Family Archives:
The recent natural (and, at times, "unnatural") disasters that have struck Florida, Gulf Coast, and the Mid West have reminded people that protecting their priceless possessions - photographs, films, videos, memorabilia - is critical. This service - Family Archives - stores everything digitally on disk or I-Pod - for easy viewing, for insurance proof, and even for off site for protection in a safety deposit box. When people think about disasters striking their homes, they often think about "what would I grab first before running out of the house?" The answer is almost always, "our photographs and prized possessions - memorabilia. Now, we have a service that protects these precious items for them.
Sports Scholarship videos:
Usually starting with the junior year, coaches urge parents to put their student-athlete on videotape to send to colleges and universities for scholarship consideration. Even a partial scholarship is helpful. We are able to do Sports Scholarship videos for all of the major sports and even for some you might not imagine: basketball, football, soccer, baseball, hockey, volleyball, track, cross-county, swimming, ice-skating, skiing, softball, and lacrosse. The list is practically endless and even includes the performing arts. A student-athlete with a well-made video that chronicles the skills required to get to the next level will have a greater chance at winning a college scholarship, saving the family thousands of dollars.
Video to DVD transfer:
This is one of our hottest services. Virtually everyone has tapes they cherish, but the tapes are collecting dust in a closet somewhere, slowly deteriorating. Many family and business tapes from the 80s and early 90s are already in danger. Think about all of the business, churches, schools, and other organizations that have hundreds, if not thousands, of programs on videotape. We transfer tapes to DVD and give new life to your memories.
DVD Authoring:
DVD Authoring is a service that goes a giant step beyond simple DVD transfers. We can provide this service for businesses, organizations, and individuals . When we transfer tapes to DVD, we suggest to our customers, to you, that you go the extra step and let us create a DVD with chapters, arranged chronologically or by event. You will be able to access these chapters with the touch of a button. Authoring, therefore, involves adding these “chapters” and other helpful program facilitation to the DVD for the viewer, just as you see on commercially released movies.
Life Time video!:
Everyone has a story to tell. We watch the biographies of the rich and famous every day on the Biography channel and E! Well, more and more people are creating tributes for their loved ones and even for themselves. A Life Time video is a sixty- to ninety-minute video that we create. These are once-in-a-lifetime videos – very special and very complex. Pricing begins at $10,000.00 and usually goes up from there. We will do interviews and gather photos, movies, memorabilia, slides, etc. We’ll put everything on video, documentary style.
Video to Computer File Conversion:
The proliferation of the computer and the Internet offers many opportunities for us to convert your videos into formats suitable for computer and Internet distribution. Video to JPEG, Quicktime, MPEG, Windows Media Player are just a few examples. With our equipment package, these conversions are easy.
DVD and CD duplications:
With our equipment package, we can offer what many businesses, schools, organizations, and artists need – duplication of their creations. You are distributing video programs and digital information on CD and DVD, and every day there are more and more opportunities for us to assist You.
RETRO Videos:
These videos are very popular for class reunions. Here is the scenario. Our customer wants to do something for his 25th year class reunion. Maybe he is just a member of the class, a teacher, the class president, or the reunion committee chairperson – whatever. The point is, he has a need. No one has all of the photos from those high school years. Most people just have the ones that they were in, such as sports or music. But one of the most enjoyable parts of reunions is looking back at ALL of the pictures (or at least a lot of them). Here’s where our studio comes in. We can use the yearbooks from the class era, along with the music of the time, and paint a really cool “retro video” for all of the classmates in the school.
Photo Video Keepsakes:
Photo videos are fun to do and very rewarding because we're helping families archive their entire history. Most photo video projects range from $ 200.00 to $ 3,500.00. Think about it: everybody has photos around the house. We capture them on video, add appropriate music and titles, blend in a few special effects, Bam – we’ve created a very moving and emotional product. These projects are great for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, reunions, and so forth.
Video Tape Duplication:
With the advent of DVDs, you might think that this is a dying area of our business. It's NOT! This one won’t go away for a while, because, remember, there are hundreds of thousands of VCR's out there. People still use them and their VHS cameras.
Video Tape Editing:
Thousands upon thousands of companies, individuals, organizations, not-for-profits, schools, churches, you name it, are shooting fairly professional quality video every day. The problem: they don’t have a clue when it comes to editing. That’s where we come in. In fact, editing is my favorite service. It’s just so much fun. We can get as creative as we want. Our clients may be Joe from the First Baptist Church or Mrs. Wiley from some big corporation downtown. It doesn’t matter. We know how to edit video, and with so much content being created out there, we could make a business out of just editing.
Audio Tape Duplication:
Here is another service that you may have thought had gone away – duplicating regular audio cassettes and micro cassettes. Yes, people still use them by the millions each year, and we can make one to an unlimited number of copies for you.
Video Tape Production:
We tape clients at our studio or at their location – events, parties, equipment manufacturer's products and operations, training videos – the list is endless. Since we'll have an entire video production studio, why not use it to produce our own tapes! There is an incredible market out there for informational and instructional tapes just waiting to be filmed.
Video Prints:
We can make pictures from video! It's fun and interesting work. Our clients and needs vary – extreme sports, weddings, security cameras, insurance investigations, police departments, and TV news broadcasts. Our customers want a picture of the people, places, and things that get caught on video. At MainSail Media, we can capture it, freeze it, and print it.
Life Story:
The elders of most cultures are revered because of their life experiences and the insight they can pass down to future generations. Why not produce a video memoir of your family's elders? MainSail Media's Life Stories involves interviewing seniors about their past. These questions and answers are edited with music, photos, video and film highlighting this person's background. Copies of your valued relatives life story could be made for family and friends to keep. Life Stories are a great way to preserve memories of an elderly loved one. Schedule one today.