Your Family’s Story

Either. The three interviews can explore one person’s memories in depth or bring together the recollections and perspectives of multiple family members.

We agree on the participants and focus of each session before booking, shaping the project around the family history you want to preserve.

Each filmed conversation lasts 45 minutes. Before booking, we agree on who will participate and the focus of each session.

The sessions can build on one another or explore different people, periods or themes. Dates and locations are arranged as part of the project plan.

The package includes three hours in total for research and interview preparation. Research uses your family information and relevant historical sources to explore the agreed people, places and events.

This research helps shape more specific questions and gives the conversations context. It is not a separate genealogy investigation or a comprehensive check of everything remembered during the interviews.

Names, approximate dates, places and a sense of the stories you want to preserve are useful starting points. Existing research, photographs, letters, certificates and family documents can help guide the preparation.

You do not need a complete family tree or a perfectly organised collection. We agree on the focus before research begins.

Different recollections can be a valuable part of family history. Each person can explain what they remember without being required to agree with another account.

The project preserves those perspectives while distinguishing personal recollections from details supported by historical records.

No. The conversations are gently guided, with questions informed by the background research and your chosen themes.

Looking through photographs or talking about memories beforehand can help, but there is no script to learn or expectation to recall every date.

Yes. Each participant chooses what they share and can decline a question, pause or move away from a subject.

Known sensitivities can be discussed privately before recording so the interviews can be approached with care.

The package includes three 45-minute recording sessions, not a guaranteed finished-film length.

The final duration depends on the conversations and the material removed during light editing. The aim is to preserve meaningful recollections while making the recording comfortable to watch.

Your Family’s Story centres on research-informed conversations, brought together with light editing. It preserves the interviews rather than extensively restructuring them into a documentary narrative.

Family Legacy Film is a more developed production that can weave interviews, photographs, home videos and other material into a deliberately shaped documentary.

Photographs, documents and objects can be used as prompts during the interviews.

Scanning material or incorporating it into the edited film is additional production work. This can be discussed and quoted separately before the project begins.

Interviews can take place at your home, the Breadcrumbs studio in Adelaide or at suitable locations agreed beforehand.

A comfortable, reasonably quiet setting helps produce clear recordings. Any travel or location costs are explained and approved before booking.

Background research uses the sources and subscriptions available to Breadcrumbs. If a paid record would materially help the agreed preparation, its purpose and cost are explained for your approval before purchase.

No additional record costs are incurred without your agreement.

The finished film is delivered privately as a downloadable digital file for you to keep and share.

Download availability and retention arrangements are explained before booking. You should download the film and retain your own backup copies.

All participants must understand the project and agree to be recorded. Before filming, we agree on who will receive the finished work and any sharing restrictions.

Breadcrumbs does not publish or use recordings in marketing or a portfolio without separate written permission.

Your finished film is normally delivered within 2–3 weeks of the final interview. The expected delivery date is confirmed when booking, and you will be kept informed if anything affects the schedule.

A 50% deposit is required after accepting the agreed scope and Terms and Conditions, before work begins. The remaining balance is due before delivery of your finished film.

Yes. Please give at least 48 hours’ notice to move a session without a rescheduling fee. Your payment remains credited to the project, and a new date is arranged subject to availability.

If illness, a family emergency or another unexpected circumstance arises at shorter notice, contact Breadcrumbs as soon as possible so we can discuss suitable arrangements.

Yes. Short comfort breaks are allowed without reducing the 45 minutes of recorded conversation in each session. Participants can also pause, skip a question or move away from a subject whenever they need to.