"Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not interesting? I can recall none in all the literature of the world."

Henry Louis Mencken, American Humorist, Journalist


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Sunday, May 24, 2009

81 Year Old Has Over 5,000 5-Star Ratings, Over 360,000 Views on Youtube for this Life Story Telling Video

Peter Zimmer, an 81 year old widower from England, has done an incredible video on his life story. His youtube channel has had over 2 million views. You can also visit his youtube channel at:

Geriatric1927

Or visit his website at:

AskGeriatric.com




Monday, May 18, 2009

How to Narrate a Video in Windows Movie Maker to Tell Your Life Story - Video by Kristi Marie Gott



You may be using photos instead of videos when you tell your life story. As you can see in this Movie Maker video both camcorder video footage and photos can be used to make a video.

For telling your life story with multimedia you can use photos and camcorder video of highlights, and record your own narrative to go with them. As you can see in the video above, it's not very difficult.

It helps to view the silent video and then write either the whole narrative or a list of topics. When you are speaking and recording you won't have to pause to think of what to say next, and it helps eliminate the "ummm."