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Izzy Video Ideas Episode 1 – Trying Something New Here

I decided to try something new here. Take a listen… :)

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And here’s a photo from the time period I discuss in the recording. Yep, I looked pretty goofy, haha…

Izzy as a teen with a big wave of hair

Do you have thoughts or comments (about the recording, not necessarily the hair, LOL)? Let me know in the comments section…

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  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    Thanks, John.

    The mic I used is a Heil PR40.

    Good luck!

  • Gilsanders

    Great idea

  • Anne

    Thanks for sharing.  I get so much out of your e-mails and – now – this Izzy Video.  We’re all waiting for more.

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    Wow, Anne. Thanks for that. So glad to hear… :)

  • Dansheppard

    I’m 63 and my sons are grown and gone.  I have YEARS of video, but the most valuable to me are the walk-throughs I used to do of the house.  Every room, every pet, every toy, every mess.  It’s great to see how our family lived back then.

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    Yep, a house walkthrough is a great idea for video. Years later, it’s awesome to see the details of your house “back then”. Great suggestion!

  • Lynda Quartemont

    Hi Izzy,  This is exactly what I have started to do.  Friends and family give me there photos, I put them into a story form add their favorite music, add captions, just like scrap booking only it is on a dvd instead of a book.  And I am a hairstylist and have been for 30 + years and I love this earlier picture of you.  I cut many hair cut just like this.  No one wears their hair like this anymore but who knows it might come back in style some day.  Hairdressing is my first love, and it is my day job, but video and editing is my second love.   i’m working on my sister’s trip to Israel dvd.  Her pictures, great music from Israel, captions and her voice narrating the trip. So thanks for sharing this. Lynda Quartemont

  • Ray Barany

    I got my first video camera while station in Germany, I think in 82.  Back then you had to carry a portable along with the camera.  I wish I had taken more video but it was to much of a hassle.  Now I have very little video of a time that was so important to me.  I never thought video would be as advanced as it is now.  Bottom line is that you should never think that what video you take now will be very important down the road.  I have converted tape to digital from 28 year ago and it was fun to edit it .

  • Tim

    I need to get all my VHC tapes converted before they go bad.

  • Ethan

    Tidal wave hair….LOL. Thanks. I really appreciate what you do!  

  • Shell

    Thanks for sharing. We often get so involved in the HOW and forget the WHY of making great video. Thanks for the reminder. Love your site. I hope you get back into podcasting. I actually found your website through Tim’s podcast.

    Hope you do it.

    Shell.

  • Malcolm Smith

    I like this and although I can’t go back to my teenage years, camcorders were not invented and I couldn’t afford a movie camera, I do have video of more recent years. I wonder if some of your members who do not have a converter to take the VHS to digital may not realize that many digital camcorders have phono inputs and will allow it to be used as a converter. I have enjoyed your Tutorials, both for FCPX and Motion and they have helped me to progress with my video movies.

    Malcolm Smith, Daventry, England.    

  • Jason Bolanis

     Izzy, I’d love to see you expand on this subject by offering tutorials on how to capture super 8 (such as frame rate strategies) as well as color correction and how to make them look movie like.

    Thanks!

  • Gary Weisler

    I have a 16mm film from college in a box under my bed. I also have it on VHS, but your audio recording planted the seed that I should really have it transferred to digital – so I can actually watch it as I do not own a projector or a tape player! Thanks!

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    I have to say — I’m loving these comments. Great feedback and ideas. Keep them coming. :)

  • JohnFromHolland

    Your idea of a video scrapbook is awesome. Wish I could import selected clips in Aperture, and store them just between my pictures (years/events). The next generation Mac Pro should be able to handle this easily. Good idea for Apple?
    Your conversation was easy to follow (for me) despite the talking speed.

  • Paul Kelly

    Great one, Izzy, and quite inspiring!  I’m now considering beginning the kind of video scrapbooking you’re talking about even if it’s just a way of honing my Final Cut Pro X skills.  And I’ll get some video scrapbooks as an added bonus.  

