Washington State Lottery & The Kracken Collaboration Promotional Series

Kai Films was hired to manage the production of Washington State Lottery and Seattle Kraken’s promotional video series “Time to Rise.” A series promoting Kraken’s new stadium and the Washington Lottery with a humorous, entertaining tone for local television and social media ad spots.

The Challenge

Derek was originally hired to crew the job, at the busiest time of the year for Seattle film workers. The challenge in itself was massive because every role we could not fill would mean flying in someone from out of town and creating a budget overage. Fortunately, with the deeply rooted connections in the region, Derek and Kaifilms partners were able to challenge and pull together the best talent in Seattle.

Success after a brutal run

Kaifilm led by Derek powered through a mountain of problems in preproduction. The shoot was highly successful and we managed to spin a few miracles on this one. Our cast and crew were about 75 during principal photography. We have a large art department that created a lifesize penalty box that was installed at 4 different locations. We filmed 6 spots in 2 long days. This was certainly a project we will talk about for years to come.