The Signature Film
A true documentary about one life — the people, the places, and the whole story.
The heirloom your family will still be watching in fifty years.
Some lives ask for more than a single sitting. The Full Documentary is a full day of filming — your loved one in the places that shaped them, and the voices around them: children, siblings, the oldest friend from church. Between the interviews, we go deep into the family archive — photographs, letters, reels, and tapes — restoring what time has faded and weaving all of it into a film of fifteen to twenty-five minutes.
This is the film families commission when they realize the stories live in one person, and that person won't be here to tell them forever. It is made once, and kept for generations.
How it unfolds
We map the life together — the chapters, the voices who should speak, and the places worth filming.
Your loved one, on camera, in their own world — with the family's voices filmed around them.
Photographs, letters, reels, and tapes — gathered through the family portal, digitized and restored as part of the work.
The finished documentary, premiered with the family and living forever on its own private page — with every original preserved permanently in our care.
What's included
A full day of filming — your loved one, the family's voices, and the places that matter
The authored documentary of fifteen to twenty-five minutes, built from interviews and the family archive
The archival deep-dive — restoration of photographs and recordings as part of the work
Every original and the full-resolution master preserved permanently in our care
A private page where the film lives forever, shared however the family chooses
The investment
The exact quote depends on the number of voices, the locations, and the depth of the archive — we shape it together in the consultation, and confirm it before any work begins.
Families almost always commission this together — five siblings makes it $700 each for the definitive record of a parent's life. Flexible payment plans are available; a deposit reserves the filming day.