Family Video Albums & Slide Shows
Spirit of Play Video
Chicagoland and Suburbs
Highlights of your life and the people in it on film forever!
Samples
FAMILY HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY: Preserve the
memories of your family with photos, charts, audio and
video narratives! Document your family as they grew
up, played sports, develop their arts, travel and were
married. We electronically scan, retouch, color
balance, and publish your family photos,video and
film to DVD and / or the web for future generations.
It’s a permanent record. But, "Time is of the Essence."
"Digital memories can enable all people to tell their life
stories to their descendants in a compelling, detailed
fashion that until now has been reserved solely for the
very rich and famous."
FAMILY EVENTS: We record original footage
or edit your family tapes or stills -- from your children's
First hair cut to birthday parties, receptions and
Anniversaries. Have your still photos magically come
to life on video or DVD. Set to your choice of music,
Your photos will become one seamless story that will
tug at your heartstrings. Incorporate home video
with your photos to create and preserve those precious and personal memories. This is a great way to archive old photos and is perfect for...
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Some family photo/video album ideas
• Newborn (Birth) Videos
• Anniversary Video Albums
• Family Video Albums
• Birthday Video Albums
• Graduation Video Albums
• Vacation Video Albums
• Dance Performance Video Albums
• Theatrical Plays Video Albums
• Sporting Events Video Album
• Retirements Videos
• Anniversaries Videos
• Birthday Videos
• Valentines Day Videos
• Mother's Day Videos
• Father’s Day Vides
• Family Reunion Videos
• Holiday Gatherings Videos
• Company Parties Videos
• Corporate & Employee Biographie Videos
• Religious event Videos
• School event Videos
• Youth Events & Activities Videos
• Honeymoon Photo Video Slide Show
• Sports Banquet Videos
• Military Reunion Videos
• Senior Year Tribute Videos
• Memorial Videos
• Video Greeting Cards
• Fundraiser videos
• Memorial Video Album
• Family Functions and Reunion Videos
• Bar Mitzvahs & Bat Mitzvah Videos
Day in the life of video
is a music video that captures the day in the life of anyone including pet, in the family. Vdieographer Gigi Faraci Harris spends an entire day videotaping the loved one in their everyday life doing what they love most. She then takes the footage and creates a music video set to music of your choice. This is given to you in a DVD format as well as an Mp4 and sent to you via e-mail to be sent to family and friends.
and the list goes on.
Nothing is too small or insignificant when it comes to
preserving our own moments in time.
Celebrate your life or the life of a loved one.
Immortalize your life and put your special
memories on film.
Why.....
All too often memories of the special times in our lives become hazy or forgotten, important photographs lost or damaged, stories that shape our family histories blurred and unrecorded. Your personal documentary of your life or someone close to you can be viewed again and again on DVD whenever you wish.
How.....
Gigi Faraci Harris, as an award winning producer who has had years of experience at documentary film making and music video production and knows how to tell a story with artistry and flair. She will be at the helm working closely with you. She will advise and assist you so that a video will be created that you will want to treasure, always. All DVDs are presented and delivered in personalized cases.
Family Memories and Video Portraits
At Spirit of Play Productions, we preserve Family Memories on video. We also produce Video Portraits designed to showcase your talents or organization.
A Family History Video is:
•Ideal for preserving your family's history
•A great gift for the "person who has EVERYTHING"
•Perfect for birthdays and anniversaries
Not to be confused with home video, Your Family History Video is a serious, professional TV-style show, produced by an award winning video & digital media production company. Using broadcast-quality equipment, Your Family History Video will be as visually stunning as you’d expect to see on television.
Your Family History Video can be tailored to meet your specific needs. Your documentary can be as long or as short as you would like. Any information can be included or excluded. You are the Executive Producer, so you have editorial control of content.
Your Family History Video is a TV-style documentary that will honor and entertain your family and friends for generations to come. The closest example are the biographies you can see each day on A&E and the Biography Channel.
