4 posts tagged “dvd”

I received a panicked phone call from my mother yesterday about how I absolutely had to ship the dvds out to members of our family, who will not be attending our Christmas, early so that they can get them as gifts by Christmas Day. All this at the request of my Grandmother. Well, I can't let my grandmom down so I've had to put the dvd production into double overtime. Lucky my boss is just that awesome and has let me bring in my laptop and burn dvds all day while I'm at work, its been a lifesaver.

I'm really starting to see some progress, which is good because the deadline is coming awfully quick. Out of the 46 dvd label designs, I only have a few left that need to be burned. I created a whole soundtrack to go along with the video that had no sound originally and I'm so proud of how it came out. I have also completed the design for the case and am going to have it printed at Kinkos tomorrow. The remainder of my list seems much more manageable than before:

- Add thumbnail photos to the menu.
- Burn 15 dvd label designs.
- Burn actual movies to disc, 46 copies.
- Have cover printed and insert in all cases.
- Ship a set of dvds to 4 family members

I'm thrilled that its starting to come together so nicely.

I'm already worn out on this DVD project and I've realized that I have tackled way more than one person can handle in such a short amount of time. I have 9 days to complete everything and I don't think its going to happen.

Here is the rundown of whats left and the time needed to complete it:

- Create and add a soundtrack for 130 minutes of video. (1 hour)
- Design and Print 23 DVD sleeve inserts (3 hours)
- Lightscribe Burn Cover on 46 DVDs (1 hour per dvd, a total of 70 hours)
- Burn movies onto 46 DVDs (15 min per dvd, 11.5 hours)

Thats a total of 85 hours. Lets say I spend 3 hours a night for the next 7 days and 12 hours on the weekend, that would be 30 hours I have available to do this work. Which is not even half the time I need. Sigh. I'm not sure what to do, I may even have to bring my laptop down with me on vacation and complete it in Florida when I'm supposed to be relaxing and vising friends and family. My only other option is to bring it into work with me and do all of the burning at that time, just switch disks in and out all day, I'm goign to have to check with my boss on that one, but its the only way I'll ever be able to finish in time.

I've started a huge project, I am taking old family film footage from the 1950's and 60's that had been converted to VHS in the early nineties and converting it to DVD format, breaking hours of footage into chapters, re-arranging, adding a soundtrack and custom menu.

I have never created a DVD before, I do however have experience with video editing so I'm blindly learning new dvd software and so far I'm pleased with the results. I'm thrilled with the menu I've designed and I'm sure my family will be just as happy with the final product.

While watching hours of footage I came across a clip that I just adore. I thought, its so much like my grandfather to want to pull his seven young kids around with his car. I smiled, missing him and his carefree ways, until the car pulls up to the camera and reveals... its Grandmom who is driving. A hilarious shock!