Ryan Freng

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The University of Wisconsin (Foundation and Alumni Association) brought us in to promote their Annual Appeal. With John and I being alumni we were really excited to show what we loved about the university. There are three videos in this project: Spirit, Academics, and UW Experience. We wanted to bring the idea of a one-shot-wonder into […]

We get to do a lot of great things with Brent King and the Diocese of Madison. This piece was created to help promote the Seminarian campaign and overall awareness of Seminary. We followed around a Seminarian for two days at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. It was great to see the daily life of a Seminarian […]

I never went to camp as a kid but I know I would have had a blast. John, Erin, and I spent two days taking in the sights and filming at the Birch Trail camp. We had an amazing time. The counselors and staff seemed to love what they do and the kids were so […]

I have always thought of this project as: “Surprise! Flamingos!” In the tradition of pleasant hidden camera surprises (Coke Happiness Machine, Fanta Lift & Laugh) we wanted to get the word out about the ‘Fill The Hill’ fundraising effort in a unique way. We spent two days running around campus with T.C. DeWitt surprising students […]

Coming up with new ways to promote is always a challenge. With a limited budget and desire for comedy you can’t go wrong with an animation. This is one of the many scripts John wrote for the pitch. The one that wasn’t picked was a great deal more snarky (and my personal favorite) =) We […]

Ray Harter of Marvel Medtech is doing some amazing things. He’s developed a mechanical system which can do a live biopsy amidst an MRI. The old school methodology is to perform an MRI, go do a biopsy, do another MRI and check if the biopsy got all the tissue, if not do another biopsy, rinse […]

The above video was created for Electronic Theatre Controls to help announce a new product, the Source4 LED, to the people who would use it. It was great shooting in the overture center with free rein over the Capitol theatre. It is such a beautiful space. We used a tilt-shift lens for a few of […]

Madison+ UX was the second conference of three that we worked on for Sapling Events. There are three pieces to these projects, above is the Conference Intro, and below are the Recap and Promo. Phil developed the design, Ryan did the animation, and Erin did the editing of the video footage. We wanted the piece […]

These videos were for the last conference in a series of conferences we did with Sapling Events. We live-produced and live-streamed all the talks. At the same time we filmed interviews and tons of b-roll so we could make several other videos. These conferences are always a blast because the people are great! The above video […]