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Making a … “This is
Your Life!” moment
for someone you love!
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OUR Product
The "This is
Your Life" Concept
We are
Copyright Compliant. The music contained in the Tributes is used under licence from Phonographic Performance NZ Ltd on behalf of the copyright owners. Music from Legal copies of store-bought CDs or iTune downloads, from any artist can be used to make your Tribute. The affect is amazing, the music sets the emotional theme, and when it’s blended into the transitions (fades), it’s like watching a professional movie clip that leaves a lasting impression, and most often – tears of remembrance. |
Photographic Tributes are your photos and slides, made into a movie backed by your favourite music, and saved on DVD. Your images become … a moving movie of memories, a music video, a pictorial history, a time capsule... “A Photographic Tribute”. Picture this… …as music plays, we travel within the photo; zooming and panning, until the subject is fully appreciated. A transition could be a fade-in or page turn – one of 50 effects, as the next photo replaces the last in a seamless 24 frames-a-second movie motion, all coordinated to the music of your choice. It truly is a
movie made from stills. Free DVD Sampler (DEMO) Download and print off our Order form
incl. Duration Table. Calculate the photo to music ratio. (How long should the tribute go for?) Often seen at funeral services, it is now turning Milestone Birthdays 21st, 50th, any birthday, into a surprise “This is Your Life!” event! Great for the anniversary of your parents, or In Memory Of a life passed away that time now permits they be remembered in a more comprehensive way. Photographs regardless of how small, are enlarged and copied. Hidden albums release their treasures. Slides that have long since been viewed with projectors are now printable, and are once again exposed to new generations! A Basic Package (ideal for a 21st) is a Tribute containing up to 40 images and usually plays for 6 - 8 minutes. (2 or 3 songs) We try to aim for 10 seconds exposure per photo. Larger quantities for “This is Your Life!” epics, when you want to tell a fuller story, may have 50 to 120 images and play for up to 8 - 20 mins of music. As well as the movie DVD, the photos and/or slides are saved onto a separate data cd for safekeeping, printing, and easy distribution. The Tributes are produced on a region free dvd, and both the dvd and cd
are supplied inside a durable twin DVD case, with a unique slipcover designed
from the subject. |
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The "This is Your
Life!" Concept |
This can become a
“This is Your Life!” moment
in the life of someone you love. Why wait? I have created
tributes for many occasions, and sadly mainly for funerals. Watching these
tributes becomes therapeutic, i.e. the tears will finally give way to smiles.
It is often inferred that … “It was a pity
those honoured weren’t here to see how much we treasured their lives”. Organise
a “This is
Your Life!” moment for
someone you love. It doesn’t have to be a surprise,
it could be a combined effort, a positive project that will spark
memories of better days and tales that will be lost if not shared. Don’t be
shy about it; a lot may depend on you making the first move. The Right
Occasion?
Milestone Birthdays: 21st,
40th..50th..80th.. or the next birthday. Weddings: their life
before marriage (baby to courting to engagement party) is displayed during
the signing of the register. Wedding Anniversaries. Your
parents have everything else. As a gift, who needs a
special occasion? Think of friends currently in a Hospice, and enjoy it
with them! Funerals. It inserts a spirit
of adoration, softening sadness into smiles. In Memory Of: Maybe a year
after their passing, a more complete “This is Your Life!” could
be compiled as time now permits. A Pictorial History: Capture
your Company’s History including details (timeline) on the back cover. A World Trip: Three countries
on one DVD, with a button for each for individual access. (native
music?) |
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This Sampler DVD contains examples from tributes used on different
occasions - Birthdays, Anniversaries, In Memory Of, and Funerals. It will show you what effects and music can do for
your photographs. |
The DVD opens onto a TV Title page The DVD comes in a durable dual case. The DVD has a custom designed Cover Page. Video Samples of Tributes. Warning
- large Hi-Quality video downloads below. Dial-up connections download at about 14mb
an hour at best. Sample
1 – Tribute.wmv (12.1Mb) – Broadband version This Tribute plays for 4’.45” and contains
34 photos, it was made for a 40th
birthday. Sample
2 – Tribute.wmv (14.7 Mb) - Broadband version This Tribute is typical of the Funeral, or In Memory Of ones. This tribute has 41 Photos and two older, shorter songs that run for 4.40 mins in total. (about 7 seconds per photo) Sample
2b – Tribute (sml).wmv (776kb) - Dial-up
version This is the same as Sample 2, but has been reduced in the quality in order to produce a smaller download file. (This
one is ideal for Dial-up users. It is of poor visual quality but it will give
you a general idea of the effect.) Order
a FREE DVD Sampler to see the real thing. |
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What is the Process? Hint: If you are
providing photo files direct from your computer (jpegs), then please ensure
you send the largest versions of them. (highest kb file size number)
