Willow Hill Soap Commerical

 I had the pleasure of producing this beautiful commercial in downtown Canton at Willow Hill Soap Company. https://vimeo.com/656242069

 

Biltmore Estate Commercial Work

I was lucky enough to score a gig with the Biltmore Estate!  I made a few how-to style videos and this behind-the-scenes look at the spring garden design.


Sketch by Travis the head gardener at Biltmore Estate.  I had such a blast shooting at the estate all day!

PSAs

I do a lot of public service announcements (PSAs.)  I love making them.  I usually get to be creative and the organizations are all non-profits that are championing a good cause.  I get to help them and that's just good for the soul.  Recently I've been doing a lot of stop motion animation.  Below is a PSA I made for the Asheville Humane Society for a fundraising event they're having.


I've been doing PSAs for Homeward Bound for years now and soon I'll be releasing their 3rd PSA. I'm very excited to share this one that focuses on veteran homelessness.  I got to work with Greg Hudgins as Cinematographer.  He was so great to work with and the footage looks amazing!  Brian Alexander was invaluable on set, as always.  Our actors were all top notch, but I have to give special thanks to our lead Allen T. Law who not only turned in brilliant performances, but he did them in freezing rain and through some pretty adverse conditions.

We couldn't afford to shoot at the airport.  It was $3000 just to have the insurance we would need for 1 hour! So we used a blue screen in my living room coupled with some stock footage.

Brian and I got to play doctors!  FYI: Stethoscopes are fun to play with and the human body makes a bunch of strange noises.

The war scene shots were the most complex and expensive.  I didn't keep the gas mask shot in the PSA because it didn't work in end.  It was hard to let it go because it took so much to make it happen, but that's the nature of storytelling through film.  If it doesn't work, it doesn't work.

We shot in a torrent of rain from a hurricane.  Yes, a hurricane.  Everyone was soaked to the bone and shaking with cold.  I think it gave us all a new perspective on what people who don't have a home and shelter have to go through.

The Other Time Lapse Spot for News Thirteen

It took me forever to get these time lapse spots finished.  I shot these with my old Nikon D200, using an intervalometer (triggers the camera at the rate you set it for) and some times I triggered the camera manually to make the action flow the way I wanted it to.  Most exposures were 1 second long, with the night time shots, especially the star trails as long as 1 minute for each frame.  That means for some of these 3 second shots, I spent over an hour just letting the camera go.  It was a great way to spend an evening.  Sometimes my job is just awesome.

Katie

Coffee promo for News 13 Website

Last minute, end of the year promotion with Emmy entry potential.  They brought back the director short form category.  I'm definitely going for it this year!  Biltmore Coffee Traders was nice enough to let us shoot in their coffee shop and Rebecca Morris and Savannah Crespo are fabulous local actors who make this spot just awesome.  Also look for mom's antique coffee grinder I borrowed.  Enjoy the cuteness!

Katie

Asheville Brewing Commercial Contest

I entered a contest for a beer commercial that's too hot for TV. I have to give a very special thanks to David Ostergaard for staring the spot and letting me use his house to shoot in.