A memorial video for a funeral
The service is in a few days and there's a lot to arrange. Here's a straight answer on what's usually needed, so you can decide quickly and get on with the rest.
There are really two videos
The first is the one played in the room: a longer slideshow, usually three to five minutes, widescreen for a projector or TV, often set to a couple of songs. Funeral homes will frequently put this together, and most editing tools are built for it.
The second is the one that gets shared - short, vertical, made for a phone. It's what you send to the cousins who couldn't fly in, what goes in the family group chat, what people actually rewatch afterwards. Different job, different shape.
We make the second one. If you're looking for the service centrepiece, your funeral director is usually the fastest route; if you want the piece the family keeps and passes around, that's this.
What goes into it
A handful of photos - around ten to fifteen is plenty - and a few honest sentences about who they were. Their name, what they were like, a saying everyone remembers, how they made people feel. A warm voice narrates exactly that over their photos, with music and gentle motion.
Nothing is invented. The narration is built only from what you write, so it sounds like your family and not a template.
On the timing
Finished films are delivered within 24 hours, so there is time even when the service is days away, and our team reviews each one before it goes out. You can read the script and hear the narration before you order.
If the service is tomorrow and this feels like one thing too many, it keeps. Plenty of families make one weeks or months later, for an anniversary or simply when there's finally room to think.