ANNOUNCING OUR THREE 1-MINUTE “VISUAL STORY” VIDEO CONTEST WINNERS!
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10/01/19
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[post_content] => It was extremely hard for the committee to choose, but we’ve selected our three top Dragons Visual Story contest winners:
1-minute Visual Story by Tom of Dragons Guatemala, 6-week Summer Program 2019.
1-minute visual story video by Isabelle of Dragons Peru Summer Program 2019.
1-minute visual story video by Samantha of Dragons China Summer Program 2019.
CONGRATULATIONS TOM, SAMANTHA, and ISABELLE!
And thank you to ALL those who put love into their beautiful video contest submissions. They were an honor to watch!
Sincerely,
Dragons HQ
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Don't forget that Dragons annual 1-minute visual story contest is officially open! See below for contest details, and check out this lovely submission by Lula Alhussein from the Madagascar Summer 2019 Program for inspiration!
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Hello Summer Students!
Just wanted to share with you the details of our annual “1-Minute Visual Story” Contest…
The goals of Dragons Visual-Story contest are to:
- Share visual story through student and in-the-field perspectives.
- Highlight & offer gratitude/awareness to issues, stories, and people in our community.
- Encourage more diversity in the perspectives represented by Dragons social media.
- Offer insight into the Dragons program experience, culture, and character.
- Encourage tools for story-telling the experience with ethical media creation guidelines.
- “Visual-Story” can be interpreted as video, photo collage, or anyway you’d like. (Video examples at: wtbdragons.com/ytv)
- Contest submissions should be no longer than 60 seconds, (but see the next bullet…)
- You CAN submit multiple entries to the competition. As many as you’d like! (Though you can only “win” once.)
- Ensure that all content in your film/video/collage (including footage, music, images, props, etc.) is your own or that you have explicit permission to use it (audio/video recorded or written permission).
- For video, minimum 1080p resolution. If you’d like an official/branded opening graphic/title from Dragons, email us. Personally created graphic overlays and captions are okay. Entries may be in any language or have no dialogue at all. Closing credits not required.
- Contest is open to anyone with Dragons Summer 2019 Program Affiliation(Students, Staff, In-Country Community Members)
- Contest questions? Send an email.
- There will be 3 winners in total. All three winners will receive a Patagonia Nano Puff Jacket with Dragons Logo and promotion of your submission/video with your credits.
- The creator of ONE entry will be chosen by Dragons to receive a coupon for 50% off a Dragons program tuition that can be used either by themselves or transferred to a friend (Max Coupon Value: $4,000USD)
- Winners will be announced on October 1st on Dragons Blog and shared via Dragons social media channels.
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- A YouTube URL (subscribe to our YouTube channel while you’re there!)
- A Vimeo URL
- A link to your video on Instagram . Use the tags: #dragonsvisualstory and @wheretherebedragons.
- A link to your video on Facebook. Use the tags: #dragonsvisualstory and @wheretherebedragons.
- An actual video file or a link to a Google Drive folder where you’ve uploaded the video.
- Consider bringing a travel tripod & make sure your camera has enough storage space for footage.
- Plan your shoot or gather as a group and come up with creative ways to collaborate meaningfully with communities
- Throughout a project, seek patterns and sets of images that build cohesion.
- Take the time to set up your shots, removing logos, water bottles, other distracting objects.
- Choose landscape or portrait mode and stay in one mode. (Landscape is generally the preferred mode.)
- Clean your lens! Drop solution onto cloth, not on lens, use damp cloth in circular motion, center to edges.
- Try to optimize natural lighting. Avoid flash. Use tripods in low light. When shooting outdoors, keep the sun behind you.
- Avoid background noise (wind, crowds, etc.) but also consider recording novel sounds.
- Frame shots in interesting ways. Fill the frame, consider putting subjects slightly off-center, use angles to point attention.
- If you move while filming, make sure it’s subtle and slow so your camera has time to focus on each scene as you move.
