Subject: How to produce your own collaborative family documentary from your pictures

ScanMyPhotos Journal

Thursday, September 10, 2020


How to produce a family documentary

from your digitized pictures

PREAMBLE


We designed this script with you in mind to create your own family history archival project.


"Entertainment is the relief from loneliness to escape into a story." [Reed Hastings, Netflix co-founder]


Here is a fun project to create your own virtual production, as so many events and activities are postponed. This collaborative family legacy film festival will unite everyone together while safely practicing social distancing.


Take a break from watching streaming TV shows, and make your own presentation.

READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP?

Become an aspiring tech mogul to produce an event to virtually share your adventures and nostalgia with the entire family and your friends.


Technology has made moviemaking nearly cost-free and more accessible than ever. You already have all the content--those treasures tucked away in shoeboxes and photo albums.

THE SCRIPT


To create your own breakthrough blockbuster event, invite your family to participate. Have everyone gather and digitize their lifetime of photo snapshots, 35mm slides, film negatives, and movie film. Add in more recent pictures and videos from everyone's smartphone camera roll.

  • Send an invite to participate in your family legacy documentary and explain its purpose;

  • Gather photos and pictures of important memorabilia;

  • Interview everyone to learn the stories behind the pictures;

  • Organize the content;

  • Draft an outline and script for your documentary;

  • Edit then share your masterpiece.

HOW TO UPLOAD PHOTOS


Create a Google Photos account for everyone to access and upload their favorite content. Set parameters for contents and limit the editing. Those goofy snapshots and less-then-artistic images often tell the best story. It is all about storytelling.  

HOW TO PRODUCE YOUR MASTERPIECE


After digitizing, chronologically categorize or package the images by events or separate chapters for each person. Ask everyone to select their favorite tunes to accompany the show. Imbed brief TikTok elements to surprise and enhance production. Use an app like Pixgram to customize your video and photo slideshow with music. Try apps like Montaj to design photo and video montages. Kizoa is an online video editor, movie maker, and slideshow creator to enhance your social media production.


Another favorite Is Cute CUT, a user-friendly slide-and-drop app to draw on your videos and add effects, textures, shadows, and borders to personalize your snaps. Add voices to narrate the story behind the pictures. Use a free app like Canva to add personalized gifs and memes as titles to explain each scene.


To help bring people together to celebrate and commemorate your family history, try Cameo. This app lets you hire your favorite celebrity to add a personal touch with a uniquely produced message.

IMPORTANT PRIVACY GUIDELINE


Like with a theatrical release, get everyone's consent for agreeing to publish the content. Include a privacy policy describing how your family film festival will be shared and on which platforms.

ScanMyPhotos.com prepared these guidelines to help safely gather your family as you get ready for your theatrical close-up.


BONUS: 7 Ways to Surround Yourself with Cherished Moments to Celebrate Family Gatherings From Afar:


Have fun and let us know how it all turned out. 

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