Creating movie about family-based forms of care
The film tells the story of two families: the Snoz family from Kyiv and the Polyakov family living in Lviv. We worked with them individually to preserve and convey the peculiarities of each family. We also talked separately with experts whose comments are also used in the film.
To achieve the best possible result, 3 people created the script. As for the filming process, it was not easy to work in two cities, but our team managed it. Some difficulties were caused by the fact that we were working with children. In such cases it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of age and character and to think over the way of building a conversation in order to observe ethics and not to hurt them. Realizing the sensitivity of the stories, we could not always show the children's faces, so we thought of appropriate moves and techniques when filming.
Our lawyers also joined the process of creating the video: they drafted agreements with the families to allow them to participate in the filming and organized the signing of permits to use the soundtrack, a song performed by Ukrainian singer Valentyna Levchenko.
Careful study of the material several times to choose the best shots, attention to detail, coordination of all legal issues, and we have the result — a short film that touches with its sincerity and tells about the possible options for creating a family for a child.
The film is posted on the client's YouTube page. The video is regularly shown at the events of the charitable foundation SOS Children's Villages Ukraine.
