1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,918 This is the story of a mother, a son and an iPad. 2 00:00:04,959 --> 00:00:06,877 (ringtone) 3 00:00:06,959 --> 00:00:09,626 This is me about a year ago, calling my mother. 4 00:00:09,709 --> 00:00:12,642 Hello? Can you see me? - I can't see. 5 00:00:12,667 --> 00:00:15,917 Oh, now I can. - Oh, my finger was on-- 6 00:00:15,959 --> 00:00:19,668 And this is my mom about a year ago, still getting the hang of her new iPad. 7 00:00:19,751 --> 00:00:21,726 Yeah, the camera. 8 00:00:21,751 --> 00:00:24,918 We're using software called FaceTime. 9 00:00:24,959 --> 00:00:28,209 But my mom has another name for it. What is this called? 10 00:00:28,292 --> 00:00:31,184 Facelift. - This software is called Facelift? 11 00:00:31,209 --> 00:00:35,392 Something like that. - But this story starts way before this. 12 00:00:35,417 --> 00:00:39,918 This is my dad. He met my mom. They got married. 13 00:00:39,999 --> 00:00:42,684 They raised three kids. That's me in the middle. 14 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:47,184 And this is me, years later, after I decided to become a filmmaker. 15 00:00:47,209 --> 00:00:50,684 That's when I started filming my parents all the time. 16 00:00:50,709 --> 00:00:54,601 I filmed them fighting. - You never button your- Now these- 17 00:00:54,626 --> 00:00:57,585 I filmed them having fun. - Let go! 18 00:00:57,626 --> 00:01:00,585 (laughter) I could tell they liked me filming them. 19 00:01:00,626 --> 00:01:04,709 Especially my mom. - I wouldn't mind being a television s- 20 00:01:04,751 --> 00:01:07,043 on television or the radio. 21 00:01:07,083 --> 00:01:10,476 Yeah, but your chances of that are? - Nil. 22 00:01:10,501 --> 00:01:13,809 However, you never know. - You never know. 23 00:01:13,834 --> 00:01:18,209 Not long after this, my dad was diagnosed with a serious lung disease. 24 00:01:18,250 --> 00:01:23,017 That's when the filming stopped. Within a month, my dad was gone. 25 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,350 My mom was alone now, and my sisters and I were worried. 26 00:01:28,375 --> 00:01:33,559 So, for her 70th birthday, we bought her an iPad. 27 00:01:33,584 --> 00:01:37,918 Which brings us full circle. - I can't hear you. 28 00:01:37,999 --> 00:01:41,726 I've lost your voice. - It was a rocky beginning. 29 00:01:41,751 --> 00:01:43,710 Hello? 30 00:01:43,751 --> 00:01:46,017 But once she got the hang of it... - Hi! 31 00:01:46,042 --> 00:01:49,001 ...we started talking all the time. Hows it going? 32 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:52,668 And I noticed she especially liked talking about showbusiness. 33 00:01:52,709 --> 00:01:55,876 So, just like before, I started filming her. 34 00:01:55,918 --> 00:01:57,918 (ringtone) 35 00:01:57,959 --> 00:02:02,835 I call our conversations "My Mom on Movies" and I share them on YouTube. 36 00:02:02,918 --> 00:02:07,127 From Justin Bieber's monkey... - I dont think he cared about his monkey. 37 00:02:07,167 --> 00:02:12,209 ...to Miley Cyrus twerking. - What was it called? Um, turkey or twerky? 38 00:02:12,250 --> 00:02:16,058 Or twerking? Is that what it is? 39 00:02:16,083 --> 00:02:20,042 Our videos have a loyal following. These days, reporters are calling my mom. 40 00:02:20,083 --> 00:02:23,042 We've been on radio shows... - Hi Pat, this is Faith. 41 00:02:23,083 --> 00:02:25,458 Thank you for joining us. - Thank you. 42 00:02:25,501 --> 00:02:27,918 ...and in newspapers. 43 00:02:27,959 --> 00:02:31,460 But the best part of it all is that the chats have brought us closer together. 44 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:35,100 The conversations usually start with something about the movies. 45 00:02:35,125 --> 00:02:38,500 What do you think about Bradley Cooper and how he's living with his mother? 46 00:02:38,542 --> 00:02:41,642 You think that's nice? - Oh yeah, I do. 47 00:02:41,667 --> 00:02:45,126 But they always move to something a little more personal. 48 00:02:45,167 --> 00:02:49,058 How would you like it if I lived with you? - Oh, I'd love it! 49 00:02:49,083 --> 00:02:52,434 It'd be like a dream come true. - Why? 50 00:02:52,459 --> 00:02:56,893 I like you. And I miss you. 51 00:02:56,918 --> 00:02:59,267 When people ask me about it, I say: 52 00:02:59,292 --> 00:03:02,918 Everyone should get their mom an iPad and do a web series with her. 53 00:03:02,959 --> 00:03:05,877 It might make her famous, and I promise 54 00:03:05,959 --> 00:03:08,918 it'll go much deeper than that.