We are a small museum and this area has grown out of the Technology and Digital Media Department which has a staff of 10 people and comprises a Technology Division, a Web and Digital Media Division and a brand new Media Production Division.
For a few years we have produced short exhibitions and permanent collections related videos with one full-time videographer and one part-time AV tech/Audio Engineer. They are often helped by the photographer who is part of the Curatorial Department. Now I am officially creating a Media Production Division which reports to me and will have two full-time staff, an AV Technician/Audio Engineer and a Videographer/Media Producer and they will handle all AV production, including live streaming of lectures as well as podcasts and exhibitions as well as permanent collections related video production. We maintain tight quality control over these productions. Recently our Education Department began filming videos of some of the short gallery talks given regularly by education interns. These are done independently of the Technology Department by a part-time person in the Education Department and are showcased in the Student Programs area of our Web site. We have no formal involvement with production of these videos, but they do go past the Web team who keep eyes on quality and consistency and make suggestions, if needed. In regards to the archived lectures and exhibitions as well as permanent collections related video production, we save both raw and edited footage and have a large storage area network. Our IT Manager and Network Admin handle storage issues but I realize that we need to work out a long term plan as this area grows. We use Vimeo, YouTube and Art Babble and ForaTV to make video accessible via links (embeds) from our Web site. This is all developing for us and I'll fine tune as we grow. Floyd Thomas Sweeting III Head, Technology &? Digital Media THE FRICK COLLECTION 1 East 70th Street New York, NY?? 10021 (212) 547-6889 tel (212) 547-0708 fax -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Longo Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 10:10 AM To: MCN-L Subject: [MCN-L] A message from Travis Fullerton of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Hi everybody, I wanted to conduct a quick survey of video production services in museums and try to understand how they are managed, and by whom. There is an increasing need for video content at our museum, especially for social media, but also for education and mobile development. We try hard to maintain a level of quality in our still imaging and I want to maintain a level of quality control as the video content grows. Currently video content it is being generated in various departments by contractors, interns, or volunteers - and it is all over the place. I would like to get a sense of how others manage multimedia production at your institutions. I know there is a Media Production SIG, so I am particularly keen to hear from those folks. Is video production a unique department? If not, where does it fall? Do you have dedicated staff for video production? Who? How many? How is the finished content stored? DAMs? Hard copy? Do you save edited projects only or all raw footage as well? Who manages the storage? Just curious how others are handling this. Thanks! -- Travis Fullerton Chief Photographer, Manager of Imaging Resources Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220 804.340.1538 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.
