Project Legacy · Lincoln, NE
A memorial videographer for the day
you'll live through but barely remember
Eulogies, the music, the people who came — filmed from the back of the room with long lenses and no flash, so your family can be in the day and still keep it.
or call (402) 610-4480
The people living the day don't get to watch it
Ask anyone who has buried a parent what they remember of the service, and you'll hear the same thing: fragments. A hand on a shoulder. The opening bars of one song. The rest is fog — not because the day didn't matter, but because it mattered too much. Grief takes the very memory it should be protecting.
That is the case for a memorial videographer in one sentence: the people the day is for are the least able to keep it. Your sister spent three nights on that eulogy. Your father's oldest friend drove in from Scottsbluff and stood up to speak without notes. Eighty people came, and you greeted every one of them, and you will remember almost none of it.
We film the service itself — the eulogies in full, the music, the readings, the room full of people who showed up — so that in a month, or a year, or on the first hard anniversary, your family can sit down and finally be present for the day it hosted but couldn't absorb.
Quiet is a discipline, not a mood
There is a way to film a funeral badly, and it involves standing in the aisle. We don't work that way.
We arrive before the family does and coordinate with the funeral home or venue staff so nothing about our presence is a surprise — where we'll stand, when we'll move, what the officiant prefers. We dress the way the guests dress: dark, plain, forgettable. We shoot on Sony cinema cameras with long lenses from the back and sides of the room, which means we can hold a close, steady frame on the person speaking without ever being near them. No flash, ever. No lights. Audio comes from professional microphones placed discreetly before anyone arrives, not a boom hovering over the front row.
And one rule above all the others: we never direct grief. Nobody is asked to repeat a hug, hold a pose, or step into better light. The day unfolds exactly as it would have without us. Our job is to be the least memorable people in the room — and to hand you the most complete memory of it.
What you take home — and what we keep safe
After the service, you receive an edited film of the day — every eulogy uncut, the music, the readings, the moments between — along with the full master footage. Not a highlight reel with the raw files withheld: full copies, on a physical drive and in a private cloud folder, from day one. They are yours.
We also keep them. Every memorial we film enters the NVAR archive on redundant storage, held for a written minimum of ten years and retrievable at any time by you or the people you designate. Drives fail, houses flood, accounts lapse — the copy in our archive doesn't depend on any of that.
And it stays private. Memorial recordings are private by default, permanently. They are never used as portfolio material, never posted, never shown to prospective clients. Footage is released only to the people you name in writing — no exceptions. Coverage of the service starts at $500, and if you'd like a shorter tribute edit to share with far-flung family, we can turn one around in 48 to 72 hours when a service date demands it.
Every tradition, on its own terms
A funeral Mass at a Lincoln parish, a graveside service at Wyuka, a celebration of life in a backyard with a cooler of the beers he liked — this service is built to fit the day you're actually planning, not a template of what memorials are supposed to look like.
We take the family's lead on everything. If your tradition restricts filming during certain rites, we film around them. If the service is secular, we don't treat that as the absence of something. If there are military honors, cultural customs, or a eulogy in another language, the coverage honors them rather than merely including them. Before the day, we walk through the order of service with you or the funeral director, so we know exactly when to move and when to be still.
One honest note: we are filmmakers, not advisers. Questions about estates, wills, or obituaries as legal notice belong with the professionals who handle those things. What we can promise is narrower and, on the day, more useful — that the service, whatever shape it takes, will be kept whole, the way it actually happened.
What it costs, and how it begins
Memorial and funeral service coverage starts at $500. The final figure depends on simple things: the length of the service, whether there are multiple locations — chapel and graveside, say — and whether you'd like a fast tribute edit or a livestream for family who can't travel. We quote it plainly, in writing, before anything is booked, with no line items you have to decode.
We're based at 1200 N Street in downtown Lincoln and film throughout Lincoln, Omaha, and greater Nebraska. Funeral timelines are short by nature. If the service is this week, say so up front — we'll tell you honestly whether we can do it right.
Memorial coverage is one part of Project Legacy, our line of legacy films and video letters, and starting here obligates you to none of the rest. Begin with a conversation — a quiet one, by phone at (402) 610-4480 or at the studio. Tell us about the person, and the plan for the day. We'll take it from there.
What clients say
“Nvar has a great eye for capturing your essence in his photos. Great to work with and to converse with. Absolutely recommend working with him.”
David Boardman · Google Review · Portrait Client
Common Questions
Frequently Asked
Is it appropriate to have a videographer at a funeral?
How much does memorial service coverage cost in Lincoln?
Can you deliver a video in time for the service itself?
Who can see the footage afterward?
Do you film graveside services, receptions, and celebrations of life too?
Start The Conversation
Begin with a quiet conversation
No packages to decode, no pressure. Tell us the date, the place, and what the day needs, and we'll tell you plainly what we'd do and what it costs. If the service is this week, call us directly at (402) 610-4480 — tell us the date first, and we'll be honest about what's possible.
Book a Quiet Conversationor call (402) 610-4480