Green, David, Schofield, Guy Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-1018, Pritchard, Gary et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Cinehacking Cape Town - Embracing Informality in Pursuit of High Quality Media. In: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 06-11 May 2017 CHI : Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems . ACM , USA , pp. 4753-4764.
Abstract
Although many common tools of media making such as video cameras have become more accessible in recent years, many remain inaccessible. Cinematography, lighting and sound-recording equipment for example can be prohibitively expensive to obtain, complex to configure, and/or require specialist knowledge to operate effectively. These barriers can prevent non-professionals who want to produce highquality media from being able to. Cinehack is an ongoing project to research ways to overcome these barriers. In this paper, we specifically report on Cinehack: Cape Town, a participatory media making project. By co-producing hip hop videos within a community for whom media making is often a ‘means-to-an-end’, we were able gain insights into the kinds of support needed to enable high quality media making by non-professionals. Specifically, we highlight ways to meet users’ needs by embracing informal codes of practice via experimental making and peer-support. AUTHOR KEYWORDS Making; Media; DIY; Africa; Hacking; Hip-Hop
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 25 Feb 2019 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 04 Jan 2025 00:26 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3025453.3025481 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ACM |
Series Name: | CHI : Conference on Human Factors and Computing Systems |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/3025453.3025481 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:142988 |