Mānoa Sky

Terrace Drive Documentary

This page offers the proposal and options.

The heirloom documentary film is as you described in your letter. Below it are three things we could add. Tick any of them and the timeline and the short list of requests.

The documentaryHeirloom

Included$80,000plus Hawaiʻi GET

A film about family, memory, home, stewardship and the passage of time

Twenty to thirty minutes.

Interviews of the architect, the contractor and the historian speak about what makes the home special, what was kept and why. Old photographs dissolve into the same rooms today. And your own words, as much or as little as you choose, share the story of the family that has lived here and cared for it.

The finished documentary, 20 to 30 minutes
Interviews with the architect, the contractor and the historian
You sharing your story, in sit-down and walking conversations at the house
The house filmed from the air and room by room
Then-and-now pairings of your family photographs with the same views today
Every interview preserved in full, separate from the film
Delivery in a handmade koa box with archival drives, an easy-to-play copy, and a Permanent.org archive, storage up to 150GB.

OptionsThree things we could add

Each one stands on its own. Choose any, all, or none.

Filmed with the documentary · no change to the schedule

A film of the house itself

$10,000

A separate, slow film of the home, in the spirit of the video you shared: the grounds from the air, the rooms, the details of the restoration. Something that stands on its own, apart from the family story.

From you: very little. Weather may ask for a day or two more at the house to catch the light.

At your own pace · any time

Your experiences, and words to share with the future generations

$18,000

So few of us have our parents' voices, in their own words, to return to when we need them. This is a private film of you, sitting down over a few quiet conversations, sharing what you've learned, what you hope for, and whatever you'd want the generations after you to hear. It is kept apart from the documentary, held in your Permanent.org archive, and shared only when and with whom you decide.

From you: two or three quiet afternoons.

For the April 25 tour · interviews filmed by mid-March

A short film for the Mālama Mānoa home tour

$8,000

Three to five minutes that play on a loop while visitors move through the house: the architect, the contractor and the historian on what makes this home special, then and now, with captions so it reads even in a busy room. A small gift to the community that day.

If you choose this, I’d ask for introductions to the three of them, ideally in December, so we can film their conversations between February and early March.

The months aheadHow the time unfolds

Dates are provisional and will move. Only the tour film is tied to a date.

What I'd need from youA short list

InvestmentWhat you've chosen

Before tax

Hawaiʻi general excise tax, 4.712%

Total

Half on signing to hold the dates, a quarter when filming begins, and the balance on delivery.

Please take whatever time you need with this. If you have questions, I’m happy to talk them through. And if you decide this is the right film for your family, I’ll send a simple agreement for you to look over at your own pace.

Warmly,
Tamo
Mānoa Sky