[Telecentres] Refugees: The Liberians of Buduburam

[Andy Carvin]

Hi everyone,

This weekend I finally finished editing a nine-minute documentary short 
about my visit to the Liberian refugee camp in Buduburam, Ghana. In the 
video I visit a telecentre offering computer training to young 
Liberians, as well as a women's adult literacy support group. I've 
posted two versions of the video to my blog. The high-res version is 50 
megabytes, while the low-res version is 20 megabytes. Both versions 
include text captions. I will try to make an even smaller version but it 
might make the text captioning very difficult to read.

http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/11/refugees_the_li_1.html

To view the high-res version, simply click on the picture or the link 
"video documentary." For the low res version, you'll have to cut and 
paste the URL included in the text. I could only link to one of the two 
versions; otherwise it would cause problems for users who subscribe to 
my videos via my RSS feed.

Production notes:

The video was shot on location in Buduburam, Ghana in July 2005. Video 
was captured using an eight megapixel Konica Minolta Dimage a-200 
digital camera; audio was captured on an Olympus WS-200S handheld 
digital audio recorder. The captured files were uploaded to my G4 Mac 
laptop and edited with Final Cut Pro. Soundtrack includes music of 
Ghanaian drummer Obo Addy, used with permission of Alula Records. Video 
compressed to Quicktime using Final Cut Pro and the 3ivx codec. Total 
time: approximately 30 hours over three months.


Contact information for both projects profiled in the video can be found 
at the end of the video.

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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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