- Take several shots of the same scene, from several different angles and distances; wide, medium, close-up, and details.
- Hold your shots for at least 10-15 seconds after you have stopped adjusting the composition.
- Time-lapses are great for scenes of prolonged time over an area that’s constantly changing.
- Keep it simple: Still shots with moving elements are often the best. If you move the camera, slow pans and tilts are best.
- Never enable digital zooms; it makes videos blurry.
- Take your time! Steady. Calm. Connect with your subjects. Appreciate the beauty!
- Use IMovie or other software or apps to edit, add sound/captions, adjust filters.
- Use the audiovisual Release Form on the back of this flyer if/as needed.
- Introduce yourself and your intentions to anyone represented in your video. Permission/consent should be free, prior and informed and should not happen until after a non-electronics-based relationship has been established. Consider showing another photo/video and telling them what it’s for, who will see it and why you want to share this image/sound.
- Ensure the media cultivates a respectful, kind, reciprocal, relationship that is sensitive to local customs and traditions. Consult with instructors for advice on navigating the pitfalls of stereotype-reinforcing, exaggerating, or exoticizing media. Do no harm. Be accountable. Film with integrity. Offer gratitude.
- Consider co-creation projects/elements by handing camera to others/locals — or even having them interview you! People love to be seen and heard if the exchange/listening comes with respect, equality, and the intention to honor. Offer others the mic and stage. And share the product with them!
- A lens can help illuminate an experience or story. But it can also act as an unhealthy barrier or shield to hide behind. Seek guidance from instructors on establishing healthy boundaries and practices in your relationship with the lens.
- “The quality of your product will be equal to the quality of the relationships that make it possible.” -Producer Vanessa Ragone
DRAGONS 1-MINUTE VISUAL-STORY CONTEST
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08/22/19
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Not to worry, this video/slideshow offers all the visuals and feels....
IMAGERY BY: Aaron Slosberg, David Haffeman, Erin King, and Simon Hart, but let's be honest... most of the really awesome shots are courtesy of Lorin Anderberg ❤🙌
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But Zach Siddall does! As if the scope of his world knowledge weren't enough, he's now impressing us all with his videographer skills. We invite you to explore the world of our China and South America semesters via the lens and mic of @zsiddall:
China Semester Videos...
South America Semester Videos...
Head over to his @zsiddall's Instagram profile for more!
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Hello Dear Dragons Community and Friends!
I want to share with you all a project I have been working for the last four years, between Dragons and my time in Central America working with SERES organization. (I have been working with SERES sharing Permaculture and Agroecology intensive courses and workshops for young community leaders from Central America since 2014.)
Now I am working and coordinating a project with four other Guatemalan educators and one from the US, to offer more educational programs to our young people, mostly in Guatemala and El Salvador. We have created REISA, which stands in Spanish for Red de Educadores Independientes por la Soberania Alimentaria or Independent Network of Educator for Food Sovereignty in English.
This project has been created by the need to offer and share safe spaces of environmental and agroecology education for our young people. In this way, they can have tools and alternatives to develop and manage Agro-ecological projects in their communities and generate more opportunities for work, economic income, and environmental awareness. We hope that they won't leave their communities trying to go to the US. We all know how difficult that situation is and we need those young leaders staying in our countries in order to improve the life of their families and their communities.
I want to invite you all to visit our REISA website, to see what we have done and what we want to do this year. We already start a crowdfunding campaign and I would like to ask you a huge favor, if you could please help us by sharing the project with your family, friends, and coworkers via Facebook and Instagram. We will deeply appreciate it and we will be grateful for your help to aiding us to share more Agroecological education for young community leaders in Central America!
Un abrazo grande! Les deseo lo mejor para el año 2019!
Maltiox Chawe ! Urpillay Sonkollay !
Muchas Gracias! Thanks !
Erick Torres
Head on over to the REISA website for more videos and details on the project. And here's the crowdfunding campaign if you'd like to financially support this good work!
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Nepal Semester Video by Alumni Laura Berry
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