I’ve made hundreds of videos for clients all over the world, having run a successful video company since 2010, written books about online video and pioneered numerous online video formats.

In these digital days, researching the past is more straightforward than it’s ever been. But history is far more than documented events, or columns of names on a ledger. We have to learn to interpret the facts and consider human motives if we want to achieve real understanding.

Family History Films, as the title suggests, is all about bringing family histories to life.  So why, I was asked recently, have we launched Corporate Histories?

People ask us to make a Family History Film for a number of reasons: as a unique gift, a legacy for younger generations or ‘just because’.

In going through the journey with them – from the research and story-building to the filming and then putting it all together into a beautiful final package – we’ve found that clients can have a number of reactions...

An early client – a successful but busy executive - had often thought about family members he’d heard about during his childhood but had never met. Perhaps they emigrated or otherwise become disconnected. When his surviving parent became ill he felt it was time to act, but he did not have the available time.