Toolkit for Making a Detainee Video

Use simple, compelling narratives from the prisoner’s lawyer, family members, or other people who know the prisoner.

• Ask the prisoner’s lawyer for copies of photos of the prisoner or his family, and seek the permission of the family or the prisoner to use them.
• Ask for any video clips that may be available, such as from the prisoner’s wedding or other festivities.
• Seek other materials—a photo of the prisoner’s home or workplace, family letters, children’s drawings, or other materials that help piece together the prisoner’s life story.
• We welcome

Technology Tips:

Suggested format: DV or HDV

Suggested software:

• For Apple computers, iMovie
• For PCs, (suggestion other than Microsoft MovieMaker, which is free?)

Upload your video to YouTube:

• Convert to YouTube suggested format, (what is that?).
• Create an account
• Follow instructions for uploading the video
  

Promote Your Video

• On the campaign page for the prisoner, put a link to the video so people can watch the video from your web page.  You can adapt and use this source code:

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/extension for your video"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed
src="http://www.youtube.com/v/extension for your video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425"
height="350"></embed></object><br/>

• Send out messages to your networks linking to the video.