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We empower clients to leverage video for marketing, training, HR, events, and more! Explore our some of our recent video projects.
2020 Bellingham School District Virtual Commencement Ceremonies
By far one of the most meaningful projects for our team this year was helping to celebrate this year's graduating seniors who had no in-person ceremony to attend. We had literally 30 calendar days to pull off four fully produced graduation ceremonies for the Bellingham School District—in a format that had never been tried before. We were blown away by the response of our community and by the outpouring of the kind words and sentiments shared by and for the graduating class of 2020.
All of the graduations were pre-produced to ensure that we had control over the content and that the ceremony would stay on schedule. It was important to us that we include student voices in each ceremony so each school's video has a slightly different feel while keeping the key components of the ceremony intact.
Students had a chance to speak, as did faculty. We also gave the music departments at each school license to get creative with remote performances.
Congratulations Class of 2020!
Bellingham High School
Squalicum High School
Sehome High School
Options High School
Bellingham Now
Bellingham Now YouTube Playlist
Bellingham Tonight Pivots to Tell Community Stories
Veritas Media launched Bellingham Tonight in the fall of 2019. Our team was gearing up for Season 2 and we had big plans, like a weekly sports update and monthly content featuring local movers and shakers. In March 2020, however, COVID-19 hit and our plans of filming our show in front of a live audience, as well as reporting on local sports, were thrown out the window.
Knowing we couldn't gather in person, and that we were living through some unprecedented times, we set out to do what we thought would make a difference by telling the stories of our community through video. This time, instead of a talk show we recorded a series of conversations with people where they were at—mostly at home via Zoom.
Our conversations focused on what different leaders were doing in our community—how they were adapting, changing and pivoting. We told stories of remarkable re-tooling to support our healthcare workers and how everyday people were getting involved and helping out.
Children’s Museum of Skagit County – Live Stream Virtual Auction
We love when we get the chance to support nonprofits who are doing exceptional work in the community. As a father of two, this project, for the Children's Museum of Skagit County was especially exciting knowing the joy and wonder that this place sparks in my own kids' imagination.
This event, like so many others in 2020 was pivoted to an online and virtual format due to COVID-19. Instead of canceling the event, the Children's Museum of Skagit County leaned in and produced a live streamed auction that brought in much-needed donations to help to offset the financial toll taken by forced closures to the public.
The program feed that Veritas Media produced was broadcast live on Facebook and Vimeo—the Vimeo embed above was embedded on their event landing page.
Do you need a live stream or virtual event created for your organization? Check out our Virtual Events page.
Lydia Place – Handbags for Housing
The premier event in Bellingham, Handbags for Housing deserved the VIP treatment.
When Lydia Place came to us to solve the problem of how to make their premier fundraising event possible during COVID-19, we got creative and asked ourselves, "what could we do to engage their donors, maintain the ethos of the original event, and still raise a bunch of money for a great cause?"
After some workshopping and decisions about what was possible and how to make the most out of their budget, we decided that with the number of moving pieces, this event didn't make sense to do a live stream, as we had done for Art for Housing. We ended up opting for a hybrid event where the full program was pre-produced and set to Premiere on YouTube, however, event VIPs got access to an exclusive Zoom experience where they could interact with the emcee, watch the show together, and play games with other attendees.
The VIP Experience
Lydia Place is known for being masterful creators of fundraising events, and this year's Handbags for Housing was no exception. To give their most passionate followers an experience they wouldn't forget, they invited their VIPs to purchase a VIP pass. With the pass, they'd get a VIP box hand-delivered by Lydia Place volunteers with all kinds of goodies that was unboxed together in the pre-event VIP Zoom room.
On the Veritas side, we set Lydia Place up with a comfortable set for their emcee, Shannon Day, to host the VIP feed from. She could see the over 75 attendees in the VIP Zoom room and carry on a two-way conversation with any of them. Her image was piped into Zoom using our broadcast equipment and professional cameras and microphones.
At the end of the day the event was an incredible success and Lydia Place was able to raise a lot of money to support their organization. We look forward to partnering together on other virtual and in-person events in the future! Learn more about Lydia Place and the work they do in our community at LydiaPlace.org.
Are you considering putting on your own virtual event? Check out our Virtual Events page for more information.
Samson Rope – New Product Launch
In the Spring of 2020, Samson Rope launched three new rope products for their mooring industry clients: EverSteel™-X, AmSteel®-X, and SureSteel™. In a sales pitch setting, the three would be presented together as tiered options, both in features and in price.
To keep messaging consistent and concise in sales meetings and when sharing online, Samson approached us to help them create a suite of video assets for the launch:
- A comparison video discussing all three products,
- Videos of each product to discuss unique features in more detail,
- And a suite of shorter clips for social media promotion.
