F2qL-fp6LN8aNvXZM5oxw23IxCbeigTb0hI-Yk84RlUd5aME1LTSg/s400/IMG_2073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494513145150793090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3CZvtu-8hMUwnpuAv3VTqVRGdEQ3g486jvXsYs3MHnUGr0Y0GPye8qV6CVIUcXYbZ4OjtPcgbQb-co6UBDMvDc-IKJ-lLI2_wKw75l-HAW54FpE9vVN_BesZF-ZqUgRlbq_yuWwAPw/s1600/IMG_2086.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-xjlRHfl2qdneyF1NFcAhTHH22CnpEeaJ-LmAxqNga8RR6_6S6GNZKIupN0vr8RcEWlKhU-98P8ltCj3ducbz6mMRxeKe8kn-bs3mSsdL-TdbuymvXkvxhdPPgccR5I2ed8VyjmPYA/s400/IMG_2104.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494513125585058402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybYGTR_4f-AalZ62rniTJBRbPxYLMWOcaIgYhyphenhyphenQnb1zlQ2EwOiMCjdIU1bUkxOZ-iT-HhxXc7jo-HA47d6TmsG7SIHI5j7JE4kZ3kQyLO2WN6rerDoW-EGqpxjZRkALdzKeyZrX9zAA/s1600/IMG_2154.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybYGTR_4f-AalZ62rniTJBRbPxYLMWOcaIgYhyphenhyphenQnb1zlQ2EwOiMCjdIU1bUkxOZ-iT-HhxXc7jo-HA47d6TmsG7SIHI5j7JE4kZ3kQyLO2WN6rerDoW-EGqpxjZRkALdzKeyZrX9zAA/s400/IMG_2154.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494513122779976306" /></a><br /><br />(c) Anne Paq/Voicesbeyondwalls.org, Al Aroub, 15.07.2010<br /><br />Shooting day...Anne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-12014638431758112532010-07-15T23:22:00.003+03:002010-07-15T23:34:28.323+03:00Day 9 - Al Aroub<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujtXaICDnqSRXtd5ZkdWVYoftl_pCUYi0hzlToHjV7k68GEUp9TDtxhydIFiNaqE1-owIQlHdQnjYj8UecAnK-ChcNosySXQeLWyuOdKs4DJDr4mpVV-hKj824Sv-zA4vOqyZ3A-H1g/s1600/DSC_0296.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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In the program’s first few days most of the kids’ responded with “<i>helwa</i>,” or “<i>kiteer helwa</i>” (beautiful/nice). They answered similarly during end-of-the-day check-ins we held to find out how everyone felt. In the past two days, however, the kids’ critical eyes and voices have started appearing. Today after the four small groups completed their initial storyboards, the larger group held critical discussions about the messages of each story and whether the plot contained a beginning, middle, and end. The stories focused on disabilities, the right to return, children collaborating with Israeli soldiers, and the gate to the camp, through which the Israeli army can prevent youth from attending school. We’ll be excited to see how the films are transformed and brought to life as the kids hammer out scripts and production plans and start shooting tomorrow!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-5100240113607078502010-07-13T08:47:00.002+03:002010-07-13T08:56:52.146+03:00Day 7- Al Aroub<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhWUCmbrhVO8MJNCZbvZv_-uhzz9cFPO3D72NVLScrLA595kpBN4h1R99uOlnzk_sQWTWiMUIwpZFMG5e6iL-VMnJ5G5nBP_3F8e7ULa6SJf0vjJA9EC0hyphenhyphens2XbyTgtxf6IiMjz5nfA/s1600/IMG_1823.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhWUCmbrhVO8MJNCZbvZv_-uhzz9cFPO3D72NVLScrLA595kpBN4h1R99uOlnzk_sQWTWiMUIwpZFMG5e6iL-VMnJ5G5nBP_3F8e7ULa6SJf0vjJA9EC0hyphenhyphens2XbyTgtxf6IiMjz5nfA/s400/IMG_1823.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493264187661346130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF1tRQSQiESNicMqOcxLWSTjvU5RrRfy_87xi-zb0tkpNt22A3b9bTGvOqSX1yX_Qd0wD0r6ZxmFufvZIW_K7PVd7ZrvfIKxN8fFGuRBREGZHhOxNV9S0gpYEHZoNTOxmxgKxoMpwhw/s1600/IMG_1828.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPiVAMRM84gUqBLGGkPC9a1GlSVFaaWB2LrVJjMX99hKwwYM8AQYx09GGdJxpvyX_j5sElx8Un6VeVtQ_RMolTGmGsUMlFNQoMO2ZkuFnp6ksagNEFvNpCx5MlY9-AuI-NYSQONGgVw/s400/IMG_1831.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493264157338866066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRD3O8rV3f_ty4uib1q7LzjdP7lmnZFJYEzBkk1NXXeNm2BkOxeDzDawn8f7budUIgc4u933210XQWrKKEsxvSXr5WJRXzkXar_FdY1Dpc__2xgLfUBkixCz4odXomyBMjMfPs7sHgg/s1600/IMG_1857.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRD3O8rV3f_ty4uib1q7LzjdP7lmnZFJYEzBkk1NXXeNm2BkOxeDzDawn8f7budUIgc4u933210XQWrKKEsxvSXr5WJRXzkXar_FdY1Dpc__2xgLfUBkixCz4odXomyBMjMfPs7sHgg/s400/IMG_1857.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493264154083726466" /></a><br /><br />(c) Anne Paq/Voicesbeyondwalls.org<br /><br />1 and 2- Imagine walking on a thin rope over a cliff<br />3- Story circle<br />4- Write 5 things you love, 5 things you hate<br />5- the Human knot.Anne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-67464055987992244462010-07-11T03:14:00.000+03:002010-07-17T15:24:33.964+03:00Week 1: Workshop in Jabaliya refugee camp, Gaza<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">Voices Beyond Walls and <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Les Enfants, Le Jeu et l’Education</span></span> (</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">EJE) </span>began its first participatory digital media and storytelling workshop in the UNRWA Woman’s center in Jabaliya refugee camp in northern </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> from July 4 – 25, 2010.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjl3dhtdlI/AAAAAAAAEhU/c7yt2xoU18g/s1600/IMG_1946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjl3dhtdlI/AAAAAAAAEhU/c7yt2xoU18g/s320/IMG_1946.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">The three-week workshop is being conducted with five local staff members from the woman’s center and 5-6 volunteers (from youth organizations like Tamer and Sharek), all of whom participated in the Training of Trainers (ToT) course previously conducted by Voices Beyond Walls at the Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy from June 28-30, 2010. The workshop participants include 25 children (boy and girls aged 10-15) from Jabaliya camp. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Another “comparison group” of 25 children are participating in a Dabke (traditional Palestinian dance) workshop conducted in parallel at the center, as part of the pilot research study led by Dr. Nitin Sawhney, examining the role of interventions supporting participatory media, creative expression, and civic engagement among marginalized children undergoing conditions of protracted conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Pre-workshop Planning and Preliminary Focus Group Evaluations<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">On July 3<sup>rd</sup>, one day before the workshops began, we met with the center staff in Jabaliya camp to review all workshop logistics, working guidelines and preparations. We then conducted two preliminary focus group sessions with a small group of six mothers and eight children who planned to participate in the workshop. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjlaKl5RiI/AAAAAAAAEgo/lIfMYeYsfiY/s1600/IMG_0669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjlaKl5RiI/AAAAAAAAEgo/lIfMYeYsfiY/s320/IMG_0669.