Wolfspeed: Celebrating JP

Right before Christmas in 2022, one of our agency partners got a last-minute call to create a mini-doc. One of Wolfspeed’s founders, John Palmour, tragically passed away and his company was organizing a massive celebration of life event in Reynolds Coliseum at NC State in less than a month. They brought us on to produce the keynote piece of the structured program, a 42-minute mini-doc of eulogies from family, friends, and colleagues of JP.

So, in the span of about 3 weeks, we brought the project from discovery to completion hand-in-hand with our agency partner. We collaborated to help get all 11 subjects into the LED volume studio over 3 days and make that space a safe environment for them to process and share about their memories of JP. We contracted in an Unreal Engine artist and, in the span of days, accelerated the design and construction of a custom 3D space that was “warm and cozy” per the client’s instruction and gave us some visual variety with minimal interruptions on set between subjects. Then, in a week of post production, we gathered, sorted, assembled, edited, revised, edited, and revised 14 hours of media and a pool of hundreds of photos into a polished piece that played for hundreds of people at the event.

We strive to take pride in every project we work on, but this was extra special getting to help honor someone who transformed so many industries, including our own, and someone who is still so well loved by countless people.

Agency Partner/LED Studio: Creative Visions

Event Production Company: Capital Production Group

Our Role: Production Company, Producer, Director