Prepared for  ·  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Many voices. One movement. Eight stories worth telling right.

This August, the Community Foundation honors eight leaders redefining Black philanthropy across Middle Tennessee. Laws of Ace Films turns each honoree into a documentary spotlight, and the class into a film that opens the night. Here is the plan we built together.

Trusted by Middle Tennessee's institutions
Creative Girls Rock
TECA
Nashville Public Education Foundation
Republic Schools
FiftyForward
North Nashville Arts Coalition
Church of the Messiah
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Sony Music
Cryo & Contour
Creative Girls Rock
TECA
Nashville Public Education Foundation
Republic Schools
FiftyForward
North Nashville Arts Coalition
Church of the Messiah
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Sony Music
Cryo & Contour
The standard

Eight honorees, one standard of care.

Each person gets the same attention: a story shaped around who they are, what they have built, and who it reaches. Nobody gets the leftover slot at the end of a long day. Below is that same format, already delivered for organizations across Middle Tennessee.

Nashville Public Education Foundation
Leadership Public Education
Documentary profiles of educators, built around their real impact in the classroom and the community.
Laws of Ace Films
Fatherhood, A Documentary
Five separate subjects, each with their own arc, woven into one cohesive film. The same multi-subject structure Gamechangers calls for.
TECA
Graduate Stories
Individual story reels for a full cohort, captured efficiently from a single shoot day.

Creative Girls Rock, one of your partners, is how you found this work. Laws of Ace Films is glad they sent it your way.

See it in action

The talking head, every way you need it.

One sit-down becomes a full film, a short cut, and a vertical version built for the feed. This is exactly how each Gamechanger spotlight would be delivered.

One interview, two lengths
Full interview / long form
90-second cut / short form
Built for the feed
Vertical cut / Reels, Stories, newsletter

Bonnie Horton, The Dry Bar

Captured at the Pinnacle Small Business Summit and cut vertical for where your audience already scrolls. The format your team can drop straight into social and the newsletter, with no reformatting on your end.

On location

A story does not wait for perfect conditions.

Gamechangers happens out in the world, not on a set. This was captured on the move, with cinematic B-roll pulled from an uncontrolled environment and a narrative that still holds together at the end.

RePublic High School Band / CMA Fest

Filmed vertical, in the middle of it all

Shot run-and-gun at CMA Fest and cut vertical for social. The same instincts go to work wherever your honorees do theirs, no set required.

Event recaps

When the room is full, the whole story gets captured.

Big nights move fast. Laws of Ace Films covers the energy, the speakers, and the moments that matter, then delivers a recap your community actually shares. The same coverage would turn the August 27 celebration into a film worth sharing long after the room clears.

Nashville Public Education Foundation / Hall of Fame
Metro Nashville Public Schools / Music Festival
Behind the camera

The craft does not change when the lights do.

Clean audio, considered light, and a calm presence on set. The same operator on every shoot, in control whether it is a quiet interview or a moving event.

Bryan Williams interviewing a subject on location at a Nashville event
Interviewing on site at the Creative Girls Rock Eastpoint Neighborhood Kickoff. Photo: Darcy Ferris
Bryan Williams operating a cinema camera with a boom microphone outdoors
Boom up, audio monitored live, in an open outdoor environment. Photo: Darcy Ferris

Audio is never an afterthought

Headphones on, levels watched in real time, and a plan for sound before the camera ever rolls. That is the difference between footage you can use and footage you cannot.

The plan

Built around what your team asked for.

  • 01 Two shoot days at the Community Foundation, ideally back to back, so the setup stays lit and the class reads as one body of work.
  • 02 Every interview filmed on two cameras. That is the seamless cut that was missing last year, and it is the difference between a talking head and a film.
  • 03 B-roll gathered separately at each honoree's place of business, twenty to thirty minutes each, so their world is on screen instead of a title card.
  • 04 Honorees restate the question in their answer, which lets the story carry itself without cutting to text.
  • 05 A transcript delivered with every interview, so the written companion piece for each profile page is ready to write without anyone re-watching footage.
  • 06 Vertical cutdowns designed with a fresh front end, so the feed does not read as eight of the same card.

Scouting the space the week of the 23rd. Interview questions drafted for your review once the class is named.

Once the eight are named and scheduled, Laws of Ace Films takes it from there. Scouting, capture, and delivery are handled in house. Your team stays focused on the storytelling.

The working relationship  ·  Laws of Ace Films
Timeline

Mapped to your calendar.

Aug 1 to 15 / Capture

Two days at the Foundation, then out to them

All eight interviews batched on two shoot days in your building, on two cameras. B-roll visits scheduled separately at each honoree's workplace. A Community Foundation voice filmed on camera to anchor the montage.

By Aug 26 / The montage

Ready before the room fills

The one to two minute ensemble film, featuring all eight and anchored by the Foundation speaking to why Gamechangers matters, delivered in hand the day before the event. Not the morning of.

Sept 3 to mid-November / Rollout

One story a week, all season

Spotlight films and vertical cutdowns delivered on your release calendar, sequenced so each honoree's profile page goes live with its film, transcript, and social cuts ready to go.

Investment

Confirmed and scoped.

Eight honorees, seventeen films, one number. No surprises, and nothing changes unless you choose it.

The Spotlights
8 × $1,000

A documentary spotlight for each honoree.

  • 3+ minute interview film
  • 30 to 90 second vertical cutdown
  • On-location B-roll at their workplace
  • Transcript for your written companion
The full season
$10,000
Everything above, plus the montage

All seventeen films, delivered on your calendar.

  • Eight spotlights and eight cutdowns
  • The 1 to 2 minute event montage
  • Two production days, two cameras
  • 50% to reserve, 50% on delivery
Event Coverage
Optional  ·  $3,000

The night of August 27, captured as its own film.

  • Full coverage of the celebration
  • Speaker and honoree moments
  • A shareable recap of the evening
  • Add it any time before the date

Two revision rounds included on every film. A third shoot day, if scheduling calls for it, is $850.

Next step

Send the eight names and let's get on the calendar.

The agreement and invoice are ready to review below. Once the class is named and the two shoot days are locked, sample interview questions will follow for your review before anyone sits down in front of a camera.

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