Abstract
I intend to use the skills and ideas I have learned through my years in New Media to help the Lumberman’s Museum in my hometown in Patten develop a multimedia center and a variety of media content.
Why/Where
This opportunity to work with the museum is once-in-a-lifetime, a chance that just happened to come to me through talking with the museum curator. Thanks to a grant, they have a certain amount of money available to purchase content for a new media area. Patten and the museum itself is not a very media-savvy area, and this is a big step for the Lumberman’s Museum. This is an opportunity to give the museum a great beginning and the ideas and help they need to get started on producing their own content (or hiring out for content).
Proposal
I propose first to act as the “technical advisor” for the museum, giving advice on what types of equipment to purchase with their grant. While this process goes on, I will work with the material available at the museum as well as developing ideas of my own to produce several different types of content for the media center. At the moment, I am envisioning several short films on different subjects, such as the museum’s history and the vast amounts of stories and poems and songs that the Museum and the people in the area who worked in the woods have. I would also like to produce a humorous short or two. Beyond this, I would also like to aid in spreading the word about the museum through giving it a presence in social media (Facebook), and possibly re-working the museum’s website. Finally, I would also like to attempt to educate the museum board and/or the community on the process of the creation of my media pieces, perhaps through a short “class” on media creation in the spring.
Timeline
EARLY-MID SEPTEMBER
Confirm proposal to both New Media and Honors College
Advise museum curator on equipment purchase
LATE SEPTEMBER-EARLY OCTOBER
Film various areas of museum to establish some reference shots/stock footage
Work through museum archives, find good leads/people to interview
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER
Plan and begin to shoot short films
Interview townspeople
Re-film museum locations if needed
(hopefully) find good locations in Orono to film non-location things
DECEMBER
Continue shooting films, or working through museum archives for footage
Get feedback on current progress
Form Honors Committee
JANUARY
Honors Committee Meeting
Edit Films
FEBRUARY
Hold Media Class?
Start work on Honors statements, reading lists, etc.
MARCH/APRIL
Anything else that needs to be done
Resources/Costs
Traveling to Patten on several weekends $gas money, about $10 up and back
Adobe CS4 Suite $177
Video Camera hopefully included in grant, or borrow/rent
Cost for my labor $15 or so an hour, assuming 100 hrs work
Total costs will depend on some of these variables, but will be at least $400-500
Getting the Word Out
I have a few ideas for getting the word out about the project, including
-Advertising the new media room and videos on the museum’s website
-Putting up short previews of the videos on Youtube
-Sending out notices on Facebook to the Lumberman’s Museum page I will create
-Putting up a few posters around Patten about the new media room
-Perhaps a newspaper article could even be accomplished
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