Thompson Hotels
Shot a Branding Campaign for Thompson Hotels. We created Urban, Sexy imagery in Toronto and New York. (Later, we did some resort images in Miami, but that’s for another blog post). I love the look of these hotels: modern, clean, rich textures. I cast actors (good looking ones) to act out the roles I gave them. Makes for interesting interaction between them for the camera.
We shot stills and video for this campaign. I’ve been doing a lot of dual visuals lately. Makes sense from a production stand point as my workflow is having actors act out a scene; then I photograph and video record it. Gives a consistent look to a campaign.
Creative Director: Scott Williams
Senior Creative Services Manager: Kelly Kruze
AH Producer: Brian Gibson
Stylist (New York): Joe Delate
Casting (New York): Donna Grossman
Royal Caribbean
I’m so happy to share this video I directed, one product of my week-long project with Royal Caribbean, exploring the luxury of the cruise line’s new suites. For those who love Behind-the-Scenes, I previously posted some of those images here: Royal Caribbean BTS. We shot on-board the Oasis of the Sea with a team of over 12 crew members. It was great to work with such an amazing creative team for this project: Ely Tomines, Tony Alligier, Tina Rossell, and Rene Lehouillier, the creative director. Thank you to everyone who was a part of this production.
Project Artist: Tom Christopher
As a continuation of Project: Artist, my personal portfolio of working artists, I stepped inside the pop-up Times Square storefront studio of a very talented and interesting New York painter, Tom Christopher (tomchristopher-art.com).
Unleashed Emotion for Audible.com
Launched just this week is my Global Campaign for Audible.com, Amazon’s audible book company. Shot over several days, we cast sensitive actors to listen and react to emotion-inducing stories. I would work with each actor and put them through a series of emotions from Horror, to Suspense, to Laughter and everything in between. We excerpted stories (even Shades of Gray), played mood-provoking music, and even verbally described a suspenseful scene in a dark hallway, all to produce some visual response. R/GA did some wonderful type treatments for each based on a particular novel.
Barbara Ward Thall – SVP, Global Brand Marketing – Audible.com
Tom Monahan – Senior Manager, Brand Strategy – Audible.com
Mike Rigby – Executive Creative Director, R/GA New York
Casting – Donna Grossman
Styling – Joe Delate
Cruisin’ Around the Caribbean
Can’t tell you the client. Can’t tell you the ship. Can’t show you the finals.
But I can tell you: we had a great time aboard one of the world’s largest cruise ships.
We were shooting still photos and video with numerous models and traveling around the caribbean.
For you tech heads, I got the chance to shoot with the new Sony FS-7 in 4k and slow-mo. We had two on-board: one for regular shooting and one for steadicam.
Thought I’d share a little behind-the-scenes with you.