Home Video Editing
Turn hours of home videos into a family film you will actually watch. Send us phone clips, camera files or digitized tapes, and our editors do the rest.
Your Home Videos, Finally Watched
Most families have hours of home video that nobody watches. Birthday parties on old phones, vacations on a camcorder, first steps, school plays, holidays at Grandma's house. It sits on hard drives and in cloud folders because going through all of it feels impossible.
That is where we come in. You send us the footage, and our editors turn it into a film your family will want to watch again and again. It can be a short highlight of one summer or the story of your family across the years.
What We Make With Your Footage
- Family highlight films that pull the best moments out of hours of video
- One event, like a birthday, a trip or a holiday, cut into a story
- A year-in-review film, or your family decade by decade
- A gift for parents or grandparents, made with videos they have not seen in years
- Your photos mixed in with the video, set to music you love
What Our Editors Do
- Go through your footage and find the moments worth keeping
- Cut long, shaky or repeated clips down to the parts worth watching
- Color correction so clips shot on different cameras, years apart, feel like one film
- Sound cleanup and music, with a curated playlist library to help you choose
- Titles, names and dates, so the next generation knows who and when
Old or Worn Footage?
If some of your clips are faded, grainy or soft, our sister brand Pixel 360 Media specializes in video enhancement. Just ask, and we will fold it into the same project, so you work with one team start to finish.
Why Families Choose The Montage Maven
We create over 500 montages a year, so we know how to find the story in a pile of footage. Located in Westchester, NY, we serve families nationwide through our fully remote platform, so you never need to leave home. We treat your videos the way we would treat our own family's.
Our Simple Process
- Book a free call and tell us about your footage and the film you have in mind
- Upload your videos and photos through our private client portal, or share a Google Drive or Dropbox link
- Our editors build your film, and you review the first draft privately in the portal
- Send us your notes. Your project includes the first draft plus two rounds of changes, then you approve and download your finished film
How Pricing Works
Every home video project is different. An afternoon of birthday footage and twenty years of family videos are very different jobs. So we quote each project after a free call, based on how much footage you have and how long you want the finished film to be. You get your quote before any work starts.
A Gift They Will Keep
Know someone with a closet or hard drive full of home videos? A finished family film makes a thoughtful gift for a parent's milestone birthday, an anniversary or the holidays.
Ready to Finally Watch Your Home Videos?
Book a free call and tell us what you have. We will tell you honestly what we can make with it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of footage can you work with?
Almost anything digital: phone videos, camcorder and camera files, GoPro and drone clips, and video that has already been copied off tapes or DVDs. Our portal accepts large files, so long recordings are no problem.
My videos are still on tapes or DVDs. Can you help?
We edit digital files, so the footage needs to be transferred first. We do not do the transfer ourselves, but we work with a conversion studio we trust and are glad to point you to them. Once your videos are digital, we handle the rest.
I have hours of footage. Do I need to sort it first?
No. Send it all. Tell us what matters most, who should be in it and any moments you do not want us to miss, and our editors do the searching.
How long will my finished film be?
That is up to you. A few minutes works well for sharing with family, and a longer film can tell a fuller story. We will help you choose on our call.
How long does it take?
It depends on how much footage you have. We give you a timeline with your quote, and we can work toward a date like a birthday, an anniversary or a family reunion.
Can you edit footage for a business?
Yes, through our sister studio Dvideo Productions, which handles business and corporate video.
Ready to Create Something Unforgettable?
Schedule a free consultation — tell us about your event and we'll show you exactly how we can make it extraordinary.
Contact Us