Why 8mm film should be preserved.
Sure you've got digital formats. You have YouTube and AOL Video. You've got old VHS tapes you never watch and DVDs you've bought or burned. But there's another format out there that's worth preserving. While old copies of The Christmas Story can be replaced with new ones, what about your own memories?
8mm and Super 8mm film is still out there. While the film is no longer being produced it is worth preserving before it's distroyed. Think of the family memories hiding in those old dusty boxes of 8mm film. What would you give to see your gramps slug one out of the park when he was 13? Or your grams on her way to a formal? Maybe your parents have footage of their childhoods. Maybe you have footage of yourself.
Think it's too expensive, too time consuming, too difficult to convert those 8mm films to digital format? Would you put a price on memories? Really, your children and grandchildren deserve to know their heritage. How awesome would it be to put your own music to old film and show it at famly gatherings? What about archival purposes?
8mm film is still a format being utilized today by niche markets. For example this video from YouTube (WARNING: it's a South Park original and the language may be unsuitable for some)was created by the makers of South Park in 1992 using an 8mm camera and construction paper.
This video shows the underwater show at Homassassa Springs in Florida. A home video preserved and shared -- also via YouTube -- for the world to see.
YouTube is great for postin lots of things, but a personal archive would be better. While YouTube is popular it is messy, unorganized, and non specific. For those of us wishing to preserve our own memories, compile footage for educational purposes, or create a historical database we can pass along to others YouTube and the like aren't quite right.
But do yourself and your family a favor, preserve thosse precious memories before it's too late.
I'll be posting links and tips on how to do that and other helpful info in the days and weeks to come. Please feel free to send your own thoughts, links, and information on 8mm preservation, footage, archives, etc.
8mm and Super 8mm film is still out there. While the film is no longer being produced it is worth preserving before it's distroyed. Think of the family memories hiding in those old dusty boxes of 8mm film. What would you give to see your gramps slug one out of the park when he was 13? Or your grams on her way to a formal? Maybe your parents have footage of their childhoods. Maybe you have footage of yourself.
Think it's too expensive, too time consuming, too difficult to convert those 8mm films to digital format? Would you put a price on memories? Really, your children and grandchildren deserve to know their heritage. How awesome would it be to put your own music to old film and show it at famly gatherings? What about archival purposes?
8mm film is still a format being utilized today by niche markets. For example this video from YouTube (WARNING: it's a South Park original and the language may be unsuitable for some)was created by the makers of South Park in 1992 using an 8mm camera and construction paper.
This video shows the underwater show at Homassassa Springs in Florida. A home video preserved and shared -- also via YouTube -- for the world to see.
YouTube is great for postin lots of things, but a personal archive would be better. While YouTube is popular it is messy, unorganized, and non specific. For those of us wishing to preserve our own memories, compile footage for educational purposes, or create a historical database we can pass along to others YouTube and the like aren't quite right.
But do yourself and your family a favor, preserve thosse precious memories before it's too late.
I'll be posting links and tips on how to do that and other helpful info in the days and weeks to come. Please feel free to send your own thoughts, links, and information on 8mm preservation, footage, archives, etc.
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