    Quick question––Do you have a favourite conversion hardware kit you recommend for getting VHS tapes onto your Mac?  I’ve got old family videos, too and that seems to be my biggest stumbling block!  I’ve tried those cheapo USB converters and none of them seem to work.

    Thanks!
    Paul

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    I’m glad it helped!

    Basically it’s a combination of a high quality VCR (several heads) and a converter. The one I use is called a ADVC110.

    If you want to see how it all works, I have a video in the membership library you can check out.

    I hope that helps…

  • Looneyproductions

    There is nothing like listening to the little voices of years ago.  My favorite old video is of my 2 yr old son taking the lunch out of a cooler and reciting what each item is and who it’s for.  Very simple, but it brings back memories that I wouldn’t be able to recall on my own.  
    However, if I wasn’t able to convert those videos and then edit them in Final Cut, we wouldn’t watch them because those videos are hours long with so much uninteresting information!
    I loved the audio because it was great to use while I was on a car ride.
    By the way, my son is now a Lt in the Army!

  • Smurf

    Izzy:
           Great stuff, I enjoy your material very much,  We must be in the same zone or
           train of thought.
                                           Smurf

  • heNBC

    I use a Sony Digital8 DCR-TRV120 camcorder which is capable of playing old analog 8mm & Hi8.  Output through the camcorder’s Firewire connector directly to your computer.    I notice lots of these Digital8 camcorders for sale on eBay.

  • Morten F. Hansen

    Thx for sharing. It could be interesting to discuss how we manage all our digital assets. I have just re-captured more than 30 hours of video with my kids dating back from 2001 from DV-tapes. I have captured all the footage as camera archives in FCP, but they take up incredible amounts of space. 
    So anyone with a thought on how to manage and longtime store all those digital assets?

    Our – unedited – digital archive a currently taking up approx 2.5 Tb + and I really want to keep the ‘negatives’ and not just the edited and compressed versions.

  • Morten F. Hansen

    I’ll do this as a message to Michael, so sorry it is in danish (c:

    Michael – har du kendskab til nogle gode fora i Danmark, hvor der bliver diskuteret Final Cut Pro og generelle emner ved digital videoredigering? Jeg har ikke stødt på det helt store…

  • Rrian

    I have used some of my old video (VHS, DV mini, HI8) material and slides . Right now I am working on “How the West Was Won” which is about the astronomy and geology involved in the Rocky mountains and canyons etc. Some of my material is old (1958) off of tapes. The quality is limited at that time and particularly from VHS. I have tried to make it look better with little success. I at first expanded the video to make it fill the screen. I think that turns out to be worse and went back to the smaller size we were used to in 1940′s and 50′s. Actually people (I’m in a retirement area) have liked the memory of older movies, so I am fitting it into some of my more modern material. 
    I like to slip in slides with the movie because they have more vibrant detail and color. My biggest problem is so much material getting it stored on the drives (Up to 8 terabytes now). Transitions are important when switching between these formats since I don’t like sudden sharp breaks. 
    Music in background and voice over add much to the movie. 45 o 50 minutes is as long as I go as 70 to 100 yr. old seniors won’t tolerate more than that. (By the way there was no music background in the first Frankenstein movie as they were afraid people would be confused where the music was coming from.) I have found one common comment for my movies is they like the music as it seems appropriate and I do take a lot of care what music to use. It itself requires considerable time to edit it into the movie with loud or soft, tapering, blending with background natural noises etc. I like your ideas and have learned immensely from your tutorials. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Roger

  • http://www.izzyvideo.com IzzyVideo

    Great topic.

    It’s something I’ve been revising over time. I have a new system I’m using now. Once I work out the workflow kinks, I’ll share it. Stay tuned… :)

  • Stan

    I understand where you are coming from. I have done this for along time. Way back in the 8 mm and super 8 mm film days. I captured my 2 boys growing up. When they reached 30 years old I put this film to video and did allot of editing. This was given to them when they turned 30 years old. Wow! They really loved it. I convered the VHS tapes to DVD now and its even better. 

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