Movie Studio: Classic Movies
We Outshine The Competition
We researched over 20 different companies and the DVD slideshow packages they offered to see how we compared. Without a doubt, it shows that our movie packages have more features included with no additional cost to you. And it's not just about the quantity of features either. Only a few companies produce products similar to our movie format.
Below is a comparison of features offered and their associated costs (if any) of three of our competitor's packages and our own. We did not compare specific packages because each varied too much but we did compare the features each company offers in their slideshow/movies.
| Feature | Shoebox Memories | Retrospect Video Albums | Timeless DVD | Brainiac Productions |
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| Unlimited‡ Captions | † |
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| Unlimited‡ Music |  |
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† Pertains to select packages only.
‡ Unlimited means any amount that will fit within the capacity of a single DVD.
We Outshine The Competition
As our table shows, we outshine the competition in movie features alone. We offer the most features with no additional charges when compared to similar companies. Plus, we include our Red Carpet Treatment in every package.
Besides our movies being feature rich, we outshine the competition in five areas, making our photo montage movies a 5-star production!
Freedom To Create
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Other companies limit the number of pictures, songs and captions you may have in your presentation and usually charge extra to add even a single picture. Since we don't dictate exact numbers, you have the freedom to create your movie.
All Pictures Look Great
Our competitors recommend having the majority of your pictures be horizontal (landscape) which really limits which pictures you include. It doesn't matter if your pictures are horizontal (landscape), vertical (portrait), square, or panoramic - they all look great in our movies!
You may be asking yourself how we make this possible. Our competitor's use a slideshow format where a single image fills the screen and there is no background image. Since television screens are not perfectly square, landscape pictures work best since it closely mimics the screen's dimensions. But in our movies, we use a background image which helps to frame any size picture and we often have more than one picture on the screen at a time. So instead of seeing only a single image at a time, our movies show multiple ones which interact with each other.
Easy Ordering
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the cost of your movie. Most of our competitors have a long list of charges for including extra pictures, scanning, adding songs, etc. There is no need to have to wait for a quote from us to know what your package will cost either. We keep it simple even when adding in our special features. Figuring out the cost of your package is as easy as 1-2-3. 1. Pick Your Package. 2. Know How Many Pictures You Have. 3. Multiply Your Number of Pictures by The Package Cost.
We have two tools to help you calculate your package. Our on-line package calculator and our order form does all the math for you. You simply select the package and special features you want within the form and your total is calculated as you work your way down the list. It even calculates any discounts, coupons and shipping costs for you! The order form only calculates the total if you fill it out using the Adobe Acrobat Reader. (More information is on our Ordering page.)
Backgrounds!
Imagine a movie that is filmed in an empty warehouse or watching a play on a stage with no props or backdrops. The overall production loses its appeal and becomes boring. It is difficult to keep your audience engaged and evoke any kind of emotions in this situation.
Most of our competitors don't use backgrounds or only use a solid color background which is rarely seen. Those companies that do offer backgrounds, have a very limited selection to choose from or don't give you the option to select one.
We not only offer you a themed background, we have over 2000 themed and colored images in 62 different categories! The best part is that you may view every background graphic we have by visiting our on-line Backgrounds Gallery.
We Make Movies, Not Slideshows
The majority of our competitors make slideshows instead of movies. A slideshow is simply a presentation of one picture after another shown on a screen with background music playing.
We take your picture presentation to the next level by interweaving all the elements involved (pictures, music, background images, words, etc.) We don't think of the music being background sound. Instead it is used in such a way that the pictures seem to dance and move to the rhythm of the song. We also highlight certain beats or words in the music by perfectly syncing the picture to it. The music helps to tell the story instead of providing background noise. This combined with the background image(s), picture groupings and transitions combine to make a dramatic presentation- a movie! A movie where your pictures not only take center stage, they capture your audiences' hearts.
