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Sarah F.

Santa Barbara, CA, USA

7 reviews

$1000 - $1500 / Day

About

Multimedia storyteller Sarah Fretwell looks deeper into the intersection of the environment, people, and business with one question: “What if the new bottom line was love? Her award-winning work explores the lives of everyday people with extraordinary stories and creates the human connection that engages people on a personal level. Her work offers individuals a voice for justice, insight for solutions, and the human connection needed for international engagement. She loves collaboration, working as a team, creating compelling stories, and living outside of the box. Clients & Publications The World Bank Group, United Nations, USAID, USAID Indonesia, Tara Expeditions Foundation, BioCarbon Fund, SXSW Interactive, TEDx, The Royal Academy of Engineering, The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, Enough Project, Human Rights Watch, Outside Magazine, Beads of Esiteti, Parker Clay, International Peace Initiatives, The Surfrider Foundation, CNBC, Bloomberg, Social Documentary (SDN), Blue Earth Alliance, and Photoville. Sarah completed the COVID-19 Safety Training for Visual Journalists.

Top Services

News Shooter / Video Journalist
6 reviews
Documentary DP
3 reviews
Field Producer
1 review

Clients

Top Reviews

  • January • 2022

    Sarah was absolutely incredible to work with! Her footage quality is fantastic -- she provided us with a terrific variety in visuals, even more than we could have wished for. She was also great with the interviews -- she made excellent on-the-spot decisions to get subjects feeling more comfortable on camera and clearly knew when to dive deeper into certain topics. On top of delivering everything we needed for this story, she was easy to communicate with and incredibly flexible, especially when this story took a few months longer to schedule than we anticipated. I look forward and hope to work with her on more projects in the future!

    Taryn at Business Insider
  • October • 2020

    Sarah went the extra mile to borrow equipment from a friend that was needed for our shoot and got a COVID test before going to our shoot, which made the subjects of the interview very comfortable. Sarah also shot a quality product and delivered all assets in a very timely fashion. She also made herself available throughout the process and was easy to communicate with.

    Jonathan at CNBC Digital Video
  • May • 2020

    We put out a call looking for help booking and shooting interviews for a focused series. Sarah suggested the perfect topic and delivered a well-shot interview and b-roll.

    Kristy at Scripps News

Top Projects

Equipment

Video

  • 4K video camera
  • Multiple cameras
  • DSLR or equivalent
  • Drone

Audio

  • External recorder
  • Wireless lavalier mic
  • Shotgun mic

Miscellaneous

  • Stabilizer

All Services

Production Support

  • Documentary DP
  • Drone Operator
  • Field Producer
  • News Shooter / Video Journalist
  • Reporter / Journalist
  • Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
  • Commercial DP
  • Production Assistant

Post Production

  • Video Editor - Documentary
  • Video Editor - Commercial

Miscellaneous

  • Creative Director
  • Production Company
  • Fixer