These three things have a lot in common, at least I hope they do because I’ve committed to that as the title of this blog post.
I caught some of the ‘new’ American Idol last night with new judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez joining Randy Jackson.
As the contestants did their thing they were either ‘sent to Hollywood!’ or rejected.
What struck me was the excitement and pure joy from the families of the young singers who made it to the next level. You saw Moms and Dads hugging and jumping and crying. For a moment I thought about lost future memories.
During a commercial break I saw an ad campaign being used by Disney. They actually take real home footage from parents surprising their kids about going to Disneyland or at the resort itself. You can see it here. It’s all about making family memories.
That brings me to Port Moody. During the Christmas break I visited a dear friend and former colleague (now retired) from BCIT, Sandie. She was sort of like the ‘mom’ in our Registrar’s Office Department for many years. One of the things she had by her desk was a bulletin board full of pictures of staff and their families. Of course it grew over the years. It was an amazing place to see the passage of time.
We look a walk along the shores of the inlet at Port Moody. What a great place. The reason I’m telling you this now is I look literally 15 minutes last weekend to put the following faux movie trailer together using the images from that walk. It’s in the newest version of iMovie which comes on every Mac. This isn’t really a Mac ad, but sort of is.
The point is that memories are amazing. All of the great memories we’ve had together as a family are helping now in our darkest hours.
I’m simply blown away at the ability of today’s technology to take these memories and put them into a format that is useable, fun and easy to do. I decided to use the movie trailer template and have a little fun so you could imagine what you can do with your family memory video footage!
Have a great day.
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