Wrongful
Death Documentaries are more elaborate videos that
are powerful out-of-court settlement tools. Sometimes
referred to as
Settlement Brochures, these videos
often use interviews of coworkers, family, and friends,
as well as photographs and home videos, to describe and
show wrongful death plaintiffs in their healthy,
pre-injured state. By showing the family and friends who
are affected by the death, the video establishes
dependency, loss, and impact resulting from the person's
death.
Wrongful
Death Documentaries/Settlement Brochures introduce
the viewer to the life of the plaintiff, giving a face to
the name. It is a narrated presentation of chronological
factual information to build the decedent's life
story.
Many of
Evidence Video's documentaries currently are being used
in litigation stemming from major airline crashes.
In these cases, there is no question of liability;
rather, the issue is the amount of damages.
The goal of
achieving an understated yet effective video is
accomplished through the following process:
- Arrangements
are made with family members to receive photographs
and videos of the plaintiff. These then must be
reviewed, selected, time logged, and transferred to
computer.
- Pre-interviews
are conducted with key people in the plaintiff's life.
A representative group is selected and on-camera
interviews are conducted by producers with many years
of journalism experience.
- Studio
editing weaves the photographs, 8- and 16-mm film,
home video, interviews, background shots, and
narration together to tell the story of the
plaintiff.
