Two short films. Two amazing people I’d love for you to meet.
1. Soren. You know TV’s reality drama “The Deadliest Catch” about the world’s most dangerous profession. Well Soren Sorenson has lived that hardcore commercial fisherman’s life for 50 years, and he’s lived it without an ounce of bravado or showmanship, despite his record-breaking catches and the fact that 6 of his boats have ended up on the bottom of the ocean. Now at 72 years old, you can bet he’s seen a lot of change in his life.
2. Krishna. As the world “goes green” most of us are doing our part by finding recycling bins and seeking cars with better gas mileage. Krishna Nadella has taken on a bigger mission. Having emigrated from India to the US at 23 years old, and with inspiration from his grandmother’s primitive recycling efforts back home, he has set out to completely redefine what it means to recycle plastic–and it’s working. By intercepting millions of pounds of “trash” from our landfills and making plastics infinitely recyclable, he’s poised to change the world. By licensing a patent from a US University, and putting it to use for us all, he is one of the most innovative minds I’ve ever met.
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Both these 4 minute documentaries are shorts in film series I’ve been commissioned to create for Russell Investments. I’m exploring topics… like Innovation and Change, as seen in these videos, but also ideas around Risk, Planning, and beyond. The rest of the films can be found here. Please check them out. My goal has been to make this series insightful and beautiful. I’d love to hear your thoughts below if any of this strikes a chord.
these are fantastic!
Chase, nice work, great mini-story, mini-documentary. Getting the point across, very cool.
You’re embedding from YouTube. What are the factors going into your decision to use YouTube, as opposed to other Video sharing sites? Will this play on an iPad, is it HTML5 based?
Thanks, great job.
The biggest factor going into our choice of YouTube, was really exposure. At the time when we had to choose it was much bigger than anything else out there. There was a time when we had to post some of the longer stuff on Vimeo, or Viddler, but eventually we became partners with YouTube, which gives us access to some longer run times, and larger file sizes.
YouTube converts all of the videos to H.264, and although the current main page does not show it [there is an HTML 5 Beta BTW] they make all of the content available to iPhone and iPad through the integrated YouTube App.
Visually, the videos are deep and rich, like pudding. Great use of music as well, I think. It must have been a LOT of work. Beautiful!
Chase + Team,
Well done. You guys have nailed these. I can watch these looking for cinematics, photography, audio or what have you and it looks awesome every way. Mostly though, these are nice to watch without thinking about anything and just getting the message/point of the video; which is probably the goal. It’s great work. Be proud. I know I’m jelly 😉
David Dvir
Awesome, well done videos with interesting narrative! I like the quality of the video, the B&W option reminded me of art movies and the fact that there are no voiceovers. I will be watching these videos to learn more about your shooting technique, photography, lighting, framing, you and your crew are the best.
Chase.
Fantastic work. As someone that has been doing corporate video for over 5 years, I applaud the human element that you have brought into these videos. Something all commercial and corporate companies should use. I am curious if you will blog on the process. How much is done by you, an additional crew, rental gear and such. Also, is this HDSLR video, or Red?
Thank you again for sharing and moving the bar.
M.D.
Hey MD. we’ll likely be doing some more process vids on these, but until then, you can check out our first behind the scenes from this series here which outlines the equipment used and a few techniques.
http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/2010/03/chase-jarvis-raw-cameras-at-risk/
more to come…
Chase: I second the call for process vids! I also appreciate the time you put into talking with your readers about how you approach the videos, both technically and artistically. Thanks.