Committee Meeting Notes: May 12, 2006

Today our committee met at the CTEP office to work more on the video and toolkit projects. The first thing we decided was that we would try to have the toolkit and video done by July 7, so we can show the rest of the corps the final product. We set July 21 as a back-up should we need a little extra time.

We have also decided to put the video on our blog, and provide information on how to get the entire toolkit when it’s done. We’re currently looking at a few different file type options for the video. Real Player, Flash, or MPG’s are the types we’re considering. Both Flash and Real files are nice because they stream well and have a smaller file size. Google Video and YouTube are a couple ideas for hosting the video.

There are a couple of things we need to check on as we’re starting to edit the footage for the video:
We need to get the legal release forms from Lindsey.
We also need to make sure we have all the release forms from Intermedia Arts.

We now have a pretty good idea of how the video footage will fit together. We have a list of shots divided into categories. Each category will show various shots of each location we shot. For example, the physical space section will show the ramp at Intermedia Arts, the adjustable table at Lexington Library, and PPL’s large lab area and work space.

We’ve decided to make the various interviews be the main narration of the video when possible. We’ll add filler narration to help piece everything together, but the interviews will tell the story of the CTC’s and the topics in the video. The next step is to get the audio from each interview, and figure out which theme it best describes, and piece that in with the rest of the footage. The intro and conclusion are the main areas where we’ll need additional narration.

One other thing we found out today was that the audio from Jesse’s library interview didn’t turn out very well. It was rather quiet, so we’ll just re-record the audio as we’re editing the video.

We’ll probably have some committee meeting time on the next Corps day on May 19. Here’s what we should be working on before this meeting.

Lauree:
Get a CD of the interviews to Jesse for the Corps day.
Start editing some of the video footage.

Jesse
Look at the audio and music websites for some good background music for the video.
Start putting together a couple of ideas for a HTML template for the toolkit.
After getting the CD with the interviews, write the transcripts for each one. This will be helpful in picking out what to use for the video and for captioning.
Also come up with some ideas for where each interview will fit into the topics for the video.

We finished up the meeting by talking a little more about the toolkit. The video will be on the first page of the toolkit, and act as an introduction to accessibility. The remainder of the toolkit will provide links, technology demos, and other resources for people on a variety of disability topics. Some topic ideas we came up with were general, legal, assistive technology, financial, training, etc. We’ll know more about what specific topics to include when we look more at our earlier toolkit and the links and resources everyone posted to the blog.

During our committee time on the 19th, we will set deadlines for the various tasks in the video and toolkit.