We filmed this in both Cambodia and Mongolia—two incredibly different countries. Cambodia is crowded, busy and noisy, whereas Mongolia is open, sparse, and quiet. Even the babies cried differently. What amazed me on this shoot was how we found so many commonalities because mothers are the same everywhere. They love their children. Snuggle them. Even […]
Read moreThe Heber Valley Hospital made dramatic improvements to their ER capabilities and wanted to announce that with a bit of humor (I mean who wants to hear that someone has just made plans in case something bad happens to you?). The “First Timer” spot was on in the series of “We Hope You Don’t Need […]
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The Heber Valley Hospital Had a problem. They had made incredible advances in their ER capabilities, but the community still remembered the old days when care there was less than stellar (many in the Valley would rather risk driving through the canyon in an emergency just to get to a hospital they trusted). So how […]
Read moreThe night before we were to meet with Kim Clark, the president of BYU-Idaho, we still had no idea about the concept for the video were were there to sell him on. I was completely out of ideas. To make matters worse, I was feeling a bit sick. After touring the campus desperately hoping for […]
Read moreThe Heber Valley Hospital was looking for community involvement to fundraise for an expansion project. In touring the hospital and meeting some of the staff, I was able to come up with some beautiful “scenes” that would show how community members would be experiencing life moments in this place. My favorite was the old cowboy […]
Read moreHow do you teach your children to have empathy for others? This is a huge problem especially for wealthy families who sometimes get disconnected from those in need. We created this film to help families learn from one family who have figured some things out the hard way. What impressed me about filming this piece, […]
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Scott Wilhite is a writer, producer, and director. Above all he’s a master storyteller. To see more of his work, visit bigsherpa.tv or contact him via e-mail: scott [at] bigsherpa.tv
Read moreGot to go down to Ecuador a few days before production started on this project so that we could meet some of the families we wanted to interview before the crew arrived. Having only taken two years of Spanish in high school, I tried my best to understand what was going on in the conversations, […]
Read moreFor a time, I was working to help people tell their personal stories in order to help the next generation. Turns out there’s a ton of research showing that family stories unite generations in remarkable ways. But it’s one thing to see the research on paper, but quite another to hear this from the mouths […]
Read moreThis was an amazing project to work on. We were in Mongolia creating a series of films for a humanitarian services group. There was a young girl getting ready for surgery and her mother was the kindest, most attentive mother. It amazed me how we’re really all the same. No matter where we live, we […]
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