trees are people too

I am struggling to find references for my manifesto project. I am not sure how important they are? My manifesto thus far is primarily based on the ideas I have formulated from Tom Sherman’s Vernacular Video and the discussions we have had in lectures and tutes. How much like an essay is this? do I have to back up my ideas with other peoples? I am guessing yes, if I want to make an informed production. So I am doing research and looking for references. But how many is enough? Do I need to validate my concept by using other people’s thoughts to confirm it is a good idea? This seems more the style of an essay than a creative piece like this, but I do need some foundations for my arguments. I’ve found a few to start, and will probably ask Adrian for some advice on where I might find more…

Vernacular Video, Tom Sherman
Video: The Reflexive Medium, Sara Hornbacher
A Genealogy of Video, Paul Ryan
Videocast, The Power of Video Tomotake Mizunoe
Recording Social Life: Reflexivity and Video Methodology, Helen Lomax
Video: The Reflexive Medium (yes, there are two publications of this title), Yvonne Spielmann
What Video Can Do Marjorie Perloff
Video/Media Culture of the Late Twentieth Century, John G. Hanhardt and Maria Christina Villaseñor

Not sure how much of this info will actually go into my manifesto, but it is providing me with some good reading.