How to Shoot Trial Videos That Survive A day-in-the-life video can do something a medical chart never will: make an adjuster, a mediator, or a juror feel what a diagnosis actually costs a person. That power is exactly why courts scrutinize these films so closely before letting a jury see them. A video that plays…
You Shouldn’t Have to Choose Most plaintiff firms commission a settlement documentary for one moment: the mediation table. It’s built to move an adjuster or a defense panel, to turn a stack of medical records into something they can feel in the room. As we put it, the goal is a film that plays like…
What Every Plaintiff Attorney Should Know Before Filming No — mediation privilege, on its own, almost never protects a settlement documentary. Mediation privilege statutes, influenced by the Uniform Mediation Act, shield communications during a mediation session. They do not protect evidence or media that existed before the parties walked into the room. The two doctrines…
Attorneys ask me this on almost every discovery call, usually a few minutes in, once they’ve stopped being polite: “Okay, but what does a settlement documentary actually cost?” Fair question. The Number Most Trial Preview Films™ — the full 35–45 minute settlement documentary, built from client and family interviews, medical or liability experts, and supporting…