Hello followers! Spring is finally upon us and we’re beginning to emerge from our winter blog hibernation with a ton of updates. 2010 has really started with a bang for SFW. New clients and new projects have kept our cameras rollin’ and our fingers clickin’.  We’re really excited to share with you all the cool new pieces we’ve been working on and keep you apprised of all our latest happenings.

Stephen later appeared in studio for an interview with KUOW’s Dave Beck:

You can download the interview here.

Next up for the Snoqualmie Falls doc: Emmy night! So stay posted.

This spring we had the opportunity to work with the Jefferson County Historical Society to create an orientation film for their renovated museum.  Rather than produce a traditional historical documentary, we took the theme, “We Came with Dreams” and created a piece that was more impressionistic.

Over the course of three weekends, our intrepid filmmakers, Stephen and Kyle, set off for Jefferson County, interviewing 17 people and shooting over six hours of beautiful images.

Using oral histories, archival footage, literary quotes, newspaper accounts, present day images and interviews, Kyle pulled together a truly beautiful piece that really captured the spirit, essence and history of this colorful county.

The film was unveiled at the Jefferson County Historical Societies’ Founders’ Day on April 25th. The Peninsula Daily News was on hand and caught an interview with JCHS’s Executive Director Bill Tennant:

“The film was wonderful — it exceeded what we all thought it would,” Tennant said.

“There were strong, bearded men who were crying.”

“It really does a great job showing everything from the Olympic Mountains to the coast to the Hood Canal region to Port Townsend,” Tennant said.

“We have kind of joked that maybe we shouldn’t show this to very many people because they will all want to move here now.”

Our new toy: the Canon 7D captures a timelapse.

Waiting for the time-lapse, Stephen ponders life and Kyle ponders dinner.

Stephen pushing it to the limits.

Looks like it’s time to dust off the ol’ tuxedo. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has just announced the Northwest Regional EMMY nominees and SFW has been tapped!  Our doc “The Power of Snoqualmie Falls” will be one of six films vying for the best Cultural/Historical Documentary.

The 47th Annual Northwest Regional EMMY Awards will be held on Saturday June 5, at the Snoqualmie Casino. So stay tuned for all the hot red-carpet gossip… and to see if we can still fit into our tuxes after countless breakfast burrito binges.

Visit http://www.natasnw.org/ for more info.

It was great to once again work with Dick, Gail and everyone at JFS.  We can’t wait for next year.

“In a word: sensational!” -Richard Rosenwald, JFS

“The video was spectacular. Personally, I think it was the best yet!!” -Gail Pollack, JFS

Our video, which was created for their annual “Caring for our Community” breakfast, illuminates Lifelong’s mission of providing care, encouraging prevention and offering hope to its many clients.

You can watch the video below:

This spring we created a video with one of Nordstrom’s designer partners, St. John.  In this 13-minute piece, stylist Lela Briggs demonstrates the fun and versatility you can have with the line. Lela has been with the St. John since 1995, where she began as the house model.  Lela was great on camera and made our job in post pretty darn easy!  Thanks to everyone at Nordstrom who worked with us on this project.

CollinsWoerman is an innovative company that specializes in the design and construction of environmentally friendly buildings.  In need of a trade show video, they approached us to create a piece that would convey their unique vision.  The timeline for this project was quick but we were fortunate to work with such a great team over at CW.

For more on CollinsWoerman, check out their website http://www.collinswoerman.com/

After five days of interviewing 20+ people, the impact the “J” has had on people’s lives became very clear.  We heard stories of how couples met through the Jewish softball league and how lifelong friends first met at summer camp.  It was great to see how the J has created and nurtured such a vibrant community.

The SJCC conducted a survey following the event and gathered these responses to the question, “What did you like most about the event?”
The Video
The video
Video nicely done with ‘inclusive’ feel good message
The Video
Video was very well done
the video with clips from people who use the J
video presentation
great video presentation
the video was fabulous
video
the video of JCC past and present
Video was very well done and made me want to give more than I had planned on coming in to the event.
Video and overall messaging was strong-consistent story, intergenerations, great combo of nostalgia and current relevance-good message!
the video completely captured the appropriate message for the jcc in compelling and emotional way
video
the video was great
video

We were extremely happy with the final piece and the response and the J was able to break all fundraising records.

Recently, Nordstrom approached us to help them introduce their new health benefits plan. It encourages employees to get active and lead a healthier lifestyle.  In addition to the Nordstrom executives explaining the logistics of the program, we interviewed several employees who have taken it upon themselves to make a change and lead healthier lives.