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">We discussed the key issues of critical concern among mothers about the lives of their children in the camp including psychosocial trauma from the war, ongoing political conflict, blockade and everyday concerns regarding the frequent power outages, health, safety and attitudes/behaviors of children at home and in the community. We discussed their hopes and expectations, evidence of creative engagement, and media exposure among their children. The mothers were more than willing to discuss a wide range of issues and appreciated our interest in better understanding these aspects of their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">We then probed the group of children (two boys and six girls aged 12-15) about these issues through an exploratory exercise of having them draw their hands on a sheet of paper and noting their background information (name, age, siblings etc) and drawing out a sample daily diary of their everyday lives; this provided some background information on their routines, media consumption patterns, socialization, family life, and sleep, much of it apparently shaped by the nature of power cuts experienced on any given day. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmuTIU8hI/AAAAAAAAEic/HQKy6YQfbSg/s1600/DSCF8511.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmuTIU8hI/AAAAAAAAEic/HQKy6YQfbSg/s320/DSCF8511.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Inevitably, socializing with friends and family through face-to-face and online means constituted an important part of their lives, at least during the summer. When asked about a significant moment in their life over the past year, most discussed effects of the war, personal loss or challenging events at school. As for problems they faced nearly all mentioned power cuts and political situation (particularly factional fighting) as primary issues. Interestingly, children with greater media usage patterns and socialization seemed more open and optimistic – yet this remains anecdotal evidence at this early stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">The focus groups helped us develop a more detailed questionnaire and approach which we hoped to administer among all children participating in the workshop the following day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 1: Focus Group Evaluations and Introduction to Photography<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjlnxHZygI/AAAAAAAAEhA/VDa9RPD1g5s/s1600/IMG_0691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjlnxHZygI/AAAAAAAAEhA/VDa9RPD1g5s/s320/IMG_0691.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We began the day with ice-breakers conducted by local trainers, which energized the group of 25 children who came to attend the first day of the workshop. They later watched 2-3 short films including Nablus Tragedy, Memories of Nakba and the Pole (the funny short made in our ToT). The children especially loved the Pole, given its simple message of civic action to keep streets clean.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Maha and Asmaa worked hard to translate the evaluation questionnaire (to Arabic) in time for our focus group sessions. We had at least two facilitators each pair up with a group of 5 children to interview and capture their responses to the questionnaire. The hand drawing exercise worked really well and the daily diary revealed a great deal, though we had to probe some children harder to be more expressive about their opinions. Some questions could be framed better and it would have been helpful to conduct trainings with our evaluators to pose the questions better. All focus groups went well, with reams of hand-written responses and drawings produced by children.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjl7jo5TnI/AAAAAAAAEhY/BJ-fJyN5Ivc/s1600/IMG_1962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjl7jo5TnI/AAAAAAAAEhY/BJ-fJyN5Ivc/s320/IMG_1962.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After some home-made pizza at the center we had Jehad from Tamer lead the photo session, which went quite well. He previously had some children take a few shots with his camera over lunch and discussed them, along with youth photos from previous workshops in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:city> for review. The children engaged in amazingly critical discussions of photo aesthetics and narratives in the shots. I was quite impressed with their aptitude and they were no longer shy to be expressive.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our digital cameras arrived just in time (donated by Tamer and Sharek) to begin hands-on photo sessions in groups; with 30 minutes of outdoor shooting, they managed to incorporate many of their ideas from the photo review session. We had an informal discussion in the courtyard about their experience, which seemed both fun and productive. The best part about our first day into the workshop was the genuine enthusiasm and attitude of all the children and trainers involved. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 2: Sensing and Mapping Everyday Spaces<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmEsteQrI/AAAAAAAAEho/b6TrJUjT7FM/s1600/IMG_0741.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmEsteQrI/AAAAAAAAEho/b6TrJUjT7FM/s320/IMG_0741.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We started with a warm-up among the children as usual and quickly moved into focus groups to complete our hopes and expectations evaluation. Shortly thereafter we conducted a photo review of a selection of the children’s work from the previous day, which went very well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmPs-0cxI/AAAAAAAAEh4/lpK3yf2A8Z4/s1600/IMG_0761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmPs-0cxI/AAAAAAAAEh4/lpK3yf2A8Z4/s320/IMG_0761.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Afterwards Nasser (from EJE) lead a great session on smells, tastes and perceptions by having two children and one trainer blind-folded and passing around various spices and materials; this turned out to be a really fun activity and quite hilarious for all. This lead into each group conducting a mapping exercise within different rooms in the center and presenting their maps after lunch. It was too hot to send children out for fieldwork, so we decided to do some other exercises indoors (despite ongoing power cuts).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We then conducted a session on the rights and responsibilities of children as young journalists in training. Here the children came up with a set of rules and regulations that they would place on their own "press pass". Finally, we watched 2 video shorts "Al Hakawati" (the storyteller) and “Intensive Care Unit” (which they liked most) to prepare them visually for their neighborhood mapping fieldwork the following day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The first 2 days have been long and tiring for all participants and trainers, but the following days will be more hands-on and fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 3: Neighborhood Mapping in Groups<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Today's workshop was probably the most enjoyable as the teams had a chance to do some fieldwork to develop neighborhood reportage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmz5eTwKI/AAAAAAAAEik/Bxh2nyBHzi8/s1600/IMG_0861.