Digital photostories are often designed to celebrate milestone life events – births, weddings, anniversaries, special occasions.
This checklist has been prepared to help you consider all the information that you might like to include when planning a life event presentation. Work through the checklist and consider whether you would like to include that information in your production – be it in pictures, captions, or soundtrack.
Birth/Babies and Children
- Name and any significance/history to name
- Date, time and location of birth
- Name of parents and any siblings
- Press clippings of birth announcement
- Doctors/Midwife carers present
- Family/friends present
- Baby’s stats (weight, length, head circumference)
- Milestones reached
- Nicknames, habits, likes and dislikes
- Special qualities[/list]
Milestone Birthday
- Date and location of birth, marriages
- Childhood milestones, hobbies, interests
- Significant friends
- Nicknames, habits, likes and dislikes
- Special qualities
- Timeline of major events
- Personal and professional achievements
- Reflections from family, friends[/list]
Graduations
- Name of school / institution
- Date and location of graduation
- Achievements of the individual/graduating class[/list]
Weddings
- Date, time and location of wedding
- Names of all bridal party members and relationship to bride and groom
- Name of officiant
- Readings delivered during the ceremony (such as poems or scriptures)
- Names and relationship of readers
- Music played during the ceremony – Bridal processional, background during the
signing of the register, any solo or feature performance, Recessional - Names and relationship of ushers, speech makers and MC
- Title and artist of the song chosen for the “Bridal Waltz”
- Details of any colour scheme and/or theme for the event (eg: Medieval Banquet) and
its significance - Press clippings of Wedding Notice[/list]
Travel/Holiday
- Itinerary, including dates and the local season of places visited
- Particular tours/visits/events
- Impressions and comments[/list]
Memorial
- Date and location of birth, marriages, death
- Family tree (children, grandchildren etc)
- Significant friends
- Other significant family
- Timeline of major events
- Achievements
- Reflections from family, friends[/list]