One of 150 DV cameras used by Iraqis to film themselves and create the 2004 film Voices of Iraq. Voices of Iraq is a ground breaking 2004 documentary about Iraq, created by distributing cameras to the subjects of a film thus enabling subjects

A documentary swarm is one of the terms used for the technique of creating audio/video media content that combines documentary film, and citizen journalism. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism or democratic journalism, is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the The concept was first utilized by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes's 2004 theatrcial film Voices of Iraq where 150 DV cameras were sent to Iraq during the war and used by Iraqis to film themselves. Martin Kunert (Martin Stanislaw Kunert-Dziewanowski is a founding partner of Booya Studios and a feature film and television writer director and producer Eric Manes is a Writer and producer in the Film and Television industry Voices of Iraq is a ground breaking 2004 documentary about Iraq, created by distributing cameras to the subjects of a film thus enabling subjects

The technique uses a number of inexpensive digital video cameras and distributes them into a group of people who produce the footage that will later be edited into one or more packages of content. Digital video is a type of Video recording system that works by using a Digital rather than an analog video signal The raw footage is edited by a single person, a group of people, or edited into multiple media texts by multiple participants.

The earliest reference to the idea of a documentary swarm is possibly on a blog by 'Raccoon' [1], although it is similar in nature to such projects as Zana_Briski's Kids With Cameras. Zana Briski is an English artist (photographer filmmaker and activist

See also

Digital cinematography