Celebrations of Life Toronto
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Kinwood Services
Preserve Memories with the Kinwood Cloud Film
Kinwood is a new option for families who don’t want typical funeral services. Our products are rooted in the authenticity of real voices telling real stories.
Kinwood offers clients an opportunity to preserve the love, memories, and stories of a colourful life.
Kinwood combines filmed interviews with family photography, home movies, cell phone video, news clippings to produce beautiful commemorative films and family heirlooms.
Authentic Commemoration
Kinwood’s services are the most authentic way to Celebrate a Life. Kinwood Films and Picture Shows will bring your event together as guests will marvel at the stories, both known and unknown. Part commemoration, part family history, a Kinwood film is an heirloom and can be shared with guests who cannot attend.
Kinwood has partnered with Celebrations of Life Toronto to offer these services at a special rate for their client families.
Our Reviews
★★★★★
“The film is brilliant and it means more now than at the time of his passing. Many lovely things were said about my husband by friends and family and it means so much to have them “frozen in time” through this video. Without even having met Bryan, you were able to capture the essence of this unusual man. My greatest fear is that he will be forgotten with the passage of time. You have kept the memories alive.”
Betty I. Client email
★★★★★
The final act, being your film, absolutely was the crowning achievement of the ceremony. The narrative, vision and flow of the film was spot on! The feedback I received and continue to receive is amazing.”
P.D. CLIENT EMAIL
Our Celebration of Life Films and Picture Shows
Leave memories – not condolences.
THE “CLOUD” COMMEMORATIVE FILM:
WHY?
Kinwood offers clients an opportunity to preserve and share the love, memories, and stories of a meaningful life. We combine Zoom-like interviews with family photography, home movies, cell phone video, and news clippings to produce beautiful commemorative films that become a family heirloom.
These 20-30 min films are often played at a Celebration of Life. Play the whole film or break it up into clips, with speakers introducing sections. Some families dislike public speaking – and this can be a wonderful alternative:
Films are often rewatched hundreds of times, as the bereaved can go back in time and relive the memories.
Share it online: Kinwood provides you with a shareable webpage to watch the film. Kinwood can post it on YouTube or Facebook or make the film private. Watching the film is a meaningful alternative for guests who cannot travel.
WHAT YOU GET:
Recorded video conference interviews with *4 friends or family: 30 mins each
What to wear / how to prepare package.
A sharable portal to collect photos and cell-phone video from others.
Kinwood manages the scheduling of Zoom-type interviews
Final film – approx. 20-30 mins in length. We provide 2 thumb drives to play on a TV, as well as a link to download film.
First cut is 4-6 days after interviews completed
2 Rounds of client editing
Post: Music / titles / slates / credits
Minimum of 4 online interviews. Maximum of 8 total interviews for a film. Additional interviews / $250 each.
THE KINWOOD PICTURE SHOW
WHY?
Kinwood Picture Shows are the best. They are made by hand and are designed to both tell the sequential story of the life, but also groups images in themes within the sequence. Early life, raising a family, career, travel, grandparent.
After 60 seconds, you are hooked into a mini-story about your loved one’s life.
We provide you with a shareable portal, so family and friends can upload their cherished photos that the family has never even seen.
Kinwood can use AI to transform old photos into motion video clips.
We sort, select, and beautify your photos*
Get everyone’s photos through our shareable portal
Made by hand, not funeral software
Mini stories are told
Bring select photos to life
Music requests encouraged
A plan to digitize paper photos
Typical show 20-30 mins, and played on a loop
WHAT YOU GET:
2 thumb drives to play on a TV
A link to download your slideshow
An unlisted **YouTube link to send to family and friends
A secure sharable memory portal that let’s everyone upload their photos to Kinwood
*Approx 200 photos required for a show of 20mins+. Fees apply for editing more than 1000 photos
**music copyrights might affect the YouTube shareability of the Picture Show
A very special offer for families connected with Celebration of Life Toronto.
A Kinwood Cloud Film with a 20-min Picture Show for
$995.00
This special offer represents a $1,000 savings and must be confirmed with COFL Toronto prior to Labour Day, Monday September 7th.
This special offer is only for COFL families and can only be confirmed by Diana at info@cofl.ca
This special price covers 4 online interviews. Additional interviews are $250 each. Maximum of 8 total interviews for a film.
Once confirmed, your family will receive a private memory portal to share and unpload media to support your Celebration of Life.
All other “What you get” applies to this promotional package.
Terms apply. Promotion may be canceled at any time.
Common Questions
Kinwood film editors take interview footage, photos, home movies, cell phone video and produce a beautiful commemorative film that will remain in the family forever.
Clients LOVE the final product. The film becomes a gift for a grieving spouse or family member – and it’s watched often. It’s both a modern family heirloom. and a rewarding experience.
Kinwood clients have cherished the opportunity to leave the memories and stories of a loved one. Kinwood now offers a cloud option to capture interviews via videoconferencing. Kinwood enables clients to do something meaningful to honour an important life.
Kinwood sends speakers a package on how to prepare and what to wear. Kinwood will ask you thoughtful questions so you can share your reflections without preparing or pressure.
With Kinwood’s Cloud Films, we can capture your interview over a laptop, in the comfort of your own home.
Know that our editors only use the best interview clips, making sure everyone looks good.
Many will embrace the chance to leave memories and stories for your family. After a death, people want to do-something, and leaving memories and stories is a way for your guests to honour the life. Kinwood’s questions make it easy to talk and focus on what’s important.
And now with Cloud films, they can participate from the comfort of their own home anywhere in the world.
We need photos of your loved one – the more the better. If you have cell phone video, or other home videos we can use that too. Pick 4-10 speakers, and Kinwood will reach out and take care of everything. We will also digitize paper photos for the project.
Yes! Kinwood films and film clips have been the foundation for numerous Celebration of Life events.
A Kinwood film can be a great way to unite guests and recognize the details of the life being celebrated.
Just ask – we have options that will work for your situation.
Yes, there is no time limit. But know the best Kinwood films are made in the days and weeks after a loss. Feelings are strong, and memories are clear. We advise that if you are going to do it – do it soon.
Families who want a minimalist approach might say its extravagant. No one can say it’s not without value. Clients understand that Kinwood films are forever.
We don’t have geographic boundaries. If you have a newish laptop and decent wifi – we can do this from anywhere. Ask us how.
You can fill out our question form below, or email us at: ask@kinwood.ca
We can also be reached at 416-639-8786.
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