A short, cinematic mission film about how the Fair shapes the community — built to recruit volunteers, fuel the capital campaign, and raise awareness. Hopeful, human, and made to be the first chapter of something larger.
The Fair is where Tyler and the surrounding area set aside the everyday to gather with friends and family. This film tells that story, and puts it to work.
The Fair is more than an event. It's the stretch of the year when East Texas slows down together — friends, families, students, and neighbors in one place. Being part of the Fair family changes a community: people get involved, and the place gets better for it.
One film, three jobs: recruit volunteers, fuel the capital campaign, and raise awareness of an organization that matters. All three carried on one throughline — we're all in this together.
The tone is hopeful throughout. Not a hard sell, but an invitation — to give time, back the campaign, and stay part of the Fair.
The film is built around the three aspects that make the Fair unforgettable.
Friends and family setting aside the busy of everyday life to be in one place together — the reunions, the familiar faces, the sense of belonging.
Being part of the "Fair family," and improving the community together — the volunteers, the students, and the people who make it run.
The energy that makes it unforgettable: stage events, livestock, kids in the barns, the lights and the crowd.
This is the first step in what can become a series. It works on its own today, and it's built for what comes next.
A complete mission film you can use right away — on the website, at events, with donors, and across social. One finished story.
Built as a high-end, interview-style film, structured so future chapters extend this one instead of starting over.
The structure is intentional: start small, build as needed.
The whole film is captured in a single, tightly-planned shoot — three things to get, mapped out in advance.
Because the interview, the moments, and the b-roll are planned before we arrive, the day stays focused and the crew captures exactly what the edit needs.
We shape the story, write it, and help narrate it — built to stand on its own and set up what comes next.
Pick the scope that fits the budget. Both leave you with a finished film you own outright.
Everything, handled end to end — we write, shoot, and finish it all.
One film, scope narrowed, with the story shaped together.
The full day runs $8,500. The focused single-film version is $4,800, with photography and social cuts removed and the story written together.
3–6 weeks end to end, with final delivery locked to the August 1 date.
A simple two-part split: half reserves the date and covers pre-production, half on final delivery.
The hero film includes up to two rounds of revisions on the edit. The script and narration are locked before the shoot, so revisions stay about polish.
The East Texas State Fair owns all delivered work in perpetuity, across all platforms and media, with no recurring fees. Lightbox retains behind-the-scenes and B-roll for portfolio use only.
The calendar is reserved on acceptance. Final delivery is locked to August 1; the shoot is scheduled within the window before then. Pricing held for 30 days from the date of this proposal.
Say the word and we lock the date. The work starts with a conversation about the story, then a camera pointed at the people who make the Fair what it is.