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TRIBUTE VIDEOS

Many of our projects are prompted by a gala event, a birthday, an anniversary or a reunion. There are few better times to honor someone you love and respect.

Sometimes, the guest of honor is interviewed for the tribute. Other times, the whole project is a surprise to them, and all the video we need is shot of (and by) friends, family and colleagues. Or, we just rely on photos and text or voice-over.

At Your Story Here Video Tributes, we are masters at using intriguing and sometimes fun questions then combining the interview footage with photos, home movies, historical footage, music, inspirational sayings maybe - you name it - into one seamless, informative and entertaining video tribute presentation

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Tribute Videos and Celebration Slideshows...

One of our Video Tributes: Christian and Philanthropist Tim Busch

Tim Busch is a Christian, a family man, a businessman, a philanthropist and a visionary. Raised in modest circumstances in Clinton, Michigan he has scaled the heights of accounting, law and business and established himself as one of the preeminent  servant-leaders of his time in the Catholic Church.

Tim serves on Boards for The Catholic University of America, Papal Foundation, Magis Institute, Napa Institute (Chair), the Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame University, JSerra Catholic High in San Juan Capistrano (founder) and others. 

Celebration Video Tributes for Anniversaries, Events and Galas

Do you have a gala event, birthday, anniversary or other special event coming up? A tribute video makes an ideal and engaging center piece.

There is no better reason to create a tribute video, video biography or personal history video than for an upcoming gala event or birthday, anniversary or a family reunion celebration.
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We pride ourselves on meeting the special biography challenge of creating entertaining, funny and high energy video presentations perfect for large group and party viewing.

Our video tributes are thrilling enough to hold an audience's attention, yet substantial enough to serve as an enduring record of a valuable life. And we are flexible enough to produce and shoot the whole thing - or work in with your plans.

Sample Tribute: Joe Polchinski

We were asked to create a tribute video for Professor Joseph Polchinski, noted theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is also a highly competitive athlete with many friends.  Already highly accomplished and awarded, we ironically titled Joe's tribute: "Just Warming Up."

The project uses amateur video shot by friends, family and associates - blended with personal and archive photographs as well as some TV footage, graphics, text, voice over (you'll be astonished by the voice actor we used) and music.
 
We provide guidance every step of the way.

There are lots of ways you can put a tribute video together.  Here are some of them:

A. Photos and Text Video Tribute:  Gather photos and basic facts from the main periods of the person's life: childhood, family, school/college, early work life, romance, children (if any), success, friends, then wisdom and reflections. (You may need to make a few phone calls or send a few emails and you will need to decide if you want to keep it a surprise.) You can coordinate this gathering - or make us the "point person."  We then do our design and editing magic and produce a rough cut for approval or further work.
B. Family, Friends and Colleague's Video: Smart phones make it really easy for people to film themselves or each other talking about the subject. We can help by suggesting topics and questions (sometimes it's fun to have everyone answer one or two of the same quirky questions). We also have suggestions for best filming tricks with a smart phone. We then preview and assemble the material, transcode the video, restore the photos, process the other material and create the project!
C.  Professional Management: Some clients prefer a more polished tribute video project or want to make things easy for people so they ask us to film the interviews. (The Henry Segerstrom project - on the right - is an example of this approach.)  For cost and efficiency reasons we try to film all the friends, family and colleagues on the same day. We also try to make things as simple and as fun as possible:

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Talk to founder and owner Peter   now about your tribute video!

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More of our Video Tributes

A video tribute to Henry Segerstrom and the Center Club he founded in Orange County, CA.
For a special birthday we created this "video love letter" to Susan from husband Tom.
>> Here is the full story
Show reel for Video Tributes narrated by Jane.

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A tribute video: the greatest honor

Custom Designed Artwork

Your Story Here specializes in custom designed artwork, graphic elements and DVD boxes that are perfect to showcase your special video tribute. We can even help with invitations!

High Praise for our Tribute Videos

"I want to personally thank you for the outstanding video you produced for tonight's celebration. I heard so many compliments about it. I think it was perfect in every respect."

Victoria Collins, Ph.D
Chairman, Board of Governors, Center Club


GIVE A TRIBUTE VIDEO AS A GIFT!  We also make tribute video gift boxes which can be given as a promise of a tribute to come.
What a surprise! A gift of a tribute video. The greatest gift.
"It was easy. I called them up, e-mailed them some photos, they designed a DVD box with an inscribed blank disk and
we gave it to Mom at Christmas. She was completely thrilled. Jane contacted Mom later, they got together, and Your Story Here
put together a terrific personal history tribute. I just wish I had done it for my Dad before he passed."
   
(Todd Doney, Vice Chairman of C B Richard Ellis Brokerage Services, Los Angeles)
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You may have someone in mind whose birthday or anniversary is coming up or may be about to be formally honored.
Maybe you are thinking of a gift for the Holidays.
"My son gave me a video biography gift box for Christmas. I was thrilled."    (Alyce: Arcadia)
With 3 or 4 photographs, and just a day or two, we can create a stunning and unique DVD and USB box that is perfect to give as a gift.
Imagine your loved one's surprise!
Inside the box we place an individually inscribed disk with a special greeting from you. We will then work with the subject to complete their story.

What Our Tribute Video and Memorial Video Clients Are Saying About Us...

"I used Your Story Here to create a memorial DVD for my dad who recently passed.  Jane was fantastic!  She will meet with you personally and really cares about making a quality product that is personal, interesting and informative.  
She provided ideas and also sought input from the family.  She also took photos that were small or old and worn and brought them to life.  The result was a quality product reflecting my dad's life and a touching tribute to his family."              -  Lynn K.                                                                              More Testimonials...

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