Case Studies
Rebecoming Me
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Rebecoming Me shares the experiences of five individuals who navigated Colorado's foster care system. The full 30-minute documentary can be viewed online at PBS.org.
Bookmovie: Pre-production rigging, camera operation, gaffing, editing, motion graphics, audio mix, color mix.
Bookmovie’s Blake and DP Mike Anderson built a custom light box to be rigged over the talent, giving a nice even top light for the conversation. We pivoted at one point in pre-production to include individual interviews in the piece, which ended up adding another layer of intimacy to a delicate story.
We came up with a creative solution for the title card by pulling inspiration from the set design lighting. Megan then animated the title card text to feel integrated into the moving prisms and applied a matching focus shift. All subsequent graphics followed suit, using a warm, glowing effect to tie the lightbulb across the entire piece.
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Production Company: Better Together Productions
Directed by: Rachel Farha
Produced by: Heather Ender
DP: Mike Anderson
Post Production: Bookmovie Media
Gitlab
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Gitlab builds software development tools, and they’re proudly transparent in how they operate. Here, Gitlab explains their value structure.
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Bookmovie: Camera operation, gaffing, editing, storyboarded design and motion graphics, audio mix, color mix.
It’s always a challenge to work on the road, and this project proved to have its own difficulties. We shot in a beautiful, natural-lit studio in San Francisco. However, we had to constantly and diligently adjust our lighting to account for alternating cloudy and clear skies throughout the day. Production is never set-it-and-forget-it!
Elevated above a simple talking-head video, the graphics keep the viewer engaged while also clearly delineating each value. Megan designed a look and feel that is playful but not silly and adheres to Gitlab’s established brand design.
Production Company: Lumenati Productions
Client: Gitlab
Produced by: Heather Ender
DP: Mike Anderson
Post Production: Bookmovie Media
Tatari
DETAILS
Tatari needed a video showing off their media buying platform. The trick was to strike a balance between teasing Tatari’s easy-to-use platform without delving into the realm of a walk-through or explainer video.
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Bookmovie: Storyboarded design, animation
Megan began by designing every frame for this sizzle. This involved taking Tatari’s UI files from Figma to Illustrator, in order to animate functionality of the platform while pairing down extraneous details.
The animation stage was all about creating consistent pacing and style of motion. Animating ‘usability’ of Tatari’s platform required pulling the viewer’s attention where needed and keeping things snappy but easy to digest.
Production Company: Lumenati Productions
Produced by: Cameron Grimes
Client: Tatari
Post Production: Bookmovie Media