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If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.

Winnie-the-Pooh

GRANDMA
 
CARROL

 

GRANDMAWIDNEY
 

During the first 3 years of Benham's life, ​he lost both of his grandmothers to cancer.

At 5, it is unclear if he remembers them at all.

That breaks our hearts.

But he will know them - in some fashion - through video. In the last two years of their lives, I shot hours of video: formal interview settings as well as informal cookie-making sessions, book readings, and walks.

I firmly believe there is simply no better medium for this type of legacy work than video. While he won't remember their interactions or physical touch, he will know their face when they laughed, their intonation and cadence when speaking, their stories, the way they formed their thoughts, and what they thought of themselves, their story, and our family history.

He will know them.

What you are bidding on...

A professionally recorded, edited, and rendered video of an interview conducted with a person of your choice.

We - you, the subject, and KnowMe - collaborate in pre-production to select areas or themes to explore during the interview as well as gather images or artifacts that might be useful in telling their story.

Each Legacy project generates two videos: a 90 to 150+ minute video meant for close family and friends and a 3 to 8-minute version suitable for sharing more broadly or on social media.

Two short-form examples

(Long-form videos are considerably more private and, as such, are not shared publicly. Contact KnowMe if you'd like more information.)

Biographical

Who are you? Where do you come from? What is it about you people may not know but should?

What is your story?

Family Stories

What are the family stories that are looked forward to each holiday gathering? The stories that ground us in family. That keep fresh and vibrant good times long gone. That will leave a painful hole and a loss of family when there's no-one left that remembers them.

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WINNING BID CHOOSES

Legacy Story - an Individual subject

Donation

  • ~60 minute consultation

  • Pre-interview questionnaire & interview preparation guide

  • 3 hour on-site interview session

  • ~45 minutes of non-interview filming (B-roll)

  • Incorporation of up to 12 photos / documents

  • Incorporation of B-roll

  • Stories:

    • A lightly edited, 90 to 150+ minute video

    • A highly edited 3 to 8 minute "sharable" story

Origin Story - a couple or small family unit

Donation

  • A ~60 minute consultation

  • A pre-interview questionnaire & interview preparation guide

  • A 2.5 hour on-site interview session

    • A 1.5 hour session with a couple

    • 2 x 30 minute session with each individual

  • ~45 minutes of non-interview filming (B-roll)

  • Incorporation of up to 12 photos / documents

  • Incorporation of B-roll

  • Stories:

    • A lightly edited, 75 to 100+ minute video

    • A highly edited 3 to 8 minute "sharable" story

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