Portland, Maine’s friendly neighborhood video production team, since 2009.
Operating as usual
02/24/2022
Tune in to NEWS CENTER Maine this Sunday at 11am for a new episode of Plate the State! Watch how the chocolatiers at Chocolats Passion make their creatively designed, beautiful, tasty chocolate
✨New episode ✨
Chocolate is in season all year long.
Especially when it’s made by some of the sweetest chocolatiers in the state. This Sunday, we share the stories & talents behind the gorgeous, handmade chocolates at @chocolatspassion in Portland.
Join us Sunday at 11am on @newscentermaine & always on YouTube.
Very cool looking free event for any fellow film junkies out there!
WATERVILLE – The Maine Film Center will host a wintertime weekend matinée film series, which will be free and open to the public. Each film will screen at
Entrepreneurs of Maine! The time is fast approaching to enter Gorham Savings Bank's 2022 Launchpad competition and potentially win $50,000 to support your business! Keep your eye on https://www.gorhamsavings.bank/launchpad/ for details about upcoming dates and guidelines.
Founded in 2013, LaunchPad celebrates and supports Maine's entrepreneurial spirit with an annual small business competition that awards the winner $50,000.
Uplift L.A. always puts on a great party! One of the best ways to spend NYE while supporting local businesses.
AUBURN (WGME) – The city of Auburn is getting ready to ring in the new year with a bang. Also read:Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year's celebrationsAuburn Mayor Jason Levesque says there will be something for everyone. “This is truly an event for all ages,” Levesque said. &...
12/21/2021
We had a great time shooting at the family-founded Mousam Valley Mushrooms for this Sunday's episode of Plate the State! Don't know how mushrooms are cultivated? Find out this Sunday on NEWS CENTER Maine!
Cultivating mushrooms is a fascinating process we share in our next episode!
We visit the family-founded @mousam_valley_mushrooms to learn how each “cave” mimics the ideal growing conditions for blue oysters, hen of the wood and the best Shiitake‘s chef has ever cooked with.
Thank you for following along with Maine’s premiere farm-to-kitchen cooking show on @newscentermaine.
12/15/2021
Was great working with the lovely people at Native Maine for this promo! Supporting local sustainability makes everything taste a little better.
12/10/2021
Some real heartwarming content in the latest episode of Plate The State! Also, pork!
Oh, hay there.
We have to say our time at @oldcrowranch was even sunnier with this cutie showing us the best ways to play on hay.
Tune in on Sunday at 11am to meet the entire sweet family & learn about their wonderful farm and products.
We recently worked with the folks at Momentum Aroostook to create this video showcasing all the wonderful opportunities that can be found in Aroostook County.
One of the best parts about this business is getting to travel around Maine and talk to all the interesting people that make up this great state!
08/03/2020
So saddened to hear about the closing of Port City Music Hall.
Over the years, we have filmed some fun events and projects there. Here are some photos from the Maine Outdoor Film Festival Awards Show in 2016. More memories in the comments.
Cool to see how the infamous Bean boots all come together. It’s a pretty hands on process by a great team here in Maine. Excited to help edit this episode together. Enjoy!
Our film “One Week At A Time” is about four life long friends and their 30 year endeavor to sea kayak around New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Huge shout-out to L.L.Bean for the opportunity to pursue this story.
We are proud of the work, and inspired by the lives of these four Maine men.
Hope you guys enjoy the film!
L.L.Bean is proud to present ONE WEEK AT A TIME, a No Umbrella Media Film. Over more than three decades, four friends kayaked a complete circumnavigation of ...
06/01/2018
{VIDEO TEASER} — “One Week At A Time” - Four life long friends complete a 30 year circumnavigation of New England by sea kayak. Starting in their 20s, circa 1983, Tom, Mike, Ben, and Charlie have paddled together, trip-by-trip, checking off coastline segments along the New England and Canadian maritimes. They’ve managed to stay healthy and stay friends along the way, and now close the loop in NYC.
