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Life History Documentary & Video Biography Packages

Create a video biography or legacy video preserving family history or the history of an organization or business.
Now scheduling for 2018

Life History Package I

The Process:
Phone call or meeting: preparation for the interview.
Interview: a 3-hour filmed interview with one person, touching on the family history with a more in-depth review of their life story – from early childhood up to the present day.

Editing: (Approx. 125+ hours)
Footage edited into a one-hour captivating and cohesive story.  Up to 150 family photos, documents and other memorabilia scanned, labeled, cropped and woven throughout.  Light research for additional images to enhance the movie. Titles, transitions, music and more, added throughout.  Client reviews before the final edits.

Family receives:

  • Three Flash drives with the movie as a QuickTime file
  • Movie uploaded to a private web page
  • Production time: 4-6 weeks
  • Life History Package I: $4000.*


Video Biography Package II

The Process:
Call/meeting: preparation for the interview.
Interview: a 3+ hour filmed interview with your loved one, touching on the family history with a more in-depth review of their life story – from early childhood up to the present day.  B-Roll: 30+ minutes of additional filming outside the interview (ie. playing with grandchildren, walking around town, playing the piano, etc.)

Editing: (Approx. 160+ hours)
Footage edited into a heart warming, 1 hour narrative.
Up to 200 family photos, documents and other memorabilia, scanned, labeled, cropped and woven throughout.  Light research for additional images to enhance movie.  Titles, chapters, transitions and music, added throughout.  Client review before the final edits.

Family receives:

  • 4  Flash drives with the movie as a QuickTime file
  • An 8-minute DVD of the movie highlights for shorter viewing occasions
  • Movie uploaded to private web page
  • Production time: 7-8 weeks
  • Video Biography Package II: $5000.*

The Family Documentary Package

The Process:
Call/meeting: interview preparation.
Interviews: Five, 1.5-2 hour filmed interviews – one per person – covering the family history, business or a specific family experience (i.e. summers on the grandparent’s farm).
B-Roll: 30-45 minutes of additional footage shot outside of the interview (i.e. at the grandparent’s farm, of the family business).

Editing: (Approx. 200+ hours)
Interviews edited and woven together into a heartwarming and informative 1-hour+ story.
Up to 225 family photos, documents, maps and other memorabilia scanned, cropped, labeled and woven throughout.
Light research for additional images to enhance movie.
Titles, transitions and music and more, added throughout.
Client review before the final edits.

Family receives

  • Six Flash drives with the movie as a QuickTime file
  • An 8-minute version of the movie highlights for shorter viewing occasions
  • Movie uploaded to a private web page
  • Production time: 8-10 weeks
  • Family Documentary Package: $7000.*

Soul Mate Couple Video Package I
 
The Process:
Call/Meeting: preparation for the interviews.
Interviews:
Two, 1.5 hour filmed interviews (one per spouse) covering their life story – from early childhood to the time they met.  One, 2+ hour filmed interview with the couple together, covering their story from the time they met to the present day.

Editing: (Approx. 150+ hours)
The three interviews are edited and woven together into a special, 1+ hour narrative. My voice (the interviewer) is removed for a more personal viewing experience.
Up to 150 family photos and other memorabilia scanned, labeled, cropped and woven throughout.  Light research for additional images to enhance the movie.
Titles, transitions, music and more, added throughout.
Client review before final edits.

Family receives:
  • 2 Flash Drive with the movie as a quick time file
  • Movie uploaded to a private website
  • A Flash drive with the movie as a QuickTime file
  • Production time: 7-8 weeks
  • Soul Mate/Anniversary Video I Price: $5000.*

Soul Mate Couple Video Package II

The Process:
Call/Meeting: preparation for the interviews.
Interviews/Filming:  Two, 1.5-2 hour filmed interviews (one per spouse) covering their life story – from early childhood to the time they met.  One, 2+ hour filmed interview with the couple together, covering their story from the time they met to the present day.
30-45 minutes of B-Roll: Footage shot outside of the interview (couple walking in the garden, playing with grandchildren, etc.

Editing: (175+ hours)
Interviews are edited and woven together into a captivating, 1+ hour narrative. My voice is removed for a more personal viewing experience.  Up to 225 family photos and other memorabilia scanned, labeled, cropped and woven throughout.  Light research for additional images to enhance the movie.  Titles, transitions, music and more, added throughout.  Client review before final edits.

Family receives:
  • 3 flash drives of the 50th Anniversary Video as a Quick Time File.
  • One, 5-8 minute version with movie highlights for shorter viewing occasions.
  • Movie uploaded to a private web page
  • Production time: 8-10 weeks
 
Soul Mate/Wedding Anniversary II
Price: $6000.*


*Prices reflect filming in one day, in one location, with one camera.
Additional cameras/crew, interviews, locations and days can be added to
Video Biography packages. Shipping, taxes and travel outside the Lansing area are additional.
Gift Certificates are available.

I want to help you tell your story. 
Tell me your idea, budget and occasion and I can design a video package just for you!


A sample of John and Ann's Story

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