![]() This is important from a heritage, societal and historical point of view.The Video Diaries, also referred to as Lizbert's video diaries and Eggabell's Diary, are film reel recordings of Eggabell and Lizbert, showcasing their relationship dynamics and struggles, and functioning as clues to the mystery of Elizabert Megafig's disappearance. Winning really strengthened our belief that looking for new, innovative ways to tell an ‘old’ story helps to engage new audiences. We were surprised to win this award, since the idea of a video diary seemed so obvious. What difference does winning an award like this make to your project/future work? We used subtitles but are thinking about dubbing the series in English for a broader reach. Shortly after the release, in the summer of 2020 more (Dutch) families were visiting the museum, many of them because kids convinced their parents to visit Anne’s hiding place.įurther afield, we saw an unexpected popularity in certain countries like Brazil and India, and think that we could expand the reach further. The series encouraged people to visit the Anne Frank House. We have learned that modern media like YouTube and Instagram can create new points of entry for us to communicate with audiences. What have you learned about working with digital cultural heritage from this project? Although there is of course a big difference between a lockdown and Anne’s situation hiding from persecution, we do encourage discussions amongst youngsters on this topic, which happen in the YouTube comments. It wasn't planned that way, but it made the project even more relatable for young people than it would have been in normal circumstances. We launched the project during the first lockdown in the Netherlands. Also, it made it possible to add captions in multiple languages and to geo-fence in a few countries where Anne’s diary is still in copyright. Using YouTube enabled us to distribute the series on a platform everybody in our target group (mainly 10-20 years old) knows and uses. ![]() With regard to production, the use of a ‘vlogging camera’ created the dynamism and intimacy we wanted for this ‘diary-like’ production. ![]() What did using digital media/technology make possible for this project? From an indeterminate time and place, Anne looks back on the events after the arrest – the last six months of her life in the concentration camps – talking about them in monologues. The second part of the video diary, ‘After the Arrest’, follows Anne’s life story after the period in hiding. All characters, locations, and events in the series are based on Anne Frank's diary letters. In the Anne Frank video diary, Luna Cruz Perez plays Anne Frank, sharing her life in the Secret Annex, her thoughts and her feelings with the camera. The premise is: what if, on 12 June 1942, Anne Frank had got a video camera as a birthday present, instead of a diary? It is a YouTube series in 15 episodes based on the diary of Anne Frank. In search of a new way of telling Anne Frank’s life story to young people, Anne Frank House, in partnership with Every Media, developed the Anne Frank video diary. Today, Tom Brink, Head of Collections and Presentations at the Anne Frank House tells us about ‘Anne Frank video diary’, winner of the ‘Film and Video’ category.Ĭan you tell us a little bit about your winning project? In this theme, we talk to the 2021 award winners and find out how the cultural heritage sector is using new digital technologies in their inspiring projects. In autumn 2021, Europeana was proud to be part of the international jury for the annual and prestigious Heritage in Motion awards, run by Europa Nostra and the European Museum Academy.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |