Echoes of Life

Life stories, in motion

A life keeps echoing in the people who love it.

We turn the photographs your family already treasures into quiet, beautiful films: restored, gently brought to life, and set to music. For a service, an anniversary, or a birthday worth remembering. Reviewed and approved by you before anyone else sees it.

See a film

Four short pieces, each made the way yours would be — from photographs, restored, gently brought to life, and set to music. Nothing here was invented.

Tribute film A life in order, from the earliest photographs to the last.
A fiftieth anniversary Fifty years of a marriage, from the coffee she spilled on him to the word she still calls him.
A photograph in motion One photograph, restored and gently brought to life. Nothing else moves.
A photograph in motion — pets The same, for the animal who was part of the family.

See all of our sample films →

Tribute videos & prices

Add what you need to your order, pay securely online, then sign your consent form and send us your photographs. If your film already includes restoration or living portraits, your order will not charge you for them twice. Nothing about the people in your film is invented; every film starts from your own pictures.

Memorial films

Made from your family’s own photographs, reviewed by you before anyone else sees it.

3–6 minutes

Tribute film

A life told in order, from the earliest photographs to the most recent, for the visitation or service.

$395 per film
  • Up to 60 photographs
  • Damaged photos restored
  • 5 restored living portraits
  • Licensed music, 2 rounds of changes
  • Ready in 5 business days
3–5 minutes

Photo tribute

Your photographs at full length, moved and cut to music — the film that plays in the room while people arrive. Nothing is generated.

$195 per film
  • Up to 60 photographs
  • Damaged photos restored
  • Licensed music, 2 rounds of changes
  • Ready in 5 business days
60–90 seconds

Life story trailer

A short, cinematic piece the family can share with relatives near and far.

$295 per film
  • Up to 25 photographs
  • 5 restored living portraits
  • Licensed music
per photograph

Restored living portrait

One photograph, repaired and cleaned of its scratches and fading, then given the smallest natural movement — a breath, a blink, a turn of the head. You receive both files: the restored photograph, ready to print and frame, and the clip.

$69 per photo
  • 3 photographs for $179
  • Restored still and clip, both delivered
  • Severe damage quoted separately

Life celebrations

Anniversaries, milestone birthdays, retirements, weddings and personal films, told with the same care.

2–3 minutes

Anniversary “Our story”

Your years together, from the first photographs to today, for the party or a quiet evening at home.

$295 per film
  • Up to 40 photographs
  • Licensed music
1–2 minutes

Milestone birthday or retirement

A warm, shareable film celebrating someone while they’re here to enjoy it.

$249 per film
  • Up to 30 photographs
  • Licensed music

Something else

Not everything fits a package. If you have an idea that is not on this page, tell us about it.

Any length

Custom film

Short-form advertising for a business, a documentary piece, a short drama, a film for an occasion we have not thought of. We have made all of these. Tell us what you have in mind and we will tell you whether we are the right people for it.

Let’s talk priced per project
  • Open-ended and negotiable — length, format and scope are yours to set
  • We quote once we understand the job, never from a rate card
  • A person reads every inquiry and answers it

contact@echoesoflife.ai

Rush delivery within 48 hours +$99 · Each additional 25 photographs +$49 · Funeral homes: ask about partner pricing.

What we will never do

Families trust us with their most private memories. These rules don’t bend for any order.

Real photographs, always first

Every film starts from your own pictures. We restore and animate what’s there. We don’t manufacture a stranger who only resembles them.

Never an imitated voice of someone who has passed

If their real voice is in a recording you share, we can include it exactly as it is.

Nothing leaves without your approval

Every film goes through a likeness check with you before delivery. If it doesn’t look like them, it isn’t finished.

Licensed music, private files

Music is properly licensed. Your photographs are used only for your film and deleted when we’re done, or sooner if you ask.

How it works

Everything happens online. No printing, no paperwork to drop off.

  1. Choose & pay

    Add what you need to your order and pay securely by card, or ask us for a quote.

  2. Sign online

    Fill in the short consent form and sign with your finger or mouse. You get a copy by email.

  3. Share your photographs

    We send you a private upload link for photos, recordings and the stories you’d tell.

  4. Review & receive

    Watch a private preview and ask for changes — noting the time of anything that needs fixing (“0:14, too dark”) gets it done in one pass. You receive a standard MP4 that plays anywhere, ready to play and share.

For funeral homes

Offer families something they will keep, without adding work to your arrangement conference.
  • One more option on your list. We handle everything after the photographs arrive.
  • Family review is on us. Previews and revisions go directly to the family.
  • Built for your service date. Standard MP4 files ready for chapel screens.
  • Consent signed online. Every film has a signed family release on record.

Questions

The three we are asked most. Everything else is on the Questions page — and if yours is not there either, write to us. A person answers.

Our photos are old and damaged. Can you use them?

Yes. Restoring faded, scratched and torn photographs is part of what we do. Phone photos of prints work too.

Will it look artificial?

It shouldn’t, and if it does, we fix it. Motion is kept subtle and every face is checked against your originals before delivery.

Do you make films for happy occasions too?

Yes: anniversaries, milestone birthdays, retirements, weddings and personal films, with the same care and the same consent rules.

Every question, answered in full →

Start a film

Tell us about the person you’re celebrating.

Funeral directors and families can reach us directly. We’ll reply with next steps and what to gather.