OSCARS: The Orchestra
I always feel like the orchestra is so under-appreciated on Oscar night. Without them, the whole evening would be pretty plain. Music and score lift a moment up to emotional heights that no other medium can. Thank you the the Academy for giving us a behind the scenes of the orchestra for the Oscars. Thank you to Dan Marks for featuring my beautiful and talented mother in the red sleeves! I love you Katia Popov, you are my role model.
Enjoy!
Mortal Kombat: Legacy 2
I know all of you are going to love this! I worked in the production department for this web series. If you haven't seen Legacy 1 yet, you have some time to catch up before the full season of Legacy 2 is released on youtube. But to appease some curiosities, here is the trailer for MKL2. Thank you to Bandito Bros, Hayden Roush, Marina Stable, and Kevin Tancharoen (director of FAME). Enjoy!
Project S.E.R.A.
Hey Everyone! It was a pleasure to UPM this project. Thank you so much for the opportunity to work with the talented Ben Howdeshell (director), Hayden Roush (producer), Shawn Wallace (producer), Eric Leach (DP) and Dmitry Tokoyakov (VFX). I am so impressed with how this web series turned out. We had so many different locations, a heli, picture vehicles, crashes, and complex VFX shots. If you are interested in the making, we have behind-the-scenes on youtube as well. This web series is a total of 6 episodes at 5-7 minutes each. You won't regret it!
Episode 1:
Behind-the-scenes 1:
Behind-the-scenes 2:
Have a great day!
Justin Tipping and Lexus
Hello Everyone!
I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving. I wanted to just post about an amazing director I have had the pleasure to work with, JUSTIN TIPPING! He is signed by UTA now and getting his stories out there. I am very proud of him. His newest collaboration will be a short film with LEXUS. He is featured on their website and the photo they used is from a music video for AMPLIVE we produced together. You may recognize the image from background photo. Below is the link for more information. These shorts are going to be awesome if Justin has anything to do with them. Talk to you all soon!
http://www.lexus-global.com/lexusshortfilms/
NEW FILMMAKERS LA and more
Hey Everyone!
I wanted to just catch you up before the holiday season. My short film, OJALA, has been doing pretty well for its first few months in the festival circuit. We just received the 2012 Student DGA Award for outstanding directorial achievement from a latino filmmaker.
Please visit links for news articles we were featured in:
DEADLINE: http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/directors-guild-announces-student-film-a...
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/dga-honors-diverse-student-filmmak...
DGA: http://www.dga.org/Awards/Students.aspx
We also got accepted to the New Filmmakers LA Festival. OJALA will be screening THIS weekend with 5 other short films. Everyone is welcome to join. Tickets a are a few dollars at the door.
Where: Sunset Gower Studios
When: Saturday, 11/17/12
Time: 6:00pm Screening
Please visit the website for details: http://www.newfilmmakersla.com/programs/2012/nfmla-november17.html
Hope to see you there. If not, have a great holiday season.
Greetings From Home
Hello Everyone! Check out a web series I was UPM for this summer. It is a fresh and funny comedy with a great cast. Please click on the link below where you can watch all 13 episodes! You won't be disappointed. Have a great day!
http://on.aol.com/partner/greetings-from-home-517435567
Bleacher Report "Know your ballpark"
Hey everyone! Check out a web series episode I line produced the Los Angeles portion of. The new show, "Know your Ballpark" traveled to San Fran, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles to dive into the local baseball culture. Big thanks to Ezequiel Casares and Carole McClintock for camera operating. Getting a private tour of Dodger Stadium was truly an amazing experience. Enjoy!
OJALA Premiere!
After a year of hard work, we have finished OJALA- a short film. Look for it in the 2013 festival circuit. We are having the premiere on September 29th at The American Film Institute. Please message me for more details if you are interested in attending or if you want a copy of the PRESS KIT. I want to take a moment and thank my incredible principle team: Ryan Velasquez, Jon Boal, Chryssanthy Kofidou, Xue Yin and Josh Beirne- Golden. If you want to see more of these filmmakers' works, go to my contact page under network and you can directly go to their websites from there.
In the meantime, please check out the trailer below!
OJALÁ | Trailer 60s from Ryan Velasquez on Vimeo.
ACURA METRIC MASHUP
Hey Everyone! I hope you are having a productive summer. Below is an amazing collaboration between Acura and Metric. Metric toured 3 big cities showcasing their music and the new tricked out Acura ILX in front of every venue. We got to film it all. This is just 1 part of a mashup that is part documentary, part music video, part live concert and part Acura commercial. Of course, thank you to my amazing last minute crew: Bernard Evans, Carole McClintock, and Quincy Gray. Thank you Matt Stanley and Lauren Graham for bringing me on this project. More videos to come.
Enjoy!
THE MEN'S ROOM
Congratulations to the principle team for this film. I was lucky enough to be the UPM and star in the film and am proud of its success in the festival world.
Check out the trailer!
The Men's Room Trailer from Nature Show on Vimeo.