Video Biographies

One of our great passions is creating "Video Biographies." You know, the kind you see on A and E. We chronicle the life of individuals through video, music and photography that affords their families, friends, children or colleagues to celebrate the impact the subject has had on their lives . We love the intimacy. We love getting to know the subjects, their companies, and their families, and we believe the journey is more important than the destination. We've seen lives actually change as the result of receiving a video biography.

What we can do for you

• We can conduct interviews of your closest friends and family for use in the video biography. Our place or yours.
• We can take old VHS tapes and other formats and encode the clips for use in your video biography.
• We can take your photographs and use them in the video biography while treating them with our unique photo montage techniques.
• We can add voiceover to your video biography to give it a more cinematic feel.
• We can do cool special effects if you want, such as green screen techniques and special cinematic effects.
• We can create a custom DVD for you containing your video biography.
• We can make it available for the web, Ipod, or any number of other devices.
• We can bring the appropriate equipment to your party if you plan on showing the film to a large number of people.

How cool would it be to get to see my own great, great grandmother or grandfather on camera? To capture these moments in time is, for me, an absolute necessity. I think everyone needs a video biography because it makes the invisible visible. Everyone's story is interesting to me, and I approach it that way. -Gino

What type of event warrants a "Video Biography?"

• Religious Events: Communions, Confirmations, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Ordaining of Clergy
• Academic Achievements: Graduation from High School, College, Graduate School, special certifications, Medical or Law School
• Milestone Anniversaries and Birthdays such as "Sweet 16," 20th Wedding, or 40, 50th and 60th Birthdays, and of course anything on up!
• Corporate Profiles for business use (we can profile your business, either professionally or purely as entertainment and show it at the holiday dinner)
• Posthumous tributes (for the deceased)

Why we're better

Pixeldust Films gets to know you, and knows how to draw the best out of you. We know how to draw people together quickly, and how to make people feel comfortable on camera. But most of all, Pixeldust Films knows the impact a video biography will have not only on the recipient, but on the participants themselves. Our approach yields beautifully crafted documentaries that you'll want to watch again and again.

The Benefits

One of the great things about our model is that the Video Biography is often given as a gift from friends, family or siblings. What that means is we usually have a lot of people that act as contributors to the story itself, and that always makes for a better film. We also know that every single one of our clients talks about how glad they are that they celebrated somebody's life on camera. If you think about the long-term, that person's children, grandchildren, and on and on, will get to know that person intimately long after they're gone.