RISE Social Legacy Project · Beta 3.0

Your elder has a story.
Your job is to capture it.

Become the investigator and content creator of your elder's life. Interview them, gather photos, and build a short legacy film your whole family can keep forever. 🎬

⏱ About 1–2 hours total An interview session with your elder, then a short editing session to build the film. Parents and guardians: you'll help by scheduling the elder, downloading the prep PDFs, and setting up the recording device.
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You're the Investigator

Ask powerful questions and uncover stories never told before.

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You're the Content Creator

Record, produce, and narrate a 2–3 minute legacy film.

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A Gift to the Future

Your family will carry this story forward for generations.

Before you begin

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Mission Briefing

Tell us a little about who you are and who you'll be interviewing. This personalizes your whole experience.

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Get Ready to Film

Download your prep guides, pick your filming setup, and you're ready to go.

📄 Your Prep Resources

Share the Questions for Your Elder guide 1–2 days before the interview so they have time to think and remember.

🎥Recording Guide

How to film your elder · 2 pages

 ❓Questions for Your Elder

7 questions · share 1–2 days before
💡 Parent tip Help your teen share the Questions guide with the elder ahead of time — even a quick text or email with the link works great.

📱 Choose Your Filming Orientation

Simple rule: choose Vertical if you're posting to social media. Choose Horizontal for everything else.

🛠 How Will You Record?

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Interview Notes

📋 Complete this step after your interview Come back here once you've filmed your elder and jot down what stood out. These notes will shape your film — and they're included in your Story Package.

For each question below, write 2–3 sentences about what your elder said. These help you identify the key stories to pull from your footage.

✨ Want AI help summarizing? Copy your notes (or download your Story Package in Step 9) and paste them into Claude.ai — ask it to summarize your notes into a 3-part story arc. No setup needed, and your notes still never touch RISE servers.
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Add Your Footage & Photos

Add photos and video clips from your interview. These become the visual backbone of your legacy film.

🎞 Drop photos & videos here

or click to browse — JPG, PNG, MP4, MOV supported

💡 What to include Video clips of your elder speaking, old family photos, photos of meaningful places or objects they mentioned. 5–12 items work well for a 2–3 minute film. ✨ Bonus: a photo of them when they were young — if you can find one — is especially powerful.

🔒 Files stay on your device and are never uploaded. If you close this tab, your notes stay saved but you'll need to re-add the files themselves — your storyboard order is remembered by file name.

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Build Your Storyboard

Arrange your photos and clips in the order they'll appear in your film. Use the ↑↓ arrows to reorder — rearrange as many times as you want.

🎬 Story arc tip Think of this like building your film in order: start with who your elder is, then move through their story and experiences, and end with a reflection or message to the future.

Your photos and clips will appear here once you add them in Step 5. Come back and arrange them!

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Choose Your Film's Mood

The music sets the emotional tone of your legacy film. Click Preview on any mood to hear what it sounds like before choosing.

30% is a good starting point — loud enough to feel, quiet enough to hear every word.

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Your Voice, Your Story

Record a short narration to weave the film together. Your voice is the thread that connects past and future.

🎙 Before you record Your browser will ask for microphone permission — click Allow to continue. Record in a quiet room for the best sound quality. Your recording stays on your device.
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Ready to record

Prefer another app? Record a voice memo on your phone instead — just keep the file with your footage.

🎙 Narration prompts — use these as a guide

Opening
"My [relation] [Name] was born in [year] in [place]. Growing up, I never really knew their full story — until now."
Middle — something that surprised you
"When I sat down to interview them, I learned something I had never known before — [a moment from the interview that surprised you]."
Closing
"I made this film so that whoever watches it — my family, our future — knows exactly where we came from. And knows [Name]."
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Save Your Story Package

Everything you've built — mission briefing, interview notes, storyboard order, music choice, and narration script — packaged into one file, saved straight to your device.

✅ Your Progress

📦 Download Your Story Package

A beautifully formatted file with all your notes plus step-by-step editing instructions for building your film in iMovie, CapCut, or any video editor. Save it to your desktop, print it, or share it with a parent.

The email button opens your own mail app with your notes pre-filled — send it to yourself as a backup. Nothing is sent to RISE.

🎬 One-Click Film Generation — Coming Soon

We're putting the finishing touches on automatic film generation. Until then, your Story Package has everything you need to edit the film yourself — most families finish in under an hour.

Your email is the only thing sent to us — never your notes, photos, or videos.

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You've preserved a piece of history.

You've just done something remarkable — a story that would have otherwise been lost will now live on. Your elder's voice, your family's roots, captured forever.

Share the Mission

Know a teenager who should do this project? Share the RISE Legacy Project with someone who needs it.

Help More Families Tell Their Stories

RISE Social is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. A $20 donation helps us bring this project to more teenagers and families who need it most.

💛 Donate $20 — Make an Impact
"Every family has a story the world needs to hear. Thank you for making sure this one gets told."
— RISE Social Team · risereporting.com
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