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmz5eTwKI/AAAAAAAAEik/Bxh2nyBHzi8/s320/IMG_0861.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We started with a warm-up as usual; I'm amazed to see how many unusual ice-breakers our Jabaliya trainers continue to come up with. Today was the "ship and the lighthouse" - where we gathered in a circle in pairs with one sitting and the other behind, as the "lighthouse" winked to call out someone else in the circle. Hard to describe but quite fun once you get the hang of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmoAuA0VI/AAAAAAAAEiY/KgPE5cn0Ajg/s1600/DSCF8505.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmoAuA0VI/AAAAAAAAEiY/KgPE5cn0Ajg/s320/DSCF8505.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We then broke out into our teams, this time rearranging the trainers into stable pairs and balancing out the boys/girls and dominant children a bit more, to plan our mapping fieldwork. The center managed to create "press badges" for our young journalists in training as they preferred to call themselves. The badges had the rules and responsibilities that they crafted the day before, on the back.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The 5 groups went out for their neighborhood mapping trips. I "shadowed" one group that decided to examine the human rights situation in their camp through mapping. They met with the PCHR and Mazen offices and interviewed their staff. I was quite impressed with their interview skills and team coordination while some wrote summaries and others photographed. Fortunately, one of the staff at Mazen took them out to meet a family whose home had been bombed during the siege in Jan 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnWjP4dGI/AAAAAAAAEjQ/vc9cL4KXYCc/s1600/G4-3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnWjP4dGI/AAAAAAAAEjQ/vc9cL4KXYCc/s320/G4-3.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We met the father who lost his right hand and one of his children, while another suffered shrapnel wounds. I only learned about all this as the interview progressed and still taken aback by the warmth and hospitality of the whole family, who insisted on serving tea. The young group conducted their interview tactfully and professionally to the point where I joked with the Mazen staff member that they may make for good recruits in this organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">While we got back to the center, other groups were already preparing their maps on large sheets; one involved a narrative about a water pollution and a filtration facility near the camp, while another took a field-trip to a Bedouin village nearby. They presented their maps to the groups by the end of the day, which went quite well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Groups began trying the VideoStudio software in their groups to sequence their photography; some did a quick rough-cut but others got distracted by the software and its playful special effects (mostly due to their trainers). I tried to focus the groups back on the narrative of their neighborhood trips and challenged them to create something they might feature as reportage on Al-Jazeera. Hopefully, their ideas will get more imaginative once we've done more drama and story-writing exercises next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 4: The Silent Beauty of Amna’s Visual Senses<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjn96yoqbI/AAAAAAAAEkE/30J1irVL8-U/s1600/G1-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjn96yoqbI/AAAAAAAAEkE/30J1irVL8-U/s320/G1-1.JPG" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This was a challenging day for all; we started out fine with the groups going out to their sites to complete their neighborhood narratives.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnCnA2PTI/AAAAAAAAEi4/G8qzBeMXWVw/s1600/G3-1b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnCnA2PTI/AAAAAAAAEi4/G8qzBeMXWVw/s320/G3-1b.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Roger Hill, a filmmaker from <st1:city w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:city> who just arrived in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>, joined my previous group (doing the human rights story), while I shadowed another one examining special needs children in the camp. We visited a center that introduced us to a young girl Amna who is hearing-impaired. The group managed to conduct an interview with her through a sign translator, which went really well and then proceeded to give her a digital camera to shoot some photos with them to share a part of her world through the language of photography; Amna was really wonderful and the children took a liking to her right away. I asked the children to image a silent world as we walked along with Amna in the busy noisy streets of the camp.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Roger later commented that Amna’s photos were far more engaging; the children in this group plan to work her photos into their narrative (with a silent sound track on her world). They even shot some photos of shadows of their hands doing sign language to add to their montage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This experience left me to think that we could organize a small workshop with our young Jabaliya team working with some special needs children on joint photo narratives where one does the photo and the other the soundscape, perceiving each differently through their own senses.<br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">That afternoon the children continued to work on their first photomontage using the editing software, despite many frustrating challenges due to power-outages, viruses on laptops, and a steep learning curve to master the technical aspects of the tool without much training. The day took a toll on most of us as we strove to find better ways to tackle such issues going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt;">Day 5: Psychodrama and Screenings of Photomontage<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjoFQyBgsI/AAAAAAAAEkM/Cj2pkMf0ifQ/s1600/IMG_1127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjoFQyBgsI/AAAAAAAAEkM/Cj2pkMf0ifQ/s320/IMG_1127.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Our final day of the first week in the workshop ended better than expected, after all the chaos and frustration of the previous day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We managed to address most of the challenges plaguing us over the week regarding computers and pacing of the sessions, though power cuts and trainers out sick are hard to deal with easily.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjoRXsOaHI/AAAAAAAAEkY/or_bhXAayrc/s1600/IMG_1146.