Be the Keeper of your Family’s Flame
Embark on a journey where you’ll re-discover stories from your past, reminisce with family and friends and share your treasured words of wisdom. We’ll help elicit your best and most vivid stories while working closely with you to produce a film that will be a lasting legacy for your family and future generations
Our Process
A beautiful aspect of creating a film is not just the end result - but the journey itself. Planning your Lifetime Story Film brings people together; reminiscing over stories you love sharing, looking through photos and telling those forgotten tales to be passed on through the generations.
All our materials are designed to elicit stories and memories and these will be available to you throughout. We’ll be here to guide and help you to create the outline for your film and find photos that bring back these memories.
Once you have had time to talk, reminisce, laugh, cry and reflect on all your memories, we are ready to create your Lifetime Story and set a date for filming.
We have high quality and unobtrusive filming and lighting equipment and our lovely team of Michael, Jenny or Natalie will come to your home to film your stories and memories live. Back in our editing studio we will bring your story to life, overlaying your photos and giving you a story to last a Lifetime.
So let’s get this exciting journey started
We love creating a relaxing atmosphere for people to share the stories of their life, so they are told naturally, leaving a wonderful legacy film.
Some Examples
Peter’s Lifetime Story film was about his childhood and here is an excerpt from his chapter on ‘Brothers’.
N & D recorded a film for their son’s first birthday, recalling their stories of meeting, getting married, right up to the first year of parenting.
Leonard’s Lifetime Story Film was created to capture his memories of growing up as a child during WW2. This excerpt is a particularly moving story about his appreciation of art.
Before starting your Lifetime Stories journey, it is important to consider the following questions…
What?
What is the (overarching) story I would like to tell?
We all have a story to tell. Do you want to share the story of your childhood, recalling pivotal memories and milestones? Is it the story of how you met your partner? Or recording your life’s wisdoms to share with your grandchildren?
Finding your story is the first step.
Why?
Why do I want to share my story?
It is also important to think about why you want to create this film. As a legacy video for you, or even a gift for your parents to share with their children and grandchildren.
Knowing why you want to share your story helps guide the entire process.
How?
This is where Lifetime Stories shine.
Using our experience of eliciting stories at Natural Born Storytellers, and bringing generations together at JOY, we have designed a process to help you and your family reminisce, share stories and create a film that feels genuine and warm. We will help you choose which memories you would like to share and ensure that the final film contains all your most precious memories.
We have carefully tailored film packages to suit your needs. This can be a very personal process and we are here to support and guide you throughout, with a mix of email and phone calls, leading up to the day of filming.
If you are interested in filming a Lifetime Story, please get in touch and request a call.