I created Time Bandit Videos because I started transferring old home videos we had of my family. That got me thinking about why we, as a family never watch the videos we'd recorded of our family milestones and just ordinary events we thought capture worthy at the time. I realized then... that there was just so much footage, some really great and some really boring. In order to make the videos a little more fun to watch, I highlight the really important scenes we had captured then edited the footage, including commentary, titles, music and sound effects making the video more like a Hollywood production, your favorite film that you could watch over and over, quoting your favorite scenes.
After showing my immediate family the finished product my husband asked me to make some for our family as Christmas gifts. The response I received from those videos were overwhelming... "best gift ever!" I thought how neat that everyone liked the video because I thought I had more fun making it. After that, I had friends that requested some help with their videos and I also started recording new life events and putting them on You Tube to share them with our family and friends who don't live near us any longer. The feedback again was overwhelming. Everyone exclaimed how my videos helped them feel like they are attending our events right along with us!
My last video project was a doozie and one I was extremely nervous about. We had my first paternal family reunion and.... wanting to do something special, I gathered up old photos and stories from my dad, his siblings and my cousins. I then combined the pictures with music and narration I wrote, as well as footage from TV sitcoms, movies and documentary films. For instance, I created the intro with baby pictures of my dad's family turning to the theme song from the Walton's. To my surprise and delight everyone raved about it.
I started Time Bandit Videos about 10 months ago and funny enough I haven't had one "paying" customer. It's hard to start a service related business that no one really knows they even want/need such a service. The only folks who know I edit and remake family videos are my family and friends and I have a rule... I just can't charge family or friends. The purpose of my business was to facilitate a new creative outlet, not to make $$ so I'm fine with being a fortune negative business. :)
It is my hope to keep this blog updated discussing any new projects I'm working on at the moment.
If you are so inclined, I would love to share some of my videos with you. My You Tube account name is Timebanditgal so if you do a search on You Tube you can check out my videos. You can also check out my links at the bottom of this blog to see some of my favorites. Thanks for watching!The intro I did for my family reunion video
One of the 1st videos I ever did. This is my niece and my daughter's dress up birthday parties
A Christmas video I did for a friend from his dad's old 35MM film that did not have audio and not the best video quality but his family still really enjoyed it :)
Lastly, our European vacation we took in March, I watch these over and over to remind myself we actually took a vacation. *Our 1st in 20 years of marriage*
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