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjoRXsOaHI/AAAAAAAAEkY/or_bhXAayrc/s320/IMG_1146.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We started the day with an excellent two hour psychodrama session led by Jehan, a drama trainer from Tamer, who had attended our ToT in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> last week. She was amazing with the group, walking them through a series of exercises that helped them moving and physically expressing themselves in ways we had not seen. She eventually got children to meditate and relax to soothing music and some massage, while having them imagine and draw a scenario describing "home". The children later acted out some short improvisational plays.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Meanwhile a group of 25 children showed up in the morning to take Dabke lessons with a team of staff trainers; they were the "comparison" group we requested. The boys were already quite good at Dabke, while the girls were making a great effort; it was rather touching to watch as one of the young trainers who lost his arm (presumably in the war) taught them vigorous dance moves. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjoXYxG-YI/AAAAAAAAEkg/iLossggbzjI/s1600/IMG_1171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjoXYxG-YI/AAAAAAAAEkg/iLossggbzjI/s320/IMG_1171.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After their two hour session, Amani and Mustafa, lead the evaluation sessions with the children. These were conducted as one large group in the center library as we didn't have enough staff for in-depth focus groups. But remarkably the children took to the evaluation quite well and ended up drawing their hand exercise and daily dairy quite well, subsequently writing brief responses to Amani's questions. While it was not structured as key informant interviews in small focus groups, the children provided some good background info. on 2-3 sheets each. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmBvzIzkI/AAAAAAAAEhg/OKRVHbZo8h4/s1600/DSCF8293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmBvzIzkI/AAAAAAAAEhg/OKRVHbZo8h4/s320/DSCF8293.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">After lunch our groups were eager to complete their photo-montages, even before we had a chance to fully prepare all the laptops. In the morning we worked with the center staff to have all our laptops scanned for viruses, checked software and data, and labeled each one with group IDs so they had stable machines for photo editing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We got each group to work in a different room at the center so they could do audio recordings easily. All worked out much more smoothly this time around; the children were much more so in control of the photo editing and managed to record voice narratives for all their shorts. One group had to restart all over after the power went out and their laptop had no battery; their patience was impressive despite it all.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnqkgU5wI/AAAAAAAAEjo/So9I6Aw3jZ4/s1600/G2-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnqkgU5wI/AAAAAAAAEjo/So9I6Aw3jZ4/s320/G2-5.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Finally, we got nearly all montages ready to screen and I decided to conduct our evaluation de-briefing with them for 30 mins before the final presentations. I would have preferred a more creative focus group-style evaluation but we just ran out of time... <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnjPtzg2I/AAAAAAAAEjg/7Y_W6b4T7tc/s1600/G5-5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjnjPtzg2I/AAAAAAAAEjg/7Y_W6b4T7tc/s320/G5-5.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The children were generally quite happy with the workshop - many remarking that this was their best day as they got to complete their photo narratives. Others felt the workshop got them out in their community getting to understand local issues in ways they never did and they really appreciated being asked to take on a responsible journalistic role. Others really enjoyed the photo reviews and editing techniques, not to mention the calming drama session earlier.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We insisted on hearing some difficulties they encountered; the children were frank to indicate some points including their surprise at some local community folks not wanting to be interviewed or photographed (though some children found that they were able to go back the following day and break the ice with many such folks). They complained about not having enough cameras in their groups and not enough time for editing. Others indicated the days were often long and tiring. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">They also felt that the changes among children and trainers in groups (particularly in the first few days) was disruptive and with some trainers having to leave early or miss a day (due to exams or illness) lead to swapping trainers affecting group dynamics, and left the children hanging in their assignments at times. I mentioned that we really appreciated their feedback and would take that into account to improve the coming days, while encouraging us to meet us individually to offer more feedback anytime.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">We finally watched the photo montages and this was deeply satisfying for all; below are the five main narratives they produced:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1. A photo montage on keeping the streets clean - the children visited a juice factory to ask about their practices to make better products and produced a piece that highlighted the community's responsibility.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2. A piece about the special needs center in the camp and how the group met a young hearing-impaired girl, Amna, whom they interviewed and trained to use a camera. It was a touching story that the children themselves felt transformed their experience spending time with Amna.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmgyM7a_I/AAAAAAAAEiQ/ZcbUXAKlmeQ/s1600/DSCF8489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmgyM7a_I/AAAAAAAAEiQ/ZcbUXAKlmeQ/s320/DSCF8489.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">3. A detailed journalistic report on the Abu Rashed Pool, a rain-water collection facility in the camp that was often flooded or polluted. They did a great job producing a fact-filled photo essay with some imaginative writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">4. A piece on the human rights centers in the camp with intensive interviews of the Hamad family that was devastated during the war. The piece was really well done, especially the interviews and photos with the father who lost his arm. The words and haunting music were powerful and I think it left a mark on the children who produced the piece as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmeRTDQsI/AAAAAAAAEiM/t-D-DPM5f2U/s1600/DSCF8411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TDjmeRTDQsI/AAAAAAAAEiM/t-D-DPM5f2U/s320/DSCF8411.JPG" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">5. A visit to a Bedouin village outside the camp and the traditional lives they lived, including mud homes they still continue to build. This group probably enjoyed their field-trip the most and produced the most dazzling photo transitions and music thanks in part to their artistic trainer, though we remarked that the special effects were probably unnecessary.