This is my entry for YouTube’s “Life in a Day” project. This was filmed on 7/24/2010 at a local park. This short video talks to the importance of family and the message was supposed to be simplistic in nature – which in real-life, took us forever to figure out.
Little factoid – while filming this, a boy walked up to me and asked me if this was for youtube. He later proceeded to try to get into the video. Harold, if you are watching this – sorry about not making it in. Maybe next time, we’ll shoot a vid together heh? 🙂
Please note that in compliance with guidelines, there is no background music. I am planning to upload another version that contains music and credits – but the new version won’t be submitted, just for fun of film-making.
This is my entry for YouTube’s “Life in a Day” project with credits and background music added. This was filmed on 7/24/2010 at a local park. This short video talks to the importance of family and the message was supposed to be simplistic in nature – which in real-life, took us forever to figure out.
Please note that this was not the version that was submitted. The original version that was submitted had no music nor credits. I just wanted to add these for this video to add some fullness.
This is an acoustic cover of a song called “The Scientist” written by Coldplay. Ran into Murphy’s Law while trying to record this song finding both audio and video failing on their own schedules. Editing offered its own challenges (wound up having to reinstall the software) – guess this stuff happens if one lets things go too long.
Special thanks to Meggie (who wanted to graciously be in the video) and JuJu (who I carried into the video). 🙂
BTW – my hair is lovely (I know). This is what happens after one rips sweaty headphones off their heads after several takes only to find that the computer crashed midway. …And also, what a $10 haircut looks like after 3 weeks. 🙂
“I’ll have apple juice please,” Megan says confidently to the waiter who asks her what she would like to drink.
She is so confident that she just returns back to coloring her coloring sheet that the hostess gave her along with three crayons – red, green, and blue. She has been through this routine enough times to understand how things work.
My mind escapes for a second while I await Elizabeth’s drink order for herself and Julian. It really does amaze me how life is so different for Megan and Julian now than when I was growing up. What I mean is that my family seldom took me out to places like this. I don’t blame them or anything. There was really no need to, nor could my family afford it then. It just wasn’t realistic. I remember my mom cooking dinner at 9pm after coming home late from work. This was just the norm. Both my parents worked and they worked hard to provide for us what they could and a future for my sister and me. Growing up as a latchkey kid in Brooklyn was what it was – and it was commonplace. It still is.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed (as I always do) that our lives remain this way, or even better. I do hope that Megan and Julian get to grow up with standards higher than mine ever was and therefore, their lives will be filled with the opportunities to fulfill their greatest dreams.
You’ve stumbled onto my online journal, “Outrageous Thoughts of Babble”. I started this journal back in 1997 thus pre-dating terms such as “blogging,” which makes me feel secretively proud (snicker). Its purpose has always remained the same — to record life’s events as they happen – for they do happen quickly and fleetingly. Enjoy! :)
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