Dr Pat Kotchapakdee Discusses Documentary

Reproduced from the website of Dr Rob Watson:

” Today, John Coster and I were very fourtunate to spend the day with Dr Pat Kotchapakdee from Khon Kaen University in Thailand. John and Pat were able to sit down and discuss how Pat approaches his documentary work, and what he thinks is the use of telling stories through photography, film and social media platforms.”

Listen here

 

 

Submissions: Doc Media Festival 2018

Details below for submitting content to the Doc Media Festival between 6th-10th November 2018:

Theme: global citizens….real people, real places, real events….

Documentary Film:

You Tube –  upload the film / share link via email.

Vimeo – upload the film / share link via email / we can stream the film via a password protected upload.

MP4 – send by We Transfer / Drop Box

DVD / Blu-ray disc – postal address: John Coster, De Montfort University, Faculty of Technology, Queens Building, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH.

Documentary Photography:

Digital image/s – send by email, We Transfer / Drop Box

Instagram – upload to your feed / share the link via email.

Flickr – upload to your feed / share the link via email.

Facebook Messenger – send a request to connect / share the images.

Documentary Audio

MP3 – send by We Transfer / Drop Box

Podcast – upload to your feed / share the link via email.

Documentary New Media

#docmedia2018 – add to the hashtag.

Twitter / Facebook – upload to your feed / share the link via email.

Deadline for ALL submissions is Sunday 7th October 2018

The event will include submissions from documentarians engaged with the research project:

0°-11° Parallel Lives – be a documentarian…..document your life!

Nicaragua – Ghana – Kenya – Sri Lanka – Cambodia

documenting life between The Equator 0° and 11° Parallel North.

The programme will consist of events and workshops covering 4 areas:

  • documentary film
  • documentary photography
  • documentary audio
  • documentary new media

Please contact John Coster docmediacentre@gmail.com for further details or if you have any questions.

 

Research Project: Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives

be a documentarian….……..document your life!

Latin America – Africa – South Asia – South East Asia

How has media technology innovation since 2000 democratized the role of documentarian?

Or…..How has the smartphone given ordinary global citizens the opportunity to document their daily lives and shape their own narrative?

The media structure that prevailed throughout the 20th century has now been in the throes of major seismic change for 10-15 years.

During this time the media landscape has evolved to include citizens journalism, user generated content and more recently, the phenomena known as ‘fake news’.

All the headlines have focused on the changing role of the journalist, the established media houses and the role of social media e.g. twitter, in how people consume news.

However, in amongst all this change, for many people it is not (and never was) about creating news but more about capturing what happened (to them) and trying to make sense of it all.

When you consider how many people live on the planet and the small percentage of these people who have a job role that puts them in the driving seat of capturing everything that is happening, I think you can see the appeal of social media and smartphones as people take control of their own storytelling…..taking on the role of documentarian.

It is this that I’m trying to discover.

The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals will provide a good backdrop to the research project and help each of the submissions to be viewed together under agreed themes.e.g. Quality Education, Clean Water and Sanitation etc.

Wish me luck! JC

 

 

 

Final Day of Doc Media Month

Documentary Media Month Review

Join me for a celebration event as we look back over the programme and review the highlights of Documentary Media Month 2017.

5pm-6pm Doc Media Centre, 1st Floor, 10 Bishops Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

 

The 2017 Documentary Media Month theme is global citizens dedicated to showcasing real people, real places and real events from around the world.

The documentary film programme is the 8th Leicester Docfilm Festival.

The Documentary Media Centre project organises events, education based activities and workshops covering 4 areas:

  • documentary film
  • documentary photography
  • documentary audio
  • documentary new media

The pop-up Documentary Media Centre will be hosted on the 1st Floor of 10 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

For further information please email John Coster, Journalist on docmediacentre@gmail.com

Twitter @docmediacentre @citizenseye  @docfilmfestival  @conflictreportr

#docmedia2017

Programme: Wednesday 29th November

Documentary Media Podcast

Join us for this 5th and final podcast hosted by Rob Watson (DMU).

