A video biography captures your essence through live interviews with you, photographs, other videos you might have of family events, and music that is pulled together in a meaningful way. Imagine watching a movie about your life, or the life of someone you love!
Recording your memories and family stories onto video creates one of the most exciting and valuable heirlooms a family and its future generations can ever possess. Video offers a much, much fuller experience than written memoirs or plain photographs, because your personality, emotions, and movements are right there, big as life!
Having previous generations of family members discussing their thoughts and memories in person as if they were sitting there talking with you is an unforgettable experience. Your video is truly something you and your family will treasure, and it is for this reason I offer the Video Biography service. Typically, your video biography will begin with an introductory slideshow of selected photos of you throughout your life, set to music. It will then fade into the beginning of your biography. At key moments, photographs that you have chosen will be brought in to highlight your story or to identify a person you are talking about, which keeps your video interesting and entertaining.
Once we have set up your appointment, I will meet with you to talk about the procedure, and we will choose a location in your home where we will do the taping. I will give you a set of many questions that are designed to stimulate your memory about your childhood, your own parents, your siblings, your best friends, etc. (you can download sample below). It’s a very enjoyable experience, and there should be no concerns because there is no such thing as a mistake. Also, any segments can be edited out later. You can speak directly to the camera or opt to have an “interview” style where either I or a family member asks you questions you have selected.
Download a sample of memory stimulating questions
This is a very short sample without music and with a very short introduction