CASE STUDY · NONPROFIT · ANTI-POVERTY

Real voices, real hope: interview-driven films for IMPACT Community Action.

Behind the scenes of the Ripple of Hope video shoot and the American Edition shoot: multi-location interviews, cinema cameras and a color-graded finish.

Case studyIMPACT Community ActionNonprofit · Anti-poverty
IMPACT Community Action
ClientIMPACT Community Action
ProjectsRipple of Hope · American Edition
FormatMulti-location interviews
FinishGraded in DaVinci Resolve
The clientIMPACT Community Actionimpactca.org

01The challenge

IMPACT Community Action has fought poverty in Central Ohio for more than 17 years through housing stability, utility and rental assistance, workforce development and youth services. Ripple of Hope, its annual awards celebration, honors community leaders working to reduce poverty, and proceeds fund IMPACT’s programs. The films needed to feel as human as the mission, across many voices and many locations.

02Our approach

We set up interviews wherever the story lived: offices, community spaces, outdoor locations and on the steps downtown. Each setup paired cinema cameras with dedicated audio and shaped lighting so every voice looks and sounds its best. In post, we matched Blackmagic RAW and Sony S-Log3 footage in DaVinci Resolve so more than a dozen interviews cut together as one film.

03What we delivered

  • Ripple of Hope awards celebration video
  • Pre-event vignette
  • American Edition shoot
  • Multi-camera interview capture with dedicated audio
  • Color grading and finishing in DaVinci Resolve
Hello from set: the IMPACT Community Action team and our crew between interview takes

04Behind the scenes

“Aarius Dumas Production did a wonderful job at producing IMPACT Community Action Ripple of Hope. We were very pleased with the outcome. Aarius was very easy to work with and had great ideas of how to make the program better.”

Keith · 5-star Google review

The result

A set of polished, on-brand interview films that let IMPACT’s people tell its story in their own words, ready for events, social media and supporters.

Project Details

  • Client:

    IMPACT Community Action

  • Sector:

    Nonprofit · Anti-poverty

  • Services:

    Interviews · Cinema cameras · Color

  • Produced by:

    Aarius Dumas

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