The Keepsake is Heirship Films’ legacy film: a thoughtfully produced, documentary-style piece that captures one person’s stories, memories, and the way they tell them.

It is not a slideshow set to music. It is not a wedding highlight reel. It is a real conversation — carefully lit, carefully recorded, and carefully edited — made to be watched, shared, and passed down.

We ask good questions and listen. Then we shape what they share into a film that feels like them.

A Keepsake is typically 20–30 minutes.

That length gives a story room to breathe without asking a family to sit through a full afternoon. The interview itself runs longer; the finished film is the carefully chosen telling.

The Keepsake — $2,500 includes:

• A planning conversation so we understand who we’re filming and what matters most

• Questions sent in advance so your loved one can settle in before film day

• On-location filming with professional cinema lighting and broadcast-quality audio

• A guided interview — calm, unhurried, no script and no pressure to perform

• B-roll of meaningful objects, rooms, and family photographs you want woven in

• Professional editing and color that give the film a warm, lasting look

• Licensed background music chosen to sit quietly under the story

• Delivery for the family: a keepsake USB and a private link you can share

One clear offer. One clear price. If your family needs something larger later — more people, more sessions — we can talk about a custom project. The Keepsake is where most families begin.

On location — wherever the person is most at ease.

Most Keepsakes are filmed at home: a kitchen table, a favorite chair, a quiet living room with good light. We also travel. Geography is not a hard limit; if the story matters, we will talk through travel and timing on the consult.

There is no studio, and no need to bring anyone to ours.

A little preparation goes a long way. We’ll guide you, but families usually:

1. Talk through the consult — who we’re filming, why now, and which stories you hope to hear

2. Look over the questions in advance — your loved one can think, jot notes, or simply read them once and set them aside

3. Gather a small stack of photos and keepsakes — albums, letters, medals, a wedding portrait, the object they always pick up when they tell a story

4. Choose a quiet room — somewhere they feel like themselves; we’ll handle lighting and sound

They do not need to memorize anything. Comfort matters more than polish.

We come to you, set up carefully, and keep the day calm.

You’ll greet us, we’ll place lights and microphones so they fade into the background, and then we sit down for the conversation. We guide with prepared questions, but mostly we listen. Family can stay nearby or step out — whatever helps the person talking feel settled.

After the interview, we may film a bit of B-roll: hands with an album, a walk through a room, the things that make the story feel like home. Then we pack up, reset the room, and leave the house as we found it.

Most film days feel like a thoughtful visit, not a production.

Book → consult → film day → edit → delivery.

After you reach out, we schedule a free consultation. If The Keepsake is the right fit, we lock a film date, send questions ahead, and (when helpful) do a short room check before the shoot.

After film day, we watch everything, find the moments that matter, and edit the film with care. Most families receive their finished Keepsake within a few weeks of filming. You’ll get a clear delivery window when we book — not a vague “sometime soon.”

Yes. Photos and meaningful objects are part of how a Keepsake feels like their life, not a generic interview.

Bring (or set aside) what you already love: prints, albums, letters, heirlooms. We’ll help choose what belongs on camera and weave selected stills into the film. You don’t need a perfect archive — a handful of true pieces is enough.

We choose music that supports the story without taking it over. You’ll hear something warm and restrained, licensed for the film and selected to fit the person and the feeling of what they shared.

Yes. We treat every conversation with care. The person being filmed and the family decide what is shared, and we will never publish or use a film beyond the agreement we make with you.

Anyone whose stories a family wants to keep — a parent or grandparent, and also people in their forties and fifties who want to give their kids the gift of their voice now, rather than waiting. The film is the same: one person, a real conversation, typically 20–30 minutes, made to last. It isn’t a highlight reel of achievements; it’s a documentary conversation meant as a gift.

For parents giving the film to their children: it’s a way to meet them in the medium they already use, without turning the story into a short-form vanity clip. Many won’t watch it once and file it away — they’ll come back to it as they get older.

Book a free consultation.

Tell us who you’d like to film and what you’re hoping to preserve. We’ll talk through fit, timing, and next steps — honestly. If The Keepsake isn’t right, we’ll say so.

Reach out: heirshipfilms.com/reachout · mike@heirshipfilms.com · 952-292-8134