Thanks Paul.  Plenty of exercise but we were all ten years younger then! Shooting while climbing up or down stairs isn't handy as three hands would be handy.  You did well.

Enjoyed the music.  Some sounded like "Lord of the Rings"?

I've got some going back 15 or so years, however I think that they won't show up on my site.  I seem to remember them sending me an email to say that they were not going to keep them after a certain time but I can still see them. YouTube was launched in 2005 and I joined in 2008 ?

Deadly dull home movie footage .. the residences must have loved it !! ... The thing is that a hundred years from now, historians will, no doubt, prefer this footage to the glowing sun sunsets and snow covered mountains so many of us take time to shoot. 

You've capture the way it was and how ordinary people gathered in good fellowship in a time when you'd think that spirit had long departed from modern life.

Good job of shooting faces for historical record.

Whilst going through some old videos to show at my monthly video group meeting I came across this old SD video I made of Devonport https://vimeo.com/50461456.  Only 5 minutes. An interesting corner of Auckland.

Excellent as always .. We took the Ferry out to Devonport back in 2013 .. So some of it looked familiar.   It struck me that it was a fair amount of hard work to get the coverage.  You had to spend some time and effort to get the shots you did.  I assume that the script gets written after you review the footage.  I wondered if you had some "Town guide" that gave you ideas for things locations and things to shoot?   

When you set out to do a video, do you think of who is going to see it?  That was clearly the case with Gordon in his recent post.  I always think of our two girls as my audience.  But it turns out, I'm my best audience.  I love to view my own stuff years later.  My wife also enjoys our trip videos.  She thinks they're too short !!!  Imagine that !

My technique for "trip video" is different.  I try to make a video record of where we went, what we saw and most importantly what comments we might have had at the time.  I also love to get shots and comments from the locals we run into.  The trick is to buy something -- then they don't object to being filmed. 

Devonport .. 6 min.
https://vimeo.com/827858524?share=copy

Devonport - I nearly forgot.  My short 1979 film was for my movie club's "50 ft uncut competition".  That is no editing allowed.  It all had to be done with your camera at time of shooting.  With Std 8 you were allowed one splice being the one Kodak made after developing your film and splitting and joining the two halves.  Std 8 reels were 16 mm in width.

Making uncut films did require planning.  I'd take my title, then go out and shoot, then do the end title(s).  When converting to digital a few years ago I redid the title on the timeline and removed any flash frames.  These are the overexposed frames you sometimes got at the start of a scene as your camera got up to speed.

Doing superimposed titles was an extra challenge.  The film needed to be wound back and run through the camera a second time.  A nightmare with Super 8 cartridges.  I recall having a gadget that allowed me to wind back the film a short amount but it had to be done in a "changing bag".  That's a black bag with arms so you could work by feel in the dark.  Plus the hardest part was shooting twice on the same area of film.  We have it so easy nowadays.

YES! .. But I wouldn't use the word "allowed".  I have little control over her.  Amy is an artist.  She bought that Lamy Safari pen in that shop in Devonport and still uses it. 

I like to make a record of what things we have bought on our travels.

I had a friend who worked at Kodak who used to get me large unexposed lengths of 16mm B&W film that he would split and double perf that I would then develop it in my dark room during my 8mm days. Also I remember winding back the S8 cassettes to superimpose titles, you actually had to break the internal ratchet to do it after taking it out of the camera in the dark room, and of course it had to be completely dark as it was colour film (so no safety light of any kind) Incidentally S8 is the same external dimension as Std 8 but has a slightly bigger picture size because the perforations are smaller.
As has been mentioned, people today have no idea what a lot of time and expense and thought it was back in those days to make a film. I remember a 400ft one that I made and edited for a Motocross club that I belonged to back in the 70s that used 10 S8 cassettes. I can't remember how much they cost but it seemed a fortune at the time. It's just so easy these days as you can film as much as you like to get it right.

Agreed with the above, however I use one of these external power packs to run my GoPro and my Panasonic HC VXF990 that will run for hours that cost peanuts (like £15). I normally use my GoPro on a tripod when using it for filming bands for the whole set so that I have a fixed overall wide shot to go back to when editing.

Yes they are basically a "battery" for charging a phone or anything else that will work via a USB connection and is a similar size to a mobile phone, also it will fit in my pocket.
This is the one that I use with the GoPro or the Panasonic 900 as they are 5 volt. However I would only ever use them with the battery in the camera and not a "dummy" and plugged into the camera charging socket so as to protect the onboard circuits. I have used them for about 3 years and never had a problem and you can get them that will charge at higher voltage and wattage but at a higher price.
Also of course it will charge your phone if needed !
   

9000000mAh Power Bank Fast Charger Battery Pack Portable 4 USB for Mobile Phone

Just 3 minutes of wildlife taken in the evening sun off the big bridge in Mojacar. We were amazed at the number of Terrapins that appeared yesterday evening as only 3 or 4 normally show up. However we counted 15 !  I always love the Swamp hen with it's huge feet !
https://youtu.be/SxZtJghqs8c