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Deb's 50th · 31 October
Prepared for Sulakshana · Deb's 50th

One night. Captured properly.

You said you had the venue and the date but no plan yet, and you'd rather I just told you what's worth doing. So here it is. Three things, one price, nothing complicated.

ForSulakshana Das
The nightSat 31 October
WhereSelden Barns
Hours6:30pm til midnight
01 · How I'm thinking about this

The plan behind the number

Before the price, here's the thinking, so you know what you're paying for.

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Lloyd Hunt
Hunt Visuals

Most parties get photographed and then quietly forgotten. You end up with a folder of nice pictures, everyone looks through them once, and that's that. Lovely, but it isn't the thing you're still watching in ten years.

The bit that lasts is people saying what they actually think of him. So the interview corner is the one I'd really push for. A quiet, nicely lit spot away from the party, 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 you put it like that, and he ends up hearing things nobody says to your face.

The photos and the film sit around that. All of it shot and edited by me, one person, so there's nobody for you to manage on the night. You just turn up and enjoy your husband's 50th.

02 · What we capture

Three things worth keeping

In the order I'd rank them.

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The interview corner
Around 10 of his closest, you and Ash included, one at a time in a quiet lit spot. One question each, and a different question for each person. That's on purpose. Ask someone one good question and you get about thirty seconds worth keeping. Ask them five and you get ten minutes nobody watches. I write the questions beforehand so we get real answers, not "yeah, he's a great guy".
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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 nobody thinks to ask for and everybody ends up loving. 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 clashes and nobody gets chased about 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 somewhere quiet. We pull his ten over one at a time while everyone is still fresh and not four drinks deep.
THROUGH
The party
Speeches, 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. Then it all gets edited and comes back to you.
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, one question each
  • The questions, written by me beforehand so the answers are worth having
  • Your clips, anything good from the night, cleaned up and sent separately
  • All of it edited and finished by me, ready for Deb to sit and watch back
  • Everything within four weeks of the night, sent over as one download
10
People · one question each
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, and everything that comes out of it. No extras, no add-ons, nothing else to think about.

The night, covered
£1,250 + VAT
£1,500 including VAT. That's the full evening from 6:30pm to midnight, the photos, the highlight film, the interview corner and your clips, all edited and finished. Selden Barns is local to me, so there's no travel on top.
What it covers
  • Five and a half hours on the night, 6:30pm til midnight
  • Photography and video, both, done by me
  • The lit setup for the interview corner
  • Writing the ten questions beforehand
  • Up to 50 fully edited photos
  • The sixty to ninety second highlight film
  • The interview corner film
  • Your clips from the night

Payment, same as last time. Half to hold 31 October in the diary, half once everything is delivered. Nothing to pay in between.

Everything gets edited after the night. There's nothing to play on a screen on the day and nothing for you to organise beforehand beyond picking your ten. It all comes back to you finished.

06 · Next steps

What happens from here

Three things, and only the last one is time sensitive.

Let's give him a night.

Any questions at all, just message me. If you're happy with it, say the word and I'll get the deposit invoice over and put 31 October in the diary.

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