Here at Digiplex Industries, our Video Office in the Department of Technological Advancement has a special program to help eradicate the taping of home videos. The Center for Statistics shows that 82% of all black video tapes bought are used for the recording of "home videos". The CfS estemates that 92.1% of those "home videos" include menial home or school events, 95.6% involve children, and 3.94% are watched again within 3 years of recording. Because of these figures, we have started a program called DIHE (Destruction of Irritating Home vidEos)...
Okay, so the statistics are made up, but I will bet that the figures are not too far off. I saw my parents for years record our Chritsmases and Easters and I never saw the tape again (except on those occasions where I accidently recorded over a couple because they appeared blank when I looked at them on the DV camcorder and they had no labels, as was oft to happen in our house.) Occasionally, the tapes from way back are fun to watch - such as the one from when I was one year old and could not for the love of me blow out that candle on the cake because I was smiling and blowing at the same time, resulting in my blow being diffused around my teeth. (I can blow out twenty or so candles now with one fell swoop, thank you.)
I, myself, have fallen pray to the figures above. When my family went to Yellowstone, then Disney World, I was dubbed the camera man on both trips. Because of that fatal mistake on the part of my parents, six tapes were used on both trips. And for nothing, I might add.
I was determined to make sure that the video I was making was not just another home video. I went around and videotaped all that I thought was worthy to be show in a video highlight of Our Disney World Trip. The movie would be called "Mickey!" and the 1 - 2 hour long highlight would show the jist of our trip. Granted, I took along six tapes to do the job.
But, because I planned that, I forgot to plan for the unexpected. While in MGM studios, my dad was approched to do a side show that involved a "Dating Show". Well, by then it was our next to last day. I had gotten beautiful shots of Disney's various attractions, wild animals, and beautiful lands. And, unfourtunatly, all those shots took up all may tapes - up to the very last minute of my sixth tape. The result was I could not record the entire show... in fact, I could not record the majority of the show.
The project was never started because I missed that shot. I had forgotten the unexpected and that is why I hate home videos. A similar event happened in Yellowstone (where the project was called "Yellowrock"), though that trip was FOR the unexpected. Neither project was started and neither will be. I will burn those Home Videos before I do anything with them editing wise. Its just not worth the grief.
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