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 high-quality 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.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Editors | Cliff Lampe, m.c. schraefel |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 4753-4764 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450346559 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2017 - Colorado Convention Center, Denver, United States of America Duration: 6 May 2017 → 11 May 2017 Conference number: 35th https://chi2017.acm.org/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3025453 (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2017 |
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Abbreviated title | CHI 2017 |
Country | United States of America |
City | Denver |
Period | 6/05/17 → 11/05/17 |
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Keywords
- Africa
- DIY
- Hacking
- Hip-Hop
- Making
- Media