A complete, professional-grade system for families who want to film their loved one's life story themselves — with the right questions, the right tools, and a finished film at the end.
There is a question most families cannot answer. Not because they don't know the answer — but because no one ever asked it while they still could.
What was your grandfather like as a young man? What was your grandmother afraid of? What did your father want to be before he became what he became? What is the story your mother has never told anyone — not because it's dark, but because no one has ever sat down and asked?
These are the stories that disappear. Not with a dramatic ending, but quietly, over time — as the people who carry them age, forget, or simply run out of tomorrows.
The technology to capture these stories has never been better. Your phone shoots better video than a professional camera from a decade ago. Editing software that cost $50,000 is now free. The only thing most families lack is a clear system — the right questions, the right tools, and a simple enough process that they actually start.
Story Starter is that system. Built by a professional life-story production company. Packaged so any family can use it — starting this week.
Camera, microphone, and lighting at three budget levels — Basic ($0, using what you own), Medium ($100–$300), and Advanced ($300–$600). Every recommendation tested by our production team.
Organized by life chapter: childhood, family, love, work, faith, hardship, legacy, joy. Questions designed by professional story coaches to unlock the stories people have never told — even to the people who love them most.
Step-by-step setup guide for Riverside.fm — the recording platform used by professional podcasters and documentary makers. Works in-person or remotely. Your subject needs only a phone or laptop.
Exact instructions for Descript, CapCut, and Riverside AI — how to trim, caption, and export a polished 15–20 minute episode from a 60-minute raw recording. No prior editing experience required.
The narrative framework that turns 52 raw interviews into a story arc your family will actually watch — not an archive they'll never open. How to organize, sequence, and present a life.
Access to the LegacyWorks member community, plus a guide to setting up your family's private YouTube archive — so every episode is accessible to every family member, on every device, forever.
Follow the gear guide, download Riverside, and send your loved one their first invite. Most families complete this in under an hour. You could record your first session this weekend.
Open the 52-week question guide and read the first session's questions. Then sit down — or set up a video call — and ask them. Record for 30–45 minutes. You've just done more than most families ever will.
Follow the AI editing tutorial to trim your first session into a 15-minute episode. Upload it to your family's private YouTube channel. Share the link with your siblings. Watch what happens.
One session per week. One episode per week. In a year, you'll have something no one in your family has ever had: a finished, professional-quality portrait of a life — in their own voice, on film, forever.
| What you get | StoryWorth ($99) | DIY (No system) | Story Starter ($895 + free kit) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided interview questions | Written prompts only | ✗ | ✓ 52 weeks, video-ready |
| Video capture | ✗ Text only | ✗ No system | ✓ Full Riverside setup |
| Editing guidance | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ AI workflow included |
| Tested equipment guide | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ 3 budget levels |
| Their voice on video | ✗ Text only | Maybe | ✓ Professional quality |
| You actually finish it | Some do | ✗ Most don't | ✓ System ensures it |
If you’re the one keeping your family’s history, Story Starter gives you more than a video. It gives you a proper first-person oral-history interview — captured in their own voice, transcribed in their own words, and preserved so it’s still usable generations from now.
It’s the living testimony behind the names and dates in your family tree — the one source you can’t pull from any archive, captured the right way, by you.
Why family historians choose LegacyWorks →For the next 50 founding families, Story Starter is $895 and includes our complete tested filming kit — camera, microphone, light, and hub — shipped to your door, free. Get in, capture the story, and become one of the first families to share what LegacyWorks makes possible.
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