What’s the process for creating your legacy video? In Part 5 of the “Talkin’ Legacy Video” video series, Family Legacy Video’s Steve Pender highlights the steps involved.
Pre-production: Planning for your legacy video shoot.
Production: Lights! Camera! Action!
Post-production: Creatively combining all your material through editing to create your finished legacy video.
In Part 4 of the “Talkin’ Legacy Video” video series, Family Legacy Video’s Steve Pender describes some of the benefits legacy videos bring to storytellers and their families.
Why create a legacy video? The reasons can be many. Perhaps you’re a family elder and you want to pass along your life stories and values to your grandchildren. Maybe you’re an adult child of a parent or grandparent and you want them to pass along their stories to your children. If you’re business or family foundation is going through a generational transition, a legacy video is a perfect way to preserve, celebrate, and share your organization’s history and values. Whatever your reasons, Family Legacy Video® will work with you to craft a legacy video that fulfills your goals.
So, just what is a “Legacy Video?” In Part 2 of the “Talkin’ Legacy Videos” video series, Family Legacy Video® President Steve Pender answers that question.
Think of a legacy video as a personal documentary. Family Legacy Video® uses all of the techniques found in big-budget documentaries. But instead of focusing on world events and famous leaders, a legacy video turns the spotlight on you and your family, your business, and/or foundation.
Legacy videos can be as simple or as highly-produced as your budget, and your wants and needs, require.
Welcome to Part 1 of the “Talkin’ Legacy Videos” video series. In this first installment, Family Legacy Video President Steve Pender sets the stage by offering a thought experiment.
Imagine your great-grandmother had a video camcorder back in 1924…
Take a look at these examples.
Posts to follow will cover these topics:
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In this episode, award-winning news reporter and magazine feature writer Elena Acoba and Family Legacy Video, Inc. president and award-winning legacy video producer Steve Pender conclude their discussion about the legacy video production process.
Questions Steve addresses in this segment include:
• How do you help storytellers prepare for their life story interviews?
• How do you make storytellers look and sound their best?
• What’s the key to ensuring storytellers look and sound natural during their interviews?
• What techniques do you use to keep storytellers focused and on track?
• Do you ever shoot footage other than an interview?
• How do you successfully interview a storyteller who is nervous or has memory issues?
• What elements can give a legacy video a more high-end documentary look and feel?
• Once you start editing, is it too late to add something new?
• Do clients ever want to sit in on the editing sessions?
• Please describe the approval process.
• What control over the final legacy video does the client have?
• Have you ever created more than one legacy video for a family?
If you’d like to watch excerpts from a variety of legacy videos produced by Family Legacy Video®, you’ll find them here.
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Award-winning news reporter and magazine feature writer Elena Acoba continues her discussion with Family Legacy Video, Inc. president and award-winning legacy video producer Steve Pender.
In Part 3, the focus turns to the legacy video production process.
Questions Steve addresses in this segment include:
• How does someone hire Family Legacy Video, Inc.?
• Please provide an overview of the legacy video production process.
• How much does a legacy video cost?
• How long does it take from contract signing to delivery?
• What decisions does someone have to make before starting a legacy video project?
• How do you ease a reluctant storyteller’s concerns about appearing in a legacy video?
• How much control do a client and storyteller have over the finished legacy video?
• Does an interview have to be done all at one time?
Elena and Steve conclude their discussion about the legacy video production process in Part 4.
If you’d like to watch excerpts from a variety of legacy videos produced by Family Legacy Video®, you’ll find them here.
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In this episode, the second part of a four-part series, award-winning news reporter and magazine feature writer Elena Acoba continues her interview with Family Legacy Video, Inc. president and award-winning legacy video producer Steve Pender.
Questions Steve addresses in this segment include:
• What if my family doesn’t have a “fancy” story?
• I’d love to put my family’s story into the context of general history. Can that be done in a legacy video?
• What do I need for a legacy video?
• Do I need a specific topic for my legacy video?
• When did legacy videos become popular?
• Why do you create legacy videos?
• What’s your legacy video story, Steve?
• What do you like best about producing legacy videos?
• How many legacy videos has your company created?
• Does everyone have a story to tell?
If you’d like to watch excerpts from a variety of legacy videos produced by Family Legacy Video®, you’ll find them here.
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Family Legacy Video, Inc. president and award-winning legacy video producer Steve Pender is usually the one behind the camera (or microphone) asking the questions. In this episode, the tables get turned as Steve takes the “hot seat” and is quizzed by guest interviewer Elena Acoba.
Elena is a long-time, awarding-winning news reporter and magazine feature writer. In her own writing and editing business, she has interviewed thousands of people to tell the stories of companies, organizations and individuals.
In this episode, Elena and Steve start off their chat by focusing on the following legacy video-related topics:
• What is a legacy video?
• Why would someone want to create a legacy video?
• Can I still make a legacy video if the subject of the story is no longer alive?
• If I can record an interview using my phone, why do I need to hire a professional?
If you’d like to watch excerpts from a variety of legacy videos produced by Family Legacy Video®, you’ll find them here.
Stay tuned – there’s more to come!
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Over the years podcast host, personal historian, video biographer, and Family Legacy Video president Steve Pender has spoken with lots of storytellers who’ve shared the stories of their WWII experiences, involving everything from combat overseas, stateside duty, and memories of life on the home front. In Episode 21, Steve shares the recollections of one couple, Dick and Mary-Lou. They met in college prior to the war, and then married shortly after it began. Luckily, the marriage far outlasted the global conflict. Even though this is an excerpt from a video biography, it also works fine as an audio-only piece.
Steve is often asked if he can interview multiple storytellers in one sitting, or only one at a time. Actually, it all depends on what works best for any given situation and group of storytellers. For the piece included in this episode, Steve interviewed Dick and Mary-Lou separately, asking them similar questions, and then editing the two interviews together to create an engaging story flow. But Steve has also interviewed groups of two, three, and more storytellers in one sitting. Some reasons to do that: if the storytellers are more comfortable in a group, the dynamics created will be more entertaining and interesting, and if the family is looking for more of a live, spontaneous feel.