social justice and environmental video online

EngageMedia Aims Content Network Training Software

Content - Sourcing Independently produced Social-justice Environmental Asia-Pacific

Content - Video Distribution Website Video Podcast Download Screenings Festivals Community TV Online / Offline

Network - Asia-Pacific Video Videomakers FOSS developers Campaigns and social movements Asia-Pacific Transmission meetings - TX Rome, TXAP

Training - Online Video Online video tools Video compression Open content licensing FOSS (Free Open Source Software)

Software - Plumi video-sharing Based on Plone CMS FOSS Auto transcoding Vodcasts News, events, callouts BitTorrent (soon)

My Profile Your public profile on EngageMedia. This page lists all your video contributions and has a link to your personal Video Podcast.

Publish Video Share your productions by uploading video to EngageMedia. Videos will be automatically submitted for publishing approval. View editorial policy.

Publish Event List your events such as screenings, film festivals or workshops here.

Publish News Tell us news about your past and future productions and promote your work.

Call out! Looking for content for a DVD compilation, screening, film festival or crew for a production? Let people know about it by adding a call-out.

My Workspace Your folder containing Videos, News and Events you have already contributed. You can also use your workspace to upload files, images and other material related to your video work, such as downloads for flyers and posters.

Why independent online video? like community TV, print or radio - we need to have control of our own community media infrastructure (like the printing presses, or the radio transmitters) sidestep censorship from governments or content guidelines from corporations

Why independent online video? why make money for big online media corporations, using their “free” services? keep control of your intellectual property - or explore options for open content licensing, encouraging a culture of free sharing of ideas, stories and creativity

Why independent online video? security and privacy - don’t just give your personal data away to corporations for marketing or surveillance use free and open source software rather than proprietary software - contribute back to the community

Advertising revenue - shareholders Streaming - no re- distribution YouTube license - for their re-use Closed software platform Sold to Google - Google ads No advertising Download for re- distribution Creative Commons - producer choice Free software platform No sale, community management features

open content licensing system alternative to restrictive copyright “some rights reserved” NOT all rights reserved flexible system to allow choice of licenses

Attribution - if they give you credit Noncommercial - for noncommercial purposes No Derivative Works - verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it - no remixes Share Alike - derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work - others must let others remix also You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work ONLY:

Video Podcasting (Vodcasting) Uses RSS feeds. RSS = Really Simple Syndication Publishes a “vodcast feed” or “channel” of videos Users can subscribe to video podcast channel in iTunes or Miro Automatically download videos Notified when new videos are published

Vodcasting on EngageMedia.org Vodcast channels created automatically by: –User –Genre eg. Documentary –Country eg. Malaysia –Topic eg. Sustainability

How do I Video Podcast? 1.Choose VODCAST - by user, country, topic or genre 2.Copy VODCAST link 3.Open Miro 4.Choose “Subscribe to Channel” 5.Wait for channel to load 6.Download videos

How do I Video Podcast? 1.Choose VODCAST - by user, country, topic or genre

How do I Video Podcast? 2. Copy VODCAST link

How do I Video Podcast? 3. Open Miro 4. Choose “Subscribe to Channel”

Democracy Player

How do I Video Podcast? 5. Wait for channel to load 6. Download videos

EngageMedia Facebook App “EngageMedia.org Latest Videos” Uses RSS2 Vodcast feed Install app onto profile Shows latest videos

Working with Activist Communities example: Climate Camp Australia 2008 –coordinated the media space –online video training –video publishing –screenings

Photos Flickr Picasa tags linked galleries Climate Camp Media

Blogs CC website Sydney Indymedia multimedia posts Climate Camp Media

Video Engage Media You Tube Climate Camp Media

Online Video Distribution Process 1.Audience and distribution channels 2.Compress and upload video 3.Promote and syndicate

1. Audience and Channels determine digital distribution strategy - screenings / TV / DVD / VCD / online determine audience and how to reach them - what viewing habits? where do they go? pick online video website/s

2. Video Compression determine best format/codecs to use find appropriate encoder export movie from editing application - DV compress video prepare metadata upload video and metadata

3. Syndicate and Promote ONLINE Blogs RSS info feeds - readers / other sites RSS Vodcast Peer2peer networks - torrent trackers Mobile phones OFFLINE Offline distro - re-use on TV, cinema, local screenings Fax media releases Interviews - radio, print, TV Promotional materials

Transmission Asia-Pacific (TXAP) Organised by EngageMedia and Ruangrupa 50 participants from around Asia-Pacific Videomakers, free software developers, organisations with online video websites

Transmission Asia-Pacific (Firefox) –Main page –Blogs wiki.transmission.cc –Projects list –Txap main page Main txap page Photos