Video Editor Needed to Reformat 32 Portrait Phone Videos for Widescreen TV

I'm looking for an experienced video editor to improve 32 smartphone videos recorded during a surprise 75th-birthday celebration. **The problem:** Most videos were recorded vertically (portrait orientation). When played on a widescreen television, the actual footage appears in a narrow strip in the center, with large black areas on both sides. I previously converted the recordings into 16:9 format, which corrected the orientation but didn't make the actual footage much larger. **What I'm looking for:** - Make the actual video footage wider and more enjoyable to watch on a large television. - Keep people looking as natural as possible, without excessive stretching. - Preserve important content, avoiding significant cropping of people's heads, bodies, or activities. - Explore intelligent reframing, controlled horizontal scaling, or other professional techniques. - Do not simply add blurred backgrounds on the sides. I want the actual footage to appear larger. - Preserve the original audio and complete recordings. I understand that portrait videos cannot completely fill a widescreen television without some cropping, stretching, or generated content. I'm looking for the best practical compromise. **Project details:** - 32 videos, approximately 32 minutes total. - Original high-resolution smartphone recordings available. - MP4 and some 3GP files. - Deliver individually numbered MP4 files suitable for importing into DVDStyler. - Final output should be 16:9 and compatible with DVD authoring. - Preserve filenames and playback sequence where possible. **Before editing the entire project:** I would like a small paid test using one original video, showing your recommended solution. I will test it on a television before approving the remaining files. Please include your fixed-price quote, estimated turnaround time, relevant experience, and an explanation of how you would approach this problem.