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4 The ingredients of a docutube

Let’s imagine that your young people have made an intellectual link between past and present and decided the central message they want their docutube to convey. They are making good progress: they now have the intellectual foundation for their docutube. It is now time to help your young people think about how they will convert their idea into audio-visual film.

Activity 5

Allow about 15–20 minutes for this activity

You are now going to watch again the short film about the ‘Planning’ phase which was at the start of this session. This film follows young people through the process of planning in Granada, Spain; Leuven, Belgium; and London, United Kingdom. As you watch the video, in the box below note down any specific advice which is shared about planning a docutube.

You will then explore some of these issues in more depth.

Video 1 (repeated)
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Discussion

Here are some of the pieces of advice which might have stood out to you. You might have thought of others.

  • Think about how to tell your story visually.
  • Ask yourself what is the message, what is the topic?
  • You can’t do everything in a film – 3 minutes is not a long time.
  • Get your ideas down on paper first.
  • Keep it simple.

Keeping the narrative straightforward

As one of the young people said: three minutes is not a long time! You will be surprised how quickly three minutes are filled up. Therefore, you will need to keep bringing the young people back to their central message. What is the essence of what they are trying to convey? How can their narrative clearly and concisely present this message?

From the video, you will have got the message that careful planning is essential to the docutube process. You will now go into more detail about different aspects of this.

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