Family Videography a Unique and Lasting Gift for 'Family Elders' Who Have Everything

Family Videography a Unique and Lasting Gift for 'Family Elders' Who Have Everything West Bloomfield-based Mayer Video Productions Now Bringing Genealogy 'to Life' Thru Family Legacy Films WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- With the long Thanksgiving weekend ushering in another holiday shopping season, adults once again face the challenge of finding unique Christmas or Chanukah gifts for parents, grandparents and other senior family members who have seen their fair share of standard presents in years past. Enter West Bloomfield, MI-based Mayer Video Productions, which specializes in Family Legacy Films. Owner David Mayer says the content of his films varies, depending upon the specific stories and themes a family chooses to cover; the availability of family members to participate in on-camera interviews; access to archival documents such as photographs and letters, other genealogy-related information as well as audio and video recordings; and the ability to visit historically significant sites such as town gathering places, homes, work environments, schools, houses of worship and cemeteries. Typically, pricing for Mayer's Family Legacy Films begins at just under $2,000. For families interested in preserving the memories and stories of an elder family member, simple unedited interviews can be preserved on DVD for less than $500. Celebrity Legacy Projects in Works In addition to having completed several Family Legacy Films, Mayer is in the midst of two celebrity projects -- one on Ruth Adler-Schnee, world renowned designer of fabrics and architectural interiors, and the other on the late composer Elaine Lebenbom, whose "Reflections On A Rainbow" will be performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Nov. 26-28 this year. Already "in the can" is a 20-minute abridged version of the Ruth Adler- Schnee film, which was screened at Cranbrook Academy of Art's "One hundred Treasures" exhibit. Mayer's full-length documentary, featuring interviews with the subject, her family and friends, as well as colleagues, curators and scholars of design, covers her experiences as a young child learning at the feet of artist Paul Klee; her family's flight from the Nazis; and her work in America with such luminaries as Walter Gropius, World Trade Center designer Minoru Yamasaki, Eliel Saarinen, Frank Lloyd Wright and her husband of more than 50 years, the late Edward Charles Schnee. Parties interested in further information on Mayer Video Productions' Family Legacy Films may contact David Mayer directly by calling 248-738-0110 or e-mailing dlmayer@mayervideo.com . Source: Mayer Video Productions CONTACT: David Mayer of Mayer Video Productions, +1-248-738-0110; or Rob Hilliard of Manhattan-On-Rouge Communications, LLC, +1-248-320-1846 ------- Profile: International Entertainment