Darn Good Docs

These samples differ greatly, yet all began with clearly defined objectives and ended with highly satisfied clients.

• CORPORATE
  Client: Best Buy
  Purpose: Annual Managers Meeting
  Title: “Bellwood, Illinois”
  Shot on high definition (HD) video, this short documentary about a unique business partnership between Best Buy and the city of Bellwood, Illinois was part of a presentation at an annual meeting of managers. It was also used by Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson at a presentation on Wall Street that made national news.
• AD/PR/WEB AGENCIES
  Client: Best Buy Internal Agency - Broadcast
  Purpose: Employee Community Building & Web-based Viral Marketing
  Title: “Holiday Commercial Auditions”
  Following eight weeks of employee auditions to appear in a holiday TV commercial, Best Buy created a mini “reality TV” series for their 100,000 employees to enjoy on their intranet. Each episode was also posted online weekly for customers to enjoy.
• AD/PR/WEB AGENCIES
  Client: Best Buy Internal Agency - Broadcast
  Purpose: Public Relations Campaign
  Title: “Profile of Boo Boo”
  In-depth employee profiles were produced to generate excitement around the relaunch of the Best Buy intranet. Boo Boo’s story was posted in two parts to increase return traffic to the site.
• EDUCATION
  Client: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
  Purpose: Fundraising and Historical Documentation
  Title: “Walter Mondale Teaches University of Minnesota Class”
  The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs chose to create a documentary video to showcase an innovative class co-taught by former Vice President Walter Mondale at the University of Minnesota. The DVD was also used for fundraising.
• NONPROFIT
  Client: Torah Academy
  Purpose: Annual Banquet Presentation and Fundraising
  Title: “Torah Academy Banquet Video”
  Torah Academy, an award-winning Jewish day school, annually commissions a documentary video for their fundraising banquet. The school also used the DVD to recruit new students and for additional fundraising activities.
• FEATURE FILM
  Title: Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness (2007)
  Website: urbanexplorersfilm.com
  URBAN EXPLORERS: INTO THE DARKNESS delves into the world of urban exploration, a growing sub-culture of adventure-seekers from around the world who explore where most “normal people” would never go. After watching this documentary, you’ll never look at a manhole cover the same!
• FEATURE FILM
  Title: A Life Without Pain (2005)
  Website: alifewithoutpain.com
  What happens when a person can’t feel pain? As we follow three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year-old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old Jamilah from Germany coping with this enormous challenge, we learn that pain is really a gift that no one wants, but none of us can do without.
• FEATURE FILM
  Title: Whole (2003)
  Website: whole-documentary.com
  WHOLE takes you into the world of physically healthy people who are obsessed with becoming an amputee. This documentary reveals the impact the obsession has on loved ones, and also examines how medical professionals are dealing with the growing worldwide network of amputee wannabes.