Video or multi-media presentations can add a great deal of emotion to a service and is a wonderful way to farewell a loved one. You can choose music that they loved and match it to still pictures or video.

WEBCASTING/SERVICE RECORDINGS

Webcasting is a brilliant way to broadcast a service to family and friends who are unable to attend in person. Ask us how you can invite everyone to remember your loved one, irrespective of where they may be in the world.

PRINTED MATERIAL

William Barrett and Sons can assist in the design and production of any printed materials requested for a funeral service. These personalised materials can be anything from bookmarks, orders of service booklets, postcard size remembrance cards, thank you cards, and bereavement cards. Click here for examples.

A Lifetime of Memories book may also be produced which collects photographs, eulogies, messages of condolences and other memorabilia as a lasting keepsake.

Other options available include magnets and stubby holders, but these options take more time to produce.

PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIBUTES

We have a media team at William Barrett & Sons to ensure your loved one’s photographic tribute is created to the highest quality. When we create a photographic tribute, we upload the tribute to your loved one’s tribute page and supply a USB copy in a personalised leather case. We will also produce a special keepsake photo album included in the cost of the photo tribute. More photo albums can be ordered after the service if you would like additional copies.

The first step is to find one main/favourite photo of your loved one for the online tribute notice on our website and for the main display screen at the funeral service.

The remainder of the photos must be delivered by 5pm at least two business days prior to the funeral date.

  • Photos may be supplied as hardcopies which we will scan for you, on a USB or via our Dropbox (we will set up the link for you).
  • If you are scanning photos please ensure they are a minimum of 500kb.
  • Photos downloaded from social media are not good quality. Please try to find the original photo instead.
  • Do not take photos of photos. If you deliver hard copy photos to our offices we can help to carefully remove photos from frames, scan them at a high resolution and can even help to restore old photos.

We can place photos in an order we believe is suitable, however, if you would like them displayed in a specific order, please number them accordingly.

We recommend a maximum of eight photos per one minute of music (e.g. 40 photos for a five-minute song). We would not recommend a tribute exceeding 10 minutes in length (80 photos).

If you, or a family member, chooses to create your own photographic tribute, please strictly adhere to the technical specifications below to avoid complications, poor display quality or malfunctions during the funeral. The complete file needs to be provided to us by 5pm at least two business days prior to the funeral date.

  • Resolution: 1080p
  • Codec: H.264
  • Format: Mp4 Video (PowerPoint/slideshow formats will not work with any William Barrett and Sons audiovisual systems or the Bunbury Crematorium)
  • Frame rate: 25 (recommended)
  • Format for USB: FAT 32
  • Please ensure music is attached to the video and that there is a holding screen/or holding photo at the beginning and end of the tribute (at least six seconds).

FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHS

If you wish to have an enlarged and framed photograph at the service, we are able to supply these in A3 and A4 sizes.

RECORDING OF SERVICE

We are able to professionally video record a funeral service in HD anywhere in the South West of W.A. The footage is edited and a DVD and USB version of the service is produced. The Photographic Tribute, if produced by us, is edited into the DVD at the relevant place.

This recording can be shared on your loved one’s Tribute if you wish to allow family and friends to view the service at a later date.

WEBCASTING OF SERVICE

We are able to live broadcast the funeral service to the internet. This allows family and friends who are unable to attend the opportunity to watch, hear and be a part of the service as it happens from wherever they are in the world.

We also record the service and a copy of the service is supplied in HD.

ADDITIONAL TV UNITS FOR BROADCAST

We are able to supply mobile TV units to locations within the southwest. These can be used to play Photographic Tribute DVDs at facilities without the required AV capabilities; and for video broadcasting the service, if the gathering is large and people are unable to be inside the main service location.

All multimedia options above are supplied by William Barrett and Sons. For more information, call us on 9722 5311 at anytime.