Category: Video

Thinking Big: Don Ritchie

This episode of “Thinking Big” features Don Ritchie, United States Senate Historian and author of “Doing Oral History.” Ritchie discusses the impact of digital technologies on the practice of oral history. Tweet

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Quick Tips for Better Interview Video

Quick Tips for Better Interview Video by Scott Pennington and Dean Rehberger Moving from audio only to video and audio recording is not a small transition. Frame composition, lighting, and background are only a few of the considerations now affecting oral history recording that previously- when only recording audio- were of less importance. With that …

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Video Age

Case Study: Oral History in the Video Age By Peter B. Kaufman Intelligent Television Picture an airplane flight across an ocean at night: as the sky darkens, dinner is served, and then the most noticeable thing about the plane is almost everyone sitting lit by the video screens in front of them.  In many ways …

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