Join me along with panel moderator Phil Vigeant (owner Pro 8mm) on Saturday, March 13th - 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas!

As part of the panel, I’ll share clips of For Memories’ Sake and also tips and tricks for finding and using archival home movie footage in independent films.

Panel Description: Super 8 is the OG of guerilla filmmaking. Find out how you can make this beautiful, classic film gauge work in an HD world. From finding a camera to choosing film stock, scanning and encoding options, inclusive workflows, tips that make the difference and more. These aren’t your grandpa’s home movies…

Panelists:

Philip Vigeant - Pro8mm
Adam Garner - Trigger Studios
Branden Lower - A Bryan Photo
Ashley Maynor - Preservation Project Films

Add it to your SXSW schedule here!

Just in time for the holidays, I’ve added an assortment of photo postcards to a new online Etsy shop! All the items (just postcards for now) are  reproductions of  original photographs taken by my grandmother and featured in my documentary, For Memories’ Sake.

All proceeds from the shop go towards the ongoing preservation of Angela’s amazing collection, so stock up! If there’s an item that’s not currently available in the shop that you’d like to see, please send me a message through Etsy or email me at ashley@preservationprojectfilms[dot]com.

Home Movie Day is important because our lives, our recollections, and our truth is recorded in home movies. One day, what the heck, c’mon! -Steve Martin

Sadly, I won’t be hosting a Southwest Virginia Home Movie Day this year.  Instead, I’m focusing on distribution efforts for my upcoming film about my grandmother’s home movie collection, For Memories’ Sake.

There are many ways, however, to participate in this year’s International HMD activities, both in person and on the web. Check out the many other locations for Home Movie Day 2009, this year’s revised and updated film transfer guide, and Home Movie Day’s Facebook page.

Small format and Super-8 enthusiasts may also be interested in a post I wrote recently for Self-Reliant Film on Super-8 Resources.