Adventure
The family trip
“It was supposed to be a quiet week at the lake. Then Dad rented the pontoon boat.”
Everyone's phone photos and videos, cut together, with a map that follows the route.
The beach trip, Mom's retirement, the story Grandpa tells every Thanksgiving, a hundred years of your church: upload the photos, videos and notes you have, just as they are. In 2–3 business days you'll have a narrated short film, as funny or as heartfelt as the story.
Example: the 100-year history of a small New Hampshire church. 45-second excerpt.
Some opening lines, to show the range. You pick the tone; we write it that way.
“It was supposed to be a quiet week at the lake. Then Dad rented the pontoon boat.”
Everyone's phone photos and videos, cut together, with a map that follows the route.
“Every Thanksgiving, Uncle Ray tells the one about the turkey and the fire department. This year, it's a movie.”
Send a voice memo of it being told. We illustrate the parts nobody photographed.
“Thirty-four years, eight thousand early mornings, and one coffee mug nobody else was allowed to touch.”
For Mom or Dad's retirement party, the last day at work, or the gift from the whole team.
“Six years, four office moves, and the spreadsheet that saved the Henderson account.”
For a coworker who's moving on: what they built, who they helped, and goodbyes from the team. Better than a goodbye cake.
“She was born in a farmhouse with no electricity, and lived to video-call her great-grandchildren.”
A parent's life story, for a milestone birthday or a memorial service.
“Fifty years ago, a nervous young man asked a girl from the next town to the drive-in.”
Anniversaries, graduations, a new baby, a big birthday.
“In 1925, four young men met in a coffee house in Dover, New Hampshire.”
Families, churches and businesses, like the 100-year church film on this page.
“They met over a spilled coffee in 2016. Eight years later, she still makes him carry the cups.”
How they met, the proposal and the big day, for the reception screen or the first anniversary. Every guest's phone photos welcome.
“Nobody believed a beagle could open a refrigerator. Then came the summer of 2019.”
The dog, the house you grew up in, the championship season, the restaurant's first year.
The full example on this page is a 100-year church history, but your story can be a long weekend, an inside joke or a beagle.
Here's one made-up family's lake week in each style. Choose one in your dashboard, or tap Experts pick and we'll match the style to the story.
Slow, Ken Burns-style moves over your photos shown as framed prints, maps of where it happened, and a warm narrator. Like the church film on this page.
Bouncy, slapstick cartoon scenes for the moments nobody caught on camera, with comic timing and a narrator who's in on the joke.
Soft picture-book illustrations and a read-aloud narrator, like a bedtime story starring your family. Becomes a children's book easily.
Big music, a booming voice and dramatic titles: "This summer, one man rented a pontoon boat." Short, epic and funny.
"Breaking news from the Johnson household": an anchor reports the story, with on-the-scene photos and quotes from the family or the team.
Your photos and clips taped into a moving scrapbook, with doodles, ticket stubs and the warm feel of old home movies.
Not sure? Tap Experts pick and we'll choose. Every style uses your real photos and videos first.
Here's what we were actually sent for the example film, and what came out the other side.
A sideways scan in a PDF
A 400-pixel photo of the old chapel
Snapshots from 2012
A written script, a warm narrator, music, chapters by year, and every photo given its place, even that 400-pixel one.
Also welcome: voice memos, old letters, home videos, obituaries, family trees, links, screenshots, and “I think it was around 1962.”
Every step below shows the real church project at that stage.
One price for the video. No subscription, no surprise fees.
Your private dashboard opens the moment payment goes through. Name your project, add the details and start uploading right away, no waiting on us.
Upload from your phone or computer, one file at a time or a whole folder at once: photos, videos, audio, scans, documents, screenshots and links. Every file type is welcome, big videos included. No sorting or labeling needed.
Then answer 12 quick questions about tone, narrator, music and the big moments, or tap Experts pick on any of them and we'll choose.
Add as much as you like, over as many days as you need, and invite family to add theirs too: everyone you add gets their own sign-in code. When you've added everything, press Start production. We'll email you right away with your timeline and the date your demo will be ready.
We sort through everything, write the script, and build the first version: narration, music, your photos as framed prints, maps of where it happened, and illustrations for the moments nobody photographed.
Cards mark any photo we're still hoping you can find. The church's demo had a few, like the street sign named for one of its founders.
Dates, names, how a name is pronounced, a photo you just found. Send it however it comes to you. These are the real corrections from the church project.
A private page that plays beautifully on any phone, a link to send the family, and a download to keep.
Want it on YouTube? We'll post it as private, unlisted (link only) or public. Your choice.
Every film comes with its own project chat. Ask a question, share an idea, or send a photo you just remembered, and talk it through with Chris at Eastern Shore AI, the person making your film. We usually reply within an hour during the day, and we'll email you when we do, so you don't have to keep checking.
