My First iMovie Project ...

... has just been shortlisted for a Bafta!
I bought a cheapish camcorder for the birth of my first child Nema, and my first attempt at editing was a rather ambitious project at the time, but it worked out OK. Only 60 seconds long. took me ages.
A year later this competition came up, my film fitted the criteria so I entered it and I just found out that I'm through to the last 65 in the UK.
http://www.60secondsoffame.co.uk/bafta/sixtysec/_entry/402882920f1542fd010f733c0 eaa0496/jsps/entry?vote=true
If I win my regional group (out of 5) I'll be down to the last 15 and even get to go to the awards ceremony with my missus! madness.
So I guess this is a blatant attempt to try and get you guys to vote me through, but what the hey ... it is an iMovie project so I guess it's valid.

Well the theme was "Celebration", I think, and yours
was/is (..to me..) a celebration of film, as well as
a celebration of your new daughter ..film leader at
the start, projector noise, bobbing and weaving,
stop-frame animation as well as fluid movement, a
real celebration of the elder relative, by the
newcomer video!
So it really ought to win!
Wow! If I ever get famous I should employ you as my PR
:-D

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