Personal stories reach beyond the individual. Your story is also a record of the life of a village, a city and a nation, or the rise of a movement. Your memories chronicle a changing world. Historians could use these documentaries to understand the times in which we live. Having your family memories on video is a great way to keep a document of your family history.
When your children, grandchildren and future
generations look at a documentary and read the companion book, they will better understand where their trail began and what may be ahead. Enriched with this knowledge, they will gain a perspective of their own particular place in time.
Your Family History Video can honor an individual, an anniversary couple or an entire family. Your story will be told using such elements as:
•Interviews of Family & Friends
•Home Movies (8 mm / Super-8 / 16 mm)
•Home Video (any format)
•Family Photos (any size)
•Family Mementos (trophies, etc.)
•Stock Footage
•Family members or a Professional Narrator
•Background Music
•Sound Effects
•Skits or Re-Enactments (shot by our studio)
Spirit of Play Video services such Illinois Towns as Barrington, Schaumburg, Lake Forest, Palatine, Glenview, Lyle, Wheaton, Naperville, Glen Ellen, Hanover Park, Glencoe, Northbrook, Arlington Heights, Lake Bluff, Buffalo Grove, Palos Heights, Streamwood, Hoffman Estates, Lake in the Hills, Oak Brook Terrace, Elk Grove Village, Oak Park, Geneva, St Charles, Rockford, Joliet, Bartlett, Batavia, Sugar Grove, Aurora, Long Grove, Highland Park, Elmhurst, River Grove, Gurnee, Waudegan, McHenry, Villa Park, Skokie, Morton Grove, Des Plaines, Prospect Heights, Hawthorne Woods, Cary, Zion, Lake Zurick, Palos Hills, Elmhurst, La Grange, La Grange Park, Sugar Grove, Barrington Hills, Lake Geneva, Galena, Lake in the Hills etc... Our Videographers will travel to all Chicago Locations.
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Mary Jo’s Surprise Birthday Party
Documentary Style Family Album:
Are you looking for that perfect gift for your family or friends? Here is the gift they will always cherish. Spirit of Play will help you select and organize pictures/slides and video footage as if you are telling a story.
After discussing your personal objectives for your video the professional production team lead by Gigi Faraci Harris will interview you and your chosen family members on camera talking about your life and memories.
We will videotape and mike these family members as they tell the stories that lie behind the photos and video. This becomes the narration for the documentary style video, creatively set to your selection of music. The video will come to life with a combination of titles and smooth transitions between pictures and video.
Using our expert production skills Spirit of Play Productions will produce a DVD that is a unique celebration of your life.
At Spirit of Play Productions we specialize in video storytelling and the creation of unique personal documentaries on DVD and for the web. Your life story and family history are told against a backdrop of world events and produced with special attention to aesthetic detail.
These musical family Video/ Photo Albums and documentaries can be shown at special events or given as gifts after the event. All DVD’s will be authored with menu items for easy navigation. This is a gift of a lifetime.
Personal video documentaries enhance milestone celebrations and are gifts for generations to come. A personal documentary produced as a video portrait of an organization, a business service, or an artist’s work, can be a highly effective promotional and fund raising tool.
As each DVD production is unique, prices are costed individually. Please call us to discuss your requirements and to request a personalized quotation.
The World's Most Appreciated Gift!
How often have you agonized over finding the perfect gift for someone? spirit of Play Productions has the answer. Give a video or DVD as a holiday or birthday present. Impress your sweetheart with a video or DVD for Valentines Day. Imagine how your Mom will react on Mother's Day when you present her with a video or DVD featuring her children (and grandchildren) through the years. She'll love it! Don't forget about Dad on Father's Day. And of course, your beloved family pet. Give a gift people really want!
Spirit of Play Video Productions services Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana as well as the Northshore and Chicago Suburbs