March 10, 2007 Meeting Recap
March 10, 2007, was a fantastic meeting!
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend. The Association would like to extend a special thank you to the members of this year's G&FH class, as well as the guests from MOHAI's Nearby History class, who attended the program. It was a pleasure to meet all of you. You are always welcome to attend.
We were given an update on the efforts to organize the PBS Pledge Drive scheduled for Saturday, March 24, 2007. We received the necessary number of volunteers to be able to promote the program on-air. Make sure you tune in Saturday night at 7:30 to KCTS to see your fellow alums at work promoting the G&FH program.
RJ McHatton, owner of Inventive Productions, and his staff were the consummate hosts.
From RJ's lovely daughter who made sure we all arrived at the correct destination (not one alum lost), to the refreshments (they were many and wonderful), to Akina (RJ's producer) who stressed that family history is about values - not valuables, to RJ's warm, funny, genuine presentation of the possibilities for our family histories - thank you all.
We have discussed oral history in all of our classes but Inventive Productions showed us how entertaining and engaging a well-done oral history can be. We were enthralled by RJ's experiences and those of his clients. RJ stressed the importance of capturing a person's life, voice and personality on video.
We were presented with a variety of sample high definition video footage from various autobiographical documentaries. As everyone viewed the footage, RJ explained the process of producing a video. RJ has developed an oral history questionnaire he uses for the structure of his video. He combines the oral history portion with photographs and film footage for the finished product. A large teleprompter or cue cards are used to lead the subject through this interview process.
RJ concluded his presentation with a tour of the screening and editing rooms and provided everyone with a portfolio of services and products offered by Inventive Productions which included a sampler DVD of the projects we saw earlier. We also received the answer as to the purpose and use of a green screen.
If you are a veteran, please consider doing an interview for the Library of Congress. It's free, and you will be given a copy of the finished DVD for your own history project. Inventive Productions has volunteered to interview at least 25 veterans per year for free. The Library of Congress will put these interviews into the archives so future students and historians will be able to hear what really happened by those who where there. If you know of a veteran Inventive Productions can interview, please have them contact RJ McHatton at 425-747-4538 or visit them online.
When you visit their site, sign up for their newsletter so that you can keep up-to-date on all the new technology.
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend. The Association would like to extend a special thank you to the members of this year's G&FH class, as well as the guests from MOHAI's Nearby History class, who attended the program. It was a pleasure to meet all of you. You are always welcome to attend.
We were given an update on the efforts to organize the PBS Pledge Drive scheduled for Saturday, March 24, 2007. We received the necessary number of volunteers to be able to promote the program on-air. Make sure you tune in Saturday night at 7:30 to KCTS to see your fellow alums at work promoting the G&FH program.
RJ McHatton, owner of Inventive Productions, and his staff were the consummate hosts.
From RJ's lovely daughter who made sure we all arrived at the correct destination (not one alum lost), to the refreshments (they were many and wonderful), to Akina (RJ's producer) who stressed that family history is about values - not valuables, to RJ's warm, funny, genuine presentation of the possibilities for our family histories - thank you all.
We have discussed oral history in all of our classes but Inventive Productions showed us how entertaining and engaging a well-done oral history can be. We were enthralled by RJ's experiences and those of his clients. RJ stressed the importance of capturing a person's life, voice and personality on video.
We were presented with a variety of sample high definition video footage from various autobiographical documentaries. As everyone viewed the footage, RJ explained the process of producing a video. RJ has developed an oral history questionnaire he uses for the structure of his video. He combines the oral history portion with photographs and film footage for the finished product. A large teleprompter or cue cards are used to lead the subject through this interview process.
RJ concluded his presentation with a tour of the screening and editing rooms and provided everyone with a portfolio of services and products offered by Inventive Productions which included a sampler DVD of the projects we saw earlier. We also received the answer as to the purpose and use of a green screen.
If you are a veteran, please consider doing an interview for the Library of Congress. It's free, and you will be given a copy of the finished DVD for your own history project. Inventive Productions has volunteered to interview at least 25 veterans per year for free. The Library of Congress will put these interviews into the archives so future students and historians will be able to hear what really happened by those who where there. If you know of a veteran Inventive Productions can interview, please have them contact RJ McHatton at 425-747-4538 or visit them online.
When you visit their site, sign up for their newsletter so that you can keep up-to-date on all the new technology.
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