At Dessert First Media, we believe in creativity before convention, reward before rules, and joy before process - basically we skip to the good stuff first. Because the best stories don't come from following a formula, they come from genuine curiosity about what makes a brand, a team, or a moment worth telling.

We're Dondrea Elmquist and Brian Thomson, two Portland-based video professionals with a combined 36 years in the industry (yes, we did the math - that's a lot of hard drives). That’s taught us plenty about deadlines, budgets, and corporate polish. But it also taught us something else: the projects people remember aren't the ones that checked every box - they're the ones that felt human.

So that's what we're building here. Full-service video production - from concept to final cut - for companies who want their brand films, executive stories, product launches, and internal communications to actually feel like something, not just look like something.

Based in Portland, working with clients everywhere. Let's make something worth watching. Dessert First, obviously.