Welcome to Message in-a-box!
This second version of Message in-a-box includes new information, case studies and updated software tools. The text and software were last updated September 2009.
Message in-a-box provides everything you need to make and distribute your own media. This website covers A Strategy for Making Media, Print, Images, Audio, Internet, Video, and Mobiles. Each section includes information, references, links and inspiring case studies that show how the right tools and tactics can be used to make media with impact. Message in-a-box also provides open source software tools to make our own media and video and text 'how-to' guides that tell you how to do this .
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Tactics
Once you've made your video you need to get it out there and make sure...
Some of the most powerful advocacy videos that have been created in recent...
Now that you've put your content out there and told people about it they...
Animation can be a great tool for advocacy...
Video is a powerful tool for rights campaigning, but it can also introduce...
The information in this section...
Once you've made your video you need to make sure it's seen. This section...
There are now many possibilities for creating and sharing multimedia content...
Guerrilla...
Tools
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VLC is a audio/video player that will read almost any format...
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Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder....
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OpenOffice.org includes a word processor, spreadsheet application,...
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SPIP is a publishing system for websites. It allows a community...
How-tos
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Make animated GIFs using GIMP. There are two methods described here; the...
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Set up a Wordpress blog. If you would like to set up your own website that...
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Try out the skills and software you need to record a two minute interview...
