Amazon Climate Pledge
Future Forward Film Series
Each film of this six-part documentary series highlights Climate Pledge signatories that are trailblazing paths to a cleaner future through decarbonization. They profile the people behind cutting-edge businesses leading their respective industries in the fight for a cleaner, healthier planet.
Change is the Only Constant
Derek was a key creative on two of the six films, The Future of Flight and The Future of Buildings, working alongside longtime collaborator and director, Samia Khan, and the Emmy-nominated director, Ondi Timoner. Derek came on board to work under Samia’s direction as the Director of Photography to document Carbon Capture HQ and their leader in Halifax. Unfortunately, a positive COVID result changed things quickly. The team adapted, working with the replacement DP remotely to craft the look that would best suit the story while talking through the ever-changing narrative with Samia following every shoot day.
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Derek’s creative contribution continued during post, as he crafted the stories of both films, constantly cutting and recutting each film to adhere to a client who wanted to see almost all of the limitless possibilities of each documentary. As so often happens, something very close to the first iteration — the purest embodiment of a collaboration between a director and their creative partner — is what went public, but the entire process became a valuable exploration of what is possible in the art of the Frankenbite.