b'IN A YEAR APARTIn order to capture traditional testimony, theof the interview captures and processing over the past year.Institute created a remote interview protocol, in whichThe transition to remote interviews allows the Institute staff carefully packed and shipped everythingInstitute to continue the important work of capturing an interviewee needs to give testimony at home: a laptop,testimony, but staff discovered an unexpected benefit. camera equipment and even a hotspot for back-up wifi. Remote interviews provided the opportunity to more This equipment can provide 4K quality footage, asthoughtfully match interviewers with interviewees. a trained interviewer leads the testimony remotely overPrior, this match would rely heavily on logistics such as Zoom, allowing for a completely contactless experience. proximity and schedule of the individuals involved.The resulting testimony has similar aesthetics to thoseNow, staff had the flexibility to match based on already existing, ultimately allowing for seamlesspersonality and experience, which created a more integration into the Visual History Archive.comfortable environment and illuminating experience.Since the March 2020 quarantine, staff haveThis level of customization will continue once normal continued testimony collection at a steady pace, collectingInstitute operations resume, especially as the Institute 23 traditional and two DiT interviews completelycontinues its push for the Last Chance Testimony Holocaust survivors Julio and Dolly Botton remotely, and 10 additional DiT interviews in hybridCollection program designed to scale the filming of format, with an Institute team remotely guiding a small testimonies of the thousands of Holocaust survivors and in-person team at the interview site. The Snider Foundationwitnesses who have not yet shared their stories but wish to provided crucial support for this innovation, funding muchdo so.Holocaust survivor Yvonne Engelman with Sydney partners trained in the remote interview process.DIMENSIONS IN TESTIMONY COLLECTIONThe Institutes 23-camera mobile rig, used to recordensured the safety of participants and made the process Dimensions in Testimony interviews, traditionally requiresmore transportable to other locations.the presence of a handful of well-trained Institute staff toThe lessons learned in this training will help staff set up and operate. In response to the pandemic, however,systematize the process and create a training package that staff remotely trained a team in Australia to set up thewill allow remote teams all over the world to utilize the rig rig in preparation for an interview. By minimizing thewithout in-person Institute staff, effectively scaling up the number of people present for an interview, staff haveprocess.Visual History Archive is a registered trademark of USC Shoah Foundation The Institute for Visual History and Education. Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm.Off. 10 2020 ANNUAL REPORT3'