December 22nd, 2008 dorothy
We had the wonderful opportunity to meet and work with members of the Quesada Gardens Initiative, to create a video that tells the story of how they approach community building in the Bayview, Hunter’s Point district of San Francisco.
Prior to the video project, we produced an audio story about Quesada Gardens Initiative.
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October 2nd, 2008 foust
3D Edddy has been creating sculptures out of junk since he was a child. What started as a way to amuse himself while his father worked as a carpenter, evolved into a way to make use of the many byproducts of his ongoing house renovation, and now a career as an exhibiting artist and teacher.
Amidst the native plants flourishing in his Santa Rosa, CA yard, are many of the sculptures he has created over the years, on his own and with his students. This is where he sorts through abundant stockpiles of junk to create pieces ranging from airplanes with spinning propellers, to large robots, to flying horses and dragons, to whimsical faces, all made from scrap wood, door pulls, bottle caps, corks, rainbow colored telephone wires for hair, and whatever else catches his eye.
He trained as an oil painter, and is quite talented in that medium as well. But working castaway items into creatures full of life perfectly channels his vision and craftsmanship. And, through his work with youth, he is sharing the joy of listening to the materials, and letting them guide the creative process.
He’s a fun, mellow dude, with a big heart, who’s making some really cool stuff.
Have a look at the marketing/informational video we produced for him. Check it out »
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September 18th, 2008 foust
We like to drink clean water, and we use a Brita pitcher to filter our water. The thing that bugs us the most, is that Brita does not have a filter recycling/refilling program, so we are forced to throw our used filters in the trash.
We made this video in the style of the Brita ad campaign (sorry, this is the only place these ads can be found) which focuses on the negative environmental impact of plastic water bottles. The message of the campaign is ‘X minutes in a meeting, or at the gym, etc. A lifetime in the landfill’. We find it rather ironic considering that the filters end up in those same landfills.
The message is repeated in our video with the filter taking the place of the plastic water bottle.
We recommend checking out the Take Back the Filter site. They are lobbying to get Clorox (the parent company of Brita) to take back the used filter cartridges. (Ideally what should happen is for the filters to be refillable/reusable.) Beth Terry is doing a great job sharing the facts and building momentum. Beth liked our little vid so we have branded their web address onto the end. Check it out »
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August 28th, 2008 foust
This is a promotional web video we produced for a cool cafe called Nomad Cafe. We collaborated with them to give it an energetic vibe and created a soundtrack which evokes the global lifestyle their office/meetingspace-away-from-home supports.
Nomad wanted to bring the message of what their business is all about into this video. Through shots of the cafe, and employees and customers reciting key words, the message is how they are expanding the definition of green.
Nomad has strong ties to it’s north Oakland, CA neighborhood and works very hard to positively contribute to the community. They are also very conscious of their footprint and were doing a lot of things like waste reduction, composting and serving fair trade drinks well before green became mainstream. Check it out »
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