Posts by Barry Simmons
The race to save a neglected national treasure
The race to save a neglected national treasure Date May 13, 2024 Category In production It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but a 100-year old schoolhouse in Spring Hill, Tennessee, held a secret for decades about its historic origin. Hidden behind dense overgrowth along a rural two-lane road stands one of the last…
Read MoreA nonprofit’s short fundraising film about a very long year
A nonprofit’s short film about a very long year Date Aug 11, 2024 Category Spotlight In this client spotlight, we talk with Katie Richards, the executive director at Siloam Health in Nashville, Tennessee. Siloam is a nonprofit clinic that serves Nashville’s immigrant and refugee population, and it depends heavily on donor support to continue its…
Read MoreBringing history to life, with some help from AI
Bringing history to life, with help from AI Date Jun 11, 2025 Category New release As we planned the production of “Making History” we found a perfect use case for leveraging AI to create entire scenes from nothing but archival photographs. A tool for bringing the past to life Vanderbilt University’s Department of Medicine is…
Read MoreWe built an Interrotron
We built an Interrotron Date Mar 17, 2025 Category Stonecastle Labs If you’re obsessive about your interview subjects looking directly into the camera, then you probably already know what this contraption is. But to the frustration of many documentary filmmakers, you can’t just grab one at Best Buy. If you want an Interrotron, you have…
Read MoreThe making of a nonfiction healthcare campaign
The making of a nonfiction commercial campaign Date Mar 17, 2025 Category Spotlight Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, wanted a different kind of brand campaign. In the past, ad agencies came up with flashy commercials that succeeded in elevating Vanderbilt’s image as a regional leader, but now the marketing team faced a different problem.…
Read MoreTen questions for Barry Simmons
Q&A with Barry Simmons Date Sep 30, 2024 Category Interview Barry Simmons is the founder of Stonecastle Pictures. As the director for nearly everything we produce, Barry is usually the one sitting across from subjects asking the questions. But we turned the tables recently and sat him down to answer the biggest questions we get…
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