Client: Visit Seattle / Dear Seattle
Agency: PB&
Production Company: UNHEARD/OF
Director: Matty Brown
Executive Producers: Alan Nay and Matt Ackerman
Producer: Mandy Ward
Production Manager: Jenni Bedel
Director of Photography: Todd Martin
First Assistant Camera: Joel Phillips
Data Management: Champ Ensminger and Caleb Albright
Gaffer: Mike Astle
Production Designer: Darcey Zoller
Art Director: Kalani Akuna
Post Production: World Famous
Head of Production: Casey Steel
Editor: Matty Brown
Assistant Editor: Champ Ensminger
Visual Effects Supervisor: Rogelio Salinas
Title Design: Juan C. Arenas
Compositors: Todd Perry, Emma Frost, Mandy Wong, and Jacob White
Makeup and Hairstylist: Nancy Leonardi
Wardrobe: Lisa Montalyo
Production Assistants: Brian Glinski, Tony Fernandez, and Brian Fox
Elder Woman: Priscilla Blackwolf Sr.
Younger Girl: Priscilla Blackwold Jr.
Dinner Party Guests: Larry Cali, Marji Friedman, Sandra McPherson, Steve Gallion, Lyn-Felice Calvin, and Parker Hall
Little Boy: Parker Hall
Teens: Claudia Coulibaly and Charlisa Villar
Casting: Amey Rene Casting
Published: March 2018
Synopsis:
Visionary filmmaker Matty Brown sets a new benchmark for tourism advertising with his Visit Seattle film “Dreamcatcher.” Launching online at VISITSEATTLE.tv today and being ‘premiered’ through a teaser segment during the Film Independent Spirit Awards broadcast on Saturday, March 3 on IFC – the film “Dreamcatcher” celebrates the kaleidoscope of textures and experiences that have shaped one woman’s life and memories in the Emerald City.
Rather than just ‘sponsor’ the event, Visit Seattle and agency PB& forged new ground by supporting the Film Independent Spirit Awards through the creation of the Seattle Story Award, which honors one filmmaker whose background, vision, and diversity of style and subjects exemplifies the essence of Seattle. Through a nomination process by the Film Independent Nominating Committee, Matty Brown emerged as the winner of the award, which includes a $25,000 grant to create a short film inspired by Seattle’s independent spirit.
Brown was given the freedom to explore beyond the typical icons of the Space Needle and Pike Place Market, and compose an intimate love letter to the city. Seattle is where Matty became who is he is as a person and as an artist, a place that breeds experiences which are hard to describe, but rather must be shown. With “Dreamcatcher,” Matty conveys this experience through an entirely original perspective, creating a cinematic journey that builds and immerses the viewer with each arresting image.
In a dreamlike sequence, an elderly Native American woman reflects on a life well-lived and the memories of youth. As the narrator pleads the importance of seeing her life, rather than hearing of it, we're shown a breathtaking visual narrative that toes the line between reverie and reality, underscoring the impact of her words.