GESAFFELSTEIN – PURSUIT

New music video for GESAFFELSTEIN‘s single PURSUIT. Directed by Paris based Division‘s Fleur & Manu.

Marc Rienzo: Heads-Up Display: Stereoscopic

You’ve probably already seen these two amazing spots from director Marc Rienzo, but now they are available in Stereoscopic Anaglyph … get your red and blue glasses out … quite nice!

Decoy Update

Decoy Summer Reel 2013 from Ryan Rothermel.

Decoy update with a new reel and website. enjoy…

Capacity Update

Capacity.™ Montage from Capacity.

Capacity update with a fresh new montage, featuring an exclusive music track from Plaid.

Gretel: CNBC Prime

NY based Gretel does the most clean, authoritative and bold rebrand for CNBC Prime. Beautiful live-action was also shot by Gretel’s team.

Consulado 2013 Reel

Consulado update with a new reel worth of 2 years work in 2550 frames…enjoy !

Looking Sideways: New Site, Show and Video


New site for Looking Sideways: ‘we build things, we break things, we paint our equipment, we make films, we play music, we screenprint our clothes and we fill our world with objects that look good. “Looking Sideways is all about bridging the gap between boardsports and art, and we reckon our new show and site are going to enable us to do that in the slickest possible way, and give people the chance to own some amazing art“ says Looking Sideway’s director Chris Moran.

I especially like the x ENDEAVOR x VANS collaboartion with artist Owen Tozer. Have a look at the full list of Looking Sideways artists.

* NSFW * :: RPA, Tool :: Newport Beach Film Festival

*** NSFW *** … but of course that depends on where you work, but in this case it would need to be a relaxed work enviro as there are some extremely graphic shots, so be warned. Oh, and btw, particles of light can make you horny.

With the release of yet another original and edgy multimedia campaign, RPA and Tool continue their fourth year of partnership in promotion of the annual Newport Beach Film Festival. This year’s package – on the power of film to elicit emotion – is the latest in a succession of traffic-stopping campaigns that have propelled the Festival to a power seat in the crowded film-festival circuit and includes a short film, print art, interstitials, program dividers, and digital art.



“Great film has the power to change you,” said co-founder and director of marketing Todd Quartararo. “Year after year, RPA and Tool have crafted campaigns every bit as powerful and unexpected as the films that make up the Newport Beach Film Festival, pushing the emotional envelope and helping to set us apart from other festivals, continuing to position ourselves as a forum for great films, and growing to a size that few could have imagined.”

At the heart of the campaign is “Mandible,” a shocking short film directed by the standout Tool duo of Erich Joiner and three-time Academy Award-winner Robert Richardson (Django Unchanged, Inglourious Basterds, Shutter Island, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2). The 7:00 short portrays a vengeful dentist, who with his sadistic sidekick tears a patient’s teeth out as a penalty for not flossing. Peppered with revealing thought montages and balanced with moments of beguiling calm, “Mandible” is a lucid exemplar of the power of film, a point underscored by the dentist who closes the film, looking from his mutilated subject to ask, “Are you repelled? Appalled? Amazed? Amused? We’re particles of light on the screen, but we can make you feel anything.”

“We wanted to demonstrate the power of film by taking audiences to a heightened state of emotion and then pulling them back to reality, reminding them that they’re watching particles of light on a screen,” said RPA Creative Director Scott McDonald. “We forget that many of our memories, sorrows, romantic urges and inspirations have been generated by something that is actually not there. Film is incredibly seductive. Watching can be a transformative experience that changes your worldview. This is what the Festival is all about. We wanted to create an artful, provocative piece that demonstrates that idea and also pushes the boundaries of what a festival promotion can be. And we definitely had the dream team to do it.” As in years past, RPA and Tool took a renewed creative approach, determined to push boundaries and craft something that would shock even the seen-it-all film set. This year’s advertising breaks away from the traditional 60-second format, evolving into a seven-minute showpiece that communicates the power of film. The film will live on the Festival’s site as well as YouTube, and a :60 teaser will run before select films at the Festival. Signs throughout the Festival will remind the diverse audience of the power of particles of light to make people angry, ecstatic, sad or aroused. The campaign also includes theater, print, digital, outdoor boards, a program book and interstitials. Print will run in the “Los Angeles Times,” “Los Angeles Magazine,” and “Esquire”. Social-media activations will include an integrated Twitter and Vine campaign featuring six-second videos. The Festival will run throughout Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, beginning April 25 and concluding May 2.

As in years past, RPA and Tool took a renewed creative approach, determined to push boundaries and craft something that would shock even the seen-it-all film set. This year’s advertising breaks away from the traditional 60-second format, evolving into a seven-minute showpiece that communicates the power of film.

The film will live on the Festival’s site as well as YouTube, and a :60 teaser will run before select films at the Festival. Signs throughout the Festival will remind the diverse audience of the power of particles of light to make people angry, ecstatic, sad or aroused. The campaign also includes theater, print, digital, outdoor boards, a program book and interstitials. Print will run in the “Los Angeles Times,” “Los Angeles Magazine,” and “Esquire”. Social-media activations will include an integrated Twitter and Vine campaign featuring six-second videos.

The Festival will run throughout Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, beginning April 25 and concluding May 2.

The Architect titles

I just launched this title sequence for an imaginary film with my favorite cast and crew working in film right now.
A story about a veteran Los Angeles architect going insane, slowly disconnecting from the world around him.
A love letter to architecture, Eames and 70′s era films.

Original score by Jesse Solomon Clark

Control Films

Clean, sharp, visually stunning site for Paris-based Control Films.