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Video Biography Packages
Video Biography Q & A
A question and answer session recorded and lightly edited to remove any extraneous
footage, long pauses, or repetitious information.
Includes:
- 2 hour interview recording session
- Edited autoplay DVD (no menu) up to 2 hours in length
- Chapter points that allow you to jump between questions or subjects
- Clear slimline DVD case with text labeling on the DVD
- 1 extra DVD copy
Deluxe Video Biography
This package takes the Video Biography Q & A to the next level by adding in photos, home movies*, titles and graphics, and music to make a truly unique video production that you and your family will want to watch and share with others again and again.
Includes:
- Interview(s)
- Up to 50 photos/images
- Up to 10 home movie clips
- Chapter titles & music
- DVD w/ custom menu and chapters
- Custom printed DVD
- DVD case w/ custom printed insert
- 2 extra DVD copies
*Your home movies can be added into your video biography, however, before we can use them, they will need to be transferred to miniDV tape format. We also accept the following high quality file formats: AVI, MOV, or MP4.
Family Documentary
This ultimate package takes the video biography story even further featuring an extensive use of interviews, photos, home movies*, titles/graphics, music, and even historical photos, footage, and sound effects, to create a family history video with a big budget feel that would rival those documentaries seen on A&E and the Biography channel.
Includes:
- Multiple Interviews
- Up to 200 personal photos/images
- Up to 20 home movie clips
- Archival photos and footage research
- Chapter titles & music
- DVD w/ custom menu and chapters
- Custom printed DVD
- DVD case w/ custom printed insert
- 5 extra DVD copies
Prices start at: Please call for further details and pricing.
*Your home movies can be added into your video biography, however, before we can use them, they will need to be transferred to miniDV tape format. We also accept the following high quality file formats: AVI, MOV, or MP4.
Additional Services
Photo Montage Video
A great video for showing at special events using your photos edited to music. Makes for a great birthday or anniversary celebration, wedding or engagement, or for remembering a loved one.
*Note: Any photos being submitted to Hourglass Media for production purposes will need to be scanned and optimized before we can use them in your video. Please see our list of services below for pricing information.
Includes:
- Up to 60 of your photos/images
- Music provided by you or we can choose for you
- Clear slimline DVD case and with text labeling on the DVD
VHS to DVD Transfers
Your footage on VHS tape transferred to DVD
$30 per VHS tape transfer
$25 for additional DVD copies ($20 for 5 or more, $15 for 10 or more)
Photo Scanning and Enhancement
We can scan and digitize your photos, slides, or documents up to 8.5 x 11 size. In addition, we'll optimize your photos for brightness, contrast, and color saturation at no extra charge. Your photo files will then be burned to an archival CD or DVD for later use.
$2/photo ($20 minimum unless otherwise combined with a video package)
Photo Repair and Restoration
In addition to scanning and optimizing your photos and images, they may need a little extra attention to restore them to their former glory. In the restoration process, we'll take your scanned photos and work to digitally remove scratches and imperfections. Also, if you desire, we can take older black and white photos and "paint" in colors to add more life to your photos.
Please call for further details and pricing.
Video Biographies
Everyone has a life story to tell. Whether you’re 9 or 90, your story is unique and others want to hear it, particularly your family. It has been said that in each family a story is playing itself out. “It is tied to places and events and histories. With all of these felt details, life etches itself into memory and personality. It’s difficult to imagine anything more nourishing to the soul.” (Thomas Moore) What’s your story?
Generations from now,
what will your descendants
know of your family's legacy?
Your memories and those
of your family are precious.
How are you going to preserve them and be remembered?
What is a Video Biography?
What if you could see and hear from your parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents long after they've passed away sharing stories about your family history and their own lives? What would that mean to you, your children and their children?
While there are many terms used to describe a video biography (legacy video, life story video, personal documentary, etc.), they all have the same goal: to document and record the stories and history of a family or individual in order to preserve them for future generations.
With Hourglass Media, we take care to produce a priceless family video that creatively shares your story and leaves a legacy for many generations to come. Using professional video and lighting equipment, we record interviews with you and your family in the comfort of your home. Next, we'll take the best parts of the interviews and combine them with your family photos, home movies, and memorabilia, along with music, graphics and titles to create a professional biography/documentary video that is completely unique. It is our hope that you and your family will enjoy watching and sharing your personalized video for generations to come. Contact us today to help get you started!
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