Saturday, September 27, 2014

Video Biography For Individuals, Families And Businesses

By Karina Frost


Prominent people have often resulted to use biographies to tell their story of how they were born, grew up and lived. Mostly, a biography is written by the person while they are alive. In other cases, they are written by another person. Biographies have been in form of books for a long time. In recent times however, video biography is often used.

Video biographies are used to tell stories of life and experiences through documenting them in a video format. They may be about careers, or a variety of experiences and events in the life of the person. Convenience and easy accessibility is the reason why many people prefer recording their biographies. Hence, they may be auto authored or another person may write it just like the biographies in the book format. That is how it is possible to find the biography of Isaac Newton and Galileo among others online.

People often use scattered and incomplete bits of information to try and understand their histories. It may involve going to the grandparents for stories or using old photos. The photos may not be even dated or sometimes you may not know the individuals in the pictures are. Other people use journals or diaries which have been left behind. All the options have limitations that video documentation has been able to overcome.

The first step in recording your personal documentary is choosing a company that offers these services. There are various options including of individuals, families and groups. The length of the interviews sessions vary but may be up to more than an hour. Editing has to be done to remove long pauses, repetition and any other unnecessary information. Moreover, editing can be customized to your liking. There story is divided into chapters which can be easily accessed.

Family histories are important for the immediate family as well as the future generations. The future generations need to understand the values and beliefs their ancestors stood for. The biographies made by video are laced with interviews from family members, home records as well as photographs capturing different moments and experiences of all stages of life.

Individuals can also create their own personal documentaries. Different people have different stories to tell including those of love, war and career. When recorded, they can be stored and used later as a memoir or gifts to people. Most importantly however, is that they can be handed down to future generations. Personal stories are meant to inspire but may also be used to earn money when they are sold.

Business and foundations need to also capture their stories on camera. This may include new product releases, expansion to new branches or even relocation. Employees may also appear on the documentary to tell the story of the company. This is archived to remind the company in future of its history, achievements and milestones.

The length and complexity of the documentary determines the price. If travel is included the price may even go higher. This should not however deter you as there are options for low budgets. DVDs that last long are used to store the documentaries. Whichever story you want to tell, choose an expert to record it.




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