A guide on how to document craftership and living heritage practices through different functions and goals of film.
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Step-by-step guide for filming living heritage
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"Always put the heritage communities at the heart of the project. Do the project with them and for them. Read between the lines and gauge their needs."
"We're used to always doing our thing. With the film crew there, we did have to adapt. In that sense, we had to slow down and postpone certain processes, or start over so Alexander could film. But it was a good collaboration that went smoothly."
"Working in a participatory approach proved to be a real added value, by actively involving the heritage community throughout the project, the chances of making it sustainable immediately became much greater."
This toolbox shows how film can contribute to the safeguarding of living heritage and craftsmanship in different ways: to learn ‘how to do’ it, to study or research it, to showcase or promote it, or for education... It demonstrates how each of those functions also requires a different approach to video making. And it helps you get started with each of these approaches.