People often ask what we actually say when the camera turns on. The truth is, there’s no magic script — every person’s story is different. But over many interviews, a handful of questions have proven to open almost anyone up. Try them at your next family dinner. You may be surprised what comes out.
Continue reading “5 Questions That Unlock Anyone’s Life Story”What I Learned Filming My First Adventure Interview
I had done plenty of interviews before — families, couples, grandparents sharing a lifetime of memories. But sitting down with someone whose whole life had been spent chasing horizons was different. I walked in with a page of questions and a quiet worry that I might not do the story justice.
Here is what that first adventure interview taught me.
Continue reading “What I Learned Filming My First Adventure Interview”The Adventurers Among Us: Why Ordinary People Have Extraordinary Stories
Some of the most remarkable lives belong to people who would never think to call themselves remarkable. The neighbour who once crossed an ocean in a small boat. The grandmother who rebuilt a life from nothing after the war. The quiet uncle who spent three decades photographing birds in places most of us will never see. Ask them about it and they will shrug: “Oh, it wasn’t anything special.”
But it was. It always is.
Continue reading “The Adventurers Among Us: Why Ordinary People Have Extraordinary Stories”Everyone has a story worth telling
Some of the most remarkable lives belong to people who’d never think to call themselves remarkable — the friend who sailed somewhere impossible, the grandparent who rebuilt a life from nothing, the neighbour whose quiet adventures would stop you in your tracks.
Continue reading “Everyone has a story worth telling”