Conceptualizing the "History Harvest" - Summer 2024 Internship

 Week Seven: Video Demos This week I edited and refined the footage from last week to create two separate videos for the processing section of the brochure. A notable portion of my time was spent stabilizing, color grading, and cutting clips to use in the editing process. I hope to complete the final step before July 4th, finalizing the videos to begin the brochure itself. Rather than write more about my work this week, here are demos of the two videos I created. Final steps involve writing and recording a voiceover with subtitles, allowing for clearer and more direct instructions in the tutorials. Utilizing the Portable Scanner DEMO Utilizing the Industrial Scanner DEMO

 Week Six: Filming Tutorials and Finalizing Templates Using the Scanners: The Filming Process This week, I prepared and filmed videos for the brochure’s section on scanning. I struggled towards the beginning of the week trying to find someone to operate the scanner, but luckily I was able to meet with fellow intern Matthew Austin who was able to show and lead me through the process of scanning documents and how the software works. I had used it before, but not enough to actively give a tutorial. To give an example of something to scan, I brought with me my own personal artifacts; I brought a Yugoslavian passport and drivers license, two items I had procured during my time in Bosnia and Herzegovina last year. Matthew was able to scan my artifacts whilst I filmed him, leading me through the process and advising me in each step.   As I edit the videos together to create a streamline introduction, the process to will come clearer, even to myself.  Filming for videos, Matthew Austin picture

 Week Five: Planning the Brochure, Digital History This week: Outlining and Planning This week I began my plans on outlining the brochure and dividing each section into pages. The process was more work than I thought, eventually realizing that I had so much content but so little space to put all of it in. I plan to make the brochure around 10-12 pages, meaning each section has around two pages to cover every topic of the section. This will definitely force me to condense each section and be careful with wording so each section is correctly articulated. More so, it enables me to creatively explore ways I can use digital components within the brochure, such as QR codes and web links. This past week I explored ways in which creative links will serve the brochure. Creative links: Using QR codes to expand the concept      The History Harvest is becoming increasingly digital, as we have discussed in previous weeks. More so, the digital aspect of the History Harvest requires a level of digita

 Week Four: The History of the History Harvest Goals this Week and Future Plans This week, my work was heavily halted by sickness. Originally I wanted to work further on the brochure itself, creating templates and working towards the actual beginning of he brochure. Sickness halted it, however, leading me to work this week more on sectional pieces of the brochure that require more research. My hope is that by next week, I'll be working on the brochure rather than just focusing on minor aspects of it.  History of the History Harvest In the mean time, I've decided to focus my work this week on readings from previous classes that discuss the "history of the history harvest"; Included in the very beginning of the brochure, I wish to include a very tiny section on the origins and beginnings of the harvest model, giving credit to those who employed tactics and disciplines that eventually became essential to the history harvest model. As mentioned in earlier posts, the debat