PORTLAND PRESS HERALD PROFILES GOOD NEWS

We were pleased to chat with Dennis Perkins from the Portland Press Herald for a short article about our film, Good News– made with Caroline Losneck. The piece details our experience in the Bayside neighborhood of Portland as we talked with our (now late) protagonist, Edgar Gatto about making the film. It was great to continue creating video production in Portland, Maine about our local community.

JUSTIN CHENETTE CAMPAIGN VIDEO

We had a blast producing this campaign video for Justin Chenette and his campaign to continue as Senator representing the communities of Saco, Old Orchard Beach, Hollis, Limington, & Buxton Maine. Chenette, 26, is the youngest member of the State Senate. In 2012, Chenette made history by becoming the nation’s youngest openly gay legislator and Maine’s youngest lawmaker at age 21. He wanted to support video production in Portland Maine by hiring a local team to make this work.

ETHNOGRAPHIC MARKET RESEARCH

We produce ethnographic market research work about focus groups, site visits, and in-home discussions. We’re excited to show off our new reel of ethnographic market research work. We work with with planners, market researchers, and focus group moderators to create compelling documentary work that gives personality to the opinions they’re analyzing in their research.

Curious about what ethnography is? For us, it’s a documentary study, but more like embedded journalism where we get to hear opinions and learn about all different types of people and their lives and preferences and interests.

IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS REEL

We wanted to show off a compilation of our immersive installations collaborations with Caroline Losneck. If you know a museum or organization that wants to turn a compelling and creative idea into an amazing immersive installation with interactive elements and audio and video stories and texture, keep us in mind. We’ve created works in crumbling old theaters, film festivals, and major museums. We can facilitate the construction of set-pieces, as well as technical elements to make incredible and engaging immersive installations.

INTO THE LANTERN OPENS AT MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM

In late winter 2016, a proposal came our way to create video for an immersive installation that would recreate the experience of being inside the eastern light at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

The permanent exhibit features a panoramic timelapse we created from the window of the eastern light, two documentary shorts, Beyond the Harbor (about the Portland Pilots) and Keeper (a brief history of lighthouse keeping) as well as three lovely audio stories from our own, Caroline Losneck.

It was a night to be remembered and certainly amazing to see it all come together. We really enjoyed the experience of creating video and audio content for a museum and producing so much compelling video production in Portland Maine and are excited to hear the response to this permanent part of the Maine Maritime Museum. So go check out, Into the Lantern, soon!

Newsshooter interview on Diving for Scallops

Dan Chung from NewsShooter.com just posted a really nice blog post about our film, Diving for Scallops. Check it out here.

DIVING FOR SCALLOPS: A NEW YORK TIMES OP-DOC

A new piece we produced with artist, filmmaker, and radio documentarian, Caroline Losneck (@CarolineLosneck) is now a part of the NYTimes Op-Docs series, called Diving For Scallops.

FYKE TIDE

We had a wonderful time debuting Fyke Tide, a collaborative installation with Caroline Losneck as part of the 2013 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF). The installation is a little glimpse into our work documenting the 2013 elver eel fishing season in Maine. We installed a three-room fyke net portal into the rivers of Southern Maine. Using audio interviews with eel fishermen, and natural sounds from the woods and river banks, we assembled hundreds of pounds of nets (with the amazing assistance of Christopher Byron and Zack Barowitz), enclosed with found foliage, and added multiple projections from the project to create a cozy and mysterious world within an otherwise raucous party. We’re hoping to build on the momentum from the event to do larger installations in Maine and other US markets.

THOMPSON'S POINT, PORTLAND, MAINE

Another in a series of Buildings Lost. In collaboration with Portland, Maine audio artist Caroline Losneck. An homage to a place that used to be something years ago and now will transition with progress into something newer and modern.

AMERICAN CAN FACTORY

A short we created in collaboration with Portland, Maine audio artist, Caroline Losneck about the pre-demolition cacophony that was the American Can Factory. The factory was an institution in Portland- employing many families for years. Unfortunately, the building’s owners couldn’t keep it active and were forced to demolish it. Turn your speakers up loud for an audio treat. Shot on a single day in March, 2013.