Lumberman's Museum Media Room Proposal V2

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

See Gantt Project timeline here: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4951429890_4f8335c9b6_b_d.jpg


Resources/Costs
See tentative budget here: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/4951429908_1e21d374e6_b_d.jpg

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