The concept of home movies has always been interesting to me because I remember them mostly being recorded at places that weren't the home I grew up in but rather the homes of my grandparents on both sides. My Dad would narrate who each family member was as he panned over all the attendees of whatever the family gathering was. I've seen him go from an old school big/chunky Sony camera to a digital camera to his phone doing this and it's pretty cool to see how far we've come in that aspect as well as family members getting older too.
Wow, that's a truly wonderful memento to have the voice of your dad captured and the likeness of others captured as well. Magic, really. Do you all have a system for transcoding the films for archival purposes? I don't know if you're in New York, but the public libraries have VHS convertors if you're looking for a place to start.
We actually don't. The VHS tapes are all in one place in the house though...and we actually have two working VCRs too! I'm not in New York but I appreciate the information. I'm kinda attached to the analog method but digitizing might be best in the long run.
Transcoding them doesn't mean you can't keep / preserve the originals! If anything it keeps them in great condition so you can continue to keep them. It also allows you to start a family film archive. Depending on where you live, some film archives will do it for discounted rates. Like Texas Archive: https://texasarchive.org/services Sending you luck!
Lovely post. Thank you!
Thank you, Craig! Happy belated birthday!!!
The concept of home movies has always been interesting to me because I remember them mostly being recorded at places that weren't the home I grew up in but rather the homes of my grandparents on both sides. My Dad would narrate who each family member was as he panned over all the attendees of whatever the family gathering was. I've seen him go from an old school big/chunky Sony camera to a digital camera to his phone doing this and it's pretty cool to see how far we've come in that aspect as well as family members getting older too.
Paul, I have always taken the same interest.
Wow, that's a truly wonderful memento to have the voice of your dad captured and the likeness of others captured as well. Magic, really. Do you all have a system for transcoding the films for archival purposes? I don't know if you're in New York, but the public libraries have VHS convertors if you're looking for a place to start.
We actually don't. The VHS tapes are all in one place in the house though...and we actually have two working VCRs too! I'm not in New York but I appreciate the information. I'm kinda attached to the analog method but digitizing might be best in the long run.
Transcoding them doesn't mean you can't keep / preserve the originals! If anything it keeps them in great condition so you can continue to keep them. It also allows you to start a family film archive. Depending on where you live, some film archives will do it for discounted rates. Like Texas Archive: https://texasarchive.org/services Sending you luck!
Amazing work as always Maya!
Thank you icon :-)