Videos

  • White Balance

    Unless you adjust what is called the white balance on your camcorder you may end up with very orange or very blue pictures. Different sources of light produce light of different color temperatures that the white balance can adjust to accommodate and ensure that the colors in your pictures stay...

  • Zooming

    Usually the zoom-in is used to emphasize an intimate or emotional moment, or to highlight an important element or detail in a wider shot. As a program-maker, with the zoom-in you can dictate where your audiences attention should be focused. You can pick out and draw them towards what you...

  • UDHR 60 Yrs: What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?

    For 16 years, WITNESS has harnessed the power of video to advance human rights. In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10th, we've put together a short video with different WITNESS staff talking about images that opened their eyes to human...

  • Re. What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?

    Thank you for responding to the question we asked in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights! Please continue the conversation here and to learn more about the videos that we included in our video and WITNESS' work to use video to create change,...

  • You responded: What image opened your eyes to human rights?

    To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights we asked you to answer "What image opened your eyes to human rights?" Here is a sample of some of the video responses we received. Thanks to all who responded in text, video, blog posts, comments, etc....

  • Using video to sensitize communities about child soldiers

    WITNESS partner Ajedi-Ka has been using video to document recruitment of child soldiers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Their video "On the Frontlines" was screened to more than 30,000 villagers across Eastern DRC to raise awareness and debate about the issue of...

  • Press conference at the Lubanga Trial at ICC, Jan 22, 2009

    Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS sends a second vlog installment from the Lubanga trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.

  • Day 1 of the Lubanga Trial at the ICC

    Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator of Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS, describes his personal reaction to observing the first day of the trial against Thomas Lubanga - accused of conscripting children under the age 15 for combat in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. For more information...

  • How I first got involved with child soldiers in DRC

    Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East at WITNESS discusses how he got involved with rehabilitating child soldiers in his native eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

    This is the first vlog in a four part in-depth interview series with Bukeni who has...

  • Day 2 of the Lubanga Trial at the ICC

    Bukeni Waruzi, program coordinator for Africa and the Middle East for WITNESS, reflects on Thomas Lubanga's defense team argument on Day 2 of the trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Bukeni also highlights that tomorrow is the first day when witnesses will participate in the...

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