Video and photography for YouXin's NYSE closing bell ceremony. The stock exchange has their own photographer. YouXin wanted more than the same angles every company gets.
Video and photography for YouXin's NYSE closing bell ceremony. The stock exchange has their own photographer. YouXin wanted more than the same angles every company gets.

NYSE Documented The Moment. We Told The Story.

NYSE Documented The Moment. We Told The Story.

The bell rings at 4:00 PM. Ready or not.
The bell rings at 4:00 PM. Ready or not.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.

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NYSE Documented The Moment. We Told The Story.
NYSE Documented The Moment. We Told The Story.
NYSE Documented The Moment. We Told The Story.

Project Type

Video Production | Photography

Deliverables

Video Production Photography Event Coverage Post-Production

Full video and photography coverage of a NYSE closing bell ceremony. The angles the house photographer doesn't bother with.

The bell rings at 4:00 PM. Ready or not.

Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.

Brief

60 seconds of ceremony. Hours of story around it.

Ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange isn't a photo op. It's years of work compressed into about 60 seconds. NYSE runs like clockwork. Specific windows, restricted access, zero margin for error. Their house photographer handles the official shots but those are the same angles every company gets. YouXin needed content that actually felt like theirs. Something that worked for investors, media, and the internal team that spent years getting to that platform.

60 seconds of ceremony. Hours of story around it.

Ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange isn't a photo op. It's years of work compressed into about 60 seconds. NYSE runs like clockwork. Specific windows, restricted access, zero margin for error. Their house photographer handles the official shots but those are the same angles every company gets. YouXin needed content that actually felt like theirs. Something that worked for investors, media, and the internal team that spent years getting to that platform.

Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.

Challenge

Same ceremony every company gets. Content that no other company has.

The ceremony itself is about 60 seconds. That's not the story. The story is everything around it. The preparation, the walk through historic halls, the faces on the platform before anything happens, the exhale after. NYSE gives you a window and a set of rules. What you do with it is what separates a photo op from a piece of content people actually remember.

Same ceremony every company gets. Content that no other company has.

The ceremony itself is about 60 seconds. That's not the story. The story is everything around it. The preparation, the walk through historic halls, the faces on the platform before anything happens, the exhale after. NYSE gives you a window and a set of rules. What you do with it is what separates a photo op from a piece of content people actually remember.

Solution

Started shooting hours before the bell. Stayed long after.

Embedded with the YouXin team from the second they walked into the building. The preparation, the walk through the halls, the faces on the platform before anything happened. By the time the bell rang we'd already been shooting for hours. Multi-camera setup for the ceremony itself. Wide shots for grandeur, tight shots for emotion, angles the house photographer doesn't bother with. After the bell, we stayed. Team celebrations, handshakes, the moment where everyone finally breathes.

Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
Closing Bell Ceremony NYSE - Video Services - Raised Media Co.
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Stats

NYSE's photos showed they rang the bell. Ours showed why it mattered.

Final package ran on investor relations, social channels, and internal comms. The official NYSE photos ended up exactly where they always end up. Ours ended up everywhere else. The preparation, the emotion, the story that investors and employees actually want to see. That's the difference between having a photographer at your event and having a production team that understands the moment.

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Bell ceremony (years of work in one moment)

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60sec

Bell ceremony (years of work in one moment)

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Hours on site before and after

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Hours on site before and after

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Content libraries (one for investors, one for the team)

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Content libraries (one for investors, one for the team)

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Abstract close-up of smooth white and black layered surface.

Thank you.


To the YouXin team for understanding that the bell is 60 seconds but the story is everything else. And for trusting us inside the NYSE, which honestly still feels surreal every time we walk in there.

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