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Sound familiar?

You create unforgettable nights. Then you post a flyer.

A concert that brings a hall to its feet. A workshop that turns strangers into an ensemble. A reading that leaves donors in tears. The impact is live, in person and almost never captured in a way your next funder can watch.

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The magic happens once

The show closes, the season ends, and the only record is a shaky phone video from the back row.

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A tiny team, a full season

Your development director is also running the box office, the gala and the grant calendar.

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Grant reports full of adjectives

Funders read "transformative" in every application. They rarely get to watch it happen.

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“We're just happy with happy production.”

Karen Dennis, Midwest Young Artists Conservatory
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“This pretty much blew us away.”

Lori Gruen, Freedom Reads
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In their words

Arts organizations, in their own words.

Midwest Young Artists Conservatory needed films for its board and for public town hall meetings while it campaigned for a concert hall. Freedom Reads brings books and poetry into prisons and needed that work seen beyond the walls. Here is what they told us.

75,000organic reach for the MYAC concert hall campaign

Read the MYAC case study

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Artist Storytelling Session. Free.

One artist, one Zoom call, three finished videos for your season.

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Your cost
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What you get

  • 1
    A 45-minute Zoom recordingAn artist, a student or a teaching artist. A Happy producer guides every answer, so nobody has to perform for the camera.
  • 2
    3 finished videosEdited and captioned, ready for your season launch, your appeal and your next grant report.
  • 3
    Yours to keepThe videos and the raw recording. No contract, no card, no catch.
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Love the videos? We'll show you how to film your whole season. Don't? Keep them anyway.

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Three ways to start

Three ways to put your season on screen

Start free. Film your performances, workshops and galas when you're ready, quoted up front.

Post-show conversation at a Freedom Reads eventStart here, free

Artist Storytelling Session

We record one artist, student or teaching artist over Zoom and our editors turn it into 3 finished videos.

  • 45-minute producer-guided Zoom recording
  • 3 finished, captioned videos
  • Artists, students, teaching artists or your ED
  • Yours to keep, files and raw footage
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Full house in the AKG Art Museum auditorium in BuffaloMost requested

Performance and event filming

A crew films your concert, opening, festival or gala, and our editors cut it for every channel.

  • Interviews with artists, audiences and donors
  • Cuts for social, email and your website
  • A screening-ready film for your board
  • Stills for your program and annual report
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Panel conversation filmed on a lit studio setFor campaigns

Capital and season campaigns

A set of films built around one goal: a new hall, a new season, a new program.

  • Story planned backwards from your campaign date
  • Films for board meetings and town halls
  • Donor and member thank-yous
  • Short cuts for every ask
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Built for the arts

What every arts production includes

Documentary craft, not ads

We come from documentary film. Your work keeps its depth and its point of view.

Releases planned first

Performer, student and audience releases planned before the doors open.

Vertical and screening-ready

9:16 cuts for social plus a screening-ready master for your gala.

Planned around your season

Shoots and edits timed to openings, season launches and giving days.

Captions for every audience

Burned-in captions plus subtitles in the languages your audiences speak.

You own everything

You keep every finished file and all the raw footage.

Beyond video

Everything your season needs, from the same shoots

Stories matter when they show up where tickets are bought and gifts are made. We deliver the pieces around the films too.

Violinist performing at an evening reception in Buffalo
Performance and backstage photography

A season content calendar

Dancers in a parade of nations in Orlando
Openings, festivals and galas

Clips for grant reports and your annual report

A reach summary after every campaign

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How it works

From your season calendar to finished stories

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Share your season

Your shows, your programs and the stories your funders keep asking about.

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FREE

Start with the free session

We record one artist over Zoom and deliver 3 finished videos, free.

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We film and edit

A crew films your performances and workshops. Our editors cut for every channel.

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Everyone uses it

Your team posts all season. Your board and funders finally see the work.

Post-show conversation with Freedom Reads
San Quentin, California
Full house at the AKG Art Museum
Buffalo, New York
Samba drummers at a charity run
Paris

Public proof

Filmed where the art happens

Midwest Young Artists Conservatory serves nearly 1,000 young musicians. Our concert hall campaign films were shown to its board and at public town hall meetings, and helped build the community support to move the hall forward. For the Human Rights Foundation we filmed artists in its Art in Protest program across five cities. For Freedom Reads we film poetry and performance inside prisons, including San Quentin.

75,000 organic reachBoard and town hall screenings5 cities for Art in ProtestSan Quentin

Read the MYAC case study · Read the Human Rights Foundation case study

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Real client videos

Stories we told for creative, cause-driven organizations

A few of the organizations we film for.

250,000Organic reachHuman Rights Foundation
2xGrowth on InstagramDream.org
228,000Views in under two weeksInnocence Project

Who we work with

Built for arts and culture nonprofits

Performing arts organizationsOrchestras, theaters, dance and youth ensembles
Museums and galleriesWith exhibitions, education and member programs
Literary and spoken wordReading, writing and poetry programs
Arts education nonprofitsTeaching artists in schools and communities
Festivals and cultural centersCelebrating heritage, music and community

Questions

Questions arts organizations ask us

Tap a question. Each answer comes with a 20-second video.

Is the free session really free?+

Yes. The Zoom session and the three videos our editors cut from it cost nothing. No contract, no card, and you keep every file with no obligation to buy anything afterwards. Book your free session and see your story on screen.

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What happens on the free session?+

You pick one person close to your work, and our producer interviews them live over Zoom for forty-five minutes while we record. Our editors then turn that conversation into three finished, captioned videos for your website, your social channels and your next appeal. All you have to do is show up, so book your free session.

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Who can we put on camera? An artist, a student, a teaching artist?+

Anyone whose story moves people: your director, a program lead, a volunteer, someone your program served, or a grantee overseas joining from a phone. Our producer guides every answer, so nobody needs camera experience or a script. Bring your people to a free session and we'll handle the rest.

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What do we actually get from one session or shoot?+

More than one video. A single conversation becomes a set of edits: short vertical clips for social, a longer story for your website, a fundraising ask and captioned versions for every platform. Your free session shows you exactly what one hour can turn into.

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Can you plan videos around our season, galas and giving days?+

Yes. Tell us your calendar, from Giving Tuesday and awareness months to galas and year-end appeals, and we plan every shoot and edit backwards from those dates. Book your free session early and your first videos are ready before the moment arrives.

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Can you use footage we already have?+

Yes. Send us the link, whether it's a hard drive from the field, a shared folder or years of workshop recordings, and we'll cut it into new videos. Pair it with fresh interviews from your free session and your archive finally works for you.

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Who owns the videos?+

You do. Your organization owns the finished videos and all of the raw footage, including everything we record on your free session. Use them on any channel, in any report, for as long as you like.

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How long until we get the videos?+

Your three free videos land in your inbox within two weeks of your session, with a simple review link if you want a change. For bigger shoots, we plan backwards from your gala, board meeting or appeal date. Tell us the date on your free session.

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What does it cost after the free session?+

Whatever comes next is scoped to exactly what you need, from a single film to a steady stream of videos for every program, and you get the price in writing before any work starts. No surprise change orders and no pressure. Your free session shows you what that scope should be.

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Tell us who to put on camera. We'll record them over Zoom and send you 3 finished videos.

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