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Lived is a cinematic video interview platform that turns one afternoon of family conversation into a professionally edited short documentary film. Here is everything you need to write about us.
Lived is a gift. You sit down with someone you love. Our software guides the conversation with thoughtful questions that appear on your phone screen. They talk — about their life, their people, the things they remember. A few days later, we send you a beautifully edited 8 to 12 minute documentary film. No app to download. No equipment to buy. No writing, no typing, no months of homework. One afternoon, one film, theirs to keep. $79, one-time.
For a 25-word version: Lived turns one afternoon of family conversation into a cinematic short documentary film. You sit together, they talk, we edit. $79 one-time.
In 2007, a television director sat down for an oral-history interview. For two hours, an entire life came back — a projection booth at fourteen, a career that helped launch a generation of performers, a marriage, a family. When his son watched the recording years later, he realized the stories had always been there. The director was his father. The stories had just been waiting for someone to ask.
Lived exists so every family can have that moment — without needing a national archive to do it for them.
The full founder story: givelived.com/blog/why-i-built-lived
"I thought Dad would hate it. Ten minutes in, I couldn't get him to stop talking."— A daughter who gave Lived to her father
"I thought I knew all of Dad's stories. I didn't know any of them. Not really."— A son who gave Lived to his father
"My kids watched it three times. My daughter called me crying — the good kind."— A mother who shared her mother's story
It is digital, so it has no shipping deadline. The gift is a card the recipient opens on their phone. That means Lived works for the "I forgot to buy Mom a present and Mother's Day is Sunday" moment better than almost any physical item.
It is an experience, not a thing. Gift guide editors are always looking for the category that breaks up the Aura frames and bathrobes. Lived is a gift someone actively *does* with a loved one — one afternoon together that becomes a keepsake film.
It is not a subscription. Lived is $79 once. No yearly renewal, no ongoing commitment. That makes it easy to recommend without footnotes.
It has a story behind it. The founder's origin — rediscovering his father through a long-buried archive interview — is built for human-interest coverage and reads well alongside the product.
The cleanest shorthand: Lived is to video what StoryWorth is to writing.
Full comparisons: givelived.com/compare/best-memory-gift
Logos, product screenshots, and high-resolution product photography are available below. All assets are free for editorial use.
Need a higher-res version, additional angles, or the vector logo? Email us — we will send whatever you need within the hour.
A 90-second highlight clip — a taste of what Lived produces. The full films run 8 to 12 minutes.
For press inquiries, interviews, and sample films:
We answer every press email within one business day. Same day if you mention a deadline.
