Graduation DVD’s

We can take the video and/or still photos from your school’s graduation ceremonies and put them on DVD, where they will far outlast even the sturdiest, most professional quality video cassettes available. Even under ideal climate controlled storage conditions, video tape will deteriorate within about 20 years. Under average storage conditions that consumers subject their tapes to, serious deterioration will occur within 10 to 20 years, to the point that tapes might not be viewable any longer. Then there’s the issue of a dirty VCR that might ruin a perfectly good tape.

Aside from longevity, DVD’s allow graduations to be organized into a more manageable, enjoyable viewing experience, not to mention the picture and sound quality is vastly superior to that of VHS video tape. DVD menus allow the speeches and processional to have their own space on the disc, which can be viewed if desired, but not requiring fast forwarding to advance past them, as with video tape.

The diploma ceremony can be organized by menus so that alphabetical or other groupings can be selected at the touch of a button, allowing the viewer much quicker access to the individual(s) they're interested in, rather than having to scan search through a video tape. Advanced authoring will even allow direct access to each and every student with a single touch of a group menu button.

A graduation DVD also allows the inclusion of any manner of featurettes to go along with the graduation, such as interviews with the seniors and highlights of awards ceremonies, proms, senior breakfasts and trips, grad night...to name a few. The vast storage capacity of DVD even allows for a “senior moment” video or a senior expressions page from each of hundreds of students to be included with the graduation DVD.

Your graduation DVD can also include a printed booklet containing the ceremony program or other pertinent information. The DVD itself can include text or graphic pages for this information, keeping everything digital and all in one place.

As with all of our DVD products, two main reasons to consider having Organic Media produce your graduation video are our DVD expertise and our top notch equipment. The audio and video quality found on desktop computer tools, and prosumer video equipment, can produce disappointing results due to the high compression (shrinking the file sizes) involved in making DVD’s. Compatibility can also be a big issue with these low cost tools, as they are often ill suited to make discs that will play across the broad cost and feature spectrum of playback equipment people will be using to play their discs.

Because of the many variables involved, it’s difficult to offer a simple pricing schedule that reflects the actual finished cost of a graduation DVD. The low end of the cost scale would be around $4 to $6 per disc with the average running between $10 and $20. Major factors (not necessarily in order) are: the number of discs, the complexity of authoring (the number of menus, categories, etc.), the type of printing and packaging, and the readiness of submitted materials (will Organic Media be compiling montages, editing video, adding music, etc.).

Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We’d be glad to quote pricing and discuss fundraising possibilities. We’re here to make the job of producing a great graduation DVD for your school easy and affordable, and give your students vivid memories they can keep for a lifetime.