CuffLinks Networking hosted an event at RedZone downtown in the Gaslamp district in San Diego. We recorded Mark Anthony and interviews of some business owners who attended the event.

Most individual interviews are below. Email me if you don’t see yours.

Tech Specs

Camera: Panasonic HPX 170
Lights and audio compliment
Motion graphics created in After Effects.

The premiere networking group in San Diego, Cufflinks Networking brought us out to film an event they held at Miami Grille in La Jolla. We recorded Mark Anthony interviewing many of his guests in front of a press wall to record this promo video for them.

Most individual interviews are below. Email me if you don’t see yours.

Tech Specs

Camera: Sony EX1
Lights and audio compliment
Motion graphics created in After Effects.

This 30-second spot was created specifically to broadcast on digital signage around town and advertise our business. We used a lot of motion graphics, a little bit of client footage and some sound effects to bring it all together. Though the ad will be played silently, the sound effects make it fun to watch online.

Tech Specs

Motion graphics were created in After Effects.
Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com.

We produced this public service announcement video for the Water Resources department in the City of San Diego. They wanted to promote the conservation of water with the theme, “No time to waste. No water to waste.” San Diego’s Mayor, Jerry Sanders, came out to thank us during our screening.

Cast & Crew

CAST

Son                     Tyler Desharnais
Daughter                Hannah Stone
Mother                  Connie Herman-solis
Father                  Brandon Macer

CREW

Director                Cory Petkovsek
Producer                Brendon Keeley
Director of Photography Greg Lefevre
Sound Recordist         Katy Katz
Sound Recordist         Kris Keooh
Makeup                  Ashlee Danielle
Special FX              Amy Richardson

Location provided by A New Kitchen – Kitchen and bath remodelling.

Tech Specs

Camera: Sony HVR-Z1U Camera
Audio: Rode NTG-2 and field mixer

We produced this film for our entry in the San Diego division 2009 48 Hour Film Project, an international film festival.  We wrote, shot and edited it in 48 hours! (We’ve since taken more time to polish the editing.)

In order to ensure the contestants did all creative work during the contest, each team picks a genre out of a hat and is given certain elements to place into the movie. We pulled Drama and had to include a crayon, a character Amos or Amy Belanger who is a historian, and a line of dialogue, “That’s not what I meant.” See if you can spot them in the film!

3 weeks prior to the production, the producer and director each put in 40-60 hours a week to organize our locations, cast, crew, and equipment.  All creative work was done during the 48 hour time frame as per the rules of the film festival. We shot on location in Encinitas and Solana Beach, California.

There were about 40 entries in the San Diego contest alone, which included a lot of great films. We all had a great time pulling together and creating something so quickly.

Cast & Crew

Our cast and crew consisted of 30 fantastic people from San Diego, Los Angeles, and Taiwan.

CAST (links to IMDB)

Eric Jones		Eric Poppick
Tarot Card Reader	Sandra Ellis-Troy
Grand Daughter		Ally Blumenfeld
News Reporter		Mei-Ling Downey
House Keeper		Lynae DePriest
Student			Stefan Cap
Mrs. Amy Belanger	Antoinette Oesterlein
Gardener		Kyle Wright
Gardener #2		Shane Chase

CREW (links to websites)

Director 		Cory Petkovsek
Producer / Writer 	Alia Ella Henderson
Director of Photography Aaron Moorhead
Script Supervisor 	Michael Jones
Set Designer 		Thomas George
Editor 			Cory Petkovsek
Editor 			Hunter Venable
Sound Designer 		Dominic Pesce
Assistant Director 	Tommy Friedman
Assistant Set Designer 	Veronica Lynn Harper
Sound Recordist 	Jesse Watts
Assistant Camera 	Mike Deas
2nd Assistant Camera 	Greg Lefevre
Gaffer 			Charlie Heimsath
Key Grip 		Ricky "Azrael" Daniels
Opening Titles 		Light Ray Visual Effects
Wardrobe / Prop Master 	Sylvia Enrique
Makeup 			Afton A Adams
Production Assistant 	Krishna Jehoshua
Production Assistant 	Michele Arnesen
Production Assistant 	Yoni Baker
Production Assistant 	Katie Franke

Location provided by Craig M Hart.

