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Pearl City-based Pop Creative Media Brings Stories To Life Through Videos
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pros and cons.
“It’s hard to stop working.
Emmett and Natto Bean, who are essential to Pop Creative Media (see more on page 6).
“We really loved all the ones we’ve done so far. One of them is kind of a cheat (an- swer) because it’s Jamie’s mom.”
While the heart of Pop Creative Media is creating long-format, interview-style videos Nolan and Jamie “weave together to narrate a heartfelt, personal story,” it also specializes in virtual events and weddings, love stories and miscellaneous pro- jects, all which can be found on the business’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/pop- creativemedia).
When we had the office be- fore, I actually had to stop when we left the office, but now I had to make a bedtime for myself,” says Jamie.
In 2021, Jamie and Nolan also filmed their first video biography, which would lead to Pop Creative Media’s true calling, Pop Legacy Videos.
“We were doing these for other families, and Jamie’s like, ‘I want to do one for my own mom.’ Here we are cap- turing other people’s stories, but why don’t we ever do it for ourselves?” he adds.
In February 2021, Nolan and Jamie moved Pop Cre- ative Media’s office to their own home in Pearl City, not- ing the transition has had its
Meanwhile, Nolan notes the move has allowed them to make their mental health more of a priority, like taking walks around the neighbourhood to get things off their minds. They also have been able to maintain a healthy work/life balance with their two teenage sons, Trent and Wes, who go to school in town. Not to men- tion, their two fur babies, Dr.
With this, the Hongs cap- ture people’s, mainly kūpuna, “stories of their lives in their own voice; their special mo- ments, told as only they can, saved on video to be shared and cherished forever.”
The interview with Jamie’s mom, Hazel, lasted four hours, but the impact it had on their family was unquan- tifiable.
A behind the scenes shot of Pop Creative Media conducting an interview for a Pop Legacy Video, one of the more recent ventures the company has added to its repertoire. PHOTOS COURTESY POP CREATIVE MEDIA
all the services the Hongs
When asked if they could give an example of one of their most meaningful Pop Legacy Videos, Nolan says,
“Jamie was able to hear sto- ries of her mom that she nev- er heard before growing up,” says Nolan. “She really got to hear from her mother’s heart ... and a lot of healing hap- pened just through this expe- rience of hearing her mom’s perspective.”
Pop Creative Media owners Nolan and Jamie Hong are all smiles doing what they love — capturing and sharing the stories of the people of Hawai‘i.
they can. We see that people take for granted these stories that they have access to now, while their loved ones are still here. When it’s too late ... you look back with sadness that you’re unable to hear those stories or ask those questions of loved ones. There’s no time like now to capture them and preserve them,” encourages Nolan.
“(It) was seeing parts of her brain that she doesn’t normal- ly (share),” Jamie adds. “You don’t hear that when you’re just picking up food or going to soccer games.”
lan’s podcast Hanging Out With Nolan Hong — which he describes as another labor of love to gather stories of the incredible people out there in the world. Or, contact them at 808-386-7868 or thehongs@ popcreativemedia.com.
For more information on Pop Legacy Videos, visit po- plegacyvideos.com, and visit popcreativemedia.com to see
“Our hope and desire for the community is that they do capture these stories of their loved ones now, while
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