Chris Northcross Video Portfolio

Fun little video I did for WDET following their recent pledge drive. 

A 15 second spot I did for ACRONYM during the 2020 election.

This video was a companion video for WDET's Crossing The Lines series where the idea of "What does it mean to be a Detroiter"was examined.

Nancy Pierce was the Unitarian Universalist Association's photographer for 30 years. She retired in 2023 and I had the pleasure of filming, interviewing and photographing her for her last assignment for the UUA.

A project of joy done with three of my good friends for Aisha Fukushima. Every couple of years my friends and I get together to hang out, see each other and make a music video. Ghostin is our latest venture.

A video I shot during the early stages of the 2008 Presidential Campaign. I expressly wanted to get some "candid" footage of Barack Obama just being Barack Obama and at that point in the campaign, my virtually unfettered access afforded me the opportunity.

Second video I shot and edited for WDET's website.  This one was used to highlight the Music Head program the station puts on a few times a year.

This particular piece came about from playing around with a rather pedestrian shot of a fish swimming along, minding its own business somewhere in the ocean.

Due to time constraints,  I wasn't able to grab all of the footage I wanted but was able to go back the next day to shoot follow ups with Emerson Hunt, the shop's owner.  He offered up nothing but gold.

One of the obstacles of shooting the event was that video cameras were only allowed to record the first two minutes of the first four songs of the concert.  To compensate, our team planted still photographers to shoot as many photos of the participants as possible.  The result wound up being somewhat unconventional but effective.

One of the most fascinating off-candidate shoots I participated in.  It served as a touchstone for me later on when days seemed to roll into each other as to why the work I and my colleagues were doing was so amazingly important.