Presented by L.L.Bean
Video Production by No Umbrella Media
Sound Design by Red Vault Audio Production
Map Graphics by Alpine Design Works
Photography by “The Boys”
05/28/2018
Coming soon to the internet, “One Week At A Time” - Presented by L.L.Bean. A short film documenting a 30 year epic circumnavigation of New England by four lifelong friends.
A fun short doc we put together with Gorham Saving Bank about a year ago now. Cool to revisit these edits, and relive the experience of producing the video - very memorable!
This is "GSB One India Street Video" by Gorham Savings Bank on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
In an increasingly homogenized world, communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and distinctive character are more likely to attract entrepreneurs and new investment. Portlanders place a high value on individuality and consider our homegrown enterprises a source of pride. They are als...
Really enjoy the editing we get to do with Sea Eagle Boats and Gary Pearl Photography - always a reminder to get out and explore the world!
Join Sea Eagle Explorer Inflatable Kayak owners Mark & Derrick Harris as they explore more - exploring the great outdoors - Alaska! For more info Click Here ...
Awesome to hear that this band will be out and about this year playing shows, their music is certainly top-notch rock/blues/jazz! Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
Video by No Umbrella Media
09/04/2017
Back to our roots on the Kennebec River, Nick Callanan at the helm!
Webisodes coming out now documenting helicopter skiing in Alaska
In the early 1990s extreme skiers fell in love with the immense wildness of Alaska's Chugach Mountains surrounding Valdez. The Chugach has everything that skiers…
Join Sugarloaf and The Maine Outdoor Film Festival for an evening of never-seen-before Maine winter outdoor adventure shorts... in full HD with stereo sound! This event is the world premiere of the ten finalists for the Winter Broke and Stoked video contest. There will be a free door prize raffle at...
We made this video for CCSME and learned a lot about the how helping others drives those in recovery, and how the stigma against those in recovery is changing through hard work, better organization and advocacy.
A little love inspiration for your Valentine's Day Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, produced by NU
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds perform their song "We Need A Love" from their sold out show at The Warehouse on New Years Eve. Their new live album, Fowl P...
Documentaries, event coverage (including concert Blu-ray, weddings, awards ceremonies, keynote addresses), presentation tools, product videos, journalism-style video packages, many outcome-based web videos (recruitment, event promotion, crowd-funding), digital campaign tools, and plenty of other weird projects.
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No Umbrella Media is video production company based in Portland, Maine.
The name No Umbrella comes from the old newsprint outdoor rag that Nick Callanan (and Kristen Kaiser!) used to publish back in the day: “No Umbrella – A Reader for River People” published its first issue of outdoor-inspired writing and photography on June 22, 2002 in The Forks, Maine.
Then, in 2007, after 37 issues and 80,000 total copies, Nick made the difficult – but obvious – decision to cease publication. The internet – not to mention the recession – had arrived in central Maine and small newspapers were toast.
Fast forward to a beautiful fall day in 2009: Nick and Nick were kayaking at Steep Falls on the S**o River. Nick B. – who at this point had been working in video for 10 years – starts talking about making outdoor video content for the audience of No Umbrella. So they did. And it was fun and challenging. Within weeks, they were hired to make three different promo videos. From there it was game on.
At No Umbrella Media, our clients hire us to build video tools. We work with clients to understand all project elements: genre, messaging, audience, versions, channels, timeline, budget, personnel, resources, regulations and other nuanced factors.
We have experience producing and directing: documentaries, event coverage (including concert Blu-ray, weddings, awards ceremonies, keynote addresses), presentation tools, product videos, journalism-style video packages, many outcome-based web videos (recruitment, event promotion, crowd-funding), digital campaign tools, and plenty of other weird projects.
We hope our work speaks for itself and we pride ourselves on being professional, responsive, and easy to work with. If you’d like to talk about your video idea, please reach out at n[email protected].