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Overall it was a great screening to close the first full week of the workshop in Jabaliya camp. The children here really seem to be looking forward to the week ahead on creative writing and acting out their fictional narratives.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A selection of photos from the workshop are <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/nitin99/ReImaginingGaza2010">posted online here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023421225217213844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-15519411657701977622010-07-10T10:40:00.002+03:002010-07-23T16:03:25.688+03:00Day 5- Al Aroub<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HwX7hMJWdWfaq6oe9HOcOYm91OOY3pa4KwVkNbH7V56DsWE-Lcn7uXGfK_Cbj9mnvke7Wyy43-Z65o5N4O8nji88H96aRd5I_UYtLTu5IEhFVwD7h1eMMzJp5x9Vu1P42040T-bmNw/s1600/IMG_1506.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HwX7hMJWdWfaq6oe9HOcOYm91OOY3pa4KwVkNbH7V56DsWE-Lcn7uXGfK_Cbj9mnvke7Wyy43-Z65o5N4O8nji88H96aRd5I_UYtLTu5IEhFVwD7h1eMMzJp5x9Vu1P42040T-bmNw/s400/IMG_1506.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492180510306627906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtQ6DBJDk1pFvXLPOvQZybdJpPmCI2R3qM_r413dwjiYDfWIVANE26P-dc7g0TvpQUJC3op_1H-pIAyv1VvqKa1Pq4aDLATiJTtQIB_GCwT3XYhK8u2RemRKvM2fS5HGNZFbj-QCwPw/s1600/IMG_1513.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOPjazJ6GBselcaPumFc8b8eT-Ev_HHuuZZj2RVdgIWLkTDswFwyIgoWUTy4KLheiLO1LPGi3opnJ_7VhWLuGDjjmOOiX-oCaQmDVTLQz2O1GjVmZGz1SmhxR0vNnEOdO66LeFOk6YuA/s320/Day3a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491083600532970754" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-66516252696881636542010-07-06T20:44:00.002+03:002010-07-23T16:03:25.689+03:00Survival Instinct<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">You could spot the bullying walk a mile away. Mohammad was pushing and tugging at other boys all morning. In the afternoon adult Mohammad, one of the Aroub facilitators led a game of musical islands: The youth walk around until the drum beat stops. When it does everyone must stand on the large sheets of paper laid on the floor. Sheets are taken away as the game moves on, meaning less spaces are available on which to stand. During the game, young Mohammad’s skulking gait turned to a rhythmic jaunt as he led the group in clapping to the beat. When the drum stopped, his formerly aggressive exchanges with other boys were swapped for clinging grasps to maintain balance on the progressively smaller islands. The other children, who had been shy in the morning’s warm-up also forgot their physical boundaries, as they got swept up by their instinct to stay on the paper and in the game.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Through their camera lenses, the kids in Voices Beyond Walls are encountering the world and transforming their perspective, but it’s in the teamwork and play involved in making digital stories that they encounter each other and transform their relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-71624216497991784182010-07-06T20:13:00.004+03:002010-07-23T16:03:25.690+03:00Day 2-Al Aroub Community and Aerial Mapping<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI_IApvKoa2n60YOIXXSaE-DRQ8lgBt0zjkU79yqC8Pn4-RCw7vn5O8C9nUqYVd0d0vrfI5mQwh57jGDxq5WlJv81_gg7Fy07WRCtpMOI3Vca8xf1eW72HK3hQ5j368yCFWGjc8SZmtA/s1600/.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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So far, her words have proven accurate. In the past two days the international and local team jointly led a welcome to the program, expectation evaluations, introductory photo activities, the beginnings of community mapping, and lots of games. The kids, who range from ages 11 to 15, arrived on time both days, and quickly separated with boys on one half of the room and girls on the other. Their cross-armed stances—something teenagers around the world have perfected!—only thinly masked their eagerness to participate, however. Smiles appeared as the icebreakers began, and when we broke into small groups all students engaged creatively. At the end of day one, most of the kids noted the hands-on work with the cameras as the day’s most exciting event, while a few said the games and meeting new people as their favorite.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-15851655492230864832010-07-05T17:03:00.005+03:002010-07-05T17:09:49.815+03:00Day 1- Beginning of the workshop in Al Aroub Camp<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwuJeJ8g65koW-7V-sscqFWP6SNOX6Ji_YqmyUDYZNQQUfDPGyGtBXO8RemnP6GVdoQWBew2fyw_H37vB2MBrSsY7hflLc6rbLF8fy-pOy8Ra_AvslHJVuFftIavsT8OHNCtLCYXY1A/s1600/IMG_1126.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwuJeJ8g65koW-7V-sscqFWP6SNOX6Ji_YqmyUDYZNQQUfDPGyGtBXO8RemnP6GVdoQWBew2fyw_H37vB2MBrSsY7hflLc6rbLF8fy-pOy8Ra_AvslHJVuFftIavsT8OHNCtLCYXY1A/s400/IMG_1126.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490423022793309266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1dVqaNClvUaOWq5vv0kVbxXq4GiNe1COsVi_gCqSbu_3y2ZEjDn-6aiF2m7zLF7hcbhNM9G5RMoDnpXHuncnHDOnBSMwKXqvxDCJFaDkbRtP7YP8Vvlh7fv56TbJtbStAZx2C9zCAw/s1600/IMG_1161.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCF2EZejGQ4JJeFc4EaP_0Nv8nsDxRDhRsbspkad0ID_U3VqaaZnd0FbFZIo_sxCJf4xt8gRoKrzYWK8wDQ5g_AOeWbHHrxAk8x7JhJ9ON1qGG0YOjzmdZofe9NU4L0oejVJ4sTXvzQ/s400/IMG_1233.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490419718141380802" /></a><br /><br />(c) Anne Paq/Activestills.org/ Voicesbeyondwalls.org<br /><br />1- Alham, a trainer from Al Aroub leads an ice breaker exercise<br />2- Screnning of films followed by discussion<br />3 and 4- Photo exercise<br />5- A drawing on our graffiti wall (where children can express themselves during the whole workshop)Anne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-82463872459211686522010-07-02T16:44:00.015+03:002010-07-04T22:44:14.640+03:00Training of Trainers in Gaza City – Three Exciting Days of Creative Engagement<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TColSQeVSuI/AAAAAAAAEbw/E-FfBDa9NRE/s1600/IMG_0515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TColSQeVSuI/AAAAAAAAEbw/E-FfBDa9NRE/s320/IMG_0515.