Rhode Island 250:
Fourth of July Commemoration
final film
credits
edit
color
sound design
via luminous
the brief
for Rhode Island’s 250th, Luminous filmed four Fourth of July celebrations across Providence and a 30-minute speaking program at the State House.
the ask: a one-to-two-minute film that captured the day.
client: RI250 Commission, Office of the Rhode Island Secretary of State
agency: Luminous
final mix: Tim Dolbear, Eclectica Studios
the edit
thirty-two minutes of formal remarks became about 90 seconds of spoken story, from five voices: Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore; Lauren Spears, executive director of the Tomaquag Museum; Rhode Island Poet Laureate Emerita Tina Cane; Chief Daryl Walden of the Rhode Island Indian Council; and Major General Andrew J. Chevalier, Adjutant General of the Rhode Island National Guard.
each voice gets one short, self-contained line. together they move from Rhode Island being first to declare independence, through the Narragansett story (“Without the Narragansett, there would not have been a colony and state known as Rhode Island”) and its painful legacy (“The painful history cannot be ignored, but neither can the resilience of our people. We’re still here.”), to why liberty is still worth defending.
the picture follows the day from the State House to the evening concert, the torch parade and WaterFire, so the film builds as the speeches do. Secretary Amore’s welcome returns at the end to close it.
review and delivery
filmed on Saturday, July 4. the first cut went to Luminous on Tuesday morning, with a revised version the same afternoon.
approved the following week, then finished with a final mix by Tim Dolbear at Eclectica Studios.
filmed: July 4, 2026
first cut: July 7
approved: July 13
runtime: 2:06
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