Chicago Fundraising Video Production

High Jump // Fundraising Video

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High Jump is a Chicago nonprofit organization that provides tuition-free academic enrichment programs for 7th and 8th graders in Chicago Public Schools. We were hired to produce a fundraising video for their annual gala.

Over the course of two days, our video production crew filmed at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools campus in Chicago. We worked with our client to identify students who could appear on camera and share their stories.

The event exceeded expectations for fundraising – the final tally was $960,000; higher than their original goal of $875,000! To check out some of the other nonprofit fundraising videos we have produced, CLICK HERE.

Lake Forest Hospital // The North Shore’s New Hope

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There’s a sense of anticipation in Chicago’s Northern suburbs. Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital is building a brand new, state-of-the-art facility on its Lake Forest campus (in Chicago’s North Shore). The new hospital will provide access to world-class, breakthrough medicine in the region.

The medical video production was for the hospital’s fundraising gala. Excellence in patient care has always been a pillar at Lake Forest Hospital. During pre-production planning, we discovered the excitement their staff had for the new facility. That excitement came from knowing their new facility would open the door to state-of-the-art medical care and opportunities.

In talking with Northwestern Medicine‘s staff and Women’s Board members, we were able to identify one of the many doctors at Lake Forest Hospital who is pushing the boundaries with technology and medicine. In listening to his story, we learned about an amazing family he had helped through technology at the hospital. In this medical video production, we told their story and talked about how the new facility would provide even more hope for new opportunities in medical care for Chicago’s North Shore. Over the course of three days, our crew filmed five interviews and filmed b-roll of the video’s main characters and the new facility. We also captured aerial gyro-stabilized HD video with our drone.

The video production premiered at the hospital’s fundraising gala; just weeks before its official grand opening. Over 700 people watched it for the first time. After the video played, a paddle raise brought in $1.4 million, making it the most successful fundraising event in Lake Forest history!

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago // Dream

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Chicago nonprofit organizations are always looking for creative ways to showcase how their services affect people’s lives in video productions. These videos can be viewed on social media, a nonprofit organization’s website, at a fundraising event…the possibilities are endless!

For it’s upcoming Chicago nonprofit fundraising event, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago’s Women’s Board wanted to feature someone who had gone through the Chicago nonprofit‘s programs and was working in their dream job.

We produced a video story about Mercedes. Her parents were Mexican immigrants who moved to one of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. The streets were riddled with violence and gangs. Her brother was shot at. The list goes on. Mercedes found out about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, a nonprofit organization in her neighborhood.

We filmed on two days with a Sony A7Sii, which allowed us to film in a picture profile that allowed for maximum post production color grading. Our crew also included a field audio operator and Grip. On the first day of filming, we captured the soundbites with our subject as well as various b-roll shots around the club. On the second day of filming, we followed our subject around while working at the Chicago Fire Department. Post production services included editing, music licensing, color grading, and sound mixing.

The film was delivered to the client digitally to be shown at the nonprofit‘s fundraising event. After this video was shown at the event, over $1.4 million was raised! We also delivered separate versions for social media.

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