Meritrust Credit Union - Money Story Gradey Dick

The third installment of the Meritrust Credit Union Money Story features NBA rookie and Kansas Native Gradey Dick. Dive into his money story from Wichita, KS, to the NBA, narrated by his mom, Carmen Dick. Proudly partnering with Meritrust Credit Union, we bring you a tale of hard work, success, and financial empowerment. Join us in celebrating Gradey’s extraordinary path to the NBA.

This project spanned multiple countries, shooting at the Immersion Room, a virtual production studio in Toronto, Canada. Using an LED stage to display photo-real locations rendered in real-time for the camera's perspective. Allowing us to shoot everything we needed to capture in Canada in one day. We also shot in Wichita, Kansas, utilizing Gradey’s high school gym and various landmarks around the city. We shot various scenes on a 16mm film camera to bring nostalgia and texture to the piece.

CREDITS:
Client: Mertirust Credit Union
SVP/ Chief Growth Officer: Jamie Harrison
Creative Brand Manager: Beth Grimmett
Marketing Operations Specialist: Kimberly Becker

Production Company: Justin McClure Creative
ECD: Justin McClure
Director: Justin McClure
Executive Producer: Gradey Dick
Producer: Ryan McGuigan
Producer: Jamie Hodgins
Director of Photography: Chase Banister
1st AC: Caitlyn Cody
1st AC: Shane Pikelin
Art Director: Sarah Lang
Swing: Meghan Guevarra
Gaffer: Ryan Seifert
Grip: Mike Dach
Set Dec: Jordan Richards
Photography: Shayne Gray
Audio: Ryan McGuigan
HMU: Nicole Soo
BTS: Luiz Ribeiro

Post Production Company: Justin McClure Creative
Editor: Chase Banister
VFX: Jordan Cole, Nicole Shobe
Color: Chase Banister
Audio Engineer: Ryan McGuigan
Project Manager: Jordan Hull
Composer: Alex Wakim
Film Development: Midwest Film Co.

Virtual Production Studio: Immersion Room
Founder/Developer: Mike Boers
Director of Operations/Producer: Jamie Hodgins
Virtual Production Artist: Jess Kalucki
Graphic Software Engineer: Bich-Anh Han
Cinematographer: Justin Yaroski

Agency: AdMark
Owner: Cori Kohlmeier
Social Media Manager: Emily Peters

Talent:
”Gradey” Gradey Dick
”Carmen” Carmen Dick
”Young Gradey 1” Sebastian Patton
”Young Gradey 2” Noah Banister

Locations:
Immersion Room - Toronto, CAN
Sunrise Christian Academy - Wichita, KS
Garvey Center - Wichita, KS

Archival Footage:
Sunrise Christian Academy
The Dick family
John Biehler
Jason and Heather Hampl
Cyle Barnwell
Kyle Campidilli
Mike Banister