Visual Story Services Proposal

Hello Oishei Foundation Family!

Thank you for considering Get Fokus'd Productions for your digital storytelling needs. We specialize in crafting compelling narratives for community driven organizations and businesses to showcase their impact through digital media.

Our customizable services are designed to align with your specific project goals while also creating opportunities to engage community through digital storytelling & literary arts programming.

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Proposed Project: “Black Joy on the Eastside”

Overview

This project aims to produce a five-part digital storytelling series that captures, educates, and empowers the Eastside of Buffalo community by exploring Black Joy through the lens of the Get Fokus’d Productions model: “Capture, Teach, Give Back”. The initiative will incorporate digital storytelling, workshops, screening and discussions around the five determinants of health as a foundation for understanding community perceptions of Joy and factors influencing well-being, access, and sustainability.

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Estimated Budget

Starting Rate: $219,900

See detailed breakdown below


Capture

Estimated Rate Range

$109,200

A collaborative effort involving digital storytellers, writers, and community members to document authentic stories of Black Joy. This phase will include engaging residents in conversations around the five determinants of health (Education Access & Quality, Economics, Neighborhood Environment, Social & Community Context, Health Care Access & Quality) in order to explore how these factors influence their perceptions of Joy. Questions for our community interviewees will focus on how increased access and quality within these determinants can support long-term community sustainability.

Rates within this section are for the full production process for community interviews, storytelling sessions, and production of the digital content.

Deliverables

Up to 7 visuals:

  • Up to 7 visual stories between 3-5 minutes/per visual (duration can vary and is dependent on content captured during production)

  • 1 highlight visual up to 30 seconds to use as promotion

  • Collection of high quality professional images of candid moments of behind the scenes of production process


Teach

Estimated Rate Range

$44,000

A series of monthly digital storytelling & literary arts workshops designed to teach participants how to utilize digital tools and creative writing to craft stories.

These workshops will include:

  • Skills training on digital storytelling, photography, music, and creative writing.

  • Hands-on opportunities for emerging digital storytellers to learn how to collaborate with a professional digital storytelling company, gaining real-world experience in production, editing, and storytelling techniques.

  • Community engagement centered on exploring how the five determinants of health shape perceptions of Joy and well-being. Participants will develop visual clips and written pieces reflecting how improvements in these areas can foster community resilience and sustainability.

  • Training materials, and hands-on mentorship opportunities, including collaboration with professional digital storytellers.

  • Get Fokus’d Productions equipment and materials included for community members use: Cameras, iPads, Computers, lighting, workshop materials, etc.

Deliverables

Estimated Total of 10-12 workshops throughout 2026

  • Total of 10-12 digital storytelling & literary arts monthly workshops throughout 2026 (workshops will be geared towards youth and adults)

  • A collection of workshops will educate emerging digital storytellers on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship within the arts

  • Recap/highlight visuals to showcase workshops to build awareness

  • Collection of high quality professional images of candid moments of behind the scenes of production process

  • Collection of the collaborative community work will be placed in archival booklets


Give Back

Estimated Rate Range

$54,200

Dissemination of the stories through community exhibitions, screenings, panel discussions, and social media campaigns. These events will serve as platforms for community members to learn from and engage with the stories, emphasizing the importance of ongoing access to the five determinants of health for sustaining community vitality and Joy.

Community screenings, expositions, and ongoing engagement activities.

Deliverables

Estimated total of 4-8 screenings/exhibitions with panel discussions that speak to the 5 determinants to health and build awareness of the digital storytelling/digital media industry leaders within Buffalo

  • Total of 4 screening/exhibitions including panel discussions throughout 2026 (Quarterly)

  • A collection of workshops will educate emerging digital storytellers on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship within the arts

  • Recap/highlight visuals to showcase events to build awareness

  • Collection of high quality professional images of events


Estimated Timeline

  • January -March 2026: Research, Planning & Preparation for the development of project. Pre-Production, Production & Post Production for series of visuals.

  • April-June 2026: Community Based Workshops. Reflection Meetings with Creative Entrepreneurs & Emerging Creatives. First Exhibition/Screening.

  • July-September 2026: Community Based Workshops. Reflection Meetings with Creative Entrepreneurs & Emerging Creatives. Third Exhibition/Screening.

  • October-December 2026: Continued Programming. Final Exhibition/Screening. Community Based Workshops. Reflection Meeting, Evaluations.


Our Fokus’d Process


Our Team

Our team is composed of skilled professionals and emerging artists and creatives specializing in photography, videography, lighting design, story development, creative writing, social media content creation, graphic design, project management, communications & logistics, audio engineering, and more. Together, we work on projects to create distinctive visual narratives for our clients.