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The Agency That Learned to Own the Room
BUOYANT began as a safe place for cultural storytellers. Its sharpest work starts when somebody else's platform stops serving the audience.
Tariana Little Put Public Health Behind the Camera
A failed qualifying exam loosened one plan. A 90-day Craigslist experiment supplied another. Tariana Little turned research, a camera and an insistence on community voice into an agency built to make complex work feel human.
They Gave a Camera 90 Days. Now EmVision Sells Trust to Institutions That Can’t Afford to Sound Corporate
A public-health researcher and a musician tested a business with a Craigslist ad and a three-month deadline. The result is a five-person media shop with its own studio, institutional clients, and a model for turning paid work into community infrastructure.
Viddsee
Viddsee is a Singapore-based video entertainment company that curates, distributes and markets short-form premium content from Asia. Founded in 2013 by engineer-filmmakers Ho Jia Jian and Derek Tan, it began as a Facebook page sharing regional short films and grew into a multi-platform network reaching millions of monthly viewers. Beyond its consumer streaming platform, Viddsee runs Viddsee Studios, a branded-content production arm serving brands and government agencies, and Viddsee for Good, a social-impact storytelling initiative, plus the Viddsee Juree Awards that spotlight emerging Southeast Asian filmmakers.