Slideshow or video
Purpose
This time can be used to honor the life of your loved one. Use this time for participants to get to know him/her in a deeper and more multi-dimensional way.
You may discover sides to them them you had not known before, and feel the breadth of love people have for them. These stories, photos, and videos will be useful later as you continue your grieving process.
Ideas
Some examples of things you can do
Storytelling
Photo slideshow (people send in photos in advance)
Video montage (people send in videos in advance)
Opening the floor for people to share their favorite memory
Special thematic presentation (e.g. of their own or favorite artwork, music, etc)
Many of these photos and videos can be asked in advance << wording
These tools make it easy for you to send a link to people where they can upload photos or videos. The tools then make it easy for you to assemble the collection into a slideshow, or video, with just a few clicks.
Animoto - memorial video template
DropEvent - Allows guests to upload memorial photos during the event (paid, $20)
Instructions for embedding a video directly into your memorial slides:
Create a video or use an existing video
For simple video creation use: iMovie or Tribute
Upload video to google drive (note: you can also upload a video that is on YouTube.)
Navigate to slide where you want to embed the video
In the menu above, click “Insert → Video”
Search for the video by title using the search field (or look in the recent folder).
Click “Select”
Once loaded on the slide, you can modify the playback settings and size of the video using the format field to the right on the screen.
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