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A Nurses Week Video With No Budget and No Crew

A Nurses Week video built entirely from photos nurses took themselves, during a year with no shoots and no budget.

Client
Amedisys · In-house
Type
Internal Video Campaign
Deliverables
Motion & Video
Credits
  • Kashia SpaldingConcept, submission strategy, asset curation, editing, and sequencing.

The Challenge:No Crew, No Shoot, No Staging

Nurses Week during COVID. No in-person events, no photo shoots, and no budget for either. The communications team wanted to celebrate nursing staff without the staged corporate footage that makes people tune out.

  • No production budget and no access to a crew

  • Staff spread across multiple facilities

  • Stock and staged footage would read as hollow

  • A short turnaround tied to a fixed week

The Work

Staff-Sourced Video

Submissions edited into a video built around diversity of roles, faces, and locations, paced for emotional weight rather than information.

  • Nurses Week video

The Results:The Format Stuck

The video became one of the most viewed and most engaged internal communications pieces of the year. Leadership adopted the staff-sourced format for later recognition campaigns across departments.

Client feedback

This was real. It wasn't corporate and it felt like us. You captured the heart of what we do with warmth, care, and creativity, even without a big budget.

Quick Answers

How Does a Staff-Sourced Video Campaign Work?

Concept and submission strategy first, so people know what to send and why. Then curation, editing, and sequencing, with the communications team handling messaging and distribution.

Can You Make an Internal Video Without a Production Budget?

Yes. This one had no budget for shoots or staged content. The entire video came from photos staff submitted themselves.

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