One of the great fortunes of living in Washington, DC is being able to walk down to the National Gallery of Art, enter at no cost, and wander the grand halls to view a rare Van Gogh. I did that on a recent Saturday and after viewing “Green Wheat Fields,” I happened upon an an exhibit of the photography of Charles Marville, a relatively obscure French photographer from the mid-1800s. Click to read more about how Marville’s photography photography captured a changing Paris.
One of the biggest challenges our clients face is documenting the human impact of the work that they do, especially when they are policy-oriented. As opposed to a direct-service organization, it is harder for them to demonstrate the impact of their work. They feel inclined to resort to programmatic videos explaining what they do and how they do it. Yet those have little emotional appeal and often fail to use the medium of film effectively.
This November, we were tasked by Georgetown University’s Office of Advancement to conceive of a short video that would be sent to alumni at the end of the year to thank donors for their support and encourage others to consider Georgetown in their end-of-year giving. As alumni of the University ourselves, we look back and remember our experience at Georgetown as a series of moments, big and small.
In it’s 10th year, Silverdocs has grown to become the largest U.S. documentary film festival. Taking place in downtown Silver Spring, the festival brings together the local film community and high level industry players at its concurrent conference, and presents a great slate of films for the viewing public to enjoy. Here are the reviews I did this year for the Washington City Paper.
For the past three years, we’ve been tasked with telling the impact stories of the annual recipients of Georgetown University’s Vicennial Award, which honors 20 years of service to the University. There are many award winners every year and we open up the opportunity for each one of them to share their story if they choose. About 18 to 20 step forward every year and while each have amazing contributions to the University and the world, it’s a real challenge to include all these stories into one 10 minute entertaining and moving video. Below is what we came up with this year and the steps for how we went about it:
We’ve lived in DC for nearly 10 years and every year, we visit the cherry blossoms. They are simply magical. And so this year, we decided to spend one early morning documenting their beauty in film. Here’s what we came up with:
Eidolon’s own Ben Crosbie was recently featured in Panasonic’s blog. It details his work on Eidolon’s independent and client projects using the AG-AF100. Read it HERE!