FWL YouTube Channel

The channel will host original content that we create. We will capture and showcase short stories featuring the events and conservation work that we support with our partners at the National Park Service.

Summer Festival events:

• Performance highlight reels

• Candid clip reels of visitors

• Conversations with board members and guests in the carriage house

Friends of Longfellow:

Friends and associates read/recite the works of Longfellow and his friends like Hawthorne, Dickens, Dickinson, Whitman, etc.

Friends of Washington:

Readings the stories of Washington’s and his friends during the Siege of Boston.

Mini-Minute Tours:

Walk through the house as a park ranger explains recent restoration work or little facts about the house.

Walk through the garden as a ranger or a friend showcase new plantings and updates.

Oral Histories:

Friends of LW who have stories connected to the house by 6 degrees or less.

Sit down interviews with dignitaries, celebrities, authors, musicians, artists, etc.

Examples

• Frances Wetherell

• David Burnham

• Jim Shea

• Chris Beagan

• Ted Kennedy, Jr.

• Board members

Goals:

• Film and capture events and interviews June-September.

• Post 2 or more videos per month to the YouTube channel.

• Email campaigns announcing new content.

• Share content over social media.

• Build a national following and subscriber base.

• Generate online donations.

• Accrue 10 or more content items by September for our Annual Appeal season.

Proposal:

Purchase our own camera to record content at the house or on location. Live streaming is possible direct from the camera too.

The Friends would own and care for the camera. It can also be used with the new A/V system in the carriage house needed. While those cameras are fixed, this camera can be mounted on a tripod and be moved around. It captures up to 4k resolution for portrait-style interviews, group discussions, and monologues.

Click below for details.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1848319-REG/sony_pxw_z200_4k_1_cmos.html?ap=y&smp=Y&srsltid=AfmBOopbCg__HHHbcase5Rpto12XRt3cvMqcJohaaXI1qjH39Nke1t9I7d4