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Commercial · 2022

EcoCooks

Director · Cinematographer · Editor

Two EcoCooks hosts in green aprons standing at a kitchen counter during a kids cooking-show video.

The film

Filmed in a former studio kitchen, the project pairs James's video work with EcoCooks' youth food-and-climate programming.

The approach

The finished material combines hosted kitchen instruction with recipe cards, safety tips, facts and animated segment graphics.

James shaped the videos around clear host coverage, readable cooking steps and a light educational pace, giving the EcoCooks team a structured video base for youth food-and-climate programming.

Project details

Release
2022
Category
Commercial
Tags
CommercialEducational videoKids cooking showKitchen productionKelowna

Educational food video

Hosted cooking, recipe graphics and youth education.

A practical video package that needed to feel clear for young viewers and useful for an environmental cooking program.

The shoot combined host marks, kitchen counter coverage, recipe steps and animated overlays, with enough structure for repeatable episodes rather than a one-off promotional spot.

The finished package keeps the focus on James's directing, camera and edit contribution, while crediting the separate animation deliverables.

Kitchen

Youth hosts across multiple episodes.

The frame set now pulls from several delivered episodes so the project shows more than one host pair and one recipe setup.

Graphics

Educational overlays carry the lesson.

Recipe cards, safety tips and myth/fact segments turn the video into more than simple kitchen coverage.

Additional credits

Client
EcoCooks
Director / Cinematographer / Editor
James Alton
Animation deliverables
Jesters Animation
Production
Former studio kitchen production