[LM_NET] Video: Kente Weavers of Ashanti

[Andy Carvin <acarvin@EDC.ORG>]

Hi everyone,

Last night, I put together a short vlog (video blog) about tradition kente weaving 
in Ghana’s Ashanti region. Kente, perhaps the most famous West African textile, is 
brightly colored, coming in a variety of patterns, some reserved for use by Ashanti 
royalty. The video was shot in the historic kente weaving village of Bonwire, about 
an hour south of Kumasi. Three weavers are featured, each using a traditional loom 
to make the cloth. The video also contains music performed by Ghanaian drummer Obo 
Addy, used with permission from Alula Records. There are two versions of the video: 
high resolution (13 megs) and low resolution (two megs).

High res video: http://www.andycarvin.com/video/kenteweavers.mov

Low res video: http://www.andycarvin.com/video/kenteweavers2.mov

Production notes:

The video was shot on July 23, 2005 in Bonwire village, Ashanti Region, Ghana, 
using a Konica-Minolta dImage A-200 digital camera. The Quicktime files shot on the 
camera were uploaded to a Macintosh G4 laptop and edited with Final Cut Pro HD 4.5. 
Both versions of the video were compressed using the 3ivx compression codec. Total 
editing time was about 90 minutes, including compression.

thanks,
andy

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Andy Carvin
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EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
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Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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