We are located in New England, in an area overflowing with first class educational institutions with great stories to tell. We work with many schools like Harvard University and MIT to create films that inspire their students and communities and educate the world about their programs.
THE BRADFORDS OF KINGSTON
Client: Jones River Village Historical Society
In the autumn of 2019, the folks at the Jones River Village Historical Society asked us to make a film about three generations of the Bradford Family to be shown in the summer for visitors of the Major John Bradford Homestead in Kingston, Massachusetts. As the pandemic rolled across the country, the JRV Historical Society reluctantly closed the house. Covid-19 caused us to abandon any plans we had to interview experts on location. Our research revealed that there were no period paintings of the Bradford family nor any drawings from that time representing how they lived.
How could we create a film about the Bradfords and their community with so little to work with? Yari suggested we design and animate the characters into the real backgrounds of the historic places. The story, the history, and the characters came together in a wonderful film introduction to the Bradford family with music performed by Seven Times Salt.
STRESS - FEATURING ANNIE PERRIN
Client: Harvard Business School Publishing
For the new version of Harvard MentorManager, an online business curriculum, the producers at HBSP wanted to create an innovative way to convey their lessons. They approached us to produce a series of short films that would help their clients understand why each subject in their program was important. They were looking for a distinctive editorial style and wanted to get away from the traditional “talking heads” approach.
In this film Annie Perrin of The Energy Project teaches stress management in corporate environments and how she balances her work life with her love of dancing.
THE ARTS AT MIT - HYPERLAPSE FILM
Client: Arts at MIT
The Arts at MIT department wanted to raise awareness about the many art-related programs on campus. They asked for a different style of a film: a fast-paced hyperlapse animation. Like timelapse, hyperlapse requires making hundreds of photographs of a subject that can be animated into a highly compressed sense of time. Hyperlapse adds camera movement to the photography—a technically complex process, but with powerful effects. We felt it was important to integrate stories into the animations and, despite their impossibly busy schedules, the MIT students were eager to cooperate!