Cambridge resident Audrie Reed offers a bespoke and unique service - filmed storytelling or photo montages

Audrie enjoys filming at family parties and events and turning the footage into fun DVDs that make the four generations of Reeds, crowding around the sitting room television, blush and giggle in equal measure when they are "premiered" at home.

It wasn't until her mother died suddenly in 2007 that Audrie realised just how precious the family footage she'd captured over the past few years had become.

It was after this, that she wanted to give other families the opportunity to preserve their own treasured memories to pass down from generation to generation.

Through her own experience, Audrie has found that no format can surpass film as a conveyor of those most beautiful memories - hence the name of the business.

In the digital age, we are blessed with the ability to record not just the story of a loved one's life, but their laugh, the glint in their eye, the emotion in their voice, and all the small details we take for granted when they are with us.

It is this that makes Beautiful Memories' service so unique.

With her kind and friendly manner, Audrie is an experienced interviewer who puts her subjects at ease to ensure that the film sessions are comfortable, enjoyable and above all, natural.

"Everyone has a story to tell, and so often people tell me that they would love to tell theirs, but either don't have the time or don't know where to start," she says. "That's where I come in. I take time to get know my clients and I love listening to their tales of days gone by. I have the skills and the technical know-how and I put a lot of love and care into each project."

Whether making a montage of photographs or a film - this is a wonderful opportunity to bring a family closer together through shared history, giving you and yours a unique heirloom that will be treasured for years to come.

Other short films by Audrie Reed

Films in production
  • What is eccentricity? An onging project focussing on interesting Cambridge residents
  • A promotional film for Comberton Village College


    • 2010
  • 7 minute documentary Moving On showing completed projects for Village Outreach Society
  • 20 minute Video Will, used by Remember A Charity in media campaign and shown on the BBC Breakfast programme
  • 14 minute 'Collection of Stories' for Hilltop Day Centre, Cambridge - Monday Group
  • 10 minute documentary Wasteville telling the plight of one of India 's indigenous gypsy tribes


    • 2009
  • 15 minute reminiscence sessions for Hilltop Day Centre members, Cambridge
  • 28 minute film of 60th birthday party including images used for a slideshow on the night
  • 35 minute film to celebrate the 75th anniversary of St George's Church, Brentwood
  • 10 minute film of an Easter wedding on Dartmoor
  • 15 minute film showing a 'scary day' in Southend
  • 20 minute reminiscence sessions as told by Ramsey Day Centre members


    • 2008
  • 15 minute promotional film Changing Lives for charity Village Outreach Society showing the projects completed in 2 villages and 3 schools in Tamil Nadu, India
  • 12 minute film Gone Fishing and other stories as told by John in his early stages of Alzheimers
  • 5 minute film of 60th birthday fun weekend away. Including interviews with guests and messages from those unable to attend
  • 20 minute film showing the sights of sounds of India
  • 18 minute film of 86th birthday and holiday on the East coast
  • 10 minute Video Will talking of family roots
  • 48 minute Life Stories from an of 80 year old lady


    • 2007
  • 15 minute documentary The Tale of Two Ladies and Ten Udders for charity Village Outreach Society showing the purchase and delivery of dairy cows
  • 6 minute film showing the sights of Vancouver, Canada
  • 9 minute film The Gorilla and the Monkey celebrating an 11th birthday at Go Ape in Thetford Forest
  • 15 minute Video Will showing family heirlooms and leaving messages for loved ones
  • 45 minute film of 60th birthday celebrations with interviews from family and friends
  • 20 minute film of a Wedding
  • 20 minute film of 85th birthday in a rented barn in Essex


    • 2006
  • 22 minute A First birthday film
  • 30 minute Film showing a trip through Co Kerry and the beautiful sights of Bantry Bay, Co. Cork, Ireland


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