When Miranda Lambert introduced the Band Collectively Texas profit live performance, she referred to as on some mates to assist to folks struggling within the wake of the floods that devastated the Texas Hill Nation earlier this yr… and people mates didn’t disapoint. The live performance was held August 17 in Austin.
Along with leisure, the occasion took an up-close and private take a look at only a few of the tales to return out of this tragic occasion. Craig Parks of Parks Communication led the challenge as director and producer, and Amos David McKay was introduced on board to co-direct the 5 documentary-style shorts that have been interspersed all through the live performance. McKay contacted TBD Put up companions Ted Griffis and Brandon Thomas to assist with the fast turnaround.
“We’ve labored with David earlier than, and when he reached out to us, it was an instantaneous sure,” notes Griffis. “Our workforce instantly began spinning up a devoted editorial workforce, and everybody who got here on board had the identical sentiment: these are important tales that must be instructed for an undeniably essential trigger, and this is how we assist.”
As soon as manufacturing began, the TBD Put up workforce labored intently behind the shoot whereas additionally trying to find acceptable archival footage for the items. Along with scouring archival assets themselves, the power collaborated intently with Texas Monthly, amongst others, to safe footage that might be donated to the challenge.
“We primarily had three-plus weeks to establish potential tales to movie throughout Central Texas,” says Parks. “So we introduced in 4 movie crews to seize these tales and TBD to handle put up. Turning round seven complete productions required us to collaborate with nearly 30 gifted Austin filmmakers, who completely poured themselves into this manufacturing. In the end, we’re all deeply honored to pay tribute to the numerous households who have been impacted by this catastrophe.”
TBD Put up supplied editorial, coloration, sound and ending for the 5 two-minute documentary items, in addition to coloration and sound for this system’s archival-based movie that opened the occasion. The documentary profiles instructed the heartbreaking and harrowing tales of survivors, first responders and on a regular basis heroes.
The ability employed a hybrid put up course of for the challenge, utilizing a distant cloud infrastructure, in addition to its on-prem infrastructure, to spin up a workforce of 15 in beneath 24 hours. The editorial workforce included Catie Cacci, Angie Dominguez, Dan Hirons, Chris Roldan, Christian Oliveira, Mike Saenz and Erik Johnson, together with archivist Susanne Mason. Sound design was carried out by Brad Engelking, Brandon Thomas served as colorist, and editor Ben Montez stepped in to offer ending providers.
Instruments used embody Adobe Premiere Productions with a hybrid on-prem and Suite Studio for distant workflows, Blackmagic Resolve for coloration and Avid Professional Instruments for sound design and blend.
Matthew Wallis got here on board as put up producer to supervise the challenge for TBD Put up and was instrumental in serving to steer the tales with a fragile stability of sorrow, compassion and energy. “When TBD Put up introduced me on board for Band Collectively Texas,” says Wallis, “I knew I used to be becoming a member of the fitting workforce for the job, having labored with them on numerous high-stakes initiatives beneath tight deadlines. This was greater than a challenge for all of us — it was a duty. Each body carried the burden of actual lives and actual loss.”
The workforce additionally labored intently with musician and composer Graham Reynolds, who wrote an authentic rating for the video challenge. “As quickly as Ted reached out, I needed to be part of the challenge,” says Reynolds. “I needed to assist convey a sound that embodies Texas to those tales. Within the face of profound tragedy, we discover our shared humanity, and this effort united us in honoring these we’ve misplaced and serving to those that are struggling start to heal.”
TBD Put up was blissful to donate all of their providers to the challenge, and their artists contributed to the occasion as nicely. “The information cycle has moved on, however so many individuals are nonetheless struggling right here,” concludes Griffis. “This whole occasion was about Texans serving to Texans, and we jumped on the provide to be included. It was our honor to work on this challenge, and I do know I’m talking on behalf of myself and our complete workforce once I say that.”
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