"This guide provides advice, exercises and notes for local peacebuilders who wish to facilitate a participatory video (PV) process in order to enhance the resilience and peacebuilding capacities of their communities. [It] provides exercises for the facilitator to guide participants through experiential learning on: how to use a camera; how to frame a shot; how to record sound; how to direct; how to conduct and record an interview; how to identify what makes a story, how to tell an audio-visual story; how to use a storyboard to plan a film; how to write a script for a fictional story; how to record and integrate feedback received from the community; how to use editing to tell a story in film; how to conduct a paper edit. Core peacebuilding objectives include: how to facilitate constructive group discussions on sensitive topics; how to view and present a story from different perspectives; how to select a topic and genre that meet the group's communication objectives; how to understand that any film they make can have both positive and negative impacts; how to identify dividers and connectors in a community; how to understand and integrate different perspectives on privilege and identity." (Framing & objectives, page 6)

"This guide draws on two main sources. First, the extensive literature on PV, particularly two manuals produced by InsightShare: Insights Into Participatory Video and A Rights Based Approach to Participatory Video Toolkit. Second, the experience of Build Up facilitating PV processes in South Sudan, Central African Republic, Bosnia, and the Philippines. Version 3 of this guide was prepared during a training for youth leaders in the Philippines organized by International Alert Philippines, and incorporates material on strategic communications and scriptwriting developed jointly with the Alert Philippines team." (Page 1)