Tech Specs

• Camera
  • Red (4096×2304 resolution footage; some scenes in 120fps)
• Audio
  • Rode NTG-3 and boom
  • Field Mixer
• Lighting
  • (2) 1k Baby “407″ Mole Richardson
  • 2K Baby Junior Mole Richardson
  • 1.2k fresnel HMI and ballast
  • 4ft 4 bank Kino Flo kit
  • (2) 4×4 Mirror Reflector
  • (2) 1k dimmer
  • (3) 4×4 floppy solids
• Grip / Electric
  • 1-ton grip package
  • Honda 2000 13 amp generator
• Editing
  • Final Cut Studio 3 (initial version during the contest)
  • Sony Vegas 9 (polished version)
• Visual Effects
  • Maya was used to create the opening title sequence

Jeff Bibler, Director of San Diego based Better Report Card Tutors hired us to produce a short introduction video for his website.  We helped him develop his script, coached him through his monologue and recorded his video in front of a green screen.  As you can see the green screen allowed us to place motion graphics around him.

Tech Specs

Camera: JVC GY-HD100U
Audio: Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic
Motion graphics were done in After Effects.

We shot this video on 8mm film stock in a beautiful location out in Vista, California.

This particular project had some specific requirements to shoot everything in order (which is not normal), not use any artificial lighting, and no sound or dialog.

The digital footage we got back from the film to DVD transfer house was particularly challenging to work with. It was extremely jumpy, the footage flashed, colors were off, etc. We spent a lot of time in post production stabilizing the footage, color correcting, and cutting around film jumps and flashes in order to smooth out this final piece.

Cast & Crew

CAST
(in order of appearance)
Joel                     Benjamin Fogelstrom
Dylan                    Samantha Johnson
Bruce                    George Lofland
Waiter                   Shane Chase

CREW
Director                 Cory Petkovsek
Writer                   Samantha Johnson
Director of Photography  Jessica Seda
Set Designer             Lisa Schreifels

Music
"Sunshine"
"Somewhere Sunny"
"There is Romance"       Kevin MacLeod

Tech Spechs

Kodak 8mm film stock

This short portrait web video was shot for Adaptable IT, Inc in San Diego in front of a green screen.  As you can see the green screen was replaced with motion graphics.

Tech Specs

Camera: Sony EX1
Audio: Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic
Motion graphics done in After Effects.

A business development consultant based in Los Angeles, Andrew Barden, asked us to produce a video testimonial of one of his clients. Jeff Bibler with San Diego based company Better Report Card Tutors discusses what it was like working with Andrew in this excerpt.

We shot it in front of a green screen and obviously replaced it with black.

Tech Specs

Camera: JVC GY-HD100U
Audio: Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic
Keying was done with After Effects.

We worked with Tommy Friedman in producing this web commercial for his client’s internet video marketing campaign; Yogi’s Drain Service in Encinitas, California.  The actress is a client of Yogi’s who also provided the location.  In addition to the skit we recorded Justin Shane, the owner of Yogi’s, in front of a green screen so his image could be placed over the rest of the footage. Finally, motion graphics were added for a little spice.

Tech Specs

Camera: Sony EX1
Audio: Rode NTG-2 shotgun mic
Motion Graphics created in Cinema 4D, After Effects and Vegas.

This short video was produced on the spur of the moment when we had an opportunity to go backstage in the cheetah pit at the Wild Animal Park in Escondido, California. The three female cheetahs, Etana, Poyo and Mombe were just like big kitties! Etana is the boss and doesn’t fraternize much, but the other two girls were very friendly and purrrrred continuously and loudly! They love licking humans. Maybe because they are sweet girls, or maybe because we taste good….