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Voices Beyond Walls conducted its first ever 3-day Training of Trainers (ToT) course on participatory digital media and storytelling with youth at the <a href="http://www.canaan.org.ps/">Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy</a> in Gaza City from June 28-30, 2010. The ToT was led by Dr. Nitin Sawhney, with assistance from Asmaa Al Ghoul, an award-winning writer and journalist in <st1:city w:st="on">Gaza</st1:city>, and Nasser El Sayyed, the lead coordinator for <a href="http://www.ejeplay.org/">Les Enfants, Le Jeu et l’Education</a> (EJE) in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">While we expected around 20-25 participants, we were surprised to see around 36 young men and woman coming to attend all 3 days of the course. They all had prior experience working on creative programs with youth in local community centers including Canaan, <a href="http://www.tamerinst.org/">Tamer Institute</a>, <a href="http://www.sharek.ps/">Sharek Youth Forum</a>, <a href="http://www.righttoplay.com/">Right to Play</a>, and the EJE woman and children’s centers in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> refugee camps like Al Abraj, Jabaliya and Rafah. Many even had experience with photo, video and drama techniques and contributed to the critical dialogue in the sessions quite well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 1: Youth Media, Photography and Neighborhood Mapping<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TColW-zfP7I/AAAAAAAAEb0/X2qEO_VWa9k/s1600/DSC_0004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TColW-zfP7I/AAAAAAAAEb0/X2qEO_VWa9k/s320/DSC_0004.JPG" /></a></div><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TColipQqSJI/AAAAAAAAEcU/lmfpzAkps24/s1600/IMG_0525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TColipQqSJI/AAAAAAAAEcU/lmfpzAkps24/s320/IMG_0525.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We began the first day with introductions among all participants, discussing the goals of the training and subsequent youth media workshops with community centers in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>. Participants shared their previous experiences working with youth in creative activities. We then watched 2-3 video shorts produced by youth in our program including <a href="http://voicesbeyondwalls.org/youth_media/2006/nablus_tragedy.html">Nablus Tragedy</a>, <a href="http://voicesbeyondwalls.org/youth_media/2008/street_lesson.html">Street Lesson</a>, and <a href="http://voicesbeyondwalls.org/youth_media/2008/intensive_care_unit.html">Intensive Care Unit</a>, with vigorous discussions about the visual aesthetic, humor, critical messaging, and filming techniques used by children in producing such films. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">These creative works served to provide a unseen window into issues faced by the children, even among their own communities indicated by the concerns brought up including preserving historical sites, violence in schools, family problems, and reflections on the occupation through poetry, photography and dramatic narrative. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">In the afternoon, the photography session was led by Mohamed Albaba, a professional photo-journalist with </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.afp.com/afpcom/en/">Agence France-Presse</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"> (AFP), which sparked a great discussion of creative photo techniques to use with children. Mohamed showed some of his striking photography from <st1:city w:st="on">Gaza</st1:city>, while Nitin discussed photo examples taken by youth and by <a href="http://www.annepaq.com/">Anne Paq</a>, who leads similar photo workshops with Voices Beyond Walls in the <st1:place w:st="on">West Bank</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TComdX8U_VI/AAAAAAAAEc8/iNzCSIPR514/s1600/IMG_0563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TComdX8U_VI/AAAAAAAAEc8/iNzCSIPR514/s320/IMG_0563.JPG" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The participants than had a chance to conduct hands-on exercises on neighborhood mapping in six small groups. Each team spent an hour or so exploring an issue in a neighborhood of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Gaza</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place> using photography, hand-drawn maps and brief interviews with the local community. They each presented exciting and imaginative ideas in their groups including a treasure hunt, finding Europe in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>, and a tour of the best pastry shops in the neighborhood. This ended a fun and enriching day for all the participants, turning out much better than we expected. One of the trainers, Asmaa noted that she hadn't seen this sort of creative energy among youth program facilitators in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> for a long time.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TCon6hsMSuI/AAAAAAAAEfQ/3eLiZv0SkAY/s1600/DSC_0074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TCon6hsMSuI/AAAAAAAAEfQ/3eLiZv0SkAY/s320/DSC_0074.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">A selection of photography and images from the trainings are <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/nitin99/GazaTrainingOfTrainers2010">posted here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;">With the regular electricity cuts in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><st1:city w:st="on">Gaza</st1:city></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> and intermittent diesel generators, there were only moments of power available during the sessions each day, so the rooftop room at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"><st1:place w:st="on">Canaan</st1:place></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 15px;"> remained unusually hot and we often struggled to run the video projector and video conferencing sessions with our counterparts in Ramallah. A brief video session with Raed, Anne and their Ramallah team at the end of the day exciting for everyone.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 2: Drama, Acting and Storyboarding<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TComxjskxDI/AAAAAAAAEdo/2Pau7oB42tA/s1600/IMG_0584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TComxjskxDI/AAAAAAAAEdo/2Pau7oB42tA/s320/IMG_0584.