This is the trailer for the narrative aspect of Bring it to the Table, a project produced by Talking Eyes Media. Bring It to the Table is a participatory online platform, community engagement campaign, and webisode series aimed at bridging political divides and elevating the national conversation. The project is for those who are tired of hyper-partisanship….
Month: March 2013
A Prison Without Walls
A Prison without Walls tells the story of prisoners in the MCI-Shirley minimum security prison in Shirley, Mass. I filmed and photographed at multiple prisons with Boston Globe reporter David Abel. This is one of several short multimedia pieces that were edited from the multiple day shoot. Filming and photography by Jessey Dearing. Editing by…
A Well Deserved Vacation
This short documentary was produced while I was working with The Boston Globe during the summer of 2011. Interviews, video and photography, and editing by Jessey Dearing.
Dreams of American Healthcare
Even after passing health reform legislation, heated debate continues around the country about whether we should pay for others’ health care. While it is too soon to see the effects that the legislation will have on this country, it is clear that the current system is not helping those in need. Medicare, Medicaid and Disability…
Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Each year, The James Irvine Foundation hires Talking Eyes Media to produce short profiles for their leadership awards. We usually schedule about two days of filming per winner and about a five to eight days editing. While all the winners are often doing amazing work, Christa Gannon’s Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) program stood out…
VII Photo – 2012 Teaser
VII Photo commissioned Talking Eyes Media to produce a teaser / promo reel for the agency. This was a fun project to piece together and find similarities in composition, light and content to create diptychs and smooth sequencing. It was also incredibly humbling and difficult to make selects from such an amazing body of work. All…
Yuna – Music Video
I filmed this music video with Sarah Riazati at the Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Williamsburg. We did about 3 or 4 takes and I was shooting with a long lens focusing on details and tight shots. Sarah filmed the wide to medium shots and edited the video together.
Rent Memories or O Brother, Where Art Thou?
This is a personal story that was originally produced for an autobiographical film assignment while taking an experimental film course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I cannot classify this as a journalism or editorial piece, because it is my own story, in which case my storytelling cannot possibly be objective. Scripting,…
Nature of Man
This is another project I created for an experimental film course at UNC-Chapel Hill. Each video clip is triggered by a different sound from the music. The eight different scenes play out a different consequence of the interaction of nature and man. All but the center video clip were taken from YouTube indicated at the…