Dream The Museum
Client
Columbia Play Project
Services
- Director
- Director of Photography
- Editor
Year
2024
Category
Video
Overview
Vancouver, WA doesn't have a kids museum. Dream The Museum is the campaign built to change that. This film was made to show the community what could exist, not through renderings or fundraising decks, but through the imagination of a child who's already dreaming it up.
Challenge
The ask was to get a community excited about something that doesn't exist yet. Concept art and capital campaigns don't do that. Feeling does. The challenge was making something emotionally true enough that people in Vancouver could watch it and think: we need this here.
Solution
We built every frame around the feeling of childhood imagination, not by stepping back, but by carefully crafting each moment to feel effortless. The creative direction was precise: the right environments, the right sequences, the right light — all in service of a specific kind of whimsy, soft and dreamy and completely sincere. The goal was to make wonder look inevitable. If the film does its job, you don't see the direction. You just feel the dream.
Selected frames.
Behind the Lens
Small crew, limited time. We came in prepared but stayed loose — ready to adapt when the day called for it.
Behind the scenes.
1
Shoot Days
5
Crew Size
1
Locations
Digital
Format
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