Digital Scrapbooks
A photo album, some home movies, possibly some narration, and certainly some great storytelling. Your digital scrapbook video is all of that and more with your personal input. The Video Scribe can work with you to create a digital scrapbook that will certainly be fun to look at, and will impress your friends and family who only have old photo albums, hiding incomplete in the drawer. Moreover, these digital scrapbooks can be made in duplicate, giving you the ability to send copies in the mail to loved ones or store it in “the vault” for safe-keeping.
Collect your memorabilia
Memorabilia such as old postcards, letters, ticket stubs, photos, and more can be digitized and stored in your digital scrapbook. Some documents can be scanned, some will need to be shot on video. Think of the sentimental value of your child or loved one holding the special piece of memorabilia in a video clip. That is an even better way to remember that piece. Of course your photos and video clips can be added to the digital scrapbook. The crowing piece to a digital scrapbook would certainly be a family elder telling their story and embedding the audio over those great memories you have tucked away in the attic. Maybe you can even convince them to tell the story on video!
Posted by Tracy Christman
One of my all-time favorite gifts from the past is a collection of old home movies, compiled on DVD. My aunt knew the value of these movies in our family history, and she also knew the old 8mm film and projector would not last forever. Her foresight prompted her to do something that created access for the entire family to a treasure of memories. A number of years ago, she had the 8mm film transferred to DVD, and gave copies to the entire family for Christmas.
My copy is one of my “prized possessions,” surely in part because it contains footage of my mother. To see her form a smile versus seeing the smile formed and static (as with a photo) is of greater value to me than I can describe. This DVD also contains footage of grandparents, great-grandparents, and various great-aunts and uncles, many of whom are no longer living. Some of the later footage includes siblings, cousins, parents, aunts, uncles, and a host of other important people. Knowing I can easily access any part of that footage at any time is somehow comforting, and would not have been possible if the whole collection was still on 8mm film at my aunt and uncle’s place.
I treasure my DVD more with each passing year as I more fully realize its value.
If you have old home movies, you are already ahead of many people. Video tells a story that pictures can not fully tell. Think about that. Which would you rather have, a few snapshots from your great-grandparent’s wedding day, or the video on DVD? For many people, there simply aren’t any “old home movies” to watch, let alone transfer to DVD, but for anyone who has them, I urge you to consider transferring your home movies to DVD. Reasons include the following.
Posted by Tracy Christman
Posted by Tracy Christman
