In this blog, we wanted to share five tips for ethical video storytelling.  These are lessons we've learned from doing this work for almost twenty years.  There are certainly more than five tips - perhaps future blogs will feature others.  But here's the essence of what we'd like to focus on now: When people make themselves vulnerable by telling their personal stories for the benefit of others,...

  We share with you our 2023 Smiles Video, a "tradition" that started in 2010. Back then, I was spinning through some footage towards the end of the year, noticed quite a few happy faces, and decided to piece the shots together into a short video. Folks enjoyed watching, and so, every January, we collect the laughs, smiles, and goofing around from the previous year to create a montage of happiness. Here...

Rosie's Place hired us again to create a series of videos for their "Funny Women...Serious Business" fundraising luncheon.  Rosie's Place offers women emergency shelter and meals, as well as a food pantry, ESOL classes, legal assistance, wellness care, one-on-one support, housing and job search services, and community outreach.

We partnered with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on a video project in celebration of its 75th anniversary. From multiple days of filming and over 300 pages of transcripts, we crafted a series of videos on a variety of themes, including advances in patient care, community initiatives, the importance of mentorship, and research and discovery.

  For any of you who have viewed past versions of our Smiles Video, you may remember the story of its origin, but I’ll repeat it anyway for those who don’t know it. In December of 2010, I was doing some archival clean-up with our video files. I came across lots of smiling, happy faces from the various clients we’d had throughout 2010. So I put together a montage. Even though it was a lot of fun and folks...

Rosie's Place is a multi-service community center that offers women emergency shelter and meals, and so much more: a food pantry, ESOL classes, legal assistance, wellness care, one-on-one support, housing and job search services, and community outreach. Women will find support, opportunity and the tools they need to make a new start. Rosie's Place offers a safe haven for LGBTQIA+ women and overnight...

We were proud to produce this animation in collaboration with Open Pixel Studios, another certified woman-owned business. A project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, love is respect offers 24/7 information, support, and advocacy to young people between the ages of 13 and 26 who have questions or concerns about their romantic relationships.  love is respect provides comprehensive education...

    We were proud to produce multiple capital campaign videos for New Hope.  New Hope works throughout South-Central and Southeastern Massachusetts, offering support to individuals who have been affected by domestic and sexual violence. Its services include crisis intervention, violence prevention, life transition, and self-sufficiency opportunities, while promoting behavioral...

  2021 felt like something of an extension of 2020. Happiness can take a hit or two, but it always survives. Our clients last year gave us plenty of joy, and this is a tribute to them. These Smiles videos started a few years ago and, for us at least, we can't help smiling when we watch them. Hopefully it's the same for you! Important note: In last year's version, I spoke to the question...

Last year was lousy, and the beginning of this year hasn't been a lot better. Still, mixed in with all the difficulties, there have been moments of joy. In 2010, on a whim we created our first "Smiles" video - a short montage of happy faces, compiled from a year's worth of footage. It's been an annual post for the last few years (see below for videos from past years). If you need a little shot...