THE PROBLEM: USELESS CONTENT
✕ FAILURE MODE
MADE ON GUT INSTINCT
No audience data, no competitive analysis, no validation.
✕ FAILURE MODE
MADE BECAUSE A COMPETITOR DID
Didn’t study what problem theirs solved or whether your audience cares.
✕ FAILURE MODE
MADE BECAUSE A VENDOR PITCHED IT
Started with the solution before defining the problem. Looked good, moved no one.
✕ FAILURE MODE
MADE WITHOUT A DISTRIBUTION PLAN
Sat on a server. Nobody planned who needed to see it or how.

THE PROOF
Client case study - ITCA (Inter Tribal Council of Arizona). Three separate campaigns, one process. Each required pre-production research that changed the creative direction. We knew what to make before we picked up a camera. That's the SITREP.
WIC NUTRITION SERVICES
//SITUATION
ITCA needed to increase WIC enrollment. Participation declining despite eligible families.
//INTELLIGENCE
Tribal members associated WIC with government surveillance. Barrier was trust, not awareness.
//PRODUCED
Tribal mothers speaking direct to camera. No narration. No institutional framing.
TRIBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER
//SITUATION
Vaccine education for communities with justified skepticism of government health programs.
//INTELLIGENCE
Standard messaging was counterproductive. Needed own leaders, not outside authorities.
//PRODUCED
Tribal health directors and community members in their own words. Shot on location.
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - VOTER EDUCATION
//SITUATION
10-part docu-series to drive tribal voter participation ahead of 2026 election.
//INTELLIGENCE
Disengagement wasn’t apathy — rational response to broken promises. Had to confront that history first.
//PRODUCED
“Your Voice, Your Power.” Ten episodes. Tribal leaders, elders, young voters. In production.
SITREP formulated a plan, and we and executed. See the process in action, and why we shot "oners" for this entire PSA campaign.
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