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The second day began with a drama session conducted by Jehan, a professional drama trainer from Tamer (who was also a participant in the course). She led all participants through a series of creative ice-breakers using their bodies, movement and enacting funny scenarios in groups to open up their creative energy. She felt that such exercises allow children (and adults) to improve group dynamics, express themselves in new ways and open up improvisational narrative techniques. Jehan had participants perform gestural action in 4 small squares depicting emotions like happiness, sadness, anger and pain, both individually and in groups. She later gave narrative cues to each group to enact improvisational plays, which including miming (with a devil and angel), following shadows and alter egos (between 2 participants dressed in black and white), and dance performances (“dabke”) in a traditional Palestinian wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TCom4e7w6lI/AAAAAAAAEd4/NdxydV7O7Oc/s1600/IMG_0597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TCom4e7w6lI/AAAAAAAAEd4/NdxydV7O7Oc/s320/IMG_0597.JPG" /></a></div><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Nitin led a session on storyboarding with creative writing assistance from Jehan and Asmaa, to get all groups to develop unique narratives for their “1-minute films” as part of the training. The groups presented five main storyboards at the end, with critical discussion of the story characters, plot, unexpected climax and humor. Their stories dealt with everything from the funny life of a light post on the street, to a blind man who faked his blindness, a school kid who brought home the wrong mark sheet angering his mom, boys scared of hearing voices in an old home, and being traumatized by a stop sign (as a metaphor for the occupation). The critical review among the groups helped refine the story plots, though the groups preferred to improvise their scenes while shooting.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">At the end of the day, Nitin handed out video cameras to all five groups to being shooting their films the following day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Day 3: Child Rights, Video Shooting and Editing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TConLFdr7RI/AAAAAAAAEeU/n48kkAkCRG4/s1600/IMG_0619.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TConLFdr7RI/AAAAAAAAEeU/n48kkAkCRG4/s320/IMG_0619.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">On the last day of the training we began with an introduction to the subject of children’s rights led by Bhassam Al-Agra, head of the training unit at the <a href="http://www.pchrgaza.org/">Palestinian Center for Human Rights</a>. The goal of the session was to infuse serious understanding of child rights in youth media workshops to better support children in their awareness, expression and advocacy of critical issues and civic action, both in their own communities and internationally. Bassam discussed the international <a href="http://www.unicef.org/crc/">Convention for the Rights of the Child</a> and the complementary Palestinian Child Law as is currently understood and enforced in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Occupied</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Palestinian</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Territories</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Many aspects of Islamic law were reconciled with the international agreements prior to its adoption in the Arab world. The convention included aspects related to child protection, discrimination, survival and livelihood and sharing/communication of their interests. Bassam engaged with the participants on critical understanding using a case study of a young boy in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sudan</st1:place></st1:country-region> whose rights were violated in different ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TConwSwJZDI/AAAAAAAAEfE/wJM-9wmLhLQ/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TConwSwJZDI/AAAAAAAAEfE/wJM-9wmLhLQ/s320/DSC_0061.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Participants discussed creative ways to make children more aware of their rights in the workshops to jointly develop to their own "bill of rights and responsibilities" as child journalists/videographers. They would then make "Press Passes" - IDs worn during filming, with their center info. and the rights listed in the back. This would give them a sense of responsibility and keen awareness of rights as part of the workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TConUsyYbWI/AAAAAAAAEek/MKjhQNCPVq8/s1600/IMG_1774.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TConUsyYbWI/AAAAAAAAEek/MKjhQNCPVq8/s320/IMG_1774.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">We then had 5 groups go out for an hour of video shooting outdoors. Subsequently, Nitin conducted an editing session for all, with the VideoStudio editing software installed on their laptops. The overall shooting and editing went far better than we expected; we were impressed that most participants picked up editing so quickly. Their final “1-minute” films were funny, smart and creative; the group screenings were hilarious, after the brief videocon with Ramallah.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">After the screenings, we had a chance to review the curricula plans for the main workshop to be held in Jabaliya camp in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> (from July 4-25); other trainers plan on using these techniques in their own summer programs. The enthusiasm emerging from the trainings is hard to convey; the subsequent evaluations revealed a thirst for such hands-on media workshops in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city>. So we hope to find a way to conduct them here regularly.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TCooM4G1VnI/AAAAAAAAEfk/yj8hCgFuPPw/s1600/DSCF7477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JT8urt4EPQ8/TCooM4G1VnI/AAAAAAAAEfk/yj8hCgFuPPw/s320/DSCF7477.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">Finally, we handed out "36" diplomas to all participants and took group photos thereafter. In the end, Nitin was asked to perform a brief "Bhangra" number as promised and all participants were psyched about their short films and looked forward to conducting such workshops in their own community centers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 11pt;">The Gaza ToT was a huge success and many of the organizations involved (Tamer, Sharek and <st1:place w:st="on">Canaan</st1:place>) expressed a deep satisfaction with the outcomes for their own trainers. We thank them for their enthusiastic support of the Voices Beyond Walls program in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Gaza</st1:place></st1:city> this summer. Below is a video short produced by one of the teams in the ToT - it depicts the hilarious life of a "pole" in Gaza City - Enjoy!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MMfGDH8bEFg&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MMfGDH8bEFg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023421225217213844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-65916290496723818992010-07-01T12:22:00.004+03:002010-07-01T12:30:41.266+03:00End of Training of Trainers -Ramallah - Day 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxA8soLDZGE2uFhhv3h6Y54tiFWASQPm-vrqjKX1EyQzSlRHp3RATbgQ3Ug0uyzseHZhsIZng-2I-MavB3Klo1tloej5Rk-9uk5wvSLnl_zcOA_zmCHGdzA2ysXWPaC7CN1gT5d7jU6g/s1600/IMG_0871.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxA8soLDZGE2uFhhv3h6Y54tiFWASQPm-vrqjKX1EyQzSlRHp3RATbgQ3Ug0uyzseHZhsIZng-2I-MavB3Klo1tloej5Rk-9uk5wvSLnl_zcOA_zmCHGdzA2ysXWPaC7CN1gT5d7jU6g/s400/IMG_0871.