Behind-the-Scenes
Denver’s East High Shines in Upcoming Documentary
Tom Miller and the Big Pictures crew helped film this new documentary about East High School in Denver celebrating its 150 year anniversary.
Filming in a Shower for Waterpik
The problem with shower shoots is the water. Water on the equipment, water on the actors, I mean how did Hitchcock deal with it all in Psycho? Check out how we dealt with it for these Waterpik product videos.
Patient and Partner Stories with Impact
We collaborated with Boulder agency Parallel Path to produce a series of partner and patient stories for Rocky Mountain Health Plans.
STAND Premieres on Showtime
Tom Miller and the Big Pictures team had the opportunity to work on this powerful documentary film about the complicated life of NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
Voices from Cuba wins Best Documentary
We’re thrilled to announce that our documentary feature, Voices From Cuba, won Best Documentary at the Cuban American Film festival in Miami!
Andy Garcia Narrates Voices From Cuba
We recently had the pleasure of working with the great actor Andy Garcia, as he recorded the narration for our upcoming documentary film Voices From Cuba.
Horizon - We Choose Organic!
The Big Pictures team travelled to Vermont to help Horizon Organic share the stories of farmers they work with to produce their delicious organic milk…
Painting with Astronaut Al Bean
Alan Bean was the 4th person to walk on the moon, and an amazing artist who brought his lunar experiences to the canvas. Big Pictures spent time with Captain Bean in his art studio outside Houston, TX.
Branded Content with Von Miller and Old Spice
This branded content video we filmed with Von Miller for Old Spice and Bleacher Report featured mountain goats, aliens and Von flying through outer space!
Quick Tips for a Successful Drone Shoot
Aerials have always been the dream of us earthbound cinematographers. We spend our time creating depth and dimension with foreground, perspective, and lighting. But sometimes we sense there is a missing angle, a higher view, to help tell our stories…
Scripps National Spelling Bee Feature for ESPN
We met Cameron Keith and his family on an epic Colorado spring day to shoot a couple of feature stories on him for ESPN that will coincide with his appearance in the Scripts National Spelling Bee!
24 Hours of Reality with Al Gore
For eleven year-old Haven Coleman, it all started with sloths. In a class project about a year ago, she learned that the sloths’ habitats were in danger and their population was in peril. This was all it took to release the power of this young activist in the making!
Brain Disruption with Experience Yes!
Big Pictures spent a day with ExperienceYes at NIMBL in Denver creating a video showcasing how improv and brain disruption can improve communication and creativity in business.
Love Letters For Freedom Service Dogs
Big Pictures had the honor of being chosen to produce a short fundraising film for the non-profit Freedom Service Dogs - an amazing organization that finds and trains service dogs for military veterans and people with disabilities.
U.S. Olympic Boxers Go For The Gold
On the day Muhammad Ali passed away, we happened to be in the boxing gym of the Olympic Training center in Colorado Springs. Our mission was to capture footage of two young boxers heading for the Olympics - Shakur Stevenson, and Carlos Balderas.
Over the Edge with Dateline
When we were asked to venture deep into the rockies for Dateline to shoot stand-ups while hanging off a cliff where a man (allegedly) pushed his wife 130 feet to her death, well… how could we resist?
Healing Pain at 250 Below with Rick Reilly
Imagine exposing your body to extreme temperatures – over 200 degrees below zero – to feel BETTER! That’s exactly the premise behind Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC). We recently shot an ESPN feature story with Rick Reilly and some Broncos football players to find out exactly how it works.
DeMarcus Ware Surprises High School for Bleacher Report!
It’s not every day that a high school football team gets a new recruit of this caliber. Six foot four, 260 pounds. 133 sacks, over 600 tackles. Oh yeah, and nine times in the Pro Bowl!Meet Marcus Sacksmore, as played by Broncos Linebacker DeMarcus Ware.
ESPN Salutes America’s Heroes from Air Force Academy
It was the perfect storm. In honor of Veteran’s Day, we were set to broadcast segments of Sports Center live from the Air Force Academy parade grounds – starting with hosts Hannah Storm and Kevin Negandhi emerging from the back of a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft. But Mother Nature had other plans.
Imagine Perfection - The Vacanti Wine Glass Story
It’s very gratifying when we get the chance to use the power of moving media to help launch a great idea. That’s exactly what happened when Margarita and Patrick Vacanti came to us with a new way to enjoy wine – and needed a great video to tell the world.