There's a service industry: log, digitize, edit, upload & host old movies /
videos.
Am sure it's been done.
Jan
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Carver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [videoblogging] These Are Good Times...
> Friday, August 5, 2005, 10:03:10 PM, James A. Donnelly wrote:
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>> These are great times to be alive if you are creative content guru.
>> 10-20 years ago when you produced videos, you were lucky if a few
>> close friends got a chance to view it. Plus, to mention the it was a
>> longer process.
>> Today the open communication is outstanding. You can have instant
>> feedback on any of your projects.
>> Have fun, and create, create!
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> I completely agree with this. But one thing bothers me.
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> Where is all the old stuff?
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> People have been making great short movies and video for many years.
> They have been showing them to friends, at local clubs, and submitting
> them to festivals and competitions. Now we are at a stage where
> distribution is as easy as uploading a file to the archive (or any
> other web site), but the overwhelming attention is on the _new_.
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> Have we really let all that great creativity just go to waste? Tapes
> worn out and/or thown in the trash before they could be copied? I fear
> that many of the most active amateur videomakers from the 1980s and
> 1990s may now be too old to bother.
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> How can we act to save all this great stuff, before it's too late?
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> --
> Frank Carver http://www.makevideo.org.uk
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