We are cinematic storytellers who harness the power of commercial film to engage hearts, change minds, and inspire measurable action for our clients. Our clients include major brands such as Amazon, DHL, Perfetti Van Melle, Shepherd Chemical, educational institutions such as Miami University, Northern Kentucky University, and Thomas More University, non-profits such as St. Elizabeth Healthcare and Physicians, Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, and Junior Achievement. We specialize in telling… Show more We are cinematic storytellers who harness the power of commercial film to engage hearts, change minds, and inspire measurable action for our clients. Our clients include major brands such as Amazon, DHL, Perfetti Van Melle, Shepherd Chemical, educational institutions such as Miami University, Northern Kentucky University, and Thomas More University, non-profits such as St. Elizabeth Healthcare and Physicians, Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, and Junior Achievement. We specialize in telling the stories of organizations that are making a positive impact in the community and the world. Our creative team of award winning producers, writers, directors, and cinematographers use groundbreaking RED Cinema 5K Cameras and cinematic lighting to capture visually stunning, emotionally compelling, and strategically designed films. From site-scouting and storyboarding to filming and editing, we manage every aspect of film production. As specialists in the psychology of storytelling, film making, and persuasion, we help you convey the heart of your story through inspiring cinematic experiences. Our team frequently makes national and international impacts on a wide variety of audiences, especially within business, management, healthcare, education, scientific and technical industries, non-profits, and manufacturing. Our stories range in length from 15-second spots to short feature films, from 2-minute cinematic stories to full length documentaries. We have filmed on four continents and in 34 countries and are currently producing a full featured documentary based in Assisi, Italy. Show less

Strategy & Discovery ProcessThis allows us to fully understand your business, your goals, and the needs of your target audience so that your cinematic story will engage, motivate, and inspire the viewers with your brand.Premium Cinematic LightingEstablishes mood, enthralls viewer, focuses attention, and invites your audience to take up residence in your story.Script and StoryboardAre written and designed by our most talented team of creatives so that your story accomplishes… Show more Strategy & Discovery ProcessThis allows us to fully understand your business, your goals, and the needs of your target audience so that your cinematic story will engage, motivate, and inspire the viewers with your brand.Premium Cinematic LightingEstablishes mood, enthralls viewer, focuses attention, and invites your audience to take up residence in your story.Script and StoryboardAre written and designed by our most talented team of creatives so that your story accomplishes your organization’s goalsLocation ScoutingIs critical to the beauty and power of any high quality film. This task is accomplished by our directors and cinematographers to guarantee ultimate quality.Cinematic Music DesignMusic is the heart and soul of your video. No film is great without the emotive voice of a powerful musical score that is sculpted for your story.Full Production TeamBarking Squirrel Media always includes a director, cinematographer, audio tech, grip, andkey gaffer and often includes casting director, makeup/wardrobe artist, set designer, andadditional grips, depending on the scope of your commercial film,Cutting Edge Cinematic TechnologyWe value the innovation in our field, which is why we work with the latest and greatest gear. Barking Squirrel Media uses RED 5k cinema cameras, Zeiss cinema lenses, a plethora of LED lights with high CRI ratings, and Ronin electronic gimbal stabilizers for smooth, fluid camera motion.Measured ResultsWe encourage our clients to track the results of the cinematic stories and commercial cuts to determine who watched, when, where, how many times, how many shares, how much they watched, so that you can see the effectiveness of the campaign. Show less

Numerous Short CutsWe design long play stories so that we can also produce multiple short social media cuts to maximize the lifespan of the films.Powerful Internal StoriesOur producer will unearth numerous internal stories among your employees as part of our discovery process that provide valuable company insight and material for additional videos in the future and brand clarity to C Suite executives.Multiple TestimonialsOnly part of an interview ends up being used in a… Show more Numerous Short CutsWe design long play stories so that we can also produce multiple short social media cuts to maximize the lifespan of the films.Powerful Internal StoriesOur producer will unearth numerous internal stories among your employees as part of our discovery process that provide valuable company insight and material for additional videos in the future and brand clarity to C Suite executives.Multiple TestimonialsOnly part of an interview ends up being used in a particular film. However, each interview contains valuable content that can be used for future videos. Filming is more expensive than editing, At BSM, we want to leverage all this footage for maximum output for our clients.Photo LibraryWe film with RED 5K resolution cinema cameras which means dazzling color and vibrant detail. We can export numerous frames from our films for multiple photo usage, giving clients not only great films, but gorgeous photos for brochures and presentations.Extensive B-Roll FootageLong play films require a great deal of B-roll to visualize the story. BSM catalogues this footage by topic to be reused for multiple social media, presentation, and future storytelling purposes.Google Search RecognitionStorytelling campaigns that include closed caption in the videos make all the texts searchable by google, increasing your company's search results.Employee RecognitionThe very act of choosing employees to be on camera is a form of recognition for their accomplishments and a valuing of their input. Often, we boost company culture simply by filming employees.Fresh Regular ContentThe ultimate goal of a video campaign is to create enough assets to produce regular monthly content. This not only increases social media engagement, but more importantly, it changes perception and drives action. Show less

Barking Squirrel Media loves collaborating with other creatives, whether it's brand, marketing, PRagencies, or departments within an organization. We enjoy finding ways to help bring another’s visionto screen through video. We have been contracted by numerous agency’s. We have also contractedother agencies and independent contractors to partner with us. At our core, we believe the synergyof teams produces the best creative product for clients.