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488866699221564098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfb6kVHM4n_krsEFk1kTv_yjZ-jI6pGuYFcpLSuOtXL0VmzBDqO4ArbGvnmhABenN-9E8kE3dvnKvgYYcvQY-dQl3rXfh7Qa9WAAdH65BBltB760DTgUogiZ9xmqpzSj6Gt4YsAEx5gg/s1600/IMG_0879.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfb6kVHM4n_krsEFk1kTv_yjZ-jI6pGuYFcpLSuOtXL0VmzBDqO4ArbGvnmhABenN-9E8kE3dvnKvgYYcvQY-dQl3rXfh7Qa9WAAdH65BBltB760DTgUogiZ9xmqpzSj6Gt4YsAEx5gg/s400/IMG_0879.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488866695865950370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnC1SQ-AeKFUWxDd-xRGl7h-kfedXp2IZH4mg6XHhfPTPxiV21iPX73_YVe7VJRrU0M3O8zGh5IKopSrrAd7W3tdK_NKj8os9QRtYwpxmfLETxjaIsvP7vTlWdxpm_1OKpfYM6fCTXg/s1600/IMG_0902.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisnC1SQ-AeKFUWxDd-xRGl7h-kfedXp2IZH4mg6XHhfPTPxiV21iPX73_YVe7VJRrU0M3O8zGh5IKopSrrAd7W3tdK_NKj8os9QRtYwpxmfLETxjaIsvP7vTlWdxpm_1OKpfYM6fCTXg/s400/IMG_0902.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488866686208407058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLda1kYlJKgTCRWpFD0n9wPGRBan1FYPlCCRHV1ABs34TFOme8RTZSNDNfe8N5sRh3dJxTDeqCgodVgQwCecbhh_COYrpkHZkOUE27EpcQWUHDJ5S2hTQuqCyvTr2a8Hh4Ckuw0St0kg/s1600/IMG_0907.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLda1kYlJKgTCRWpFD0n9wPGRBan1FYPlCCRHV1ABs34TFOme8RTZSNDNfe8N5sRh3dJxTDeqCgodVgQwCecbhh_COYrpkHZkOUE27EpcQWUHDJ5S2hTQuqCyvTr2a8Hh4Ckuw0St0kg/s400/IMG_0907.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488866668023067906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9j1i6CapbddVmaFMK7yqLf_Q_Yz4GKRI5G8QFJMQcOx1-zU4QJGOWzWpcW50h_IbyUiYJTlCUuyiPzAlai5F1XcBJVrYi1H2nYGispvnILAHOrevL-GAmlhDX5LNaiqg4GFCceQyQyw/s1600/IMG_0909.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9j1i6CapbddVmaFMK7yqLf_Q_Yz4GKRI5G8QFJMQcOx1-zU4QJGOWzWpcW50h_IbyUiYJTlCUuyiPzAlai5F1XcBJVrYi1H2nYGispvnILAHOrevL-GAmlhDX5LNaiqg4GFCceQyQyw/s400/IMG_0909.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488866654941090226" /></a><br /><br />(c) Anne Paq/Activestills.org/ Voicesbeyondwalls.org<br /><br /> 1 and 2- The trainees learn how to use the video editing software by editing their own short film<br />3- Screening of the short film<br />4- Khaled from Unrwa talks about the importance of evaluation in youth project<br />5- Certificates are given to the traineesAnne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-46260850880283313082010-06-28T22:24:00.004+03:002010-06-28T22:34:49.920+03:00Let the training begin!The Training of Trainers (ToT) for the West Bank VBW group kicked off today at the French-German Cultural Center in Ramallah. Representatives attended from youth centers of various refugee camps, UNRWA, and Right to Play. Our morning sessions included icebreakers, an overview of Voices Beyond Walls workshops, and an introduction to photo aesthetics and camera use. In the afternoon we divided into small groups and ventured outdoors for a community mapping/photography exercise that will help with story development tomorrow. The group of 24 trainees delved into discussions about how to activate imagination, the uses of student films, and about the role of facilitators in guiding but not constraining youth projects. These conversations will surely continue over the next two days.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Sample Activities for Introducing Photography to Children:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">3x1 </span><br />In small groups, one person takes a picture of another from three different angles, then passes the camera to another child to practice.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Shot Challenge</span><br />Write four or five body parts on the board (e.g. nose, ear, eyes, hand, foot). Ask a student to roll a die or pull a number from a hat. Write that number next to one of the body parts. Repeat for each body part. In small groups challenge the students to take pictures that include that number of noses, ears, eyes, etc. The number of body parts in the photo should be exact--no more, no less!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-25883253277260298442010-06-28T21:30:00.003+03:002010-06-28T22:56:44.334+03:00Training of Trainers -Ramallah - Day 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyO22bMWAxJh-U0y_1P6Yap5OnimfBA106omQULCtCR26BgGKaj6iyHUXMd4M3ccifzou5nSO0x6fYgfHe9AEdhW-SLh8o8DlVBvMlkT9vi7IFK50Yn6_RfcGG62qQPMimFzfL_9W4Gg/s1600/IMG_0748.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyO22bMWAxJh-U0y_1P6Yap5OnimfBA106omQULCtCR26BgGKaj6iyHUXMd4M3ccifzou5nSO0x6fYgfHe9AEdhW-SLh8o8DlVBvMlkT9vi7IFK50Yn6_RfcGG62qQPMimFzfL_9W4Gg/s400/IMG_0748.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487894277279617954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF8mpkgrsaiATnejadi77FGoxg2pPlFglQVjmwt6jQZEn2bXj9wfutW7bFxODXs5SiAxukpCuyssEGsja3EiFLPrnV98mvBq-iD_dCtM_8WNk9PYs2_l-Z829KWAXQeolIUlN3AYMkA/s1600/IMG_0785.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnmqLa2AidtYRM0YPs13QCkxEQ1qJg4bEdsnNmcCe-1TcLNGlPuMzKmEJvVdocdLoW2doG84S0kfUg3N5qs_AHtDTtZQngbW8GbaPc8w7gtk0NQi1eyFITIm3whk8SqQmi0S8RfR4Xw/s400/IMG_2099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487889114586391330" /></a><br /><br />From the sky!Anne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765293819399140.post-76003536526631496892010-06-27T10:20:00.002+03:002010-06-27T10:30:29.585+03:00Aerial mapping pilot workshop in Al Aroub camp, 26.06.2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDWD8v8cbpVGDz09gaZN87fQNlHJBMAwNW_xMzDRSbtckjQAsMhV6t6_eVcvSScDiKD75yJFzAEwhdPA6AKsDJxRN9L3dBzfC4hiX0Ug0BSCqbJTYcnX3AohRRhRWEWaMS1WmV4dkFg/s1600/IMG_0587.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcafqiYPrm3bGSEylmYyQXqTpMe-HZzlRQvA7TCJ31BLrE5QSSCNqHEKhoFAbIcer_1g9ItslqAmrWpbRNgmjEl92TDB-MPpR1s0IaNAudFSca9SQ8JJam2rFLnb2hss_goz2kq-YL5g/s400/IMG_0610.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487350672733431554" /></a><br /><br />(c) Anne Paq/Activestills.org/VoicesBeyondWalls.org <br /><br />We had a great pilot project of aerial mapping in Al Aroub Camp, led by MIT expert Jeff Warren. Jeff is a researcher at the MIT Media Lab conducting photo mapping work using low-altitude kites and balloons. He's done this mapping work with communities in slums near Peru, fisherman during the oil spill near the coast of Louisiana, and many other areas. More about his work on: <a href="http://www.grassrootsmapping.org">http://www.grassrootsmapping.org</a>.<br /><br />Jeff did the pilot on the roof of Al Aroub Play and Animation center, together with Voices Beyond Walls team, trainers from the center who will work with us on the Re-Imagining project, and some children. Everybody was amazed on how high the kite could fly, bringing up a simple digital camera, which was continuously taking pictures. The results were striking. We do hope to use these technics during the actual workshops. As Jeff explained, costs can be reduced by making kites or balloons from recycling materials, making it accessible for communities.Anne Paqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17506313306779251850noreply@blogger.com0