Three Lyons Creative > Work > Mercy Education Project Video
CLIENT
Mercy Education Project (MEP), a Detroit nonprofit that provides educational opportunities, life skills development, and cultural enrichment for women and girls who have limited access to resources, enabling them to improve the quality of their lives.
OBJECTIVE
Document MEP's work in Southwest Detroit and put a face on the beautiful students, both adults and children, who depend on the organization's services and staff.
SERVICES
PRE-PRODUCTION: research, conception, producing
PRODUCTION: direction, cinematography, sound recording, interviewing
POST-PRODUCTION: editing, animation, color correction, sound mixing, sound editing, music supervision, title animation
PRODUCTION: direction, cinematography, sound recording, interviewing
POST-PRODUCTION: editing, animation, color correction, sound mixing, sound editing, music supervision, title animation
PROCESS
Three Lyons Creative spent three months filming the students and staff of MEP, particularly LaDawna and her daughter Shayla. We then spent two months crafting a narrative that not only lays out the hardships facing women of color in Detroit but also how an organization like MEP can provide resources to improve one's education and help end the cycle of poverty, regardless of age.
OUTCOME
The final completed product was a nearly 7-minute long mini-documentary that was shown at MEP's annual fundraiser, Doorway to the Future Dinner & Auction, where the organization's fundraising goal was met and exceeded.
