I’ve never been a “carry a video camera around and take 2 hours of continual film of a music recital” type of father. I have, however, always enjoyed the quick-hit wonder of a minute or so of video that can present a scene and reveal truths about life of a particular time and a particular place. Here’s one from our first day in Rome recently:
RomeSnips1 (Saturday) from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
I kind of went whole-hog on this stuff, making a dozen or so separate videos, with obscure scores, still photos, and explanatory title cards. I love this shit.