Reel Affirmations
During the last few months at the Washington Blade, the video department was at full steam. We had cut several BladeTV clips, and this 00:60 edit was to be show in theaters as part of a promotional exchange with the Reel Affirmations Film Festival. It displayed our best work to date, and tied into the Washington Blade’s 40th anniversary celebration, showcasing some of the best photography from our archives.
- Reel Affirmations print ad #1
- Reel Affirmations print ad #2
- Graphic Design: Aram Vartian
The full clips featured in this video can still be found on BladeTV’s YouTube page.
This was accompanied by two print ads that ran in the Reel Affirmations Festival guide. Both ads used stills from videos Michael Key and I had shot and edited for BladeTV, along with a movie quote that matched with the imagery.
The first used a still from a night of Jello Wrestling @ EFN Lounge. We made two trips out to film this event on separate nights, and both videos proved to be rather popular, for obvious reasons. We matched this picture with an infamous quote from the movie ‘Airplane!’
The second was from a candlelight vigil in Dupont Circle for the victims of a shooting at a Tel Aviv’s LGBT youth center. The image selected was a photo taken by Michael Key at the same event, and the quote pared with it is from ‘Steel Magnolias.’
- Videography: Aram Vartian
- Editing: Aram Vartian, Michael Key
- Photography: Washington Blade archives
- Music: ‘No End in Sight,’ by Jonathon Greer