Source material also came from the Kellams’ so-called Big Book, which Blanchard described as a collection of private correspondence and archived materials to which both Kellams contributed. ‘[The Big Book] was an eloquent statement of where they were and what they were doing, particularly of their first year,’ Blanchard said. ‘They had a conscious idea of getting out their story eventually, but they were never able.’ ‘We Were An Island’ includes archival photographs of the Kellams and recent photographs of Placentia Island shot by David Graham.