We Are Griots

This recap and brand video for the Youth Griot program, a storytelling initiative from the Foundation for a Healthy St. Pete, was written and edited through Roundhouse Creative Studio from a large volume of raw, disparate footage with minimal client or directorial guidance. I shaped the story from the ground up, working through transcripts to construct an outline and storyboard. The plan had originally centered on a final project performance as the film's emotional payoff, but when that event was cancelled, the story needed a new climactic anchor, which meant rewriting the ending while keeping its integrity intact. The client had zero revisions, and word came back that the organization’s staff watched it through tears.