Deb's 50th · Hunt Visuals

01 · How I'm thinking about this

The plan behind the number

Before the pricing, here's the logic, so you can see what you're actually paying for and decide what you want.

Lloyd Hunt

Hunt Visuals

Most parties get photographed and then quietly forgotten. You get a folder of nice pictures, everyone looks at them once, and that's it. It's lovely, but it isn't the thing you'd still be watching in ten years.

The bit that lasts is people saying what they actually think of him. That's why the interview corner is my main recommendation, not an add-on. A separate, nicely lit spot, away from the noise, and we bring his closest people over one at a time. I'll ask things like "what's the best thing about Deb you've never actually told him". People open up when it's framed that way, and he ends up hearing things nobody says to your face. That's the bit he'll rewatch.

Everything else supports it. The photos are the memory of the room, the highlight film is the feeling of the night, the clips are the raw moments. All of it filmed and finished by me, one person, so you don't have to manage anybody on the night. You've just got to turn up and enjoy your husband's 50th.

02 · What we capture

Three things worth keeping

This is what we agreed on the call, in the order I'd rank them.

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The interview corner

A separate lit spot, set away from the party. Around 10 of his closest, you and Ash included, one at a time. I write the questions beforehand so we get the real answers and not "yeah, he's a great guy". Edited as one montage, or a clip per person, whichever you prefer once you've seen it.

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The photos

Up to 50 fully edited. Family, friends, the groups, the portraits, and the candid ones of people mid laugh that you never think to ask for but always end up being the favourites. Every one finished properly, not a dump of everything I shot.

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The highlight film

Sixty to ninety seconds, set to music. Short on purpose, because that's the length people actually rewatch. We can keep it as a pure montage or weave in a line from you and a few warm words from the night. Your call once it's filmed.

03 · The night

How the evening actually runs

Roughly how I'd work the room, so nothing important clashes and nobody is chased around with a camera.

6:30 PM

Arrivals

I get there before it fills up. The room while it's still perfect, Deb coming in, guests arriving, the first drinks and the hellos.

EARLY ON

The corner

The lit spot goes up in a quieter area. We pull his closest over one at a time while everyone is still fresh and not four drinks deep.

THROUGH

The party

Speeches, the screen if we do it, the food, the dancing. Photos and footage the whole way, staying out of the way of it.

MIDNIGHT

Wrap

I finish up around midnight and everything gets backed up that night before anything else happens to it.

04 · What you receive

Everything finished, and his to keep

Up to 50 edited photos, family, friends, groups, portraits and candids
The highlight film, sixty to ninety seconds, cut to music
The interview corner film, around 10 people, as a montage or a clip each
The question set, written by me before the night so the answers are worth having
Your clips library, anything good from the night cleaned up and sent separately
All of it graded and finished by me, ready for Deb to sit and watch back
Delivered within four weeks of the night, sent over as one download

Of his closest, on camera

Saying the things they've never said to his face. This is the bit he'll watch most.

05 · Investment

One simple number

The night itself, and everything that comes out of it, in one price. The two optional extras below are the only other things we discussed.

The night, covered

£1,800 + VAT

£2,160 including VAT. Covers the full evening from 6:30pm to midnight, the photos, the highlight film, the interview corner and your clips library, all edited and finished. Selden Barns is local to me, so there's no travel charge.

What the £1,800 covers

Five and a half hours on the night, 6:30pm til midnight
Photography and video, both, done by me
The separate lit setup for the interview corner
Writing the question set beforehand
Up to 50 fully edited photos
The sixty to ninety second highlight film
The interview corner edit
Your library of individual clips

Payment, same as last time. 50% deposit to hold 31 October in the diary, 50% once everything is delivered. Nothing else to pay in between.

Holding the date. The date isn't mine to hold until the deposit is in. Halloween on a Saturday tends to go early, so worth sorting sooner rather than later.

Optional · pending the venue

The screen film

£350 + VAT

£420 inc VAT. His photos from childhood to now, cut into one film with the video messages from the people who can't make it, built beforehand and delivered ready to play on the night. Only worth doing if Selden Barns can give us a projector and screen, which you're checking with the manager.

Optional · after the night

The keepsake film

£300 + VAT

£360 inc VAT. The second set of videos from family and friends, the ones they record for him rather than for the screen, stitched together with my footage from the night into one film to keep. This is the one that works even if the projector doesn't happen.

All three together comes to £2,450 + VAT, which is £2,940 including VAT. You don't have to decide on the extras now. The night itself is the thing to lock in, the rest can follow once you've seen the venue.

06 · Next steps

What happens from here

Four small things, and none of them are urgent except the last one.

01See the venue managerFind out whether Selden Barns has a projector and screen. That single answer decides the screen film.Sulakshana
02Send me your ideasAnything of your own you want in it. You said you'd have a think, so no rush on this.Sulakshana
03Pick the tenWho you want in the interview corner, you and Ash included. Then I'll write the questions around those people.Sulakshana
04Deposit and the date is yours50% and 31 October comes out of the diary. Everything else can be sorted between now and October.Sulakshana