Survey, Part 1. The Pandemic
1) Here’s a link to three spots we loved having the opportunity to work on during the pandemic. NTTA – “First Date” – Integer Agency; HEB – Favor “Beer and Wine” – The Richards Group; and SEC – “Saturday Sunday” – The Richards Group
https://vimeo.com/463591054
Credits:
NTTA – First Date – INTEGER AGENCY
Jeremy Bartel Director
Dean Pelton – editor
Matt Pittman – Edit Assist.
Jake Kluge – Audio engineer
Allen Robbins – Online/VFX/Color
Michael Wagner – Sr. Producer
Kiel Huhn SVP/Group Account Director
Taylor Franke Account Supervisor
Mark Mayland Group Creative Director
Jeff Richey Creative Director
Jennifer Mallette Sr. Art Director
Rudine Cooks Producer
HEB – Favor “Beer and Wine” – THE RICHARDS GROUP
Ben Hoffman – Director
Tony Wann, Julia Bacak – Graphic Artists
Russell Smith – Audio Engineer
James Rayburn – Editor
Matt Pitman – Editor Asst.
Mary Alice Butler – Exec. Producer
Brian Linder – Creative Group Head/Art Director
Chris Smith – Creative Group Head/ Writer
Kim Alexander – Producer
SEC – “SATURDAY SUNDAY” – THE RICHARDS GROUP
Deedle LaCour – Editor
Rodney DeMeglio – Editor
Jose Minchelena – Edit Assist.
Mary Alice Butler Exec. Producer
Russell Smith – Audio Engineer
Joey Waldrip – Online/VFX
Bill Milkereit – Creative Group Head/Writer
Todd Tucker – Creative Group Head/Art Director
Lynn Louria – Producer
2) As for us, we’ve all been working from home and somehow… we’ve gotten a lot done. We did A LOT of COVID edits, as well as quite a few graphic spots in the early weeks of shelter in place. We were shooting right up to shelter in place which had us shooting with masks, gloves and hand sanitizer before we actually knew what all would happen. We’ve been growing and changing the last couple years to include more capabilities, but who knew we’d be so busy during this time and need to utilize all we’d learned – and then some – so quickly.
We’re all now used to the new way of working. It’s not as fun as it was, but it works. We have been going into the studio for edits as of late. We have TONS of sanitizer and masks and have a new, safe way of getting lunches and snacks. It is soooo good to get back in the same space with people – even if it is 6 ft apart with a mask.
3) Pre and postproduction are all about communication. The pandemic forces all of us to communicate so much more through all means possible. Text, basecamp, phone, email and smoke signal if necessary. It was harder, and took longer to get things got done, but, it also has made us closer in a way…. Like millennials, on our tech all the time. Lol..
