Be Infectious

"Be Infectious" - Director's cut of a short film that is part of an initiative to encourage creative professionals to mentor children in the arts. Rascals & Rogues, Kerry Shaw Brown - Director, Ritch Wedeking - Exec. Producer, The Integer Group - Ad Agency.

Four months, fourteen shoot days, four states and dozens of talented kids later, it's time to inspire the next generation of creative minds.

How does a person become creative? What does it take to nurture that gift rather than squelch it? How do you inspire someone to make the most of their talents?

We ask ourselves these questions daily—knowing that the answers are the secret to unlocking the potential in the creative teams we lead.

The truth is, creative people are different. And most of us have known it all our lives. It hasn't always made us popular, but it has made us very powerful. Through our ideas, we can have great influence over the way people think and feel. Even the way they act. We like to call it infectious creative energy. It's the unique ability to come up with an idea so compelling that people can't help but spread it.

The goal of this project is to inspire the creatives at The Integer Group and elsewhere in the creative community, to get back in touch with the infectious energy they had when they were young, to reignite their creative spark, and to remind them of the power they have to influence others.

"Never apologize for what you were born to be."

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[RascalsAndRogues]

"Be Infectious" was awarded the 2011 Telly Award for Branded Short Film and Cinematography. A special thank you to everyone involved with this project.

[RascalsAndRogues]

The music was performed and played live by the young man in the film, and is a shortened version of mid-1800's piece by Antonio Dvorak's "Dumky" Trio in E minor.

[RascalsAndRogues]

I would say speaking from experience, that children who are easily bored, are often ones who have had their creative thinking squelched to a degree, and have lost some of their innate imagination and curiosity which are two things ideally suited to get rid of boredom!

[RascalsAndRogues]

Scooter Braun, Justin Bieber's manager just Tweeted about this short film, telling everyone to check it out....thanks Scooter!

[RascalsAndRogues]

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Las artes son una parte fundamental de la educación del individuo. No puede ser dejada fuera o postpuesta. Es un derecho de cada niño.

Art is an important part of an individual education. It cannot be set aside or postponed. It is an every child right.

[1shadowfx]

One of the Advertising Community Shorts screened at Midwest Independent Film Fest first Tues in Oct with this log line: "Four months, fourteen shoot days, four states and dozens of talented kids later, it's time to inspire the next generation of creative minds." And worth every second.

[angwms1016]

Powerful. I was moved by this. Thank you.

[GettingNailed]

Saw Walker's write up in the Trib and had to stop by for a viewing. Thanks, great video.

[loveaete96]

my friend is best friends with the guy who plays the piano!! hes rlly nice. and is beastly at the paino, lol

[martmza13]

does anyone know, were the music of this video came from?

[ZoeyRedbird131]

@Kerkren Even though you don't need to. I'm just saying.

[Kerkren]

most children are often bored. even more after the age of 3. just saying.