Performing Arts Legacy Project

An online platform to document and represent the careers of older performing arts professionals

Roadmap – Unit 2

Unit 2: Intro to Audio and Video & The About Page

Overview:

By creating audio recordings and videos for each Professional’s PAL site, we explore a more personal side of each Professional, and add depth to the memorabilia with stories. Audio is traditionally what we call Oral History (although there can be other audio throughout the site) and for video we have a Curated Life Review (Snapshot, Portrait) which often entails a Professional going through some of their memorabilia and talking about their life and career.

The About Page is a way to invite your audience to your site and give a quick snapshot of who you are. Start with a bio and photo and as you become more familiar with your site and how you’d like to conceptualize your site, you can add and edit your About Page to further reflect the intro to you!

Click the headings below for more on the topic. To access videos, Contributor Manual sections, and more, please click on the red links found within the sections below.

Breakdown
  • Either alone or on your own, create:
    • A 10-30 minute video about your career (we call this a Curated Life Review, or a Snapshot, a Portrait, Memories, Souvenirs, etc). Edit it if you want. Post it under Look/Listen. 
  • One or more audio recordings – these could be in the form of an Oral History or short vignettes  
  • The About Page
  • Start collecting your productions/projects/activities into one central location. This can be a stack of papers/resumes or typing it all out on a spreadsheet, for example.
Unit 2 Text and Video Resources

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