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Personalising your cremation service

We work with funeral media specialists Obitus to deliver high quality audio-visual services. We can provide you with the opportunity to personalise your loved one’s funeral by pulling together music, photographs and video so that the funeral can be a special celebration. Please speak to your funeral director about these services. If you are arranging the funeral yourself, the crematorium office can assist you with any of these services.

More detailed information and fees on music, tributes, streaming and keepsakes.

Music

Few things help capture a personality more than music. We can help you provide the right music to create a deeply moving moment of reflection. Just let your funeral arranger know which songs you’d like, and they’ll work with Obitus, to make sure they’re played on the day. Even if it’s a rare track, the dedicated Obitus team will do their best to source it. We can create the perfect playlist for your funeral service.

  • Choose your music and let us know what you want. We recommend at least three tracks per service, to cover the entry, reflection, and exiting the service.
  • Visit the Obitus Music and Hymns libraries to explore what’s already available.
  • Dedicated music team: On the rare occasion your choice isn’t already in our library, the Obitus team will do all we can to personally find it for you.

If you prefer live music, there is also an organ available. An organist can be booked for your service by the funeral director.

Visual tributes

Pictures are a beautiful way to remember your loved one. We can provide visual tributes on HD screens, ranging from a single image to a video montage - all using your own photos, film, and music. You can also take the tribute away as a tastefully presented keepsake to watch at home or at another memorial event.

Single photo - £18

This is a picture of your loved one that can be shown on screens at the venue throughout the funeral service. This can act as a poignant focal point for reflection throughout the service.

Features:

  • One photo displayed on all available screens throughout the service.

Music tribute - £82

This tribute gives you the opportunity to set your photos perfectly to your choice of music. The video can be played at a chosen time during the service.

Features:

  • Your choice of 25 photos.
  • Timed perfectly to your choice of music track.
  • A careful creation and edit of your chosen photos and music to create an impactful Music Tribute.
  • This video will be played at your chosen time during the service.

You can turn your tributes and live streams into a keepsake. To find out more, explore keepsakes.

Themed tribute - £100

This tribute brings an added layer of personalisation to that of the music tribute and is again set perfectly to your choice of music. The video can be played at a chosen time during the service.

Features:

  • Your choice of 25 photos.
  • Choose a theme that reflects the life lived. To find out more, explore theme options.
  • Timed perfectly to your chosen song and theme.
  • A careful creation and edit of your chosen photos and music to create an impactful music tribute.
  • This video will be played at your chosen time during the service.

You can turn you tributes and live streams into a keepsake. To find out more, explore keepsakes.

Basic slideshow without music - £65

You can choose up to 25 photos these will be put together as a tasteful slideshow gently fading between each photo.

Features:

  • Your choice of 25 photos.
  • This tribute will be played on a loop for the duration of the service.
  • This includes a careful quality-check and cropping of your photos to create a streamline slideshow for display.

Please note this option does not include music.

Extra options

Additional photos - £23

  • Add more photos and even video footage to any of our tribute options for an extra charge (video footage is not possible on the basic slideshow).

Family supplied video tribute - £38

  • Families can also submit their own complete tribute. We’ll check it, upload it and make sure it plays at the right time.
  • Tributes are available as keepsakes for other memorial events or simply to watch in your own time. You can turn your tribute (and live stream) into a keepsake. To find out more, explore keepsakes.

Personalisation edits - £23

To the music tribute, themed tribute, family supplied video tribute or live web stream.

This includes but is not limited to:

  • Embedding or combining video(s)
  • Inclusion of additional music tracks (up to 3)
  • Specific timings for images or music
  • Embedding any tribute or music into a service recording

Extra work charge - £23

  • Applied to any of the standard products for additional work outside the norm, e.g adding a video to a tribute

Late fees - £23

  • May be applied where amendments are requested after the content submission deadlines

Streaming

Not everyone will be able to make the service, but they can still join you in saying goodbye with our streaming option. Our live and on demand streaming service allows friends and family to watch the ceremony as it happens, or any time during the following 28 days.

We can also provide a video recording to watch in your own time, presented as a keepsake in a range of formats. To arrange streaming for your service, just speak to your funeral arranger.

Webcasting (live and on demand) - £63

  • Clear view: You can see the catafalque, lectern, the front row of mourners and the tribute screens on the live stream camera.
  • Watch from anywhere: The stream connection is checked each morning so that viewers can attend the service online with confidence.
  • Private and secure: We generate unique log in details for each service and send them to those that need them.
  • On demand: After the service, a video will be available online within three working days where it can be watched for a further 28 days at a time that suits you.
  • Option to create a keepsake: You can turn your live stream (and tribute) into a Keepsake.

Keepsakes

Sometimes the day of a funeral can be a bit of a blur. With our memorial keepsakes, you’re able to watch the service, video tribute, or both at a time that suits you. Our choice of formats includes linen-covered DVDs, USBs, video books and memory boxes, making it easy to preserve the memories.

Even if you didn’t book a webcasting or a tribute before your service, you can still order a keepsake as we record all services and keep footage for up to 28 days just in case.

To find out more, explore keepsakes on the Obitus website.

USB or DVD - £60

Order a tastefully prepared recording of your tribute, your whole service, or both on DVD or USB. This option gives you the ability to take your keepsake to be watched anywhere and share the moment with friends and family.

Features:

  • Personalised name and service date on the front of the case.
  • Have footage of your streamed service, tribute, or both.
  • USB comes in a stylish and durable clear acrylic material.
  • DVD printed with a personalised name and service date.
  • Case made with a beautiful linen cover.

Video book - £101

We create accessible video books so that families can connect with their loved one anytime, anywhere. The video book includes a recording of your service, tribute, or both, set in an electronic screen and encased in its own ‘book’.

Features:

  • Personalised name and service date on the front of the case.
  • Made with an LCD screen set in a beautiful linen cover.
  • Can include the streamed funeral service, tribute, or both.
  • Play, pause, fast forward, rewind and adjust the volume with the buttons below the screen.
  • Comes with USB charger cable that’s compatible with any USB port.

Memory box - £130

Our memory box option offers professionally printed photos along with your funeral recording on DVD and USB so that at any point, you can take the time to cherish the memories of your loved one. This comes in a bespoke linen-covered case.

Features:

  • Personalised name and service date on the front of the case.
  • Made with a beautiful linen cover.
  • Comes with 25 photos of size 6”x9” (152.4mm x 228.6mm).
  • Includes USB and DVD of Streamed service, Tribute, or both.

Services for young people whose age did not exceed 18 years - no charge

Features:

  • Single photo, basic slideshow and live and on demand: No charge.
  • Alternatively, the value of these products can be credited against a more premium option if preferred.

Remember them your way

There are many ways we can help you make a funeral more personal, and we also appreciate that you may not want any pictures, video, or music at the service. Giving you choice to create your perfect goodbye is what matters most to us.

Visit the families page on Obitus to find out more about all the all the ways to personalise a ceremony using audio and media, then speak with your funeral arranger to book them for your service.

Find more information and a map on our Hereford Crematorium page.