I get what you are saying OP. My mother is a good example of how this has changed somewhat. She used to have DV cam and recorded hundreds of hours of footage of all my five siblings and myself. My grandparents also did this before she got hold of a camera herself. It's everything from baptism, birthdays and vacations to get-togethers and random funny moments. A couple of years back she copied it all to DVD's and gave to us as presents. I think my collection was about 20 hours of footage ranging from when I was 5 years old up to 17 or 18. And it's all shot in a vastly different way than what we have grown accustomed to today, making it feel more like a documentary that tells an overarching story. I feel that this has been lost with how we shoot video today, even though the technology has moved forward so much. I don't think we've ever gathered in our family to watch footage from our social media, but we've gathered a lot of times to watch the footage my mother recorded with her cam. Knowing that it's footage meant for only us that our mother put her soul into recording just makes it feel so much more geniun and worthy of your time.
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