GYROSCOPE PICTURES

Film and video design, production, and post-production
    • Home
    • ABOUT
  •

Transport

From a spot for PBOT comparing the efficiency of cars vs transit in moving people (Gyroscope Pictures)
Featured, Transport

Eye in the Sky

Portland’s Bureau of Transportation asked me to collaborate on a simple experiment: in 15 minutes at rush hour, how many people do cars vs buses vs bikes move down a certain street? It was part of an effort to convince City Council to invest in “rose lanes,” special bus-only lanes to pull transit out of congestion and make it more attractive to riders. Here’s what I created…

From a spot for "Designing a Smarter Street" for PBOT (Gyroscope Pictures)
Featured, Transport

Designing a Smarter Street

Portland’s Bureau of Transportation had a problem: there were just too many fatalities and injuries – both pedestrian and driver – on some of the city’s east side streets, but the solution seemed so counter-intuitive their constituents rebelled. So they asked me to help explain the logic behind the new strategy and reboot the communications behind their outreach…

'Discover Sunday Parkways' video from Gyroscope Pictures
Featured, Nonprofit, Trailers, Transport

Discover Sunday Parkways

Five times a summer, in different parts of the city, Portland closes a few streets to cars and funny thing happens: people of all ages come rushing out to play in the streets. And man is it inspiring, as I think our film for Sunday Parkways captures pretty well.

'Oregon Walks' rebranding launch video from Gyroscope Pictures
Featured, Nonprofit, Social Justice, Transport

Oregon Walks

A short film we created for Oregon’s premier walking advocacy organization, unveiling a new name and a bold new vision – from script and messaging to direction, videography and editorial.

'On the Right Track: Portland's New Cycle Track' from Gyroscope Pictures
Nonprofit, Transport

On the Right Track: Portland’s New Cycle Track

Mixing animation and live action and shot entirely via bikes, a short piece for the City of Portland introducing two spiffy new bike facilities – the cycle track and the buffered bike lanes.

'Who owns the Road?' from Gyroscope Pictures
Nonprofit, Spots, Transport

Who owns the Road?

We live our lives in such a sea of distractions, it’s a wonder we even see what’s in front of us. This PSA for the Eye to Eye Safety Campaign encourages all of us to “start seeing everyone” by freezing a crucial moment in time.

GYROSCOPE PICTURES

Film and video design and production, from script to post, from director, cinematographer and editor Matt Giraud.

Recent projects
  • Eye in the Sky
  • Cave of Fermented Dreams
  • Designing a Smarter Street
  • Icebreaker Cool-Lite
  • Parking Kitty
Categories
  • Featured
  • Food and Wine
  • Nonprofit
  • Social Justice
  • Spots
  • Trailers
  • Transport
From Instagram
“The future is bright.” An image I took two ye “The future is bright.” An image I took two years ago for the reelection campaign of Portland Commissioner Nick Fish, who passed away yesterday after a long battle with stomach cancer. It’s a testament to Nick’s unflagging optimism about what we can accomplish if we work together that he wrote those words not two years ago, but just 48 hours before he died. . Here’s hoping – as I’d guess he would – that he wasn’t an artifact of a bygone age, but an archetype we can re-mint for our time and the unique challenges we face. Til then, we’ll have to figure out how to steady the tiller ourselves. Thanks for doing so for so long, Nick. . . . . . #nickfish #commishfish #ripnickfish #portlandcityhall #portland #oregon #cancer #cancersucks #photogiraud
This past summer, I had a once-in-a-lifetime oppor This past summer, I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to document an earth-shattering discovery: a primitive cave culture whose works had lain dormant for untold years. I was there as a crack team of scientists and explorers uncovered artifacts, interpreted crude markings, and slowly pieced together the heady, improbable story of this bizarre and archaic civilization. . It’s the dream of every documentarian: being there, with a camera, when history is uncovered - and made up. Journey along with us as we uncork… the Cave of Fermented Dreams! (link in bio)
Turns out the reclusive JD Salinger has actually b Turns out the reclusive JD Salinger has actually been hanging at @portlandwinecompany, making a rare appearance at the swanky grand opening of their new SE PDX tasting room last night. Congrats, Matt, Angela and Roxy! . . . . . #portland #oregon #wine #urbanwinery #pdxurbanwineries #oregonwine #pdx #oregonnw #pnw #jdsalinger #photogiraud
Today, after the fire that ravaged Notre Dame, thi Today, after the fire that ravaged Notre Dame, this intersection of transept and nave – directly below the spire that crumbled in flames – now opens to the heavens above Paris, smeared with ash and slashed with the blue and red lights of firefight. I remember so clearly the feel of this space. There is something about a building this ancient, hushed for centuries in the focus of worship, its every edge smoothed by the touch of countless hands, that compresses time: your shared experience with a million people before you touches the eternal. It may take that long to rebuild, but Macron is right that transcendent spaces like this are too rare and too sacred not to. #parisjetaime . . . . . . #paris #europe #france #notredamedeparis #notredame #hommage #parisweloveyou #architecture #architecturephotography #histoire #neverstopexploring #visualsofearth #ourplanetdaily #wonderful_places #thecreatorclass #artofvisuals #natgeo #TeamCanon #photogiraud
Harvest never quite feels like it begins in a vine Harvest never quite feels like it begins in a vineyard, but instead, 60 miles up the road, here at the lonely beacon that is Biggs Junction. It’s the last chance to come to our senses, turn back and live a normal life for the next month and a half. But meh, fuck that, and before I know it, I’ve broken left across the Columbia River into Washington, toward the Rattlesnake Hills and harvest 2019.
On the way down from 7000’, our path winds throu On the way down from 7000’, our path winds through the world laid out before us. . . . . . . . #mthood #mounthood #instamountain #pnwhiking #pnwdiscovered #oregon #upperleftusa #pnwonderland #bestoforegon #exploremore #pnw #exploretocreate #letsgosomewhere #landscape #nature #amazing #instagood #justgoshoot #northwestcreatives #pnwphotographer #neverstopexploring #visualsofearth #wonderful_places #thecreatorclass #natgeo #TeamCanon #photogiraud
Here at 7100’, the path couldn’t have been cle Here at 7100’, the path couldn’t have been clearer: just keep walking up McNeil Ridge all the way to the top of Hood. But call me crazy, that seemed like it might be a little more, I don’t know, forbidding than the wildflowers and beargrass we’d walked through to get here. . . . . . . . #mthood #mounthood #instamountain #bnw_society #bnw_planet #oregon #upperleftusa #pnwonderland #bestoforegon #exploremore #pnw #exploretocreate #letsgosomewhere #landscape #nature #snow #amazing #instagood #justgoshoot #northwestcreatives #neverstopexploring #visualsofearth #wonderful_places #thecreatorclass #natgeo #TeamCanon #photogiraud
Do you remember being as head over heels about any Do you remember being as head over heels about anything as much as this? . Yeah, that was transcendent, wasn’t it? . . . . . . . #portrait #pdx #aboyandhisdog #dogsofinstagram #portraitphotography #portrait_perfection #pnwphotographer #pursuitofportraits #love #portraitpage #lifeportraits #peoplescreatives #justgoshoot #oregonnw #pnw #pnwlife #northwestcreatives #instagood #peopleproject #ofhumans #visualsoflife #justgoshoot #artofvisuals #TeamCanon #photogiraud
Load More... Follow on Instagram

Copyright ©2019 Gyroscope Pictures, LLC.
For design and communications strategy, visit our soulmates at Gyroscope Creative. For still photogragraphy, visit mattgiraud.com.