Staying Busy

So since I've been out in LA I've worked on half a dozen features, a bunch of short films, commercials, webisodes and a whole lot of music videos. Music videos are great because they're fun and fast turn around. And above all they really allow you to do some cool stuff that would be more difficult to work into narrative filmmaking. Here's a bit of a hit list of some of my favorite videos I've worked on. Some are a little odd., don't blame me I'm just an AC.

Foals"Miami"
Dir. Dave Ma
DP. Eli Born
This was my first video pulling on anamorphic lenses. It was a pretty awesome experience. We had a lot of fun shooting this video in just 1 day.

Foals "Miami" from Team G on Vimeo.

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" NSFW
Dir. Radical Friend
DP. Kevin Phillips
This video was a lot of fun to work on as well. We spent two night and three days in the desert followed by a few days shooting at Jim Henson Studios for everything on stage. There's some nudity in this so don't get yourself in trouble at work.

Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" from Team G on Vimeo.

Mum "Sing Along"
Dir. Kevin Phillips
DP. Eli Born
This video was a treat to work on. We shot in northern Cali and camped in tents on the beach for 5 nights. It was super low budget but everybody really gave ti their all and came up with an awesome product. This video helped get Kevin signed to a directors label as well.

Múm "Sing Along" from Team G on Vimeo.

Music Go Music "Light of Love"
Dir. David and Meredith Metcalf
DP. Eli Born
We shot this video in 2 days. Also a lot of fun as I'm sure you can see from the video.

Music Go Music "Light of Love" from Music Go Music on Vimeo.

Fools Gold "Surprise Hotel"
Dir. Matt Lesner
DP. Wyatt Garfield
I only worked on this video for one day but it was a lot of fun. I ACed and did a little bit of operating. Some of the handheld, as well as some of the underwater footage was my handiwork. The band was a lot of fun to work with, and I always love working with my friend Wyatt.

Fools Gold "Surprise Hotel" from Team G on Vimeo.

Le Loup "Forgive Me"
Dir. Matt Lesner
DP. Wyatt Garfield
This was another fun video to shoot. We shot it in the Oregon Dunes in south western Oregon. You wouldn't know it from the video but the first half of the second day was pouring rain and it was freezing cold: temp probably around the 40's. That was a fun obstacle to overcome.

Le Loup "Forgive Me" from Monte Lomax on Vimeo.

Ravonettes "Last Dance"
Dir. Matt Lesner
DP. Wyatt Garfield
This was another fun shoot. Everything is shot with rear projection which is a sort of old timey effect that films used for driving shots back in the day. Essentially you just project an image from behind a screen then shoot actors in front of it.

Raveonettes "Last Dance" from Team G on Vimeo.