My friend Jen­nie hired me to cre­ate a video for her travel grant appli­ca­tion to teach chil­dren in Cuzco, Peru. I devel­oped a sim­ple treat­ment that would bring Jen­nie front and cen­ter with a few fun inserts and B roll. We shot for a few hours in front of a sim­ple light­ing setup and had next to no equip­ment on hand, but a large enough space that inspired some fun ideas to try out. Jen­nie was a real sport for giv­ing me cre­ative license to play around.

The trip is spon­sored by Trav­e­loc­ity and they are cur­rently hold­ing a con­test that spon­sors trips to Brazil, Tan­za­nia, Peru, Ghana and more. The grant is part of Travelocity’s ini­tia­tive called Travel For Good and it’s a great cause that pro­motes hands-on expe­ri­ence, allow­ing for trav­el­ers to make a pos­i­tive impact on the com­mu­ni­ties and coun­tries they visit.

I was happy to help out Jen­nie, who is a good friend and some­one I fully believe is capa­ble of mak­ing a huge dif­fer­ence with her years of expe­ri­ence as a teacher. Votes are impor­tant for can­di­dates to win. You are allowed to vote as many times as you like between now and Decem­ber (though just once per day) and you don’t have to have an account or any­thing. You can vote for Jen­nie here: Vote For Jennie

Spe­cial thanks to: Abiel Hoff for let­ting us shoot in his stu­dio space and for the use of his cam­era. Ally Creighton for design­ing the View-Master and Scott Everett for run­ning sound.