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Hello fellow film fanatics, filming types, movie lovers, and gun dealers. That’s right, I cater to all sorts now. As I wrote about in an earlier post, I now rent out guns from the Command Center here at GSP Headquarters. Right now, I have a decent little cache of fake fire arms. Most of them couldn’t pass detailed scrutiny, but they are one-to-one scale and have some moving parts to them. The best are the M-16s and the Glocks; those things are sweeeeet! So far, I have had some good little rental deals, but the sweetest one was for Studio Sundell. Carlin Sundell is a photographer and owner, and his group recently did “To Live and Die in Shanghai.” Here is what Studio Sundell has to say about who they are:
Carlin Sundell is the founder and creator of Studio Sundell: a group of creatives that construct exquisite and compelling imagery for fashion, advertising, and editorial clients, with old-school professionalism and high-spirited elegance.
That’s a cool way to describe who they are, but as words are only words, what they put out speaks for what they can do as much as them telling you. Behold, my guns used in their short, non-dialog video “To Live and Die in Shanghai.”
To the other side of that is a recent talking heads video I did for The Art Cubby. These folks are fantastic, and I really want them to succeed. So I agree to shoot a promo video to showcase who they are, what they do, and how it effects kids. The end result is a dandy little piece that highlight Brooke Facteau and her wonderful brainchild. I think they say it best about who they are and what they do:
The Art Cubby is a unique, drop-in child care program focused on introducing children to the world of creative artistic expression. Accepting children 2 – 12 years old, our staff works with each child’s individual skill level to ensure proper growth that is developmentally appropriate.
Brooke and her crew are fantastic, and I really want to see all of you dump your kids off at her place. That may not sound totally right, but it’s still a great plan. Here is the little video for Brooke and crew at The Art Cubby:
The Art Cubby from Galaxy Sailor on Vimeo.
I am really happy about both of these projects coming out at the same time, as well as a video I did for The Dairy Council of Oregon. This particular video is due to have excerpts play at the new Jeld-Wen Park, home of the Portland Timbers, on the big jumbotron. I’m pretty excited this is happening, and a nice little dose of reality that I am doing this for real, even if it all isn’t going as fast as I like. This is a daily struggle that I have, and can leave that for either another post or my therapist.
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Things have really been happening here at GSP and I am excited to report in on all that. I am also not going to rant or offend on this outing. Hope that works for those of you that are followers.
First off, myself and Kelley Baker finished our promo video for The Dairy Producers of Oregon. The video was presented at a recent trade show, and was a great success. We are expecting autographs, nominations for awards, and rose petals where we walk any day now. In all seriousness, we are very pleased with the ad firm we worked with, and we are really happy about the content we created for them When it is available to post publicly, I’ll have it out here for all you lactose tolerant folks.
Last week was a big week for reeling in prospective clients. I have a meeting with some folks at Things From Another World, the distribution arm of Dark Horse Comics. To say that I am giddy at the prospects of doing video work with or for them is an understatement. I am all fidgety just typing it in. As things unfold, I will be letting you all in on it.
Two phone app companies are also looking for video work, and I am excited to get kicking on these babies. The first is GlanceID, a mobile application platform best summed up like this:
GlanceID was designed to increase productivity and offer clarity in the rapidly growing and chaotic mobile world. Saving contacts/interactions to your GlanceBOOK and/or ‘watching’ selected Glances, you empower yourself to be connected to your favorites!
I have two video concepts in the works for them right now, as well for the company Ulynk, a mobile marketing platform also best summed up this way:
uLynk is an online based, mobile marketing platform that helps consumers and businesses connect through search engines and SMS marketing. We do this by providing businesses with a web page on our search engine friendly directory that is integrated with an SMS messaging platform that enables them to send instant promotions to their customer’s cell phones.
I am looking forward to these videos!
Recently progress on two music videos, one being a zombie apocalypse video for Cold Metal is in the final special effects/color phase, and a music video for FEVER has begun shooting for the song WHITE WITCH for their new album. I love shooting music videos and I am excited for more and more to come! So please bring them!
Finally, A Deed without a Name is funded and preproduction starts in the next week. I am jazzed to have this off the ground, and am looking for the momentum of this film to carry through in the next few weeks. As well, I have more scripts to read and work on for more short films, as well as a TV pilot that has landed in my lap. Whew, I am really excited for all the great stuff coming my way.
Stay tuned! Great stuff on the horizon!
That’s right, a live work space that you would be happy about being a part of. A place where you would live and work with the only commute being across the room, across the hall, or across the campus. That is the hope and dreams of Milepost 5, in Portland, Oregon. This visionary concept was developed by people in the Portland area to be a new way of thinking and living and fostering the future of culture through the nurturing of the creative class.
This short documentary is one in an installment of small documentaries the shows how Milepost 5 came to be; from idea to move-in, the story of Milepost 5 is one for visionaries, artists, and all of those ready to embrace the change that will surely be the next stepping stone in cultural development.
Please check out Milepost 5 and look into the creative and collaborative ways people are choosing to live and work together.
Heya folks. Recently, Galaxy Sailor Productions finished a few shorts bits for some people over at Blue Voice Media. If you haven’t heard about them, go check them out at www.bluevoicemedia.com and see all the exciting new things that great minds of Portland are thinking of in terms of media, art, communication, and how we view community.
I was fortunate enough to be able to edit some previously shot footage for BVM as well as shot and edited the test show for the soon to be program Showcase PDX. This show will feature the talents of Michkael Baker (no type-o there, that is how he spells it) and the staff of people he has brought together to form Blue Voice Media. The following is meant to be a teaser of things to come from BVM and Showcase PDX. It’s quick, it’s fun, and hopefully has you asking for more.
Good morning San Francisco! Galaxy Sailor is glad to introduce itself to the bay area. We are available for weddings in the SanFran area. We offer were reasonable rates as a traveling video company that is there for your special event. Please feel free to contact us or see our SanFran page for more options.