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5th Annual Home Movie Day GIF Contest

Posted by October 17th, 2020

UPDATE–This year we are extending the GIF-making madness through November 22nd! Get your submissions in and win $200!

It’s that time of year again! The 5th Annual Home Movie Day GIF Contest begins today.

Submit your GIFs to our tumblr. Winner takes $200!

Need help making a GIF? See instructions HERE!

This year we are excited to have three judges who are all home movie day legends: Ina Archer, Louisa Trott and Patricia Villon!


Errol Morris's interview with “Tink” Thompson on using the Zapruder film and the…

Posted by November 21st, 2013

Errol Morris's interview with “Tink” Thompson on using the Zapruder film and the other home movies and snapshots of the Kennedy assassination as photographic evidence.


‘November 22, 1963’
www.nytimes.com
In a short film by Errol Morris, Josiah “Tink” Thompson, who has been investigating the Kennedy assassination for nearly 50 years, looks to the photographic evidence. Will we ever know the truth?


Adweek reviews the British grocery chain Tesco's home movie-themed Christmas com…

Posted by November 12th, 2013

Adweek reviews the British grocery chain Tesco's home movie-themed Christmas commercial, including a "making of" featurette.


Ad of the Day: Tesco Channels Old Home Movies in Nostalgic Christmas Spot
www.adweek.com
In Britain, where Christmas ads are a pretty big deal, the battle for this season's supremacy continues with the Tesco ad below, from Wieden + Kennedy in London. And it couldn't be more different from John Lewis's lavish animated production.



The Center for Digital Storytelling leads workshops that teach people how to…

Posted by November 6th, 2013

The Center for Digital Storytelling leads workshops that teach people how to develop first person narratives into short videos. This storyteller centers his around his family's home movies and the scene that they repeat year after year.


Home Movies – a digital story by Dana Atchley
Kids turning for the camera, a kiss, and the Colorado Spaceman. This story was made by the grandfather of the digital storytelling movement and is an outtake…

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