About Us

Life Memories Video Biographies are a creation of A Vision Fantastic, Video Productions.

A Vision Fantastic is a boutique video production partnership that began its life making video and multimedia for the corporate sector, focusing on training videos and project documentaries. Over recent years we have become increasingly involved in more 'private' projects such as weddings , christenings and helping people to preserve and organise their special video and photo memories.

In 2004 we became aware of the innovative work of a number of overseas video producers who were making video biographies for normal families. This struck a chord with us, as we had recently lost family members and were sensitive to the importance of preserving the life memories of loved ones for present, and more importantly, future generations. At that point it became our goal to establish a video biography service for the local market that was affordable for nearly everyone.

Producing documentaries was not new to us, but we needed to make them in a more clever way so as to be affordable to an average family without losing our high production values. Over a 6 month period we researched overseas productions, getting first hand advice from their producers, and essentially developing a system of interview questions and production techniques that would allow us to make beautifully crafted and compelling biographies at an attractive price.

We have found that working on biographies is one of the most satisfying types of production we now do, being not only totally engrossing, but also, highly rewarding on a personal level. There is no better feeling than seeing the reaction of the subject and family when the finished production is first screened.

We are passionate about what we do, and fundamental to it is working closely with our clients throughout their journey with us.

Staff

John McPherson, business partner, is Director of Photography for most biographies. John has been behind a camera for 40 years (starting with 'Super 8' film before the advent of video), and his formal training has included workshops run by acclaimed Australian cinematographer Pieter de Vries ACS. John is also the creative mind behind all post production work, from editing through to the final DVD. He is a perfectionist about everything he does which is apparent in the quality of his work. John is a member of video production associations both here and overseas, and is well informed on the latest industry technology and trends. For John, production techniques are never static, and every opportunity for them to evolve should be taken. This ethic keeps our productions compelling and exciting for clients as their expectations become increasingly more sophisticated as time goes by.

Kathryn McPherson, business partner, takes on the role of Executive Producer and is the interviewer for many productions. Kathryn is professionally qualified in the area of planning and logistics, getting involved in the many aspects of pre-production work such as interview planning and scripting. Kathryn loves meeting new people and has the natural talent of quickly putting everyone at ease.

Being a small production house, the partners draw upon an established ensemble of skilled and talented people, on a contract basis, dependent on the particular project requirements. These talented people include voice-over artists, camera operators, portrait artists, production assistants and additional scriptwriters.

This flexible production team keeps our overheads low, which in turn benefits our clients with competitive, affordable prices on all video biography packages, without sacrificing quality.

Equipment and Facilities

All video filming is carried out using professional 3 chip digital cameras as well as professional audio and lighting equipment.

Our professional nonlinear editing suite, utilises the latest editing, animating/compositing and DVD authoring software. Our music library is also extensive.

For more information call us on (03) 9974 3007 or send us an email