Joe Tony Memories

Just finished wrapping up Joe Tony's trilogy of memories: 3 DVDs full of anecdotes and stories!
DVD1:  Childhood (duration: 1hour)
DVD2: World War II (3 hours)
DVD 3: Married life (3 hours)

Click on the discs below to see more details.

For each session, John Tony, his son, prepared a list of questions and interviewed his dad at the Itoo Hall in Peoria, IL. 3 separate recording sessions that would focus on a specific chapter of his dad's life.

While stories were being told and anecdotes remembered, I took care of all the technical side of the interview:
- 3 cameras (1aimed at John, 1 at dad and 1 aimed at the pictures displayed)
- 3 point lighting (making sure everyone was nicely lit),
- wireless lavalier mics (avoiding static noise, etc),
- recording (tape, focus, zoom,  etc),

It was great to see father and son have such a good time together. The recording was very casual and everyone felt comfortable even with all the equipment in the room!

I brought my laptop and scanner to scan documents and pictures that I would later use in the editing. 

All the pictures did not end up in the video. But I provided John with a CD containing all the scanned documents and pictures. 

John prepared a list of questions prior to each sessions. But the session evolved in such a way that the discussion branched off to new topics, raising new questions and making the recording that much more interesting and personal.