2024 Portfolio Reel for Darryl Kirchner.
Director and Editor based in Santa Rosa, Ca.

'Daydream' - A Generative AI short film by Darryl Kirchner

An intercity traveler traverses the nature-filled downtown environment, constructing and contemplating his creative path.

The initial images were creating using Runway’s text to image feature which served as a storyboard for the film.

The images were then animated using Runway's image to video feature, with fine-tuning completed using their roto brush tool and Adobe Premiere.

Sound Design, color correction, titles and editing completed via Adobe Premiere and VSCO.

If you have questions about the process or prompts, please feel free to reach out!

After a long search for a new home, the Museum of Craft and Design moves into a permanent home in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. It opened its doors on Saturday April 6, 2013 with inaugural exhibits by artist and sculptor Michael Cooper; textile artist Arline Fisch; and ceramicist Rebecca Hutchinson.

A short film made in collaboration with Russian River Keeper, The City of Santa Rosa and Patterns Agency.

San Francisco Art Institute is dedicated to the intrinsic value of art and its vital role in shaping and enriching society and the individual. As a diverse community of working artists and scholars, SFAI provides its students with a rigorous education in the fine arts and preparation for a life in the arts through an immersive studio environment, an integrated liberal arts curriculum, and critical engagement with the world.

Highlights from the Charles Schwab content we created in partnership with Unboundary (Creative Agency)

A brand film and campaign created for IVM. Made in collaboration with Allison + Partners.

A short film made in collaboration Doris Careaga. Preparing Arroz Con Leche.

Two music videos made in collaboration with Elad Marish and his Music Project, Beatific.

From day one, Crate and Barrel's mission has been to support emerging artists while spreading the joy of living with original art.
This short film was made to introduce a unique collection of one-of-a-kind works by leading UGallery artists, available exclusively
at Crate and Barrel. 

The Makerie is a creative retreat in Colorado that we partnered with to bring some of the in-person experience into your home. Nothing can quite capture the experience of staying in cozy Colorado cabins, eating communal meals, and learning together around a table.

This project was produced in cooperation with Creativebug, and was filmed over the course of 6 days in Boulder, CO.

Soy Vay is back in the Bay Area and they’re heading to San Francisco’s Mission District to visit Valerie Luu and Katie Kwan of Rice Paper Scissors and Evan Bloom and Leo Beckerman of Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen. Check out the recipes and learn more about the Asian flavors and Jewish heritage that goes into every bottle of Soy Vay® Marinade and Sauces at soyvay.com. Bloom performed all post-production services for both episodes of SoyVay' s second season of Flavor Underground.

Brand Campaigns created for Dignity Health. Made in collaboration with Allison + Partners.

Awards and Recognition:

Marcom Awards 2017 / Gold Winner / Dignity Health: The Power of the Smile Campaign

Marcom Awards 2017 / Platinum Winner / Dignity Health: #Take2Mins

In the summer of 2013, we found a piano sitting on top of Bernal Hill, waiting to be played.

Not knowing what to expect, we returned the following day. Official Selection to SF Independent Film Festival and SF Documentary Film Festival, 2013.

PRESS:
SF Weekly
The Bold Italic
Bernalwood

At Bloom, we quickly realized that as our client work grew to unimaginable heights, we found ourselves more and more often losing site of being able to work on our own, personal passion projects. 

Bloom Minutes was meant to help fill that void. They are simply 60 - 70 second, suggestively told environment based pieces that are meant to project a certain sense of time, place, feeling and emotion.

UCSF's innovative, collaborative approaches for patient care, research, and education span disciplines across the life sciences and make it a world leader in scientific discovery and its translation into improved health. I've been honored to be a trusted partner of the UCSF community and to be able to have the opportunity to communicate their brand message on a daily basis.

Directed by Darryl Kirchner and Fabian Molina

WAZE Carpool Campaign Series created in partnership with Allison + Partners

Three-part #CollegeHappens campaign for Chegg. These content pieces served as pre-roll ads on youtube and hulu. The campaign collected over 4.3 million impressions and 400k views.

Experience the new way to a rapid body transformation. Moov’s apps contain a number of workouts along with a virtual personal trainer that helps motivate the wearer. We created this video from concept to completion. You can find out more about MOOV here. 

The making of this music video brought my girlfriend and I together. The footage was provided by her family and was taken during the second world war. 

A weary time traveler awakens to an undisclosed location. 

Alone in her search for safety, she is presented with a series of ideas that could shape her future. 

This film premiered with a live visual and auditory performance at Other Cinema in San Francisco, Ca.

This holiday season, make the switch to LED lights. LED lights are safer and sturdier than incandescent lights. The money and energy savings from switching to LED lights are definitely worth caroling about!#ReLightYourHolidays

In the fall of 2013, ODC Theater's Dance Odyssey Project facilitated a dialogue between advanced painting students from the San Francisco Art Institute and choreographer Scott Wells. Students participated in a movement workshop with Wells, engaging in a discussion about artistic practices before returning to their studio and producing works in response to the workshop. The exhibition Between Action and Idea was curated from this body of work and opened in December 2013 at ODC Theater.

You can read a review of the film here at ODC. 

This short film was shot over the course of five days between Mexico City and the remote village of Santa Catarina in rural Mexico. We had the opportunity to experience the work and lives of the women who are creating these amazing, one-of-a-kind works of art and textiles. 

At Bloom, we created this short film in partnership with the Tech Awards. It highlights the amazing partnership and life-saving mission of We Care Solar, and was an official selection into the Cinequest International Film Festival of 2013.

Nexus is like GPS for your support agents, a new cloud-based contact center software that optimizes live support interactions and provides unprecedented, actionable insights. The positive response to Nexus and the momentum from customers that support tech, especially connected devices, has been substantial. To help spread the word about their new offering, Support.com invited Bloom Studios to create, concept, and collaborate on a video that explains the features, benefits, and unique value propositions that Nexus provides. From scripting, principle, animation, to post, Bloom Studios made sure the audience knows what Support.com does, and how they do it better than anyone else.

At Bloom, we were asked by NIKE to create this short promotional piece highlighting three new types of shoes for use on outdoor soccer surfaces. 

The principal photography was done over the course of two days, which took place at the Bladium Sports Complex in Alameda, Ca. 

Jogabo is a mobile app for every soccer player

It provides you with insights about you and your friends' playing activity, stats and the overall soccer community around you. It makes soccer an entirely new social experience, inspiring you to play more and encouraging you to join unique games you would otherwise be unaware of.