RESNANCE
A storm swell breaks white over dark basalt at the mouth of the Columbia River.

Resonance Productions · Portland, Oregon

Stories that resnate.

Commercials, branded films, documentaries and features. We help companies, causes and storytellers find their voice, then put it on screen with images that land.

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AFI Fest Breakthrough selection 5 feature films Shot on 4 continents

Now streaming · Feature documentary

Taming the Mouth

202689 minDir. Brett Eichenberger

At the world's most dangerous river entrance, generations of mariners, engineers and workers battle the raw force of the Columbia River Bar. The nearly 150-year effort to tame it changed the American West.

2,000+shipwrecks since 1792 in the Graveyard of the Pacific
60 fttallest wave measured offshore by buoy last February
~150years of building and rebuilding the Columbia River jetties

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Surf explodes against the rock jetty at sunset.
The jetty at last light2.00 : 1

“People often don't realize how much is at stake at the mouth of the Columbia.”

Bruce Jones, Executive Director, Columbia River Maritime Museum

Featured on OPB's Think Out Loud, August 2026.

Official selection

  • Astoria International Film Festival
  • Wild Rivers Film Festival
  • East Texas Film Festival
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • Jackson Docfest
  • Folkestone Film Festival, UK

Frames from the film

Archival photograph of workers on a jetty construction trestle.
Archival: building the jetty
The rusted hull of the Peter Iredale on the beach at dusk.
Wreck of the Peter Iredale
A cargo ship plows through breaking surf on the bar.
Crossing the bar
Storm clouds over a forested headland with a lighthouse.
Storm over the headland
A commercial fishing boat heads out across open water.
Heading out
An excavator places armor stone on the jetty as waves roll past.
Jetty repair, present day

Commercial & branded work

Your story, told by collaborators.

Don't think of us as the video people. We work with you from the first idea to final delivery, and the best award we get is repeat business.

  • Commercials
  • Brand films
  • Documentaries
  • Training & education
  • Music videos
  • Online content
An old wooden barn at golden hour, from Sue's Story.

Sue's Story

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Visit Vancouver USA title card.

Visit Vancouver USA

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A family leaving their house in the morning, from a dental practice commercial.

Sleep Dentistry

TV commercial · Watch on Vimeo

A passport video for the U.S. State Department.From federal agencies to small businesses, the range is the point.

A police recruitment video that went national.Our satirical spot for Hillsboro, Oregon reached national news, where Wolf Blitzer compared it to an SNL sketch.

Films that raised real money.Nonprofit productions that brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars for their causes.

Feature films

We also make movies.

A Flash of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed poster: a dark figure stands among sunlit forest trees.
202295 minDocumentary

A Flash of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed

Researchers and eyewitnesses across Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma and Florida describe their encounters with Sasquatch, and what keeps them searching. It treats the subject with curiosity instead of spectacle, and it has been watched millions of times online. The story continues in A Flash of Beauty: Paranormal Bigfoot (2024).

  • Millions of views online
  • Filmed in 7 states

“Best Sasquatch Documentary Ever.”

Sci-Fi Guy

“One of the best documentaries about Sasquatch I've watched.”

Lionel Ray Green, HorrorAddicts.net

“I have watched a lot of Bigfoot docs, and this ranks among the best.”

Letterboxd review
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Light of Mine poster: a man silhouetted against a fiery sky.
201177 minDrama

Light of Mine

Owen is a photographer losing his sight to an incurable eye disease. Before it's gone, he and his wife Laura take a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Yellowstone, and find a depth in their marriage they never knew was there.

  • AFI Fest Breakthrough
  • Best Feature & Best Director, HD Fest 2012
  • Audience Award, Local Sightings 2011
  • Ashland Independent Film Festival

“Powerful visuals mark this subdued but affecting first feature.”

The Hollywood Reporter

“Quiet but strong performances… linger in the memory.”

Seattle Times

“Take advantage of this rare treat.”

Washington Post Express
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Pretty Broken poster: a young woman framed by pink diagonal light.
2019DramedyFreestyle Releasing

Pretty Broken

Lindsey Lou, a college dropout on the verge of divorce, comes home after her father goes missing on Mount Everest. Holding on to a shred of hope, she hatches a scheme to raise the money to bring him home herself. The only problem: she's the least qualified person for the job.

  • Newport Beach Film Festival
  • iTunes
  • Amazon Prime
  • Google Play
  • DirecTV
  • UK release
Watch the trailer IMDb

Awards & festivals

Recognized on the festival circuit.

Festival awards

  • 2012Best Feature FilmHD Fest · Light of Mine
  • 2012Best DirectorHD Fest · Light of Mine
  • 2011Breakthrough selectionAFI Fest · one of four films chosen from more than 4,000 · Light of Mine
  • 2011Audience AwardLocal Sightings Film Festival · Light of Mine
  • 2011Best Musical ScoreLocal Sightings Film Festival · Light of Mine
  • 2011Finalist, Best CinematographyAshland Independent Film Festival · Light of Mine
  • 2016Named one to watchCannes Short Film Corner · A Little Something

Festival selections

Taming the Mouth

  • Astoria International Film Festival
  • Wild Rivers Film Festival
  • East Texas Film Festival
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • Jackson Docfest
  • Folkestone Film Festival, UK

Pretty Broken

  • Newport Beach Film Festival

Light of Mine

  • AFI Fest
  • Ashland Independent Film Festival
  • HD Fest
  • Local Sightings Film Festival

A Little Something

  • Cannes Short Film Corner

Clients

Who we've made films with.

Government

  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • U.S. Air Force
  • City of Hillsboro
  • Port of Vancouver USA

Brands & media

  • Intel
  • ESPN
  • National Geographic Channel
  • E&J Gallo Winery
  • OpenSesame

Health & nonprofit

  • Providence Health & Services
  • Childhelp
  • The First Tee
  • Portland State University

Regional

  • Visit Vancouver USA
  • VillaSport Athletic Club
  • Crosby Hop Farm
  • Deacon

The studio

Two filmmakers, one long collaboration.

Portrait of Brett Eichenberger.

Founder · Director

Brett Eichenberger

Brett studied film at Portland State and founded Resonance Productions in Portland. He co-directed a pilot for Fox and Universal in Los Angeles, then produced documentaries and PSAs in Washington, D.C. that aired in Iraq, with later assignments in Pakistan after the earthquake and in Egypt.

His features include Light of Mine, an AFI Fest Breakthrough selection; the dramedy Pretty Broken; the A Flash of Beauty documentaries, watched millions of times online; and Taming the Mouth, now on Prime Video and Apple TV. He also runs the A Flash of Beauty YouTube channel, with more than 100,000 subscribers. Off set, he's on a snowboard or at the Moda Center for the Blazers.

Portrait of Jill Remensnyder.

Producer · Writer

Jill Remensnyder

Jill wrote and produced Light of Mine and Pretty Broken from her original screenplays, and wrote and produced Taming the Mouth. With Brett, she produces the A Flash of Beauty documentaries and YouTube channel. Her commercial work spans music videos for Sony and Self Group artists, healthcare media and Oregon political campaigns.

Her satirical recruitment video for the Hillsboro Police Department traveled far beyond Oregon. A Portland State theater graduate, she delivers on time and under budget.

Cinema camera rig with monitors on set.

Up and down both coasts, and well beyond.

Clients have sent us across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia to get the shots their stories need. Bring us the idea, the product, or the cause. We'll help shape it and get people talking.

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