Birthday Tribute Video Case History: My Brother’s 60th
Birthday Tribute Video Case History: My Brother’s 60th This Memorial Day my annual family gathering was dealt a horrible blow: RAIN! So although we cooked outside under the eaves, we had to eat and celebrate inside, which can lead to a fairly dull time without access to a sunny outdoors and frolic in the pool. […]
Why I Wrote “Make Tribute Videos”
Why I Wrote “Make Tribute Videos” There are moments when large groups of people expect something special. The perfect toast. The sacred moment. The encore. The motivational speech. The crowd applauds, then roars. We all have these moments, if sometimes on a smaller scale. But they are just as important. The wedding. The anniversary. Retirement […]
“Make Tribute Videos” Book Out Now!
“Make Tribute Videos” shows you how to make videos honoring friends, coworkers, family, and others to celebrate anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, retirements, and more. Nineteen chapters are devoted to the basic tools, techniques, and technology needed to make your first tribute video. Once you know how, you can create and show this video to an appreciative […]
The Quick Guide to Making Your Family Tribute Video
Here’s a bullet by bullet overview of the tasks at hand when editing family tribute videos. The goal is to go for the audiences’s heart, and these pointers should help. Collect materials. These includes pictures, video, misc, interviews if you plan them. Import materials into your computer and video editing program. Select your first piece […]
How to Make a Wedding Tribute Video
When people think of wedding videos, they think about the video that is created showing the wedding itself, the reception, and all that goes with them. This is the expectation when we talk about “wedding videos”. But I think there’s a much bigger opportunity for video at the wedding: The wedding tribute video. This is […]
How to Look Great in Your First Video Job
…Without Breaking the Bank, or Pricing Yourself Out of the Business. Perhaps you’ve produced a few family tributes now and you think you might look for customers and start a business. Well, that’s how I started. But the goal from day one is finding business. You may start on on February 1st, but that doesn’t […]
INTRODUCING: A Love for Tribute Videos
Tribute videos are handmade videos that celebrate the life of a loved one, family, coworker, or public figure. They feature photos, artifacts, music, memorabilia, and sometimes interviews with and about the subject of the video. They can be warm, funny, nostalgic, sad, or a celebration. (To see brief samples, click the play button on the […]
