Guitarist performing on stage in pink and violet light, framed by the dark silhouettes of the audience

Case 02

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LIVE + CULTURE

Boundless wordmark in white block lettering with a ring as the letter O

Create desire before the proof exists.

Founders were trying to create demand for a new cultural institution before they had a festival to show, while aligning artists, sponsors, donors, guests and a community with different definitions of success.

Boundless Life Music, Arts & Culture Fest title card in white lettering over an open festival stage in Park City, with a lighting rig overhead, a green ski-slope lawn beyond and a crew member pushing a road case across the stage in silhouette
Musician's hands playing an electric guitar in warm stage light

01 / Assessment

Desire before explanation.

The problem wasn’t lack of story. It was too many stories competing before anyone wanted the thing.

Musician's hands playing an electric guitar in warm stage light

01 / Assessment

Desire before explanation.

The problem wasn’t lack of story. It was too many stories competing before anyone wanted the thing.

Silhouetted singer in a hat at a microphone amid stage haze and warm lights

02 / Aperture

Music first. Place as multiplier.

Keep music as the headline. Let Park City’s mountains, food, hospitality, recreation and culture multiply the value of being here.

Silhouetted singer in a hat at a microphone amid stage haze and warm lights

02 / Aperture

Music first. Place as multiplier.

Keep music as the headline. Let Park City’s mountains, food, hospitality, recreation and culture multiply the value of being here.

Concert audience with raised hands in front of bright stage lights

03 / Activation

Unlock the next dependency.

Origin film first for artists, sponsors and partners. Consumer and local layers follow as each new proof point gives the organization permission to say more.

Concert audience with raised hands in front of bright stage lights

03 / Activation

Unlock the next dependency.

Origin film first for artists, sponsors and partners. Consumer and local layers follow as each new proof point gives the organization permission to say more.

THE SYSTEM

BELIEF

BEFORE PROOF

ASSET 01

ORIGIN FILM / COMPLETE

PHASED

STORY / AUDIENCE BY AUDIENCE

First you want to go. Then you understand why it matters. Then you want to be part of building it.

THE NARRATIVE SEQUENCE

THE SYSTEM

BELIEF

BEFORE PROOF

ASSET 01

ORIGIN FILM / COMPLETE

PHASED

STORY / AUDIENCE BY AUDIENCE

First you want to go. Then you understand why it matters. Then you want to be part of building it.

THE NARRATIVE SEQUENCE

THE SYSTEM

BELIEF

BEFORE PROOF

ASSET 01

ORIGIN FILM / COMPLETE

PHASED

STORY / AUDIENCE BY AUDIENCE

First you want to go. Then you understand why it matters. Then you want to be part of building it.

THE NARRATIVE SEQUENCE

What are you trying to make possible?

Let’s find the story that moves it forward.

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