Farmer-Labor Video: Post-Production I
To produce a rough edit of the documentary about the history of the Farmer-Labor Movement.
$5,846,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $7,004,000 in fiscal year 2021 are for statewide historic and cultural grants to local, county, regional, or other historical or cultural organizations or for activities to preserve significant historic and cultural resources. Money must be distributed through a competitive grant process. The Minnesota Historical Society must administer the money using established grant mechanisms, with assistance from the advisory committee created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item (ii).
Available upon request. grants@mnhs.org
The targets were met. We were able to complete a 78-minute rough-edit of the program. This includes five animation sequences. We were able to create the show because of the background work done during the research and production phases funded by previous MHS grants. We had located most of the resources, shot or found necessary video and written a working script. That groundwork enabled us to complete the rough edit in the shortened four-month period we had to complete tis phase of the project.
The rough edit enables us to time the film footage excerpt times and number of still photographs used in the show. That information allows us to calculate the cost of high-resolution copies and use rights for the final program. We will be able to show this program online and, eventually screen it before audiences (when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted), to get feedback for refining the show prior to editing a final broadcast quality program.
Available upon request, grants@mnhs.org