You've thought about it before. After a long dinner, or going through old photos, or hearing a story you realized you'd never heard the full version of.
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Then life moves on and you don't.
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Most families wait until the stories are harder to get. The Root Project exists so you can do it now, while it's easy and while it's them telling it.
What It Actually Is.
It's one conversation, about an hour, filmed in their home or somewhere they're comfortable.
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I guide it with questions you help shape ahead of time. There's no script and no performance. Most people forget the camera is there within a few minutes.
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The goal isn't a polished interview. It's the way they actually talk.
Why video, and not a recording or a written history?
A transcript keeps the words. Video keeps the person.
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The pauses, the laugh before the punchline, the way they wave a hand when they get to the part that matters. That's the part your family will want, and it's the part everything else loses.
What you receive
The Conversation
About two hours, filmed on location, guided so it feels like talking rather than being interviewed.
A roughly 45-minute edit, kept light on purpose so it feels true to the moment. Delivered through a private link your family can return to or share.
The Keepsake Book
A metal-engraved certificate inside a hardcover book, with a QR code that opens the video. Built to sit on a shelf as a reminder the story is there whenever someone wants it.
Examples of Our Conversations
These clips are a small piece of the full video, just a few answers pulled from a much longer conversation. What matters most here is the feel: how each video opens with a short compilation to set the scene, and how every answer plays out as one unbroken train of thought, no cuts, no interruptions. That's the experience your family member's video will have.
Grandma
Living During War
Dad
Retirement
Husband
A New Career
Grandma
Living During War
Dad
Retirement
Husband
A New Career
The Investment
