1 minute sizzle featuring: Kermit Ruffins, Irvin Mayfield, Jason Marsalis, Dr. Michael White, Davell Crawford and Bill Summers. We're having fun creating 4:5 versions of some of these recent sizzles that are optomized for viewing on mobile phones. Check out our Instagram, @bloodrushfilms, to see some samples.
Wedding Guide New Orleans - bridal show
1 minute sizzle for Wedding Guide New Orleans Spring 2017 bridal show at the Astor Crowne Plaza on Bourbon Street.
Stand As One - music video
Stepping slightly outside of our wheelhouse to create this high energy performance music video for Pacific Skyline.
Jones County Road: Lighting - a maker video
Los Angeles based lamp maker, Ryan Rogers, creates beautiful brass lighting fixtures. The aim of this short piece is to show a bit of the process, tools and techniques that he uses when crafting a lamp, to get a glimpse of his studio in DTLA and his dog, Wylie, and to highlight the fact that all of the lamps are hand built by Ryan, himself-- and to do it in a fun, stylized manner.
Franky doing "None of Dem" (by Robyn feat Royksopp)
Had a blast making this lip synch video with Franky underneath a freeway on-ramp one Tuesday evening a few weeks ago. Love the creative vibes that flow through New Orleans.
Interviews & Trade Show/Convention reel
A quick look back at some of the many, many fascinating people we've interviewed over the years in so many places.
Jazz Age Fashion Editorial
A fun fashion editorial we created for Wedding Guide New Orleans
Jones County Road sizzle
Our goal with this brand identity piece for Jones County Road, a grooming products company in Southern California, was to create an atmospheric piece that would evoke the smells of the various soaps, oils and lotions they offer. With names like "Woodsman", "Alpine", "Campfire", "Pacific" and "Wild" we decided a 24 hour road trip from the desert to the mountains to the beach would provide us with the visuals we needed to tell this story and conjure the mood and tone associated with the brand. Here's the 2 minute version:
Director/editor: John Lavin
Narration: Ross Pirelli
Music: Ross Pirelli x 4th Floor
Words: Walt Whitman (from Song of the Open Road)
Fostermore campaign wins award
A spot we created with nightKAP Entertainment for Fostermore has won a social good award from Cynopsis, beating out some rather formidable competition:
Best Spot (Over 30 seconds)
Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club – “True To Atlanta” Spot
Discovery Communications – American Heroes Channel – 2016 Red Bandanna Hero Award
Fostermore – The Story of My Life
FOX SPORTS – “Rebuild” MVP & FOX Sports Supports
MTV – Elect This Campaign
SapientNitro – The Extraordinary Life and Times of Strawberry
Viacom – Viacom’s Listen Campaign
GoNola.com - Behind the Scenes of the #AlwaysOpen ad campaign
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation (NOTMC) and members of the New Orleans community gathered together during Mardi Gras 2017 to create a tourism video letting potential visitors know that New Orleans welcomes everyone.
We put together this short piece to tell a few of the real stories of the participants in the GoNola.com #AlwaysOpen ad campaign.
Mardi Gras video featured on citizine.tv
Citizine.tv is featuring my Mardi Gras video with geographical annotations showing where it was shot. Check it out! Very cool.
Social media videos can (and should) be short and simple
Your social media videos can be as simple as this one. The important thing is that you're engaging your audience regularly with video. Get in touch and let's chat about all the options available.
RESTORED - now airing on DIY Network
If you love seeing old homes restored to their former glory, check out the show I created with Camille Hardman: Restored on the DIY Network. It airs every Wednesday night with all previous episodes playing before each new one. Hope you love it!
Brett Waterman, the host of Restored on DIY Network
OUT Magazine- Key West sizzle
We had a blast shooting four short episodes in Key West for OUT Magazine with John Halbach and Kit Williamson. To see them all, be sure to visit out.com
To view all 4 (short) episodes, visit https://www.facebook.com/outmagazine/videos/10154286735468481/
Episode 1 had 32k views on Facebook in the first 24 hours!
Shooting in Southern California
You always hear stories about surfer/snowboarders who hit the mountains in the morning and the ocean in the evening, or vice versa. And having access to such diverse topography in a relatively small area is a major bonus to living or working in Southern California. This week I finally got to check that off my list, but for good measure we also through in a desert shoot in Palm Springs. In less than 24 hours we shot in hyper-urban downtown Los Angeles, arid Palm Springs desert, snowy alpine forest in Lake Arrowhead and warm, sunny Venice Beach. Amazing. Helluva whirlwind, but well worth it. Especially with a sweet Australian Cattle Dog (aka Blue Heeler) along for the ride. We'll be rolling out the awesome footage we captured in three forthcoming projects for Jones County Road
John Lavin shooting in snowy mountains and sunny beach hours apart.
BLOODRUSH FILMS Named one of the top New Orleans production companies
Bloodrush Films has been named one of the top production companies in New Orleans by Agency List! We know the videos we create are unique, attention-grabbing and impactful so it's great to be recognized for the work we do.
Agency List is a nation-wide organization dedicated to providing listing to the most reputable agencies per discipline in one spot. Their process for inclusion isn’t biased by advertising dollars or what they describe as a “bias towards the biggest names.” In addition to listing production companies, the list also includes SEO companies, web design firms, digital marketing agencies, advertising agencies, software developers and PR firms.
We are very proud to be included in the top agencies for New Orleans by Agency List.
Key West shoot for OUT Magazine
Had an incredible 4 day shoot in Key West going snorkeling, kayaking, sailing, dancing, dining, historical touring, sight-seeing and capturing beautiful images. The 10 or so hours of great video we shot will be edited down to 4 x 1min episodes for the Florida Keys Tourism Board and OUT Magazine. They will go live in January and will be linked to from this blog.
New gear!
We're now shooting primarily on the Canon C100 Mark II. This cinema camera travels well, performs great in low light, captures beautiful full-frame slow motion and will give our clients the rich, professional image quality they expect. New lenses, mini-gimbal and Ronin (not pictured) to round out the gear upgrade.
Nosara, Costa Rica - GoPro travel video
Had a blast down in Costa Rica for a friend's birthday 4-wheelin, waterfallin', swimmin' and paddleboardin'! Shot entirely on the GoPro Hero4 Silver.
Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity
We're not a company that shies away from sometimes controversial issues. Whole home, short-term rental regulation is a big deal in New Orleans right now. Here's one side of the story.