By Eric Cova, October 18, 2023
These videos will be part of the 2024 release of Dangerous by Design, our signature report highlighting the epidemic of unsafe streets for people walking. Read the most recent version of this report here. For more about how street design directly contributes to these deaths (and an example of the types of streets we’re likely to focus on) read this post.
SGA is seeking an individual or a small company with experience producing short narrative videos to help us bring this idea to life, and who is available to travel within the U.S. (locations TBD), is comfortable conducting interviews (with logistical support and/or scripted guidance from SGA), can capably shoot compelling b-roll of street scenes to focus on people and infrastructure, edit, move quickly and lightly with simple setups, and think and adapt on the fly to unearth and follow an emerging story. Animations or motion graphics may be needed to support telling these stories.
Our core goals for the video are to:
We will work with the videographer and local experts and advocates to conceptualize and produce two short films (~5 minutes) that show why streets are inhospitable for people walking or biking, why street design is key to improving safety and accessibility, and the policy’s impact on design/implementation of projects to make things safer.
Travel to the TBD cities (likely in the South or Sunbelt regions) will be an essential part of this project. An SGA staffer may be on site to help coordinate and produce.
SGA will lead on identifying contacts for interviews, arranging logistics for interviews, developing scripted questions to ask, and providing an overall desired narrative for each story, which can be developed in cooperation with the videographer (feedback will be welcome!) While a little different in scope and focus, we are looking for stories similar to the videos produced by Streetfilms.org
Please submit proposals to Steve Davis at [email protected] by Thursday, November 24 at 11:59 p.m. ET:
Though we are aiming to select a vendor before the end of the year, the goal is to schedule shoots in late winter/spring 2024 (weather is a consideration), releasing final videos in concert with the planned June 2024 release of Dangerous by Design 2024.
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