alexAmidst a busy travel schedule around remote regions of Kenya, Hannah & Jamie rely on InqScribe to capture inspiring stories of wildlife conservation.
By: Hannah Pollock and Jamie Unwin, filmmakers and founders of Stand Up For Nature
We believe visual media and films are an incredible tool for education and sharing peoples stories, but how do you reach people that live in the most remote areas of our planet, without access to electricity? We’ve designed and built a bicycle-powered cinema and we’re taking it to the most remote communities in Kenya for a 5-month expedition with our nonprofit Stand Up for Nature. Our aim is to find and film inspirational stories from Kenyans on the ground, doing remarkable things to conserve wildlife in the face of adversity, poverty and civil unrest. We’ll then show these films on our bicycle cinema with the aim of inspiring other local Kenyans to help protect their amazing wildlife. 
Transcribing our videos is an incredibly important part of our project. Ultimately, the target audience of our films will be Kenyans, so they need to be made in the local languages. With over 60 different languages spoken in Kenya this is very challenging, so we’ll be working closely with a translator to ensure that nothing is lost or misrepresented in the editing process.
Due to the timing of our project, we’ll be sending our footage back to the UK for editing so that by the time we’ve finished shooting all of the inspirational stories, we’ll be able to move straight into showing the finished films on our bicycle cinema. InqScribe is invaluable to this process as it enables us to sit with a translator in Kenya and accurately transcribe all of our local interviews . We’ll then send this transcript back to the UK for our volunteer editors to reference. This will ensure we’re not missing any key phrases and know exactly what is being said at what time. Previously we’ve tried everything from writing out scripts by hand to recording a translator speaking English and trying to match it up. It hasn’t worked out great, which is why we’re excited to use InqScribe for this project.
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About the Authors
Hannah and Jamie are two recent Zoology graduates from the University of Exeter. They started the nonprofit Stand Up for Nature three years ago to combine their passion for wildlife and filmmaking. Their goal is to give a platform for unsung heroes around the world to share their stories and inspire others to stand up and make a change for wildlife. You can learn more about their work at standupfornature.org.
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