Mick Fuzz's workshop list
Video Vox pops
Be a TV journalist. Hit the streets and record 'vox pops'. Capture the voice of the people and the get them up on the Internet for people to see. 3h x 2 sessions Software : Kino, Avidemux,
Create a Blog
Having a blog is as important as having a desk if you are an artist or media creator. Use it as your base, put up your contact details and news of your projects. 3h x 2 sessions Software : Wordpress, Firefox, GIMP
Create your own Video Virals
Create your own video virals. Short video messages using video to change the world. 3h x 3 sessions Software : Kino, Avidemux, GIMP, Audacity
Audio reporting
Your can record audio on your phone or a voice recorder and put it together with music to make short audio reports. 3h x 2 sessions Software: Audacity
Create websites with Drupal
Drupal is great way to produce websites but a little bit of help can go a long way. This short course tells you how to set it up as a multimedia site. 3h x 3 sessions Software: Drupal, Firefox
Using Social Media to promote yourself without feeling dirty
Using Facebook and Twitter and Myspace is a way of communicating with friends and friends of friends. You can quickly build up a network of hundreds who will know what you are up to. A lot of this stuff if 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration but it's good to have help getting started. Also we can try to use as open networks as possible to avoid getting eaten by corporations and feeling dirty. 3h x 2 sessions Software: Twitter, Wordpress, Facebook, Myspace
Create Stencils using Gimp
Create stencils for grafitti using the Gimp 3h x 1 session Software: GIMP
Creating online Media features with HTML
Blogs and news websites like and Indymedia often use HTML to create 'features' which link to other websites and summarise news events. This workshops shows you how to pull together disparate sources of news both technically and journalistically.
Radio Dramas
Your can record audio and add sound effects to create a radio comedy or drama. 3h x 2 sessions Software: Audacity
Simple Live Music recording
With a suitable omi directional microphone you can make simple music recordings. 3H x 1 session Software: Audacity
Collective Researching and Presentation
How to use the Internet to do in depth workshop work collectively to bring together this information and present it. Software: Twiki, Firefox
Using IRC
IRC is an instant messaging system which predates things like MSN and Skype. It can be a very secure way of communicating using the Internet. If you don't like the powers that be to be able to spy on you come and learn how to use IRC. Software: MirC, Xchat,
Doing a Film Screening
A film screening is good way of getting people together and starting a discussion. Get someone on the microphone answering questions from the audience. Get people from the local area to make announcements. However getting all the equipment together and working and getting people talking can be can be hard work. This course is a chance to get this all sorted in a relaxed way. Software: VLC Hardware: Projector, laptop, audio mixer,
Teaching people to do community consultation
Sitting with a laptop in a Community space, using social media to do community consultation.
Trapese Workshops - Free yourself from the Bullshit
Get a list from Alice for this. Climate change Participatory Education: general approach to education, peer to peer education, collective documentation. Transition. A critique of the transition system.
Participatory Video
An approach to creating video on a community level.