9/24/2014

Reasons For Using Video Biography

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 process begins with identifying a company that offers the services of video documentation. Once this is done an appointment is scheduled and interviews organized. Individuals, families as well as businesses and foundations can access these services. Interviews vary on the people and the length but usually last up to two hours. The documentary has to be edited to remove information that is not necessary such as lengthy pauses or repeated information. Customization of colors and graphics is done based on the preference of the customers.

Histories of family are very crucial for the current and future generations. They offer the generations in future an understanding of where they have come from and the values their ancestors stood for. For this reason, biographies made for the family have interviews from every one in the family as well as their photographs capturing highs and lows of their lives.

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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