Editor Tom Pastorelle recently cut some videos for Symphony Guild Seattle Children’s Hospital. The videos were directed by Brian Johnson, who is a frequent collaborator of Tom’s.
Brian’s friend Mateo Messina (Grammy Award winner for the Juno score) asked him to concept and shoot four videos. Mateo holds a benefit concert every year for this Hospital. One of the videos was a teaser for the benefit concert to air on local Seattle stations and the other three were to be shown during the event to familiarize the audience with the doctors and patients.
Brian and Tom spent a week cutting the videos and then sent them to Mateo to score. This was a pro bono effort from start to finish. Tom was happy to donate his time, saying, “The reward was getting to work on something for a good cause and laughing it up in the editing room with Brian. Good times.”
Of the four videos, one featured Rishi, a patient born without working kidneys. We all found his story particularly inspirational. This year the theme for the benefit was “superheroes”, so the kids each came up with a costume and a name. Rishi is the “Peaceful Warrior” and he uses music to scare off bad guys and comfort people.
The Today Show aired a segment today on this young “Peaceful Warrior”!!
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/37128034#37128034
If you’d like to find out more about this incredible organization, follow the link: http://www.thesymphonyguild.org
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