Their life, in a song and a short film.
An original song about someone you love, drawn into a short pencil film from your photographs. For a birthday, a wedding, a new baby, or someone you miss.
$249. About a week. Full refund until you approve the storyboard.
Start their film.
Three questions, then book.
For the occasion.
From the street she grew up on to the grandchildren.
How they met, and every year since.
The stories they tell at dinner, kept.
Their life, told once and properly, for everyone who loved them.
From the day the baby came home to the first steps.
The house, the beach, the kids in the waves.
What you get.
- A short pencil film, about three minutes, with an original song.
- Their photographs pinned into the drawings.
- The film to download and share, a vertical cut for phones, a clip of the chorus, and the song on its own.
- Two rounds of your notes before we animate, one after.
$249
Two films for the same family, $399.
How it works.
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Day one.
You tell us: a few photographs, a voice note or a page of the stories you tell, the names of the people in it. About ten minutes.
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Day two.
You hear two songs written for them and choose one.
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Day three.
You see every scene storyboarded and give your notes. Full refund until you approve it.
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Around day seven.
The film arrives. You watch it first.
The Street Cat from Tel Aviv.
Shown with the family's permission.
A family in New Jersey ordered this for their father. They sent their photographs and the stories he tells. The song calls him the street cat from Tel Aviv, so we drew him as one. Their photographs are in the frames.
The whole film, 3:28, with the song.
Who makes your film.
Max, working with AI. I write the words and direct the music, decide every scene, and check every frame. The AI draws, times and animates to my direction. I take a few films at a time and send yours when it is right.
Write to me: max@heirloom.pictures
The price.
- One film
- $249
- Each film: about three minutes with an original song, the film to download and share, a vertical cut for phones, a clip of the chorus, and the song on its own.
- Two films
- $399
- Two films, made together for the same family. One for each parent, or a life and a summer.
You pay only when you book, and a full refund until you approve the storyboard.
Questions first? Email Max or use the form.
Questions.
Will it look like her?
We draw her places, her things and the people around her, and pin her real photographs into the frames. Faces are drawn only when a film calls for it; the Street Cat's father is drawn as a cat because his song calls him one.
Can it be a surprise?
Yes. Only the person who orders sees the song, the storyboard and the film before the day.
What does it look like?
Every film is drawn in graphite pencil on paper, with your photographs pinned into the frames and one colour saved for the moment that matters. Weddings and first years bloom into full colour at the chorus; children's films and summers are in coloured pencil. You never choose a style; we choose the finish for the occasion, and you can ask for another at the storyboard.
What if we have few photographs?
Five is enough. The stories carry the film; the photographs are pinned where they belong.
Can you make it for someone who has died?
Yes. Many families want exactly this. Send what you have; we are careful with it.
Can she watch it on the TV?
Yes. You download the film and play it on anything; there is a vertical cut for phones too.
What happens to our photographs?
Only we and Claude, the AI we write with, see them. They never go to an image generator. We delete them thirty days after delivery unless you ask us to keep them. The rest is on the privacy page.
Who is EarlyCo?
The company that runs Heirloom Pictures and takes your payment. Max is its founder.