A Sampling of 7: This Year’s Local Films in Review
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A Sampling of 7: This Year’s Local Films in Review

The challenge with identifying the most successful films of the year for a small company like mine is that popularity is measured differently than with mainstream media. Within the Lavender Lane media-verse, each project is bespoke. Some films are generally aimed at preserving precious family narratives while others are laser-focused on communicating an idea or concept that has an immediate application.

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Goodbye PDF. Hello Video.
Brian Brian

Goodbye PDF. Hello Video.

It’s a strange fact. Snuggled up against epic wedding films and powerfully inspiring micro docs, you’ll find a highly unusual entry on Lavender Lane Media’s most viewed films of all-time.

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Midlife Memoirs: Why more people are opting to get reflective sooner
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Midlife Memoirs: Why more people are opting to get reflective sooner

I make Life Stories for a living, so at least once a week experience that gut-stabbing pain when I hear “Oh, I wish I had known you sooner!” I then must endure painful accounts of special family members who have departed this world and taken a treasure trove of stories away with them. These stories tend to fade from collective consciousness or get retold with diminishing detail as time goes on.

And to a storyteller, this is akin to an artist watching the Louvre burn.

The voice matters.

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Getting Ahead of the Rumour Mill: Owning Your Own Story
Brian Brian

Getting Ahead of the Rumour Mill: Owning Your Own Story

When she recently made the decision to transition the sales portion of offthehook to an online format, she knew she needed to completely seize ownership of the story.

In a city the size of Quinte West, she knew that the rumour mill would light up once her bricks-and-mortar location went up for sale. 

Instead of letting gossip take its course, Brandy hired a Brand Story video specialist to get involved. 

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