I take a lot of pictures. I especially take a lot of pictures while I’m traveling. Over the last few years I have also made a sustained attempt to produce “personal documentaries”– short-format videos made on standard Mac iMovie templates that show what I see.
My family, and the vacations we take, are of special importance to me. On all of our trips I pull together video snippets, still photography, meaningful music, and descriptive titles to show each of our vacation days. Here’s the ones for our Spring Break this year:
NYC Spring Break Day One from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
The video from Day One pretty much sets up the trip and serves as a travelogue. The best part is at 2:21, where there is an unintended (I didn’t even notice it until later) duet with a cello and an umbrella.
NYC Spring Break Day Two from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
On Day Two we went to the NCAA Basketball East Division Finals on a lark. Rainy day; perfect thing to do. Highlights: 0:03: Tour of the apartment 01:32: Madison Square Garden.
NYC Spring Break Day Three from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
Day Three was a fun day, the first one that got sunny. We went all over.
NYC Spring Break Day Four from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
I really love this one, because the music works great (Empire State of Mind) and I felt like I was finding my way in the editing. There are lots of beautiful shots– we went to the top of the Empire State Building and did the Circle Line Tour
NYC Spring Break Day Five from Daniel X. O'Neil on Vimeo.
Here’s where I am very happy with the editing and titles. We went to the TODAY show on our last day in NYC. Early!