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content that combines Documentary Film , Citizen Journalism and also, possibly, the theory of Nonviolence .

The proposition is to secure a number of inexpensive Digital Video cameras and
distribute them into a group of people who produce the footage that will later
be edited into one or more packages of content. The raw footage could then be
edited by a single person, a group of people, or edited into multiple media
texts by multiple participants.

A single, modestly budgeted project could supply a relatively large number of
cameras and an editing platform, as well as the necessary media. The proposed
technique is intended to empower people to be able to tell their own stories in
their own terms and through their own experiences, and share these stories in a
compelling way with their own communities as well as a potentially wide
audience. This could be especially effective in situations in developing
nations where the technology required to produce media texts has been
prohibitively expensive, and where production crews consisting of outsiders
would not be able to accurately capture a situation.

The earliest reference to the idea of a documentary swarm is possibly on a blog by 'Raccoon'
{Link without Title} , although it is similar in nature to such projects as Zana_Briski 's ''Kids With Cameras''.


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Digital Cinematography