In 1994 I made this video using a high end (at the time) VHS camcorder, linear editing system, in our high school tv studio editing suite, using first generation Video Toaster software to create the graphics and transitions. From start to finish, I think the project took me about 3 months. The video runs 2 minutes and 28 seconds.
In 2011, I made this video using the front facing camera on my iPad and the iMovie app. Including the time it took to come up to speed on iMovie (it was the first time I had used the iPad app) and the time it took to upload to YouTube on my home wifi, the whole production took about 1 1/2 hours. (That was also with about 6 takes to play with different lighting.) The video runs 2 minutes and 23 seconds.
http://youtu.be/4cqwJRHGPws
I love that I can document this change over time, compare and contrast, and reflect. Change? Keep bringing it on.