I’ve been with BEF for one full year now. In the last year, I’ve come to the very vivid realization that a significant part of my team’s job (the marketing team) is to bring to life the amazing adventures and successes of our colleagues throughout the organization. It’s one thing to try to bring to life these stories using words… but, let’s face it, so many things about carbon offsets, renewable energy generation and watershed restoration are confusing to folks… so, we’re constantly pushing ourselves to discover more interesting, visual ways of bringing the stories to life. Recently, we decided to venture into the world of video story telling. Through a bit of luck we stumbled across an amazing, talented group of local film makers called SandyMontana. Most of the SandyMontana folks just graduated from film school here in Portland– so, they’re high on talent & enthusiasm but low on paying clients. We hit it off in our first meeting. They were inspired by us and our stories, we were impressed by their work and their people– a relationship was born! They’re giving us a great deal; we’re giving them great stories to bring to life on screen. Thought you might enjoy a photo of the home-made sound booth we used at our audio recording session last week (the walls are made from blankets, the actor inside is holding a flashlight to read his script)– an ingenious, resourceful solution if you ask me. Stay tuned for their amazing videos– we’ll post them here sometime later this summer.
April 26, 2008