All welcome…tea & biscuits!

5-7pm Doc Media Centre, 1st Floor, 10 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

 

Doc Media exhibition to mark the UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 

Showcase of short clips from documentary films will include 5 Broken Cameras / The Gatekeepers / Budrus / Waltz with Bashir.

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Larry King NOW interview with Sheila Nevins, as she reflects on her award-studded tenure as president of HBO Documentary Films – click link to view

The 2017 Documentary Media Month theme is global citizens dedicated to showcasing real people, real places and real events from around the world.

The documentary film programme is the 8th Leicester Docfilm Festival.

The Documentary Media Centre project organises events, education based activities and workshops covering 4 areas:

  • documentary film
  • documentary photography
  • documentary audio
  • documentary new media

The pop-up Documentary Media Centre will be hosted on the 1st Floor of 10 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

For further information please email John Coster, Journalist on docmediacentre@gmail.com

Twitter @docmediacentre @citizenseye  @docfilmfestival  @conflictreportr

#docmedia2017

Programme: Tuesday 28th November

Interested in starting your own film festival?

Join us for this illustrated talk that covers ‘how to’ start, ‘who to’ involve, the type of venue and why are you doing it!

4pm-5pm Doc Media Centre, 1st Floor, 10 Bishops Street, Leicester LE1 6AF

The 2017 Documentary Media Month theme is global citizens dedicated to showcasing real people, real places and real events from around the world.

The documentary film programme is the 8th Leicester Docfilm Festival.

The Documentary Media Centre project organises events, education based activities and workshops covering 4 areas:

  • documentary film
  • documentary photography
  • documentary audio
  • documentary new media

The pop-up Documentary Media Centre will be hosted on the 1st Floor of 10 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

For further information please email John Coster, Journalist on docmediacentre@gmail.com

Twitter @docmediacentre @citizenseye  @docfilmfestival  @conflictreportr

#docmedia2017

Programme: Monday 27th November

Community Media Cafe

If you were involved in Citizens Eye between 2008-2014, please drop in and ‘share’ your memories on the virtual Museum of Community Media timeline.

The Museum of Community Media archive covers 7 years of Leicester’s social history (2008-2014) through the content of community media organisation, Citizens Eye.

10.30am-11.30am The Chapel Cafe, Bishops Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

Museum of Community Media

Please join us as we look back over 7 years (2008-2014) of Leicester’s social history through the content of community media organisation, Citizens Eye.

4pm-5pm Doc Media Centre, 1st Floor, 10 Bishops Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

The 2017 Documentary Media Month theme is global citizens dedicated to showcasing real people, real places and real events from around the world.

The documentary film programme is the 8th Leicester Docfilm Festival.

The Documentary Media Centre project organises events, education based activities and workshops covering 4 areas:

  • documentary film
  • documentary photography
  • documentary audio
  • documentary new media

The pop-up Documentary Media Centre will be hosted on the 1st Floor of 10 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

For further information please email John Coster, Journalist on docmediacentre@gmail.com

Twitter @docmediacentre @citizenseye  @docfilmfestival  @conflictreportr

#docmedia2017

Programme: Sunday 26th November

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The 2017 Documentary Media Month theme is global citizens dedicated to showcasing real people, real places and real events from around the world.

The documentary film programme is the 8th Leicester Docfilm Festival.

The Documentary Media Centre project organises events, education based activities and workshops covering 4 areas:

  • documentary film
  • documentary photography
  • documentary audio
  • documentary new media

The pop-up Documentary Media Centre will be hosted on the 1st Floor of 10 Bishop Street, Leicester LE1 6AF.

For further information please email John Coster, Journalist on docmediacentre@gmail.com

Twitter @docmediacentre @citizenseye  @docfilmfestival  @conflictreportr

#docmedia2017