A Farewell Video for a Leaving Colleague, Made in an Afternoon

When someone leaves a team, the card gets signed and the cake gets eaten, and then everyone wishes they had made something a bit more personal. A short AI video built from team photos sits nicely between a speech and a slideshow.

Collect photos quietly, with permission#

Ask teammates to send one clear photo of themselves, face visible and not too dark. Tell them what it is for. People who prefer not to appear can contribute a caption instead, which works just as well.

Pick one theme, not ten#

The best farewell clips repeat one joke. A road-trip template works for someone moving cities; a dance template works for the colleague who always started the office playlist. Mixing many trends makes the video feel like a random feed.

Keep it under a minute#

Five or six clips of eight to ten seconds each is plenty. Put the leaver's own clip last.

Add text the room can read#

Short captions with names and one inside reference each. White text with a dark outline survives any background and any projector.

Show it, then send it#

Play it once in the meeting and send the file to the person privately afterwards. Ask before anyone posts it publicly.

Tools#

For a moving-on theme, the Hit the Road template on BopReel turns a single photo into a short road-trip clip. Check the pricing page first so you know the cost before you start a batch of clips.

Disclosure: written by the BopReel team (bopreel.com).