Sample Work & Reels: Television & Documentaries



  • Big Pictures Demo Reel 2012

    Selections from our recent work in various television, documentary, and commercial / corporate productions – including programs for National Geographic, ESPN, Planet Green Network, Discovery Channel, CBS, and more.


  • Thomas Robinson Presses On

    This trailer is for a story we shot about Kansas Jayhawks forward Thomas Robinson – who lost his grandmother, grandfather and mother in a span of 25 days. Aired on ESPN. Narrated by Tom Friend. Director of Photography Tom Miller. Shot by Tom Miller & Ernie Santella. Audio Drew Levinson.


  • Argenus Air Sterilizer Infomercial

    This is part of an infomercial we shot for Hunter Fan about the Argenus Air Sterilizer depicting the effects of the device on live pathogens. We shot the interview with Dr. Mark Hernandez, a microbiologist at University of Colorado. As well as the entire sequence in the lab.


  • National Geographic “Can They Build It?” – Wind Tunnel Sequence

    Part a program we shot for National Geographic about a circular skyscraper in Abu Dhabi called AlDar HQ. These clips are about testing the effects of wind on a scale model of the building.


  • OSU Plane Crash Story

    These selected clips are from a story we worked on for ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Nate Fleming and the tragic Oklahoma State University plane crash that took ten lives in 2001. We shot the footage at the monument in the prairie, and all of the airplane footage. Narrated by Tom Friend. Shot by Tom Miller.


  • ESPN Garrett Karp Feature

    Amazing story about Garrett Karp – athlete and cancer survivor. Used first person-point-of-view interview style.


  • ESPN Sister Andrea Jaeger Feature

    Winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award, this feature tells the story of tennis star Andrea Jaeger and her decision to become a Dominican nun in order to continue her work to help children with cancer.


  • Across the Bridge – A Journey to Guatemala

    Big Pictures Media produced this award-winning documentary short for the NGO Friendship Bridge. It explores the power of microcredit in helping the Mayan people of Guatemala develop businesses to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. Produced and Directed by Tom Miller.