Impact stories are easy to get wrong. A camera can turn people into illustrations of a problem instead of the authors of their own story.
We start by meeting the people we will film, without equipment, and explain how the images will be used. Then we let them choose what to say and where to say it.
If the person on screen would not share the film, we have not finished it.
In the edit, we keep their words and cut ours. Subtitles in French and English let the story travel without losing the original voice.
Our test: if the person on screen would not share the film with their family, we have not finished it.
Written by the Boite²Com team in Antananarivo. Want to talk about it? Write to us.