The project required a unique blend of footage captured on site, in our studio, and some custom motion graphics work. The client also requested 360° footage of the product, which led to a fun afternoon in our studio, rigging and capturing the shots! The results also let us do some unique motion work for Samson's social media channels.
Arthritis Foundation
This live stream included pre-produced content and a live feed from our studio in Bellingham, WA. The auction was emceed by the Executive Director and the auction conducted by an auctioneer—the emcee tag teamed the auction from off screen to accommodate proper social distancing.
For this live streamed virtual event we also included a pre-produced remote interview with a special guest—a boy who had appeared in another video the Arthritis Foundation had produced 6 years prior. Capturing his testimony helped to create an engaging experience for attendees and led to increased funding in the auction.
Boys & Girls Club of Whatcom County
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County came to us to pivot their in-person gala to a virtual one. They selected an auctioneer and we included a number of pre-produced clips which they produced internally.
This event was filmed at the Silver Reef Casino in Ferndale, WA. We had two different sets in the same suite—one for the auctioneer (the Boys & Girls club banner backdrop) and the other more comfortable living room area where the co-hosts sat to give live updates and talk about their programming.
Are you trying to plan a virtual event for your organization? We can help! Check out our Virtual Events page to learn more.
Lydia Place – Art for Housing
Virtual Event & Live Streamed Art Auction
Art for Housing is traditionally an in-person art soiree (see the 2019 recap video below) that gathers art aficionados from around the community to celebrate fine art. Lydia Place approached us to create an engaging online event that could celebrate local artists, bring people together (virtually), and raise money for their organization.
We hosted the live stream in our very own Studio V on Cornwall Ave in downtown Bellingham. Lydia Place brought in some of the art they wanted to highlight in the auction and we staged in the front lobby area. We added some pre-produced content and a slide deck to round out the experience and to allow for enough transition time between featuring different art pieces.
At the end of the day, an event that almost had to be cancelled was saved and Lydia Place was able to host a successful fundraiser!
2019 Art for Housing Recap Video
Law Advocates – Law Day Breakfast
Benefit Breakfast goes Virtual
Every year for the past few years Law Advocates has hosted a breakfast gathering that brings together like-minded people who care about justice and advocacy for some of the most marginalized in our community. Only weeks into the initial outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States, Law Advocates was forced to cancel their in-person gathering which left them without any clear way to raise the funds they needed to continue their programming.
Initially they were planning to do a simple Zoom meeting that would provide the platform for people to connect and for their keynote speakers to present. We knew there was a better option and proposed doing a live stream instead.
Michael Heatherly, the Executive Director, hosted the virtual benefit and facilitated the conversation with the guest speakers and attendees. The three guest speakers were featured remotely and we incorporated their slideshow presentations—we ran the slide decks for the presenters so that we could seamlessly switch between the speaker's face and their material, without them having to share their screen.
At the end of the day, Law Advocates was very pleased with the attendance and with the money they were able to raise that day to support their programs.
Are you trying to host a virtual event this year? Check out our Virtual Events page for more information.
Veritas: 2019 Year in Review
KINEKT Stem Kickstarter Campaign
In 2019, Cirrus Cycles, the creators of the KINEKT Seatpost, launched a new bike stem product through Kickstarter. Their team turned to us, and together we created a compelling campaign video, as well as additional video assets to share and target specifics of the new stem product.
Their Kickstarter campaign was a success—Cirrus Cycles earned 508 backers that pledged $94,000 of their $25,000 goal.
Bellingham Tonight (Season 1)
Brett Mccandlis Brown & Conner, PLLC
The team at Brett McCandlis Brown and Conner approached us about creating a suite of videos to help market their firm and give their search rankings a boost by using video. We set them up with a brand bundle that resulted in the following videos. They were able to reduce the overall cost of the project by filming on a single day and bundling a number of different deliverables.
Hero Video
Testimonial Video
Attorney Spotlight Videos
Making Waves (Shell + Million Waves Project)
Western Solar, Inc.
Creating Living Wage Careers (Shell + Bellingham Technical College)
Veritas Media partnered with Shell Puget Sound Refinery to tell the story of how their plant is aligning with Bellingham Technical College (BTC) to ready students for new careers and living wage jobs at the refinery.
This video features interviews on location at Shell PSR just outside of Anacortes, WA. as well as interviews with BTC faculty in Bellingham, WA.
We've produced a lot of different videos for refineries and other manufacturers, many of which are training videos that can't be shown publicly. If you're interested in learning more about creating PR, or internal videos for your refinery or manufacturing business, please reach out for more information.
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