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| ====== DOCUMENTATION ====== | ====== DOCUMENTATION ====== | ||
| - | So you’ve done all the work setting up your event! Maybe it’s a small gallery event in your backyard, or a 4-day festival at a museum, or a 6-month exhibition, maybe you rented a club and are hosting a video game party or maybe you created a one of a kind performance event around video games. People | + | So, you’ve done all the work setting up your event! Maybe it’s a small two hour gallery event in your backyard, or a 4-day festival at a museum, or a 6-month exhibition. People |
| Now that you finished your event you start working on the next one. But wait, how will you spread the word about how wonderful the previous event was? A magazine is reaching out to you asking for photos of the event. One of the creators is asking for photos of people enjoying their game to put on their website. | Now that you finished your event you start working on the next one. But wait, how will you spread the word about how wonderful the previous event was? A magazine is reaching out to you asking for photos of the event. One of the creators is asking for photos of people enjoying their game to put on their website. | ||
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| - | ====Why | + | ====Why |
| As you can see above, documenting your projects is an important part of your work as a curator and can serve many purposes. | As you can see above, documenting your projects is an important part of your work as a curator and can serve many purposes. | ||
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| Below are some tips to help you prepare and think about documenting projects. Keep in mind that you can scale documentation up and down depending on resources, budget and size of the project / organization. | Below are some tips to help you prepare and think about documenting projects. Keep in mind that you can scale documentation up and down depending on resources, budget and size of the project / organization. | ||
| - | **Best Tip: Videos & Pictures | + | **Videos & pictures |
| - | **Get a photographer/ | + | **Questions to Consider:** |
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| - | **Questions to consider:** | + | |
| * What do you want documented? | * What do you want documented? | ||
| * Who is it for? | * Who is it for? | ||
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| * Where will you post / archive? | * Where will you post / archive? | ||
| * //private, public, backup// | * //private, public, backup// | ||
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| - | **Tip: Get quotes about the event from the audience or participating artists** | ||
| ===== Organization ===== | ===== Organization ===== | ||
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| **Good to Have:** | **Good to Have:** | ||
| - | //Hire someone specifically for the event or have them on your team. **Always brief the individuals on what & how you want it documented!** (Ask for different angles/ | + | //Hire someone specifically for the event or have them on your team. **Always brief the individuals on what & how you want it documented!** (Ask for different angles / perspectives and etc.)// |
| * Photographer | * Photographer | ||
| * Videographer & Editor | * Videographer & Editor | ||
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| //To get a documented perspective from outside your own organization & bubble. Invite the right people to cover your event.// | //To get a documented perspective from outside your own organization & bubble. Invite the right people to cover your event.// | ||
| * Newspaper / Magazine / Game Journalists | * Newspaper / Magazine / Game Journalists | ||
| - | * Youtubers | + | * YouTubers |
| ===== When? ====== | ===== When? ====== | ||
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| **After the Event:** | **After the Event:** | ||
| * Press Releases / Articles / Zines | * Press Releases / Articles / Zines | ||
| - | * Posting to Youtube | + | * Posting |
| - | * Posting to Social Media | + | * Posting |
| - | * Event Catalogue | + | * Updating a Previous |
| * Portfolios | * Portfolios | ||
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| There are several tools you can use to document your project. Keep in mind what you want to document, where you want to post it, who the audience is and what tool is most suitable for that purpose. Use what you know best or hire someone who has the expertise! | There are several tools you can use to document your project. Keep in mind what you want to document, where you want to post it, who the audience is and what tool is most suitable for that purpose. Use what you know best or hire someone who has the expertise! | ||
| - | //Live documentation// | + | **Live Documentation: |
| Live documentation means, documenting the moment to give an impression of what is happening during your event and posting it immediately on social media. | Live documentation means, documenting the moment to give an impression of what is happening during your event and posting it immediately on social media. | ||
| - | Tools that can be used for example: Instagram / Snapchat Stories, Twitter / Twitter Fleets, Twitch and/ | + | Tools that can be used for example: Instagram / Snapchat Stories, Twitter / Twitter Fleets, Twitch and/ |
| - | //Photography | + | **Photography / Videography: ** |
| - | Taking event pictures or videos can be as simple as using your own mobile phone, but if you have the budget it is recommended to get a professional photographer or film person who has the gear (cameras, lenses) | + | Taking event pictures or videos can be as simple as using your own mobile phone, but if you have the budget it is recommended to get a professional photographer or film person who has the gear, time, focus, and expertise. |
| =====Credits===== | =====Credits===== | ||
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| ==== Editors for this section: ==== | ==== Editors for this section: ==== | ||
| - | Add yourself if you edited something | + | John Wanamaker |
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