Unlock the secrets of directing branded documentaries with filmmaker Jen Sommer! We peel back the curtain behind storytelling for brands. We discuss challenges, creative hacks, and lessons learned. If you're into filmmaking and crave insights on making creativity work for brands, this one’s for you ! 🎬✨
Jen Sommer Bio:
A multifaceted filmmaker, Jen works as a Director, DP, and Editor. Her stories span documentary, narrative, and branded spaces, attracting clients such as Google, Dropbox, Airbnb, Robinhood, Timberland, and Milkbone.
Most recently, Jen worked on the Google award-winning series, Search On, capturing people using everyday Google technology to do extraordinary things for their community. In her latest project, she directed the film of an uncharted scientific expedition to discover three new Blue Holes across the Great Barrier Reef.
Her films are powerful, unconventional, deeply human, and rooted from her background in music and her strong connection to nature. Her work has been recognized by PR Week, D&AD, and The One Club.
Episode Resources & Links:
Jen’s Work
https://sommerfilms.com/
Follow Jen on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bluecauliflower/
Talk Doc To Me is presented by Unreel Stories
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