Socially Reclusive

Due to a family project I’m working on, I have just come to remember how much I love, and hate, video editing.

My parents have video footage from 1990 onwards, all shot on a Video8 camera. Now we live in the digital age, my parents want the footage put onto DVDs so that we’ll always have a copy of these moments in some form.

However, the entire process takes a long, long time. For each tape, I have to follow this process…
Video Tape + Testing + Editing + Compression + Burning To DVD + Testing = Wonderful DVD Of Memories
This takes up a lot of time and resources. Hard Drive space is limited at best, so the search for more space is needed. Plus I need somewhere to archive it digitally as well. Oh my, the list goes on.

On the plus side however, this means I have a whole load of archive footage which I can use whenever I want to add spice to my videos. Plus, I can see video from my past. I remeber bits and bobs as a kid, but video adds to it all. Anyway, with it all being digital, it means I’ll have a copy for the next 40 to 50 years at least. Something to show future relatives. Just like this blog.