The movie of your life: technology from Sequoia Media Group helps consumers make much more than just DVD slide shows.(Trends & Technology)
Publication Date: 01-DEC-07
Publication Title: PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities
Format: Online
Company: Eastman Kodak Co. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Author: Kruger, Jennifer Barr

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Description

As retailers seek new ways to get consumers to make products with their digital images, one of the most promising draws is a custom photo DVD. With its solution present in Kodak and Fujifilm kiosks used by retailers like Wal-Mart and Costco, Sequoia Media Group (www.sequoiamg.com), Draper, Utah, has quietly become the market leader in the custom DVD arena.

It's not just because their DVD products are being used by mega-retailers that this company is leading the charge. The Sequoia aVinci Experience product family, which includes custom movie posters and personal photo storybooks in addition to DVD movies, offers consumers products that stand out from the crowd.

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Not an ordinary slide show

Did you catch that name--DVD "movies?" Founded by a team of former moviemakers, Sequoia high-end DVD products are far from a typical slide show.

The company starts by helping consumers make their movie with photo story cards.

"We're filmmakers. We like to tell a story with the production. Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an ending," says Terry Dickson, vice president of marketing and business development. "When telling a wedding story, for example, there are some killer shots people often don't typically think about, but that are really pivotal in telling the story--like signing the certificate. That's one of our...



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