Kicking off a new 5-year project to help loon breeding success! One component is to build loon rafts. The goal of the raft program is to increase the number of loon chicks hatched through placement and monitoring of nearly 100 loon nesting rafts in territories with low nesting success. When used in the right ways and right situations, rafts have been helping loon pairs hatch chicks for more than 50 years. Thanks to the amazing lake stewards and volunteers who are building rafts for their lakes this spring; to Reed Robinson and Laura Robinson for sharing their modular raft design and expertise; and to No Umbrella Media for helping us make a movie of the whole thing! Photos here are from one of our spring raft-building workshops. Partners include Maine Lakes, Lakes Environmental Association and the Penobscot Nation. This project is funded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of the Bouchard Barge 120 Buzzards Bay Oil Spill Trustees. Maine Lakes Lakes Environmental Association #PenobscotNation
Happy Opening Night! Thank you to the director, Julia Gibson and of course the playwrights Richard Topol (AEA)(also performing), and W***y Holtzman for creating this production!
Also a huge thank you to the artistic and production team, Anita Stewart (USA), Marie Yokoyama (USA), David Van Tieghem (USA), Michael Commendatore, Meg Lydon (AEA) and Dr. Robert Lehmann; and our interns, Meredith G. Healy, Casey Boriskie, Audrey Kastner, Taylor Kibbler, Julian Bencze & Kelly Yamahiro!
Photo by No Umbrella Media
SEARCHING FOR MR. MOON
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OPENING NIGHT IS TONIGHT! Our artistic and production team have been hard at work putting the finishing touches on the world premiere of SEARCHING FOR MR. MOON, by Richard Topol and W***y Holtzman.
Pictured below is Stage Manager Meg Lydon (AEA), Playwright & Performer Richard Topol (AEA), Playwright W***y Holtzman, and Scenic & Costume Designer Anita Stewart (USA).
Photos by No Umbrella Media
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The philosophy is catching on.
Photo: No Umbrella Media
We think you'll have a great time with us on BikeMaine, but don't just take our word for it, check out what previous years' riders thought about the experience in our Tales from the Road Series, from No Umbrella Media.
Have you heard of BikeMaine? It's a multi-day bike race in some of the most remotes part of Maine--it's wild! This year, MOFF sponsor, No Umbrella Media, created their 2019 review of the trek and it's being screened this Saturday at the Ciclismo Classico film festival at One Longfellow Square.
We are really excited to share the promotional video that we got as part of our participation with Four A Cause 2019. The In This Together Holiday Fundraiser- inspired by Mary's Mission this Thursday will help us to raise important funds so that we can begin giving out much needed grants to members of our community in 2020.
Video produced by No Umbrella Media
Last week we were so blessed with the opportunity to be part of the Four A Cause 2019 event hosted by Benchmark Real Estate. It was an incredible experience and we wanted to share the full version of the video that was shown that night.
Thank you to Benchmark,to No Umbrella Media who produced the video, and to Bowdoin College for lending their conference room for us to use, and all involved in the video- Maggie, Clota, and Sabrina for their support, compassion, and bravery in sharing their stories.
**This video will be triggering for some people, please watch with a cautious heart.**
https://youtu.be/pXwP3_vdQaU
BikeMaine couldn't happen without the volunteer support of countless people in each host community, and being able to give back to the region in the form of economic development is foundational to the event's mission. We are very happy to announce our estimated impact for BikeMaine 2019 is $906,227!
This total impact represents a growth of over 20% over the total impact of the 2018 ride, and brings the cumulative, eight year impact of BikeMaine to over $4 Million!
photo: No Umbrella Media
The secret it out, BikeMaine2020 will be hosted in the Katahdin Region! Get the best pricing on the 2020 ride, REGISTER TONIGHT at www.bikemaine.org/bike-maine. Video courtesy of No Umbrella Media
Thank you to Portland Press Herald for the great promotion of this community event! We are so pumped to partner with Friends of the Easter Prom, Three Rivers Whitewater Rafting, and No Umbrella Media to bring MAINE SHORTS to the people this Saturday-- be there or be square!
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