Why Legacy Matters
Why does legacy matter?
Well ask yourself: How many of you are in the world?
One — Just you.
Since only one of you exists that makes your story unique; especially, to the people who love and treasure you. To them, you are the only you and they will miss you when you die.
Right now — this moment — you have a choice:
Do you consider your life journey valuable? And will you make the effort to preserve and share your story with those who love you?
Will you give those you love the gift of hearing your voice and seeing your face whenever they want?
Will you offer them a reminder that you love them as much as they love you?
Below are some reasons the families we worked with said legacy storytelling mattered to them.
Create A Treasured Family Keepsake
Legacy stories may be about a person(s), but it will be treasured by the people who care about them and want to know their story in the future.
Leave Behind An Intentional Artifact
An intentional artifact is purposeful; it’s something a person has created and chosen to share with those they love.
Preserve Your Micro-History
Most of recorded human history has been captured at the macro level. A Vimory is about focusing on a specific person and their experience within our greater human story.
Pass Down Culture
We all learn from the ones who came before us. The culture of a community comes from individuals and the choices they make to pass on their stories, their beliefs and their values.
Offer Personal Context & Clarity
Give your family the chance to learn the context and reasoning behind decisions, and gain understanding for why you chose to live the way you did.
Share Creative Expression
A Vimory offers a person the chance to share their talents in the way they want. Maybe you’re a poet, a painter, or a woodworker hobbyist. Whatever your passion is, it’s yours to share.
Build Intergenerational Connections
We need more young people to talk with older people and vice versa. A Vimory creates an opportunity to deepen relationships and have richer conversations with those who came before and have come after you.
A Conversation Starter
The transition to a new community can be hard. A Vimory is a perfect way for someone to introduce themselves with caregivers and strangers, and offers an easy conversation starter that will lead to new friendships.
Become Digitally Immortalized
A Vimory allows us to experience a person as they are. The little smile they give after a clever answer. The way they laugh about a situation they were in. The tears they shed when they talk about hardship. We have the technology to immortalize the human essence you simply can't get after a person’s died.
Life Stories
are love stories.
“YOur Life Story is the one thing that
can’t be reTOLD once it’s Forgotten.”
We hold ourselves accountable to the families we serve through six core values that have been built into the design of every aspect of our organization.
We communicate with integrity and transparency so families know they can trust us to do right by them. We strive for excellence in creating high-quality legacy video documentaries we call Vimories®/Vimory®. Most importantly, we aspire to treat people with kindness and empathy, and believe that doing so will make the world a better place to live in.
As partners, we are here to listen, to understand, and to be a resource for crafting what we know is the most valuable gift one can pass on to their loved ones. Everything we do revolves around an altruistic desire to help a family preserve their loved one’s personality and life stories.
Ultimately, a person’s lived experiences are the fruits of the labor and time they have spent in their life, and it’s our privilege to ensure those life experiences and stories will last for future generations.
Personal Attention
We are here to communicate right from the start and promise to respond to any questions within 24 hours.
Storytelling Guidance
We developed a method that make organizing your Vimory straightforward.
Privacy
We respect the privacy of a family and will not distribute any Vimory content unless we have explicit written permission.
Detailed Planning
We provide a detailed Vimory Production Itinerary that is both time and cost-efficient for a family, and creates transparency in what we will do.
Unbiased Interviewing
One of the most common mistakes families make is thinking they can interview someone they are emotionally close with without it affecting that person’s responses. That’s why we’re here.
Adaptive Field Producing
We are constantly thinking of ways to make your legacy documentary better while actively working on a project. Sometimes we are able to find local resources that augment our storytelling work.
Original Video
We travel to shoot original video of the places that matter to you or record you performing favorite hobbies. These are called Meaningful Memory Capture Locations (MMCL) or Meaningful Hobbies (MH).
Digitized Media
We work with a trusted local business partner to turn your physical family photos and videos into digital copies for you to have.
Quality Production
We intentionally limit our workflow to three productions per calendar month so we can do the best job possible on each Vimory.
Custom USB Drive Keepsake
We deliver your Vimory along with copies of your digitized media on a custom USB drive that can be signed by the person whose stories are on it. This acts as a keepsake to be passed down to future family.
