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We’re here to help you tell and amplify those stories. We bring together deep experience in working with nonprofit organizations and creating compelling films to help you engage your audiences and raise visibility for the world-changing work you do.

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We help nonprofits working on a wide range of issues tackle communications and fundraising challenges through beautiful video storytelling.

New York Hall of Science Gala Videos

Fundraising / homepage / Impact / Landing Page / Project video_host: youtube video_id: 2Nq4t8X3_wg video_description: Since 2019 we’ve been proud to produce the videos that have become a cornerstone of NYSCI’s dynamic annual gala. For the 2022 Evening of Science and Inspiration we created four profile videos highlighting how each honoree’s achievements align with NYSCI’s mission to create and deliver equitable STEM learning experiences around their core principles of design, make, and play. To open the evening, we created a video celebrating the museum’s full reopening after damage caused by Hurricane Ida the previous year and highlighting NYSCI’s local and national impact. video_type: series client: New York Hall of Science credits_0_role: Executive Producer/Story Editor credits_0_name: Emily Kornblut credits: 6 text_content: Ready to create videos that will inspire your gala audience? button_text: Contact Us link_override: credits_1_role: Director of Photography credits_1_name: Dan Winckler credits_2_role: Sound operator and second camera credits_2_name: Sherwin Chao, Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre, Joshua Louis Simon, Khalid Straker credits_3_role: Editor credits_3_name: Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre series_videos_0_video_id: CPmxRb7rawI series_videos_0_thumbnail_override: 5169 series_videos: 4 embed_code:

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National Book Awards

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We have been tremendously grateful to collaborate with the wonderful team at Really Useful Media to produce the livestreams of both the National Book Awards Ceremony (since 2020) and Finalist Reading (since 2013). Their team is truly exceptional in thinking through every detail or challenge, and in producing an extraordinary event, and I couldn’t recommend them more highly!

- Ruth Dickey, Executive Director, National Book Foundation

For the return to an in-person, black-tie ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street, we produced the 73rd National Book Awards as a live, multi-camera broadcast for at-home audiences. Building on the successful online and hybrid productions in 2020 and 2021, we partnered closely with the National Book Foundation to refine the run of show and develop a sophisticated look and feel with online viewers in mind. From capturing audience and winner reactions to integrating dynamic graphics, we provided creative solutions to elevate production values and worked closely with the venue audio and video teams to flawlessly implement technical solutions and cues. video_type: series client: National Book Foundation credits_0_role: Director credits_0_name: Dan Winckler credits: 11 text_content: button_text: Contact Us link_override: credits_1_role: Executive Producer credits_1_name: Emily Kornblut credits_2_role: Project Manager credits_2_name: Susan Lanier credits_3_role: Technical Director credits_3_name: Joshua Simon credits_4_role: Video Engineer credits_4_name: Khalid Straker credits_5_role: Audio Engineer credits_5_name: Corey Poindexter credits_6_role: Camera Operators credits_6_name: Lawrence Crocker, Jessica Glass, Khyber Jones, Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre series_videos: 2 credits_7_role: Teleprompter credits_7_name: Ashley Zazzarino/Prompster credits_8_role: Hair/Makeup for Ruth Dickey credits_8_name: Nicolae Rita credits_9_role: Production Support credits_9_name: Sherwin Chao credits_10_role: Post-Production Audio and Music Supervision credits_10_name: Chris Burke series_videos_0_video_id: 653004594 series_videos_0_thumbnail_override: 5003 series_videos_0_host: vimeo series_videos_1_host: youtube series_videos_1_video_id: 654266808 series_videos_1_thumbnail_override: 4817

Queens Public Library Gala

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We hired Really Useful Media to create five short films for our 2022 Annual Gala, and to film the live event as a standalone video. All five of the videos are compelling on their own, and when combined with the comprehensive gala video, they really tell the story of Queens Public Library and its impact in the community. The Really Useful Media team was highly professional, created excellent work, and they were a real pleasure to work with!

- Susan Latham, Executive Director, Queens Public Library Foundation

When the Queens Public Library Foundation began planning their return to an in-person gala in 2022, they approached us with a vision to honor four authors from Queens by producing short films for their gala that would highlight the library branches where the authors grew up. Throughout pre-production and production, we worked closely with the QPL team to develop a narrative strategy about the impact of the library and its programs, using the voices of customers and staff, who also expressed what it meant to them that these authors used their QPL branches. As part of this process, we collaborated on messaging goals to ensure each video would fit into the gala’s overall program, for example, advising on the use of open captions to meet their in-person audience engagement and accessibility needs. We produced one film to kick off the event and showcase the library’s impact across the borough, with the four additional videos celebrating the branches as introductions to the evening's honorees: Jelani Cobb, Min Jin Lee, R.J. Palacio, and Gary Shteyngart. Across all five videos, we focused on highlighting both the legacy of QPL as well as how each library’s programming and collections meet the needs of the diverse communities they serve today. We also filmed the gala itself and edited a 45-minute online version to share the evening's celebrations with the broader QPL community. video_type: single client: credits: 6 text_content: button_text: Contact Us link_override: credits_0_role: Director of Photography credits_0_name: Dan Winckler credits_1_role: Producer credits_1_name: Emily Kornblut credits_2_role: Producer & Editor credits_2_name: Lourdes Kalusha credits_3_role: Sound & Camera Operators credits_3_name: Sherwin Chao, Jessica Glass credits_4_role: Event Video Producers credits_4_name: Lourdes Kalusha, Khalid Straker credits_5_role: Post-Production Audio credits_5_name: Chris Burke

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