High level overview for 3 possible directions:
Option 1: Classics
Attributes: #wholesome, #warm, #fun.
- Showing Jill growing up/morphing through life like on Tchenguiz/Maleki's video;
- ~5 minutes edit of all friends and family videos celebrating Jill and how special their connection to her is.
- The last part is a 2-3 min custom made AI song in a musical style with beautiful visuals based on real pictures Jill has throughout her whole life. We can make each member of a family "sing" their part of a song (no musical literacy or action on your part required đź’«)
Cost estimate: $8,000-$10,000
Option 2: Interstellar
Attributes: #wholesome, #warm, #fun #interstellar.
It will use all the best parts from the ''Option 1 classics'' but also have a bit of a multi-dimensional approach where we bend real life with simulation and break the fourth wall.
Since you'll be showing this in Athens, it could be interesting to bend reality a bit with a self-fulfilling prophecy…
Imagine the movie starts showing your family celebrating in the exact same spot where you're currently watching it, and depicts you handing her a wrapped gift. She's about to open it, but then suddenly she turns to the camera/viewers (you all watching it together) and says something along the lines: ''Jill, before you open your gift… let me show you the journey that wrapped it.'
And the movie goes to her earliest days, depicting key milestones... Early years in America, moving to the UK, meeting Paul, career, philanthropy, etc.
And the movie goes to her earliest days, depicting key milestones... Early years in America, moving to the UK, meeting Paul, career, philanthropy, etc.
It can be a fusion of genres, from hero drama to comedy and theatre/musical. With hero soundtracks by the Waterboys and Love Affair.
It ends with a wholesome personalised OST song, the screen goes black, and now you stand up and give her real,  exactly the same wrapped gift that was depicted at the very beginning of the movie!
Cost estimate: $10,000-$12,000
Option 3: Jill's life is a theather that touched many lives
Attributes: #wholesome, #warm, #fun #absolute cinema
While this option will use all the best parts from the ''Option 1 classics'', we also wrap it into a ''Jill's life is a theather that touched many lives'' concept + combine it with real-life cinematic footage at an epic location.
- Real cinematic video: the scene starts in an empty theatre where a young girl is standing against the empty auditorium. Slowly one by one people start to arrive and take their seats. Then a man enters the auditorium and with the light pointing at him he takes a seat at the first row. They smile at each other.
- We show Paul sharing how he met Jill and how she changed his life forever. We capture this shot in the actual theatre auditorium.
- Then we show the mix of all the wishes, stories of how friends met Jill, what she means for them. (maybe through projector that shines into stage's wall) Occasionally showing more people coming in and taking their seats in the auditorium. Ending with the warm note.
- This scene in the theatre is a metaphor of Jill's life — how many people joined her in life and they all look up to her, are inspired by her.
Please see below a very rough storyboard that can hopefully help visualize the idea a bit better.
Cost estimate: $16,000-$20,000