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Visual Timeline and PR Case Study: Roger Darnell

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 by Roger Darnell

In-depth PR case study materials follow. Last Updated 31 October 2024

Visual Timeline and PR Case Study: Cutters Studios

August 30, 2024August 27, 2024 by Roger Darnell

In-depth PR case study materials follow. Last Updated 27 August 2024

James Sweigert and Friends, Thanks for the Inspiring N-Men Documentary

May 16, 2024February 5, 2024 by Roger Darnell

While I have never had the pleasure of working directly with award-winning writer, producer, director, author, and creative executive James Sweigert – nor have we ever met in person – we have become well-acquainted over the past 15 years or so. The paths we’ve forged individually have never quite overlapped, and yet, through an incredibly vast shared network, our virtual connections have generated sparks.

Sarofsky Labs are back!

May 16, 2024September 7, 2023 by Roger Darnell

Chicago-based one-stop cross-media production company Sarofsky is opening its doors and inviting the world-at-large to take part in a series of educational opportunities. The ongoing workshop series is entitled Sarofsky Labs.

Company principal, creative director and director Erin Sarofsky, explains her reasons for lighting this fuse: “After speaking at global creative conferences including FITC, F5, DesignThinkers, the AIGA National Design Conference and OFFF, I realized that engaging in the community is just as important to the field as doing the work. What better way to do that than by opening up our studio and inviting talented people in for a workshop? It’s intimate, personal, and offers invaluable working experience inside our world.”

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Jonah Hill, thanks for the life-changing “Stutz” documentary

May 16, 2024June 8, 2023 by Roger Darnell

Last October, Netflix released a feature documentary directed by Jonah Hill. It instantly leapt to my attention through the platform’s recommendation engine, but its buzz reached me from all directions. Still, it took my wife bringing it up in January for us to make the time and screen it together. For the record, it has changed my life.

Even in the trailer, Hill acknowledges the oddness of “a patient making a documentary about his therapist” (his words). Beyond that, I find Hill to be a fascinating and multi-talented person, and Dr. Stutz to be a bona fide gem. Even more specifically, with his process and his tools, the good doctor has helped the filmmaker immeasurably. To bring those tools to the attentions of others and facilitate understanding, Hill presents them methodically, then uses his own experiences to bring the lessons home in some surprising and authentic ways.