Life Story Films
The stories
only they can tell.
A filmed conversation that preserves someone’s memories and the sound of their voice.
Let’s talk about your storyA life, in their own words
You know their voice.
Keep the story, too.
Give them time to wander through a memory. Ask about the people in the photograph. Leave room for the pause, the tangent, and the laugh that follows. Their way of telling it is part of what you’ll want to keep.
You may know the photograph without knowing the story behind it. A Life Story Film gives someone you love time to tell you about their life, in their own words and their own familiar way.
Beautifully
imperfect.
What we can make together
Their voice.
Their way of telling it.
Parents, grandparents, and mentors with stories to tell. Families who want to hear about the experiences and values that shaped someone. Someone recording a personal message for the people they love.
- A conversation about the memories they want to share
- A filmed interview with questions to help them get started
- Family photographs or home movies, where you choose to include them
- An edited film, with a way to receive and watch it agreed beforehand
Before you decide
A plan you can see clearly.
We’ll agree on the material, what you’ll receive, timing, revisions, and cost in your proposal before work begins.
Tell us what you have in mindA few practical details
We’ll talk through the interview, photographs, and recordings you have in mind, then agree on film length, edits, and delivery. If a personal message is meant for a future milestone, we’ll need a plan for who keeps it and when it is shared.
How it feels to begin
A conversation.
With time to remember.
Get comfortable
Choose a familiar setting and the memories they want to share.
Let the stories come
Gentle questions give them somewhere to start and room to follow a memory.
Bring the memories together
Their voice leads the film, with photographs and home movies where they belong.
Something to come back to
Off the screen.
Into your life.
An album on the table. A film you watch together. We can help you choose how your story comes home.
Explore the keepsakesA place to begin
Before we
begin.
Do they need to prepare a script?
No script is needed. We can begin with memories, photographs, or a few topics they would enjoy talking about.
Can family photographs or home movies be included?
Yes, we can discuss including them. We’ll look at what you have, its condition, and what belongs in the story.
Can we record a personal message?
That can be part of the conversation. We’ll agree on who it is for, who can see it, how it will be kept, and when you want it shared.
A note to Jonathan
Whose story
would you love to hear?
A person, a place, a half-formed idea. Tell me what’s on your mind, and we can take it from there.
Let’s start there