Lights! Camera! Action!
Relax. You’re about to have so much fun. You get to tell your stories and family history and show off your old photos and films. After a few minutes, you’ll totally forget about the camera. And later, you’ll be so thrilled when your family is watching your videos online, streamed to their smartphones, tablets, computers, and smart TVs all around the world!
Safe Too!
We are pleased to offer video interviews socially distanced in your home, online, or outdoors in your own backyard, patio, or at a nearby park.
We also offer online video interviews on a specially designed for interviews online platform that creates pristine video files. Modern technology makes it simple for you to work with our professional personal historians right from your own home to make powerful family history videos.
Schedule Your Video Interview
You or your parents can easily record your life story and family history on video. Heirloom Films personal historian Cory Bretz conducts video interviews for seniors. He'll come to you in your favourite chair or do the interview in front of your computer or tablet. You just tell your stories.
Your video interview is uploaded to the internet and streamed so it can be watched by your family and friends anywhere in the world 24/7. Your video interview will be available on any computer, phone, tablet, and Smart TV!
You'll also receive editable text transcripts of your interviews, perfect for your family history book or narration track in your life story family history film.
Packages available.
Is it difficult to tell your story? Cory Bretz is a master interviewer. You will find yourself relaxed and easily able to talk about your life. It’s really a lot of fun when someone actually wants to listen to you, doesn’t judge you and doesn’t give you unwanted advice!
Some basic life story interview questions
- My full name is . . .
- I was born on [date] _________ in [city] ______________ , [country] _____________ . . .
- My parents names are [mother’s maiden name]:_and [father’s full name]:
- My mother was born on / in . . .
- She grew up in . . .
- My father was born on / in . . .
- He grew up in . . .
- I grew up in . . .
- I went to school in / at . . .
- I married . . .
- I have # children. Their names are . . .
- I have # grandchildren. Their names are . . .
- One thing I learned in life is . . .
- What I wish for you, my family and friends is . . .
- I love you all.
Before your interview, you’ll receive an easy-to-complete Life Story Questionnaire to help you decide what to share or you can get started now and download it here. For more ideas see 110 Interview Questions.
I'd started to interview my own mother with my camera. But there was so much that she wouldn't tell me. Apparently this is normal with some parents and their children. So I brought in Cory to interview her. She loved it and I've got an amazing movie about my mom, dad, and ancestors! So glad.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Retired Entrepreneur
Telling my story of eight decades was easy with Cory. We spent several afternoons having conversations about my work, the turning points in my life, and about my ancestors. I even got to show off the medal I got at the 1936 Winter Olympics!
Dr. Helmutt May
Figure Skating Coach