This week, I am trying to play catch up on my 23 Things. So, I went back and put together a video using Animoto by uploading a tune from the Archives of Appalachia's iTunes U site and personal photographs from my Flickr site. It was incredibly easy to do, but I think that I would like to have more control over the end result if I did this for work. We have video editing software, so I would be able to do add photographs and select the time the photograph appeared on the screen as well as the way that it appeared on screen. The media specialist in the Archives has been working on adding screen titles, collection name, and repository information to our digitized films and videos.
The result of my efforts with Animoto should appear below. I was pleased with the way they put together the music and digital images to create a video. I doubt that what we created would be this "slick," but I found it frustrating to not have more control over how it was put together with the entrance and exits of images.
" . . . to future generations for whose eyes we leave stories of our failure and success, hoping that a few will inspire, that some will teach, and knowing that most will need understanding and forgiveness." (Yi-Fu Tuan, The Good Life)
My family has been living in the Appalachian mountains for over 200 years. While I have traveled many places, I have to say that I am still happy to be living in my mountain home and can't imagine being anywhere else.
An archivist for 25 years, I still enjoy my work which, I think, is a blessing. I am excited by all the possibilities that technology brings to my work, but I also do not want to lose touch with the old ways of those who lived in these same mountains and filled them with memories.
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