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Sherpa Productions
...everyone needs a Sherpa.
Our namesakes, the Sherpas of the Himalayas, are made up of generations of hard working family people. Their life's work is grounded in the aspirations of both physical and spiritual ascension. Their mission is to assist in the high-altitude dreams of their clients; showing them the way up the mountain. At Sherpa Productions we aspire to do the same. Like the Sherpas of the East, we are humbled by our clients trust in their ideas, and we will travel to the ends of the earth to realize them. Sherpa Productions is a turnkey production solution for corporate and commercial clientele around the globe. Since 2001 we have been climbing the peaks of traditional advertising, corporate documentaries, and "viral" films for the internet from our base camp in New York City. With clients ranging from the local mom & pop shop to the global monoliths of industry, Sherpa has excelled by applying the same standard of quality, style and work ethic to each. ...everyone needs a Sherpa. Shot on the streets of New York City in the dead of winter, this cutting edge campaign ultimately yielded more than twenty daring spots for the bank. They represent the bank’s entree to the world of viral video. In this selection of films, late night political commentator, Mo Rocca, digs deep to find out what New Yorkers really want.
“What do
you
use?”
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. Shot on the streets of New York City in the dead of winter, this cutting edge campaign ultimately yielded more than twenty daring spots for the bank. They represent the bank’s entree to the world of viral video. In this selection of films, late night political commentator, Mo Rocca, digs deep to find out what New Yorkers really want.
“Don’t be caught with out it.”
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. Shot on the streets of New York City in the dead of winter, this cutting edge campaign ultimately yielded more than twenty daring spots for the bank. They represent the bank’s entree to the world of viral video. In this selection of films, late night political commentator, Mo Rocca, digs deep to find out what New Yorkers really want.
“What’s
your
banking fantasy?”
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. Shot on the streets of New York City in the dead of winter, this cutting edge campaign ultimately yielded more than twenty daring spots for the bank. They represent the bank’s entree to the world of viral video. In this selection of films, late night political commentator, Mo Rocca, digs deep to find out what New Yorkers really want.
“Control your destiny.”
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. This promo was shot on the west coast for a new game show. A large cast of characters, a custom built Craps table and a club atmosphere were among our challenges for this shoot.
Shootout: The house
always
wins.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. Sherpa’s mission for this branch of the company is simple: tell the best story, with the highest production value, for some of the most important organizations on the planet.
The Oasis Center used this film to help raise a million dollars in a capital campaign that will allow them to continue getting youth off the streets and into schools.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. JetBlue changed the way we fly by introducing what felt like a brand new idea into the stale and unforgiving landscape of air travel: more for less. But how would a small startup airline survive in the fiercely competitive world of the legacy carrier?
Sherpa was given an all access pass behind the scenes of this airline to help tell their story.
First Flight:
A short and comical look at the day the airline launched.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. JetBlue changed the way we fly by introducing what felt like a brand new idea into the stale and unforgiving landscape of air travel: more for less. But how would a small startup airline survive in the fiercely competitive world of the legacy carrier?
Sherpa was given an all access pass behind the scenes of this airline to help tell their story.
The Experience:
It’s more than just an airline. It’s a culture.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. JetBlue changed the way we fly by introducing what felt like a brand new idea into the stale and unforgiving landscape of air travel: more for less. But how would a small startup airline survive in the fiercely competitive world of the legacy carrier?
Sherpa was given an all access pass behind the scenes of this airline to help tell their story.
A Look Inside:
Welcome to JetBlue. C’mon in, have a seat and sip the Kool-Aid. You’ll never go back.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. Ford decides to flex its all-American muscle yet again, with the introduction of the remodeled Le Mans winner from 1967: the GT Super Car.
This 3-screen composite film was created for its reveal in 2005. It played in a Las Vegas arena on three giant LED walls with a 5.1 surround system for thousands of Ford dealers praying for an allocation.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan and David Poremba. One of the first breakthroughs in auto hybrid technology happened at Ford. The first hybrid crossover vehicle, the Ford Escape, represented the next 100 years in the auto industry for the grandfather of America’s favorite obsession.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. Sherpa was commissioned to pore through a hundred years of Ford to create a film for the auto giant’s centennial. This film played in a Las Vegas arena for thousands of Ford dealers and guests on giant LED screens to help celebrate the historic anniversary.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. For the launch of one of Volvo’s most successful vehicles, the XC70 AWD Cross Country, Sherpa was given the mission to make a film that told the story of technology from the beginning of time to the present. Here’s 10,000 years in just over two minutes.
Directed by Rick Kaplan.
Produced by Danielle Moir. Even small hedge funds need films. This was a great opportunity to tell an inside story on a tight budget with a time constraint. While never compromising production quality and the clients objective, Sherpa set out to tell the story of this company in an attractive and non-intimidating way, so to attract the interest of a new base of clientele.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan. One of the largest investment firms in the world needed a film to introduce a top-secret product they were launching to their investors. Sherpa’s challenge was to produce a film that was engaging and informative on a shoestring budget and less than a week of production. We gave them two.
Produced by Rick Kaplan.
Directed by David Poremba. One of the largest investment firms in the world needed a film to introduce a top-secret product they were launching to their investors. Sherpa’s challenge was to produce a film that was engaging and informative on a shoestring budget and less than a week of production. We gave them two.
Produced by Rick Kaplan.
Directed by David Poremba. This short subject documentary film was the darling at film festivals across the Northeast. It began as a visual pitch for a cable television series, but the characters caught the imaginations of (cut) film audiences from West Virginia to Western Massachusetts. The episodic television show of Down Home is in development.
Produced and Directed by Rick Kaplan.
