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Minnesota Film Conversion Company, Saving Tape, Offers Unique Opportunity to Support Our Troops and Send your Own Academy Award Overseas
By Staff
posted Mar 5, 2010, 08:53
While Academy Award Nominee "The Hurt Locker" brings military stories to the big screen, a Minnesota film conversion company called "Saving Tape" strives to support our troops and bring their stories to the small screen by providing a unique Smiles for Soldiers media conversion service.
While Academy Award Nominee "The Hurt Locker" brings military
stories to the big screen, a Minnesota film conversion company called "Saving
Tape" strives to support our troops and bring their stories to the small
screen by providing a unique Smiles for Soldiers media conversion service.
(Minneapolis, MN) As Hollywood gears up for its annual trip down the red carpet
at this year's Academy Awards, a lot of the buzz is circling around the military
epic "The Hurt Locker." But while the blockbuster film brought our
soldiers stories to the big screen, Saving Tape, a local Minnesota company,
is striving to bring our soldiers stories to the small screen.
Saving Tape is a media conversion company operating out of Minneapolis, MN.
Most of their business revolves around transferring old home movies onto more
modern mediums: VHS to DVD, tape to CD - even offering some of the highest quality
Super 8, 8mm or 16mm film to DVD transfers. In addition to basic media conversion
services, Saving Tape also offers its customers custom editing and multi-media
hybrids like digital slide shows with music, subtitles and narration.
As interest and demand in these unique services have continued to grow, owner
Thor Anderson developed the "Smiles for Soldiers™" program that
not only makes newly formatted digital versions of home movies, but also makes
the day of a U.S. soldier serving overseas.
For families of active U.S. military personnel who are deployed overseas, through
Smiles for Soldiers™ they will receive a 10% discount on all video to
DVD services, as well as a free copy of each DVD and a mailer to send it safely
to wherever their loved one is stationed.
A lot of ink has been used to document the struggles military personnel have
trying to reconnect with their families when they return from a tour. But far
less has been discussed concerning the struggles those same soldiers face each
day abroad, simply because they cannot keep current with the lives of their
children and spouses. Keeping up with daily milestones in the life of a family
helps make for an easier return at the end of a long deployment.
"There's no reason someone serving our country should have to miss out
on at least seeing family memories," explained Anderson. "Birthday
parties, a baby's first steps, their kids softball game - even old home movies
they were around for but have forgotten about, if someone brings it in, we'll
make an extra copy for free. It's our way of supporting U.S. troops as best
we can."
So while "The Hurt Locker" heads into Oscar season with 8 nominations
and a full head of steam, a slew of other military movies are also heading into
production. The budget may be smaller, the camera may be shakier, and the hollywood
stars have been replaced with family members. But for the overseas recipient
of these somewhat modest home movies, simply being able to press play is reward
enough.
It's a reward that Thor Anderson, through Smiles for Soldiers, believes is
worth more than any bald headed gold statue ever could be.
For more information on the unique "Smiles for Soldiers™" program
or any of our other media conversion services please log onto www.savingtape.com
or call us toll free at 1-800-445-9491.
Resources:
Saving Tape: www.savingtape.com
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