Supplying them on a cd would be the easiest way. Hint: If you are going
to scan them, please insure they are scanned at 600 dpi, this means we can
zoom inside a small photo without it breaking into pixels. Hint:
Allow for a minimum of a minute of music
for every 6 photos; so more than one track may be required, and this will
give the minimum of a 10 second exposure. Hint: Remember to
order any copies at the same time as the original. |
All you have to
do is…
…download and
fill in the order
form, compile
and number your Photos - Jpegs - and/or Slides in the order you wish them
viewed. Buy a 5B pencil
as it writes on a variety of paper. Pens are often
pushed harder and tend to leave impressions; they can also transfer ink to
other photos. They must be supplied loose. Choose some music, this can be the hardest part. Once received,
the package will take approximately two weeks to complete & return. I’ll do the rest
by scanning the photos, make any enhancements to improve their appearance,
add transitional effects, pan and zoom, add the background music, burn it
onto a region free DVD, and finally design the T.V. Title and Cover pages. The Procedure: 1. Make
contact via email regarding any questions you might have about the process,
or what you need to provide. I may already have your music of choice. 2. Forward
the photos and the music to me, and on completion I
will forward my account details for depositing into a Westpac account. 3. Once
the payment has been confirmed, your originals, plus the traceable DVD
package will be sent to via NZ Couriers. 4. A
Master Copy will be held on file for all future orders of duplicate sets. |
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How Big & How Much? Tributes are priced as below:
Additional
copies are just the same as the original, containing both the DVD Tribute and
data CD with the stored photos. Allow
up to two weeks for your tribute to be completed & returned. |
Most seem happy with one of 40 - 60 photos for a special person, or two presentations (movies) of 40 photos in length, depicting different subjects or eras. Really, if you want an epic with every photo you’ve found, and I mean into the hundreds – lets do it for the preservation of your family’s history. What a fantastic way of storing and viewing, just like watching the History Channel but with music. There is no limit as to how many photos a Tribute contains although over a hundred photos will play for about 15 minutes and this may be long enough to sit through. The Tribute can only play for one hour of music. The
*Basic Package: contains up to
40 photos, and has approximately 6 - 8 minutes of music. Ideal
for a 21st. *$150.00
New Zealand Dollars.+ Return Postage and copyright
fee. Additional photos (>40) are $3 each. There
is a copyright fee. ($7.50 per song) The copyright © fee covers the use of legally purchased music from a CD or the Internet. Our License prohibits the use of music procured by any other means – we are copyright compliant. If you do not have the music, we can provide or purchase it online at no extra cost. |
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Order Form & Brochure |
This order
form.pdf (176kb) contains my contact details and a portion for
detailing what you require. This must accompany your submission. It also
contains a chart for calculating how much music is recommended for your
amount of photos. You will need Adobe Reader
to open these pdf files. PhotoGraphic Tributes Brochure.pdf (340kb). This is a
double-sided two-fold brochure containing much of the information detailed on
this web page. Ideal for emailing to others or studying off line. |
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Comments from Clients |
“My daughter had thought she was saved from
embarrassing stories at her 21st. Little did she know of the surprise dvd tribute when we
gathered everyone into the lounge. I must compliment PTL on being very
discrete when it came to the photos of her in her birthday suite, it topped
off the evening perfectly.” “My parents died 20 years apart, so at my
sister’s surprise 60th, which became a sort of a family reunion,
we played a tribute that honoured their lives together. Up until then it
seemed like we only got together for funerals, well it became a night full of
memories and each could take copies away. The grandchildren who had never
meet Nana were now full of questions, so it made for a very reminiscent and
informative evening.” “It was a treasured surprise for our
auntie's 90th birthday, she had everything else. We slowed the images down to
15 seconds each by using lots of music, this gave
her plenty of time to absorb the memory loaded images. She watches it often.“ “We wanted those who attended our father’s
funeral to view his life from infancy to completion. We celebrated his life
projected onto a wall in a slide show with music. Fond moments from the past
were embellished in a very tasteful way during our time of sadness, and in
some way it softened the blow to see so much of him there.” |
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Contact Us |
Photographic
Tributes Limited, 38
Jellicoe Street, Waipukurau 4200, New Zealand. Tel. 06 858 9224 Business
hours vary according to shifts, so leave a message if you’d like a return
call, otherwise email and receive a reply within 24 hours. Use the links
below to avoid being blocked by Spam Filters. email: All
Inquiries & Order
Free Sampler DVD Directors – Bryan &
Kathy Fletcher.
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