I treasure the family videos from my childhood – but that was the 1990’s when everyone had a handheld video camera. I tried toting around my DSLR camera to capture videos of my kids but it wasn’t practical, the process of uploading the videos to my computer or phone was too much. There had to be an easier way how to make family videos on your phone!
That’s when I started capturing small video clips on my iPhone of my babies, toddlers, and big kids. It became effortless to make simple candid family videos with these simple step below.
The items you need to make family videos are:
Smart phone
Video editing app – I use iMovie app on iOS
Laptop
Sharpie marker
Here are my 8 steps to making quality family home videos on your phone:
- Take 30 second to 1 minute clips throughout the year of special events and everyday moments with your kids and family on your phone while in landscape mode (holding your phone horizontal).
- Save all of the videos clips for 6 month increments, then add the short video clips into your video editing app, I use iMovie.
- Rearrange the video clips in chronological order in the video editing app.
- Adjust the transition edits between the videos to your preference, I prefer the clean cut, no transition option between my video clips.
- Save the video to your phone, then AirDrop the large combined video to your laptop (AirDrop is applicable for Apple products, utilize email between phone and computer otherwise).
- Plug your external DVD burner into the USB port of your computer. The appropriate program should pop up on your computer when the DVD burner is attached to your computer.
- Select the large video files you want to burn onto the blank DVD disc. If it rejects your file, it’s too long of a video, and you will need more than 1 blank DVD. You can split up your large video into 2 videos in the editing app to accommodate the space available on each DVD.
- Voila! Label your DVDs and keep them in a DVD case for watching together as a family.
If you have questions on the process and always reach out in the comments or find me on Instagram to message me! I hope this helps you record candid moments with your family that you can enjoy in years to come.
Do you already capture family videos? Do you prefer family videos or family photos?
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