THAILAND FOR SAMUEL

Uploaded by Craig Protzel on 2015-05-04.

THailand for samuel is a digital message to my nephew and an attempt to share my travels with him in a playful and interactive way

I have an adorable nephew named Samuel. In 2014, I co-created this video for him while I was traveling through Thailand with my partner Craig. At the time of the video's production, Samuel was two and a half years old.

 The 3-minute narrative follows Craig and I through Thailand while we use various methods of transportation to visit the flower and food markets and eventually make our way to the beach. 

We improvised all of the dialogue and shot the entire video using our iPhone 6 cameras. The story was put together in post using a mix of still images and video to structure the narrative. A large part of the audio including the voice over, sound effects, and ADR were done during the postproduction process.

To create the playful feel of the piece, I pulled from my experience creating children's media for over 6 years working on Sesame Street.