Project Name
Project Name: Our Veterans, Their Stories
Tag Line: Preserving first hand accounts from our heroes one story at a time.
Project Summary
Short Summary: Video record stories from veterans.
"By recording the oral histories of our veterans, we preserve the human face of American history for generations to come and honor those men and women who swore to protect and defend the United States. Our goal is to document the accounts of those who served from Cattaraugus County."
Project Team:
- Project Lead: Steve McCord, Catt. County Veterans Service Agency, Veteran
- Project Lead: Norm Marsh, Catt. County Legislator, Vietnam Veteran
- Brian McClellan, Catt. County Museum, Curator
- Cathy Mackay, Director of Catt. County Aging
- Crystal Abers, Director of Catt. County Dept. of Economic Development, Planning & Tourism (EDPT)
- Samantha Hayes, Catt. County Dept of EDPT
- Danna Scharf, Catt. County Dept. of EDPT
- Jeremy Knab, Catt. County Dept. of EDPT
- Videographer Director, John Tomerlin
Tasks
- Promo video of Steve discussing the project (Tentatively due March 1st)
- Promo video of interview clips- (Tentatively due early March)
- Completed interview video - (Tentatively due early March)
- Banner Concepts (Tourism Team) -
- Branch of military flags w/
- pull-up banner
- Silhouette w/ flag
- https://www.walmart.com/ip/HelloDecor-Polyester-Fabric-Digital-Printed-…
- Kiosk pricing and options (Jeremy) -
- Promotional Artwork (Tourism Team) -
- Contact form(s)
- Veteran sign up form
- any other contact questions
- Project page
- Kick-off Event, May 15, 2021 (Brian)
- Advertisement (Tourism Team)
Increase Number of Team Members
Add more people to team
- Local Historians - EDPT
- Contact St. Bonaventure University Media - John Tomerlin
- Reach out to local organizations that produce videos.
- Possibly hire videographer to coordinate pre-production, production, and post-production.
- Potential- John Tomerlin has worked with SBU Media in the past and retired teacher from TV Media Communications at Olean CABOCES
- Flexible pricing - $25 an hour or $250 for a day including 3-4 interviews
- Lighting, set up, tear down included
- Suggested doing one video from beginning to end to be sure everyone has the same vision
- Potential- John Tomerlin has worked with SBU Media in the past and retired teacher from TV Media Communications at Olean CABOCES
- Joseph Dwyer Peer to Peer group in Little Valley (look into)
- WNY Heroes Group
Research Other Projects
We need to research other projects in which veterans have told their stories.
- Any locals have videos?
- Discuss with Brian McClellan use of audio from 2006 CABOCES Veterans Audio project.
- Bring to meeting February 11th
- Research Regional and National Video Projects
Audio & Video Projects
- Veterans' Stories on the Library of Congress
- Veterans' History Project - Library of Congress
- Veterans Story Project - x
- Veterans Story Project - War Memorial Center
- The Memory Project - Canada's Military Past
- Veterans' Stories: Project 412
- Story Corps: Military Voices
Create Promo Video
We'll create promotional video to call out for veterans using other stories.
Promote Project
We will continue to promote the project to call for veterans to share their stories.
References
County seeking WWII, Korean, Vietnam vets to record recollections
Create Project Timeline
We need to rough this out.
Video Storage
We will want to have a place online to store and distribute the raw and final videos..
Catt. County Dept. of EDPT will create a folder for video on Vimeo for this project.
Equipment
Video camera(s):
- Nikon D7200 - (EDPT)
- Canon - Handycam (EDPT)
Lighting
John Tomerlin will bring this.
Tripod
- 1 - tripod (EDPT)
- 1 - gorillapod (EDPT)
Microphones
1 - Shotgun mic (EDPT)
More Info / Questions
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