• Created and managed numerous promotional video series that utilized short films for the internet, publicity, teaching, announcements, worship and outreach events to engage new audiences.• Developed and implemented a comprehensive program that revitalized the corporate culture of a non-profit organization, significantly increasing membership, funding, and community outreach. • Conducted a three-phased cultural feasibility study that resulted in a new marketing plan, vision, and… Show more • Created and managed numerous promotional video series that utilized short films for the internet, publicity, teaching, announcements, worship and outreach events to engage new audiences.• Developed and implemented a comprehensive program that revitalized the corporate culture of a non-profit organization, significantly increasing membership, funding, and community outreach. • Conducted a three-phased cultural feasibility study that resulted in a new marketing plan, vision, and product offering for the organization and yielded a substantial increase in new customers and a dramatic improvement in customer satisfaction.• Created positive and motivated workforce through my skills in crisis/issues management and became the “go to” person for the CEO and Board of Directors. These skills include conflict resolution, coaching, team building, problem solving and job reassignment and resulted in significant improvement in workforce and customer retention.• Became the primary advisor to the CEO in developing a new corporate vision and setting strategies for implementation. My product line branding (e.g. Beyond the Walls) become the standard for all departmental programming, policies, fund raising, budgets, and evaluations. • Created and managed two multimedia departments for non-profits that increased web traffic, audience engagement, product marketing, and customer base.• Developed and directed community outreach events, fund raising for the poor and disabled, conferences, classes, intercessory prayer ministries, online bible studies, worship series, discipleship programs, numerous musical ensembles, performing arts series and multimedia departments that built people up in faith and equipped them to carry out Beyond the Walls mission in the community and world. • Keynote Speaker for numerous conferences nationwide Show less

Developed and managed 8 new ministry departments, personnel training, developed policies, procedures and training curriculum, subcontracted projects, equipment maintenance and upgrade, initiated numerous surveys and cultural studies, created numerous product offerings, and served as advisor to board of directors.• Expanded the original workforce exponentially through my skills in personnel training, motivational management and program development. • Developed and managed an… Show more Developed and managed 8 new ministry departments, personnel training, developed policies, procedures and training curriculum, subcontracted projects, equipment maintenance and upgrade, initiated numerous surveys and cultural studies, created numerous product offerings, and served as advisor to board of directors.• Expanded the original workforce exponentially through my skills in personnel training, motivational management and program development. • Developed and managed an organization wide culture change that included new marketing strategy, demographics, mission/vision, training programs and departmental restructuring, transforming a small church mentality to a large church mentality• Created Isaiah 61 Ministry (Inner Healing and Freedom Ministry) that brought healing to victims of past traumatic events by exposing destructive self-identity beliefs, rebuilding what’s broken, restoring what’s lacking, and renewing what’s whole.• Increased congregational satisfaction as a result of effective response to and analysis of numerous surveys, cultural and socio-economic studies. Resulted in new departmental programming, staffing, communication methods, and community outreach endeavors.• Played key role in relocation and building process, moving operations to a prime location in West Chester• Introduced new technologies that dramatically improved product quality and appeal, workforce productivity, internal communications and engagement of target audiences • Created, trained, and managed the first church multimedia department in the Greater Cincinnati area that substantially improved audience engagement, expanded customer based and marketing of church mission. • Developed and directed the chancel choir, electronic orchestra, chamber orchestra, choir school program, handbell choir and all musical dramatic productions; orchestrated and arranged for numerous ensembles, choirs, and orchestras; composed numerous songs for worship. Show less

Created and directed this for-profit organization which featured the skills of professional musicians.• Subcontracted orchestra to churches, businesses, and civic organizations throughout the greater Cincinnati area.• Featured Orchestra for regional conferences at the Cincinnati Convention Center and the US Bank Arena

Managed recruitment, publicity, personnel training, fund-raising, quality control, and organizational development • Revitalized a crumbling non-profit by increasing membership and concert attendance by 400% and by significantly increasing the skill level and product of the organization• Produced 7 professional music recordings, focused GMCS on market niche and gained the regular interest of the media through effective marketing strategies.• Increased funding by over 500% and… Show more Managed recruitment, publicity, personnel training, fund-raising, quality control, and organizational development • Revitalized a crumbling non-profit by increasing membership and concert attendance by 400% and by significantly increasing the skill level and product of the organization• Produced 7 professional music recordings, focused GMCS on market niche and gained the regular interest of the media through effective marketing strategies.• Increased funding by over 500% and developed an annual corporate fund-raising mechanism by creating partnerships with the arts and business communities Show less