All Biography products - My Life Story, The CEO Biography
and The Company Bio - are created in three stages:
research, location shooting and editing. The whole project takes
an average of five to seven weeks to complete—yet just a few
hours of your time. We meet with you to collect some preliminary
information, confirm the scope of the project and discuss the
people and material necessary to tell your story.
You don’t need to do anything but talk. It helps to know dates,
names and spellings, of course, as well as contact information for
the individuals we agree should be included. At the end of our
first meeting, we’ll leave with you a list of pre-interview
questions to help stimulate your memory for our first video
recording session.
We shoot your on-camera interview in the comfort of your home,
office or almost anywhere you choose. Our recording equipment is
the latest in professional audio, video and lighting technology
and will deliver an image comparable to those seen on network
television interview shows like 60 Minutes, A&E Biography and
Lifetime’s “Intimate Portrait”. Your interview may last two hours
and we might want a second interview to help clarify or elaborate
on certain subjects. Shooting interviews with your spouse, children, work,
church or community associates will be under one hour each. We
will digitally copy any and all photographs, artifacts and
memorabilia in your home—they never leave your possession. These
may include photo albums, framed photographs, scrapbooks,
trophies, awards, certificates, souvenirs, newspaper clippings and
the like.
Editing is the longest and most difficult stage as we screen through hours of recorded interviews, piecing
together the clips and segments in a way that best tells your
story in a clear, concise and interesting manner. We blend motion
and still images, fully licensed music, custom graphics and sound
to create a family heirloom for the 21st century. The final
product is submitted for your approval and you have the option to
have us remove or change anything you choose. This IS your story, after all—and the storytellers do have privileges! Once approved, copies
can be made on DVD, VHS tape or formatted for a family or company website, if
you so desire. The high quality masters will allow easy transfer
to High Definition DVD, as that format establishes itself in the
coming months.
