Today we’d like to introduce you to Nick Fraser.
Hi Nick, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I grew up in a small town on the coast of Georgia called Brunswick. It’s a quiet place, very little outside of the ordinary happened here, but since I was 13, I knew I wanted to get into making movies. When I was 18, I packed my things and traveled to California, where I met some amazing folks before finally finding my calling back in my home state.
In 2018, I moved to the Atlanta area to complete my BFA in Film & Television, a process that landed me at SCAD Atlanta. There, I met dozens of creatives who had the same drive I did to tell stories that meant something to us and could change the hearts and minds of everyone who watched them. I ripped through books on producing, directing, and writing and started screenwriting as more than a hobby: I wanted to make films. Over the last couple of years, I’ve worked on dozens of short films ranging from web content to feature films to passion projects I wrote in and out of classrooms. It’s been three years since I first stepped through the doors of SCAD Atlanta, and I’m now an award-winning writer and producer with a lot more life left to live and stories left to tell. I love my industry, I love my city, and I love my people. It’s only up from here.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I mentioned that I first moved to California, and the decision to move from the west coast back to my home state was not an easy one. I found myself removed from the network I tried to build out there, but the reality was it just wasn’t a fit for me. When I first moved to Atlanta, I spent a lot of time living in a small apartment downtown, writing very little, trying to reconnect with the purpose I first felt when I discovered the magic of filmmaking. Now, I look at that time as being essential to what I know today. In terms of what I struggle with today, each project my team takes on is both a blessing and a lesson, and some projects have more of the latter. Some of the less glamorous things no amount of schooling will prepare you for is trying to figure out how insurance documents work, how to find locations that won’t break the start-up budgets you’re working with, and how to find good, consistent talent that brings their a-game both in front of and behind the camera. No one prepares you for the level of rejection, either. While my films have gone far, the part I never mention is the ever-growing pile of film festival rejection letters and failed pitch meetings for large projects we’re trying our best to get off the ground. But that’s the thing about failing, in that failure there are new things to learn every time – that’s why I call them lessons.
As you know, we’re big fans of Fraser House Films. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Fraser House Films is a film and media company started from a key idea I developed as I started to build a network at my alma mater, SCAD Atlanta. I discovered that filmmaking only felt right when my team and I worked together to tell stories our way, scraping together budgets to make films where character was at the center. Our first two projects, “He Was Hope” and “Rogue Guardian”, exemplified that early philosophy, I think. One is about regular, everyday people trying their best to find purpose in a real-life crisis, while the other is about responsibility, betrayal, and what it means to be exploited in a world that won’t let you live the life you want to live. After we finished making these films, I knew these dreams were real, and I knew that Fraser House Films needed to be built. With the help of my good friends, Perris Drew, known for “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” and “Mindhunters”, Gemma Rocha, a Nashville-based producer and philanthropist, and so many others, my company was born. Since the beginning of 2022, we have produced four short films, attended ten film festivals, and won several awards. Not only that, but we’ve moved into client-based work in branded content and music videos, a process essential to the long-term success of any small media company. All the while, we contract talent almost exclusively from the Atlanta area. Our goal for the next decade is to continue to expand to clients in need of affordable music video production, branded content, and more – anything you can think of, we can do. Not only that, but by 2030, we hope to have a physical facility to produce this content. We’re trying our best to change movies, one film at a time.
Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
This company is built on the idea that stories matter in an ever-changing, ever-jaded world, and we bring people together to tell these stories. Whether it’s a script I wrote, a client with music in need of videos, or any other circumstance, I recruit far and wide around this beautiful city to make these projects come to life. A common phrase I tell members of my producing team is, “There is work for everyone at the house.” I mean that. We are a family of filmmakers, artists, and creatives under one house – Fraser House. And we couldn’t be more proud of that.
Pricing:
- Music Videos start at $7500
- Commercials start at $5000
- Branded Content Packages start at $1500
- Script Coverage – $100
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Contact Info:
- Email: fraserhousefilms@gmail.com
- Website: fraserhousefilms.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/fraserhousefilms
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086451016774
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@FraserHouseFilms
