Yale Tomorrow Capital Campaign Meeting Opener “The Life of the Mind”

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Bridge Street is often contracted to manage post production  by other independent producers, agencies and PR firms.  In this case, Mike Chvany was asked to edit a series of video segments written and produced by Peter Ryan Associates on behalf of Mark Edwards Company, as part of a large Capital Campaign being conducted by Yale University.

This segment was Meeting opener, and the first of  5 video roll-ins that appeared as part of an hour long live presentation that was put together to reinforce Yale’s mission as one of the preeminent institutions of higher learning in the US.

Ask Your Doctor About Trump: Dog-walker

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Longtime friend and colleague Ollie Hallowell had an idea to create a spot about The Donald based on those Big Pharma ads that perpetuate the airwaves.    In the process, he inspired me to produce a variation of the theme.  I recruited longtime friend, colleague, neighbor and dogowner,  Mike Rothenberg of Peak Productions to help out with production.  We shot everything in our neighborhood using his trusty OSMO.  Sadly, it didn’t seem to have much impact on the election outcome.

Directed and edited by Mike Chvany
Written by Mike Chvany and Ollie Hallowell
Production Services provided by Peak Productions
Dog Management: The IAMAR Agency
Rusty the Dog, as himself.
Narrator: Debbie Irwin
Music: Nicolas Barry & Tomas Jacobi, American Music Company
Additional Sound Design: Douglas Stevens, Handsome Bros.
Produced by Bridge Street Productions

Vanquish Landing Page Video

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This testimonial video was produced for NY Plastic surgeon, Dr. Sherrell Aston.  It highlights the benefits of BTL’S Vanquish product, a non-invasive treatment that allows physicians to reduce circumference of the entire abdominal area and tone the upper thighs.   

This piece represents a very typical production strategy for these sorts of “news magazine” type , testimonial driven profiles.  There were 3 of us on the crew.  We used 2 cameras and shot 4 interviews and all our b-roll in one day, on-location in NYC.  The segment was written, directed and edited by Mike Chvany, with camera and production support provided by Jake Thomas and John Holowitz.

Stop Handgun Violence: 3 Years Since Sandy Hook

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Bridge Street Productions supports the efforts of many Boston area non-profits. Stop Handgun Violence seeks to promote common-sense gun laws that will help law enforcement reduce the level of gun violence across America. This piece was produced to mark the 3 year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre, in Newtown CT.

Alyson Schultz created the graphics and photo treatments.

IBM R U Ready

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This video was produced about 10 years ago. At the time, IBM was confronting the fact that younger workers expected to be able to work with any device, at any time, anywhere. This video was asking potential employees: Are You Ready for the next generation of workers? Will you be able to let them work the way they want to work? It’s funny how relevant it remains today.

The 2 camera shoot was directed and written by Mike Chvany, on location in NYC. After we shot our interviews, we dispatched 2 solo cameramen with small format cameras to capture street scenes and supportive b-roll with our interviewees and add some visual interest.

Tenacity Gala Video: “Journal Buddies”

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Tenacity is able to forge strong relations with kids and families. And over the years, it has become clear the Tenacity staff is incredibly committed to the kids they serve.  This live presentation vidoe was created to help illustrate one of the methods Tenacity uses to connect with Middle School kids throughout the school year. 

This was one of 4 videos that was woven into a 30 minute program that included live presentation videos by staff, students and family members at Tenacity’s 2016 Annual fundraising Gala at Boston’s Westin Waterfront.

Cubist Day of Service

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Prior to being acquired by Merck, Cubist Pharmaceuticals contracted Bridge Street to document their annual “Day of Service”, where the company shut down for a day and dispatched workers to support a number of Boston area non-profits.

Bridge Street provide two crews to document activities at key sites in and around the Boston area.  Cubist staffers conducted on-site interviews and arranged for still photographers to capture activities at additional sites.   Cameramen Jan Maliszewski of DGA, and Jake Thomas provided video documentation of the activities.  Mike Chvany edited.  Alyson Schultz provided the graphics and photo treatments