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Claudine Kerr Remembered

Ten years ago on January 2 my mother passed away after a long battle with cancer. The years have flown by but it still feels like yesterday when I showed this video at her funeral to celebrate her life.

I had a few days to scan the images and animate them in Adobe After Effects. The first time I heard Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s version of Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World was on the television show Party Of Five in 1998. Since then it has been used in a number of films — Meet Joe Black, Finding Forrester and 50 First Dates.

I posted the video on Facebook and it was nice to see that so many friends and family have fond memories of her and miss her as well.

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Late but in earnest

On January 2, 2001 my mother passed away and I started working on a video that would celebrate her life. I scanned in a bunch of photos, animated them in Adobe After Effects and exported the final project using the first version of iMovie.

I think this is the first video I ever worked on and it was shown at my mother’s funeral. It’s not my best work by a long shot but it’s a true labour of love. It’s hard to believe that 6 years have passed by already.

Quicktime Video (480x260, 26 MB)

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Remembering Mom

Today, I am remembering my mother.

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