Had a good look around the Video Nation site at the BBC today. There's lots of great stuff there. People all over the UK filming themselves mostly and also each other, on topics of interest to them at the time. They range from a young girl telling us what she likes about Christmas to a woman describing her husband's decision to die and the circuitous route to get there. It's a great insight into UK lives. The audience can browse, search by keyword, send a page by email or add their thoughts and responses.
While the material is shot by the participants themselves, it is edited at the BBC which is working to keep the content compelling, but puts a lot of work back of the Producers. They'd be good people to talk to about how they see the future of this sort of projects - and what the possibilities are for people uploading their own edited material, how the content can be selected or organised by the Producers, and how more connections could be made between the mini-docos.
In a recent podcast I heard Paula le Dieu from the BBC talking about another interesting project; The Creative Archive, which should open up the BBC's massive archival resources for people to "rip, mix and share". There will be no Digital Rights Management requirements wrapped around the materials, and peer to peer distribution will be facilitated. Unfortunately and somewhat inconsistently, the project is currently restricted to the UK.
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