The Loving Legacy Signature Service
$2,995
Overall Experience
Over the years I’ve developed a progression of questions that lead you from your awareness and knowledge about your ancestry and those who came before you, through your childhood and early memories, young adult life, marriage, parenting and family, career, retirement and later life. But a significant piece of what makes this experience special are the more introspective questions I ask such as during which parts of your life did you feel most alive, or most positive? Were there points that you reflect upon in which you now wish you’d made different choices? What challenges are you facing now? Tell me about your experience parenting and grandparenting, and thoughts about aging and dying. This combination of the linear more chronological trajectory of your life with the more inward looking personal experience is a beautiful blend that helps bring out a person’s true essence and to tell their story in deeper and more meaningful ways. Throughout the process, I take care to listen actively, and use follow up questions to clarify and build upon your answers. This is one of my greatest strengths in listening as a stranger and inquiring for greater depth.
Meet & Greet
Before the day of filming, we have an optional introductory meeting to get to know each other and answer any questions about preparation or otherwise. This meeting can be conducted over the phone or online if preferred.
Day of filming
• Setup and break down of camera, sound and lighting equipment
• Filming of family photos, family trees, genealogy records or other collections, etc. so that they never leave your presence
• Potential gathering of additional B-Roll of subject in their home space
* Some questions can be provided ahead of time as food for thought and to get the memories and stories flowing
Post production process
• Musical soundtrack added
• Editing of interview and removal of interview questions
• Integration of existing family photos into the videos
• Transformation of long form interview into approachable individual short videos (according to package)
• Uploading to password protected private webpage to share with friends and family (according to package)
• Delivery of final product in various formats in hard and digital copy (according to package)
Payment
We accept payments via cash, check, Venmo, PayPal or Zelle (in order of preference).
Half of payment is requested upon hiring, and second half of payment is due upon completion of project.
