Reel Fun

2006 Summer Shorts

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:28:00 -0500

May 2006
Bottlecap Racing!!!
I'm wondering if he has a future in sportcasting!?

June 2006
My son started taking lessons back in January 2006. At first he didn't know I was taping. You might be able to kind of tell when he realizes he's on camera. Click image to view.

Helping...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:26:00 -0600

Here is a quickie I shot with my new little Olympus camera. The quality reminds me of the old home movies from the 60's and 70's in a charming kind of way.
My son wanted to help me with the cookie baking - and here's what help looks like. Make note of his sound effects and the tiny trenches for his army guys in the pile of flour...

"Lulliday"

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:26:00 -0600

Click here to view the movie.

When the season offers such extremes, a nice swedish cradlesong seems to bring about a cozy balance.
Peace ya'll.

new camera

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:44:00 -0600

Watch the video

Testing my new camera through the capture of a typical after-work-pick-up-the-kids-at-school-and-go-to-the-library.

Rita Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:40:00 -0500

Click for Quicktime movie 5Mb, 1:07 min

We got just a little shower from Rita. Just enough to cool us off and water the second batch of volunteer basil in the backyard garden.

Lollygagging at the Clothesline Fair

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 4 Sep 2005 16:54:00 -0500

Click image to view Quicktime video, 3'57"

I have a confession to make.

I don't particularly like going to craft fairs.

But I do enjoy lollygagging with my friend while the kiddos are home with dad. We like kid-free excursions now and then. We can lollygag. There are no kids of ours around wandering off and pulling our arm to come-on before we want to come-on.

So, craft fairs are good for hanging out with my friend, video taping, and getting a little lollygagging therapy.

This video is pretty much as is raw format with one little part of video "magic?" And it's rather longish - 3 min 57 seconds.

One Minute Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:13:00 -0500

Click for Quicktime movie
4.9 mb, 59 seconds

Here's my day, a good part of it anyway, in less than a minute.

Credits:
Music - In the Meantime by Spacehog
Artist Trading Cards - Ellie and Lori

New Legos

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 19:18:00 -0500

Quicktime movie. Just over a minute.

For 49 minutes he never left the table, the entire time building. I figured a 49 minute video might win the Longest Ever Vlog Video Post Award, but I'll let someone else take that prize. This is just over a minute long.

Music is by iO, What I have seen with your eyes downloaded from DMusic.

A Summer Job

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 23:33:00 -0500

"Hard work makes you feel good."
(I think I heard that once in an Andy Griffith show.)

This is a short video documenting the tasks of my son's first summer job. While our friends are on vacation, he is taking care of their chickens, feeding their dog, playing with their dog, making sure the flowers get some water...

Life is hard.

Music: A Beautiful Morning by the Rascals

Vlogging

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:22:00 -0500

My son watched a bunch of vlog videos with me the other night because there's not much on TV that beats video blog watching.

We watched Dave's Joy and Happiness video and when I left the room to maybe wash the dishes or something, this boy of mine had replayed Dave's video something like a million times. When I returned (from washing the dishes or whatever) my son enlightened me to the 'magic' of superhuman joy....

Shhh! Santa's still gonna fill his stocking at Christmas.

Click image to view the QuickTime movie.

Fishing Matters

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 21:52:00 -0500

Click image to view the Quicktime movie.

This is a little movie shot that one morning we got up before dawn and left the kids with grandma and grandpa and headed to Moraine Park to fish (him) and take pictures (me) and when we got there, he (not I) had left his fly rod back at the camper...
...so we drove back, he got the fly rod, and 18 minutes later we're back at the river.

I can't wait to edit the personal commentary videos...

Music: Nothing Else Matters, Element. From The Blackest Album, An Industrial Tribute To Metallica

Part Two - Arriving

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:22:00 -0500

This is when we arrived in Estes Park. It was around 7 or maybe 8 pm, I can't really remember. The windshield had a lot of bug splats on it.

The air was dry and cool, and the soul was hovering higher than the mountain tops that surrounded us.

Music by Cake, Mahna, Mahna

Part One - The Road West

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:46:00 -0500

Click image to view Quicktime movie.

Sometimes a long road trip is just a long road trip. When you get home you can edit it down to under five minutes! Here's Part One.

Also, thanks to blip.tv which made this possible.

Music by CCR, Ooby Dooby

Baseball Season 2005

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 3 Jul 2005 12:57:00 -0500

Click image to view Quicktime movie.

When we head to the ballpark at the end of a long day, there isn't much else in the world that matters. For a few hours Baseball is all that exists. And I mean this in a bigger picture kind of way. The way the troubles of the day disappear when playing a guitar, or practicing yoga, or going fishing, or running, or folding laundry.

It wasn't until my boys started playing baseball that I really understood why this game has been called America's favorite pastime. The calls in the game seem to have a kind of wisdom applicable in real life, and even the rules seem to echo the "rules of life."

Simple calls like "SAFE!" or "OUT!" can pretty much sum things up. The advice called to the players from the coaches and fans also seem to have a philosophical ring to them.

HIT A HOMERUN!

Baseball ready!
Nice level swing!
Eye on the ball!
Only swing at the good ones!

Make him pitch to you!

SLIIIIIDE!!!

A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz.
- Humphrey Bogart

Looking at the ball going over the fence
isn't going to help. - Hank Aaron

Music: Centerfield, John Fogerty

P.S. I realize this is not technically a "video" but a picture slideshow.... call me a rebel.

Spring to Summer

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:33:00 -0500

Click image to view the Quicktime movie.

This is a little Spring to Summer videoette. This morning was foggy and cooler than it has been lately.

As far as the baseball game... well, we lost that last game, by one point. After I fine tune the pictures and gather all the film from the season I am sure another baseball movie will find its way here.

Music: Springtime, Ralph Lundsten

Farmers Market

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 22:27:00 -0500

Click picture to view Quicktime movie.

Last Saturday morning we headed to the downtown square to find fresh new potatoes at farmers market. It was crowded.

Yes, I was driving and filming at the same time, but if you will notice, there wasn't much traffic, at all, and I was being very very careful, paying close attention to the road. Besides, I'm a mom. I know how to multi-task.

The beat and the sound of this Shins song, that accompanies this video, is perfect, but the words don't fit. (Song: Pink Bullets, by the Shins)

Baseball Movie 1

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 08:15:00 -0500

The regular season ended a couple of weeks ago and now we are playing the post season tournament. Last night was an upset. Our team beat the number one team in the league (our team was ranked fifth) and now we go on to play one more tournament game next week, against the number two ranked team. No one thinks we'll beat them. But if the Red Sox can win a World Series....

These video snippets were filmed with an older model Olympus Camedia 4000 Zoom, and edited in iMovie. The music, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, by the The Pittsburghers, 1948, was downloaded via iTunes.