Memorial Videos

Honour a life with care, dignity and meaning
Authentic Video creates thoughtful memorial films that help families remember, reflect and share the story of someone important to them. Using photographs, home videos, music, interviews and archival material, we shape a sensitive and professionally crafted tribute that can be shared at a funeral, memorial service, wake or family gathering. The finished film becomes both part of the farewell and a lasting record for family and friends.
Memorial Slideshows
A carefully paced visual journey through a person’s life, combining meaningful photographs, home videos, music and selected text. We can also assist with photo selection, digitisation, restoration and subtle AI-supported enhancement where appropriate.
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Tribute Films
A more personal film built around stories, messages and memories contributed by family, friends and colleagues. Contributions can be recorded in person, online or through guided self-filming, allowing people in different locations to participate.
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Funeral & Wake Coverage
Discreet, respectful filming of the service, spoken tributes and gathering afterward. This allows people who cannot attend to experience the farewell and gives families a carefully preserved record of the day.
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Creating a funeral slideshow can feel Overwhelming...

When someone has recently died, even simple tasks can feel difficult. Families may be sorting through decades of photographs while managing grief, funeral arrangements and tight deadlines. Creating a slideshow is often one of the most meaningful parts of the farewell, but it can also become another source of pressure during an already demanding time.
Example Slideshow
  • Families commonly face:
  • Sorting through large collections of photographs and home videos
  • Choosing images that reflect the person’s life, relationships and personality
  • Digitising printed photographs and older material
  • Restoring damaged, faded or low-resolution images
  • Selecting music and shaping a coherent emotional journey
  • Completing everything within a short funeral or memorial-service timeframe

We can take care of the process

Authentic Video provides compassionate, practical support from the first selection of photographs through to the final film.
  • Photo selection: We help identify the images and footage that best reflect the person’s life, relationships, character and important milestones.
  • Digitisation: We can guide families through scanning printed photographs and keepsakes, or assist with digitisation where appropriate.
  • Photo restoration: Faded, damaged or poorly framed photographs can be carefully restored and prepared for use in the slideshow.
  • Professional editing: We shape the photographs, video, music and text into a thoughtful, well-paced film suitable for a funeral, memorial service or family gathering.
  • Optional AI-supported enhancement :Where the family feels it is appropriate, selected photographs can be subtly enhanced or animated using carefully controlled AI-supported techniques. Any treatment should be discussed and approved in advance, with the original person and image remaining recognisable and authentic.
  • Photo restoration, re-framing and re-touching
Professional video editing and bringing-to-life photos using AI

Tribute Films

Tribute films bring together stories, messages and memories from family, friends and colleagues. Contributions can be recorded in person, online or through guided self-filming, allowing people in different locations to take part. The interviews and messages are then shaped into a thoughtful, emotionally grounded film that reflects the person’s character, relationships, humour and impact.

How we create a tribute film

  • Guided interviews: Relaxed, sensitively conducted conversations help family members, friends and colleagues share meaningful stories with confidence. Interviews can be recorded in person or online.
  • Directed self-filmed messages: For contributors recording remotely, we provide simple guidance on framing, sound, lighting and what to consider sharing. This helps create more consistent material while preserving each person’s natural voice.
  • Professional editing: The contributions are carefully selected and shaped into a coherent film using photographs, home video, music and other meaningful material where appropriate.

Funerals & Wakes

A funeral or memorial service often contains important tributes, readings, music and moments of connection that families may wish to preserve. Authentic Video provides discreet, respectful filming that allows the day to be documented without intruding on the service or the people attending.
Coverage can include:
  • The funeral or memorial service
  • Eulogies, readings and musical tributes
  • The wake or gathering afterward
  • Selected family and guest reflections
  • Important details, photographs, flowers and keepsakes
The completed film can be shared privately with family members who were unable to attend and preserved as a lasting record of the farewell.
A sensitive and unobtrusive approach
Filming is planned carefully with the family, celebrant, funeral director or venue. We use a discreet production approach, minimise equipment and movement, and respect any parts of the service that the family does not want recorded. The final edit can include the complete service, a shorter remembrance film, or both, depending on the family’s needs.

Let’s create a meaningful tribute

Whether you need a memorial slideshow, a tribute film or discreet funeral coverage, we can help you shape an approach that feels respectful, personal and manageable.
Tell us briefly about the person, the service date and the photographs, footage or messages you may already have, and we can discuss the most suitable next steps.