Posted by The Center for Home Movies 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
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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.
Posted by Skip November 6th, 2013
A 1995 essay on making and watching home movies from the Chicago Reader.
Home Movies
www.chicagoreader.com
It took time to use an 8-millimeter home movie camera effectively. Time and experience.
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Posted by Skip November 6th, 2013
At the EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam: “Looming Fire, the latest work by filmmaker and artist Péter Forgács. Based on EYE’s extensive collection of home movies, Forgács (Budapest, 1950) takes us through everyday life in the Netherlands East Indies at the height of the colonial period.”
Péter Forgács – Looming Fire | EYE, het nieuwe filmmuseum
www.eyefilm.nl
From 5 October to 1 December 2013 EYE’s main exhibition space will be exclusively devoted to Looming Fire, the latest work by filmmaker and artist Péter Forgács. Based on EYE’s extensive collection of home movies, Forgács (Budapest, 1950) takes us through everyday life in the Netherlands East Indies…
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Posted by Skip November 6th, 2013
From the Criterion Collection, 8mm home movies of Ingrid Bergman.
Ingrid Bergman's Home Movies
8mm home movies of Ingrid Bergman around the filming of 1950's STROMBOLI. 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman is out now on Blu-ray and DVD…
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Posted by Skip 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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Posted by Skip November 6th, 2013
An article on Home Movie Day (from 2011) by Becca Hall and Kyle Westphal of the Northwest Chicago Film Society.
Other People’s Lives: The Politics of Home Movie Day | Northwest Chicago Film Society
www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org
Twenty years ago, or even ten, the place of home movies within film history and film culture was contested and precarious. Thinking about them was uncomfortable. You remembered posing for the camera, mom rushing into the shot to fix your hair, dad barking directions, your sister rolling her eyes whi…
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