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Documentary | Non-Profit | Promotional | Journalism

Documentary

The Original Slam

Produced for: Split Pillow

  • Aired on Chicago’s WTTW-11, screened at Chicago Filmmakers and was distributed on DVD
  • Project featured at Time Out Chicago
  • We received a grant from Chicago filmmaking non-profit Split Pillow to produce a short documentary for its Chicago 360 series. The year’s theme was Chicago subcultures, so we decided to profile the longstanding slam poetry scene at the Green Mill.

Better Together: Zarah and Robert’s Wedding

Produced for Zarah and Robert

  • This couple wanted Tellit to not only record their wedding day, but also tell a story about their relationship. The result is this 23 minute documentary that tells how friends and family from across the globe traveled to a small town in West Texas to watch this culturally diverse couple tie the knot.


Non-Profit


Sue Duncan Children’s Center PSA

Produced for: The Sue Duncan Children’s Center

  • Tellit has been making videos for the Center since 2004. Our first video was screened at the 2006 IFP Market film festival in New York City and aired on Current TV’s national cable channel.
  • This PSA was made to air during Chicago Wolves hockey games.

The Reasoning Mind Story

Produced for Reasoning Mind

  • This Houston-based non-profit wanted a video to showcase at one of its largest fundraising events of the year. After several days of shooting in Houston, we created a short documentary on DVD. With the video, Reasoning Mind was able to convince a donor to give more to the organization.
  • A few years later, Reasoning Mind asked us to produce a sequel to the first movie, which was distributed on DVD and posted online. The sequel (above) gave donors and teachers a better look into what its math education computer program can do for kids.


Promotional


26 Miles

Produced for Rivendell Theatre

  • Rivendell Theatre hired Tellit for three productions. This video and another are scenes from the plays to promote the shows. In November of 2010, Tellit produced almost a dozen videos to screen during the performance of The Fairy Queen, which showed for three nights at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. (One of those videos is available here)

The Chicago Newsroom

Produced for the Medill School of Journalism and Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University

  • Medill needed a video to feature one of the most popular student summer projects.

Enter, the Music Video

Produced for News21 at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism

  • Featured on the Chicagoist blog.
  • Along with the Marfa video series above, Tellit’s founder and executive producer shot and edited this music video to promote Medill’s News21 website.

D.C. Crenshaw’s Reel

Produced for D.C. Crenshaw, founder of Fete and NBC Chicago Street Team member

  • D.C. needed a short reel to showcase his on-air talent. We compiled different clips of him to emphasize his passion for food. He soon went on to become the creator, executive producer and host of Game Time Dine on Comcast’s SportsNet.


Journalism


Now Entering Marfa, TX

Produced for News21 at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism

  • Nominated for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Best of the Web student award and featured on Northwestern University’s News21 website. Story now available here
  • Tellit’s founder and executive producer spent the summer of 2009 at a fellowship with Northwestern University working for News21, a national journalism initiative by the Carnegie and Knight Foundations. She flew to West Texas then drove three hours through the desert to reach the isolated rancher/artist community of Marfa. From two days of shooting, she created a five-part series of short documentaries about the recent college grads living there.

Fete Select TV

Produced for: Fete

  • Featured on NBC Chicago’s website and Fete’s website
  • D.C. Crenshaw, the founder of Fete and member of the NBC Chicago Street Team, had an idea to give locals a backstage pass into some of Chicago’s newest restaurants. We interviewed chefs at places like Sunda, C-House and The Drawing Room while getting a taste of their menus in a series of short web videos.

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