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Cook
Islands Video Training Workshop
Following
on from the successful Community television
project involving young people from the Outer Islands in the
preparation and broadcasting of local news clips, a new initiative
has started in Cook Islands to further build local capacity in
the use of video equipment.
A
training workshop was held from 14-20 April 2004 for ten young
people, two from the northern islands, five from the southern
group, one from World Wildlife Funds Rarotonga and two from Taporoporoanga
Ipukarea Society. Telecom Cook Islands provided their training
facilities as a venue for the workshop. The goal of this workshop
was to train young people in the use of video equipment - from
preparing storyboards to camera technique, and from editing to
audience feedback - so that they could create their own news clips
for local community television.
The
workshop was opened on 14th April 2004, with a prayer by the Cook
Islands Christian Church pastor, followed by a welcome speech
by Ms. Imogen Ingram, President of Taporoporoanga Ipukarea Society,
Inc. The Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Cook Islands, then
spoke briefly about the expected outcomes of the workshop. The
Minister of Environment, Mrs Ngamau Munokoa, officially opened
the workshop.
Photo caption: (From left to right) Ms. Ngamau Munokoa, Minister
for the Environment, Ms. Imogen Ingram, President of Taporoporoanga
Ipukarea Society Inc., Mr Stuart Davies, Chief Executive Officer
of Telecom Cook Islands, at the opening ceremony of the Video
Skills Workshop, April 2004.
The
participants had a fairly intense programme
to complete before receiving their certificates and managed to
prepare five 30-second video
clips. They also had the chance to view and critique some
video clips prepared by islanders from the Caribbean during a
similar capacity building
initiative run as part of the COSALC programme. During the
closing speech of thanks from the participants in the Video Skills
Workshop, there was a request to run more courses of a similar
nature, in order to build on skills and to teach advanced techniques.
Long-term plans for Taporoporoanga Ipukarea Society Inc. include
a proposed series on "Island Identities", which would be an effort
to capture the traditional knowledge held by older citizens, before
they pass on. The workshop participants could be involved in the
preparation of this series.
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