Médecins Sans Frontières - 360 Video: “We had to leave,” A Refugee Story from Greece

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF160669

Date taken / Date Recorded 20/01/2016 12:00 AM

Country Afghanistan, Greece

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED STATES

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★★★★ (B)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m39s

Maximum Size 4096px × 2048px 1.42 GB

Additional Information / Shotlist One refugee at the camp explains why he and his family left war-torn Afghanistan, boarded a dangerously overcrowded boat, and set off into rough winter waters to try to reach “a more developed country”.
Transcript:
"My name is Ali. I'm from Afghanistan.
I'm from Ghazni province.
We had problems there, like difficulties with lack of safety
and difficulties with poverty in Afghanistan.
And problems of war.
Kuchis from one side, Taliban from one side, Daesh [ISIS] from one side.
For these reasons, we had to leave.
The boat we were on - our agreement was for 35 people.
It was a 9 meter, inflatable boat.
They didn’t keep their promise and boarded about 56 people on the boat.
The person you want to trust the most,
even if they're the closest person to you,
even if they're your family member, they will lie to you
They say that the boat doesn't fit more than 30-35 people
They'll say the boat doesn't fit more than 30-35 people
but they push the limit until they fit 70 people on some boats.
The people that operate the boats don’t keep their promises.
They load a lot of people on the boats and they (the boats) don’t have the capacity for that.
We want to go to a more developed country, like
Germany, Sweden, or, if possible, Switzerland, or Canada"

Special instructions This is also attached as a Word doc:

Uploading 360 video with closed-captioning subtitles to YouTube

- Upload the clean MP4 video file to YouTube, just as you would a standard video
o Best to upload as “unlisted” initially, as it takes time for 360 videos to display properly. You will also need time after upload to add annotations and translated subtitles

- The video will take more time to load than an average video. Once it is uploaded, there will be a further delay before YouTube recognizes the video as 360 and displays it correctly with navigation functionality. (Can take 1hr)

TO ADD SUBTITLES
- Wait until the video is displaying properly in 360 (you should see arrow keys in upper left of player window, and click-drag functionality will let you change viewing angles)

- Go to the video’s page (NOT the edit page. Go to the regular page where you would view the video).

- Click on “CC” in the bar under the video player

- Choose “Add new subtitles or CC” displayed in the blue bar to the right of the player. A dropdown search bar will pop up. Type the language you are looking for, and select the language you would to upload.

- Next, you will be asked to “Select Method”. Choose “Upload a file”.

- A window will pop up allowing you to “Upload a File”. Choose “Subtitles file”, click “Choose File”, select the captions document you would like to use, and click “Upload”

- An editable list of your subtitles with timecodes will appear on the right side of your screen. Review it to make sure everything it correct, then click “Publish”

TO ADD ANNOTATIONS
- Once the video is displaying properly in 360, go to “Video Manager” and choose “Annotations” from the drop-down menu for the video

- Drag the playhead to where you want your first annotation to start (we recommend starting around the 1sec mark, for a duration of 5sec minimum). Then click “Add Annotation” and choose “Note” format. Input text with location information, for example:
Moria Camp
Lesbos, Greece

- Click on the first dropdown menu directly under the text box and choose “Impact” (this will change the background style to stand out better against the video). Set font size to 28, text color to white, and background to transparent grey (second to last option in dropdown menu)

- Adjust “Start” and “End” timecodes as needed and click “Apply Changes”

- Add another annotation (choose “Note” format again). We recommend placing this note around the 5sec or 6sec mark, for a duration of at least 5sec. Input the following text reminding viewers to enable subtitles:
Be sure to enable
subtitles on the top or
bottom right