London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Heritage Service is seeking to commission the production of a series of short films that will allow the public to engage with Valence House's heritage offer online. This work has been funded by the Arts Council England emergency Covid-19 funding stream, which aims to assist the heritage sector in continuing to engage with the public during lockdown. The video tours will be hosted on our website, www.valencehousecollections.co.uk<http://www.valencehousecollections.co.uk>, where people can engage with the historic buildings and collections online. The films will develop our online audience and meet the aims of the Arts Council's 'Let's Create' strategy to see as many people as possible engage with culture with a dynamic museum sector at its heart and ultimately the creation of a creative and cultural country. Tenders are invited from film makers with a proven track record in producing attractive, stylish and engaging short films in the heritage sector. For more information and to receive the tender documents please email Karen Rushton on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Scope of works The film maker(s) will be required to produce a series of quality short films that are engaging and entertaining and introduce members of the general public to the heritage at the Valence House site. These should include a visitor point of view general tour of the site and museum building following a recommended route through the museum and focusing on one object of interest in each gallery; behind the scenes tours with collections staff in the museum store and cellars; an informational guide of how to use the archive and local studies centre; a site welcome video showing the measures in place for dealing with Covid-19. The latter would be produced as a priority in preparation for us re-opening the site. The elements that are expected to be included (but are not limited to): Interviews with staff on behind the scenes tours Voice overs and subtitles where additional information is required Suitable music Sound effects The work will include all post-production and editing work in order to produce a film that is ready for screening. All content will be uploaded to our website which aims to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility requirements. The film maker(s) will be expected to work closely with collections staff to complete this work to ensure that the film content remains on spec. All copyright to the film will belong to London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Timetable June 2020 - Invitations to tender for film making sent out. July 2020 - Interviews for film makers take place (if required). Film maker appointed and SLA's agreed and signed. July 2020 - Meeting with museum, conservator and film maker take place to agree content and process of film making August 2020 - Filming takes place. August-September 2020 - Film editing takes place. September 2020 - Final film passed to Valence House. For more information and to receive the tender documents please email Karen Rushton on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Leeanne Westwood | Museum Curator | Heritage Services Valence House Museum | Becontree Avenue | Dagenham | RM8 3HT Phone: 020 8227 5222 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> @valencehouse | facebook: /valencehouse<http://facebook:%20/valencehouse> | twitter: @valencehouse | www.valencehousecollections.co.uk<http://www.valencehousecollections.co.uk/> London Borough of Barking and Dagenham One Borough; One community; London's growth opportunity E-mail confidentiality notice. This message is intended for the addressees only. It may be private, confidential and may be covered by legal professional privilege or other confidentiality requirements. If you are not one of the intended recipients, please notify the sender immediately on +44 0 20-8215-3000 and delete the message from all locations in your computer network. Do not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any person: to do so maybe unlawful. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).