For the moments nobody caught on camera, we add illustrations, one for each moment the narrator describes: soft watercolor for a life story or a history, a playful cartoon style for the funny ones. We match the people and the place: in the church film they're Greek immigrant families in a New Hampshire mill town, and a founder's son modeled his father. Real photos always come first: if one turns up later, it takes the illustration's place.
Viewers who didn't grow up there still know exactly where the story happened. The camera starts on a map of the United States and moves into the town, then dissolves into real maps from the period, like a 1918 government survey of Dover. When the story names other places, they appear on the map as the narrator says them. On a trip film, the map follows your route.
Hymns, gentle piano, folk, orchestral, upbeat, or music from their era. This is the hymn-style score from the church film.
Choose an older or younger man or woman, or record the narration yourself and we'll build around your voice. We check every name with you so it's said the way your family says it.
The script, photos and illustrations are already done, so the book, the children's book and the audiobook come together fast. Request any of them from your film dashboard, whenever you like, and we'll confirm the details and send you a payment link.
The full story with every photo and illustration, printed and bound. Extra copies for the whole family.
Each chapter of the film becomes a chapter of the book, laid out like a real book.
The same story, told for the grandkids, with the illustrations they've already seen in the film.
The narration in chapters, for the car, for Grandpa, or for anyone who'd rather listen.
Framed illustrations, postcards for the reunion, or a small plaque that plays the film when scanned.
Everything together, for less than buying each one.
Relatives can get their own copies of the book too: just tell us who and how many, and we'll ship to each of them.
A trip, a retirement, the family legend, a parent's life story, a memorial service, a milestone birthday or a 50th anniversary.
Anniversaries and histories, like the 100-year church film on this page.
A send-off for a coworker who's moving on, or how the company started and who built it. Great for parties, anniversaries and websites.
Something to play on the big screen at the retirement party or the reunion, or to give at Christmas, Mother's Day or Father's Day.
Anything that helps tell the story, in any file type: photos (iPhone photos and Live Photos included), videos from phones, camcorders or GoPros, audio files and voice memos, scans, PDFs, Word documents, slideshows, spreadsheets, screenshots of texts or emails, and zipped folders. Links to Google Photos, iCloud, Dropbox, Facebook or YouTube work too. Large videos are fine. You don't need to sort, label, rename or convert anything, and if we ever can't open a file, we'll tell you. Please send only things you own or have permission to use.
Not at all. A road trip, a family legend that gets funnier every year, a wedding, a retirement roast, a coworker's send-off, the dog's greatest hits: pick Funny or Adventure and we write it that way, with music and a narrator to match. The church history on this page is one example.
Yes. Your film dashboard has a project chat with Chris, the person making your film. We usually reply within an hour during the day and email you when we do. You can also call or text (302) 907-9162. Ask K, the assistant on this page, is for quick questions before you order.
Yes. Take a picture of each one with your phone, or scan them if you have a scanner; phone snapshots are fine. We straighten, crop and clean them up. The church's oldest pictures reached us as phone shots and a sideways scan in a PDF.
That's common. We add watercolor illustrations for the moments nobody photographed, in one consistent style, and if a real photo turns up later we swap it in.
Up to about 8 minutes, using up to 75 photos and clips. Longer stories, or churches and businesses with a lot of material, get a quote up front.
Your demo is ready 2–3 business days after you upload, and the final version the next business day after your changes. Need it for a memorial service this week? Ask about rush delivery.
Only people you send the link to. Your files are stored privately for your project only and never sold or used in our marketing. Your finished film and dashboard stay up for as long as you want them; the original uploads are deleted 12 months after your final film, or sooner if you ask. If you'd like the film on YouTube, we'll post it as private, unlisted or public. The details are in our privacy notice.
Yes, and we'll always tell you where. Narrators are AI voices unless you record it yourself, and the illustrations are AI-generated watercolors. AI also helps us sort your materials and draft the script. A person checks every name, date and picture, and nothing is final until you approve it.
Tell us. Two rounds of changes are included: after each one we send you a new version, and the final arrives the next business day after you approve. More rounds are available if the story keeps growing.
We don't make illegal, sexual or adult, hateful, or political campaign films, or films from material you don't have the rights to. You must be 18 or older to order. If a project breaks our terms, we stop and refund what you paid minus Stripe's processing fee (about $6 on a card). The details are in our terms.
It's yours to keep, share and show. Your photos and materials stay yours too; you just need to have the right to share what you send us.
No forms to fill out first and no waiting on us. Everything else happens in your own private dashboard.
Questions first? Call or text (302) 907-9162 or email [email protected].
