How to generate a house History Video Memoir with Photos and Interviews of Your Loved Ones
Here are examples of two basic videos you can create fast on a great budget:
How to generate a house History Video Memoir with Photos and Interviews of Your Loved Ones
Example A — Do-it-yourself for colse to 5 + extra copies
1. The interview
Rent a digital video camcorder or if you have one already, use it. At the Video Kitchen in Louisville, Kentucky our daily rental charge includes a tripod, a 60 dinky digital tape and one Dvd copy of your video.
In a comfortable room with curious and warm (incandescent) lights behind the camcorder facing the subject and no back light (windows behind the person) videotape your relative. Make sure there is water to drink and the camcorder is within 6 feet of the individual. First article 15 seconds of silent video with the lens cap on at the starting of the video. For more information on how to shoot great video, check out the article by Video Kitchen owner, Carlile Crutcher at: http://www.videokitchen.com/greatvideo.html
There are commonly two parts to a biography video: questions and photos. First, in a clear voice, behind the camera or preferably sitting next to the subject, read the questions and allow for fullness of time for answers, this is not a race, make sure the subject feels comfortable to tell stories, or go off on tangents. Here are examples of questions to ask:
What is today’s date?
What is your full name (and maiden name)?
When is your birthday?
What year were you born?
What was going on in the world that year?
What were your parents’ names? Ages when you were born?
Tell us about your aunts and uncles.
What is your most leading memory of your grandmother? …your grandfather?
Did you have brothers and/or sisters? …their names and ages?
Did you have any farm animals and/or pets when you were little?
What was a typical day like when you were 5 years old?
Did you have a nickname when you were younger?
What sports or games did you like to play?
What was something you did as a child that was for real scary?
What subjects did you enjoy in grade school? Why?
What was a typical day like when you were 10 years old?
What were some things you and your friends did for fun as a child?
Who was your best friend when you were a young teenager?
How many people went to your high school?
What was a typical day like when you were 15 years old?
Did you like to dance or listen to music? What kinds?
When did you start dating? Who was your first kiss?
When did you first learn to drive? What kind of vehicle? How fast did you go?
What was your first occupation? …your starting salary?
Did you go to college? Where? What did you study? What did you like most?
How did you meet your spouse? What first attracted you to him or her?
Where did you go on your first date? How did they ask you to marry them?
How old where you when you got married? Where was it?
Did you or your spouse go away to any wars? Which ones? What was that like?
Where were you when Jfk was assassinated? How did you hear about it?
Where were you when man first walked on the moon? How did you hear about it?
When did you attend your first movie? What was it? Was there sound?
Which president from your life did you like the most? Why?
How old were you when you had your first child?
What are your children’s names? What do you like the best about each of them?
What are your grandchildren’s names? What do you like the best about each of them?
What is a typical day like for you now?
What are some of your favorite things to do now?
What is the most gorgeous thing you've ever seen?
What do you like about your life today?
If you could re-experience one thing in your life, what would it be?
What is the one most leading thing you have done in your whole life?
Is there anything that you always wanted to do, but never did?
2. Discuss family photos -
Now comes the second part of the video… photos. You don’t want to have whole books of pictures to go through. A good estimate is 30. Have the subject look at each photo, reveal what is going on as if they are showing it to someone, and tell its story. Let them know that they do not need to show the print to the camera, and not to point to exact things, but to just reveal them in any information they wish. Once they have fulfilled, with the photos as them one more question…
If they could give one message or bit of advice to their generations of descendants to come, what would it be?
Now your source video is fulfilled, and you are ready to edit it.
3. Edit the video and photos -
Call your local video editing suite and retain an edit station. Let them know that you have a MiniDv digital tape that you want to edit video from, photos you want to contain and music to be added. At Video Kitchen in Louisville Kentucky, our basic edit station has a setup charge plus hourly. You need to bring in the videotape, the photos and a Cd with soft background music (we can provide the music if necessary). If all things went well and you have a good plan, it should take a concentrate of hours to complete the editing. We will put a title page at the beginning, replace sections of video with the photos and add the background music to the audio track.
Now you have a digital scholar tape. Your first Dvd copy is included in the price of your camcorder rental. Pricing for further copies are found on our duplication page.
Example B — Work with a production company's staff for colse to 0 + extra copies
1. The interview
Call the your local video production installation and setup a shoot. At Video Kitchen in Louisville Kentucky, our shoots contain a broadcast quality camcorder with an operator and a wireless microphone. Lights are extra. We will come to your location and make sure that all things is captured perfectly. There is a setup fee plus per hour and we will probably be onsite for an hour and a half.
The shoot will saunter as in example #1 with a friend or relative reading the subject questions, describing photos, telling stories and sharing memories.
2. The Edit session
Then set up an appointment at the video production installation to come in and sit with an editors at a digital computer non-linear edit station. At Video Kitchen in Louisville Kentucky, this station runs hourly and depending on how much editing is needed, it will probably take colse to three and a half hours. At this station, we can add photos, music and titles with fades and dissolves. Then we would create your digital scholar and make one Dvd copy which is included in your shoot. Pricing for further copies are found on our duplication page at [http://www.videokitchen.com/dupes.html]
More tips
The object is to get the central shape of the video to start talking. Think about it, there are times this person does start telling stories without end. It might be after a large Thanksgiving dinner, it might be late at night, it might be at the kitchen table, it may take a glass of something to reduce tension.
Sometimes it takes something to set the subject off, to get them on their soapbox, to tell the kids how it was back in the good old days. A curious argument of world events, the way kids dress today, the cost of gasoline may help getting the juices to flow.
There are some masters at this art. Two come to mind. Jim Lipton on Bravo in the Actor's Studio program interviews movie stars in a way that probes their personality and background without parallel. He has done his investigate and has questions on blue index cards. His questions not only are "tell me" but also open a subject by telling the actor something that Lipton already knows a dinky about, and the actor is invited to fill in the blanks, decide the conflict, complete the joke.
Charlie Rose is another superb talent at drawing information out of his guests. Same blue cards. Same recipe of request questions by manufacture a statement and curious the guest to enter into the conversation. He is on Pbs late most evenings. You might want to catch some of these kinds of shows to help you map out a strategy you are comfortable with.
If the person request the questions is nervous and tight, it may not work. Find a replacement. If the subject of the interview is lost in the best family sofa and you remember most curious discussions being colse to a table, go for the table. Sound is more leading than the picture. Stay close. Leave the camera running straight through minor errors; just say it again after a small pause. It will be easy to cut out later. Try to keep going. If the first session doesn't work well, laugh it off and let the subject know you'll be back. A bad dress practice frequently makes for a great first performance.
While it may increase the budget from the numbers suggested above, there are many ways to add other stories, movies and pictures to your Memoir Video. Other members of the family may have great stories to add, video cutaways of the subject in performance walking in the neighborhood, sawing a board, or cooking a meal can all add to an insight of who this person is. But don't throw too many things into your first effort. You will have a digital master. You will be able to add more later. Don't plan delays into your project!
We look transmit to studying your families history with you and hope to help you retain it for years to come. If you have any other questions about video editing, duplication, transfer or conversion, please visit our web page at http://www.videokitchen.com/ or you can write us a 1917 Blankenbaker Parkway in Louisville Ky 40299
Good luck on creating your own memory photo montage video!
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