Production - Drop Anchor Music Video pt 3

The Drop Anchor music video "Always Tempting Fate" finished up with a few more days of shooting with actor Tony Slade supported by actors Paul Monte, Jennifer Snyder, and about 20 wonderful extras. Shooting locations included an office building in King of Prussia, PA, two different home locations in Lansdale, PA, shooting on a SEPTA train, and running around some empty streets of a quiet Philadelphia suburb.

Funny (and sad) story: You see the glass doors behind actor, Tony Slade in the top photo... We had him panicked and running out of the building towards the camera. The door was initially propped open with a rock but it was visible so we shut the door to have him run through. The downside is that the building is a "secured building" and even exiting the building, the door needs to be pushed at a certain speed. Tony's velocity was to fast and when he went to blast through the door, it didn't budge an inch and Tony suffered a resulting bruise for several weeks after. He healed and is okay but it was really something. In the end, we found something very small to prop the door open with and Tony finished out the day with a wounded shoulder. He's a total pro.

Cast: Tony Slade, Jennifer Snyder, Paul Monte

Crew: Mitch Martinez (Director/DP), Dan Sinisi, Dave Kappler, Chris Cleary, Jennifer Sheeran, Eric Toribio, Matt McGraw, Marvin Burwell, Alan Fenstermaker, Chris Long, Larry Miller, Tom Martyn

Production: Calle Luna Dance Studio

On this late night shoot, the Calle Luna Dance Studio performed one of the most intense two minutes of salsa dancing anyone could possibly imagine. The catch is, they had to do this over and over when it was shot from various angles and focal lengths. Staying hydrated with water and Gatorade, they made it through the night with about 30 takes in the can.

Shot on RED One #2853 at 4K resolution and 2K resolution for slow motion at 120 fps

Cast: Calle Luna Dance Studio

Crew: Mitch Martinez, Jake Czepiel, Steve Laramie, Burke Pushman, Marvin Burwell, Davita Pray, Erik Lu

Production: Boys and Girls Club of America

Stamphill gets signed on to produce a promotional video for a local chapter of the Boys and Girls Club of America. To be used as a fundraising tool, the video contains a lot of interviews with community leaders and attendees of the club.

Shot on RED One #2853 at 4K Resolution

Crew: Mitch Martinez, Dave Kappler, Marvin Burwell

Production: Drop Anchor Music Video - pt. 2

The first day of shooting for the narrative portion of the Drop Anchor music video, "Always Tempting Fate" was possibly the coldest day of the year. Although we were shooting indoors, it might as well have been outside. It was about 10 degrees inside and in turn damaged the hard drive of our data transfer laptop. Luckily, AC Jake Czepiel had his laptop with him and the day was able to continue on. Power was sparse for lighting the scene but we got it all worked out in the end. Actors Tony Slade and Chris Dalbey toughed it out through the temperature and finished their scenes without complaint. Working with professionals is awesome. Everyone did a great job.

Shot on RED One #2853 at 4K resolution

Cast: Tony Slade, Christopher Dalbey

Crew: Mitch Martinez (Director/DP), Jake Czepiel, Tony Borzotta, Larry Miller, Matt Sinclair

Production: Welcome Home, Charlie Valentine

Stamphill Motion Pictures produced the mini-short film, "Welcome Home, Charlie Valentine" - written by Jason Lauer and starring Bruce Clifford, Frank Thon and Sarah Dewey. We shot it in the quiet town of Perkasie, PA with some great locations that fit the crime story perfectly. Minor mishaps included unwanted piles of snow in one of our shooting spots, a moving violation ticket, and a church bell that rang every fifteen minutes. All in all, everything worked out very well.

Shot on RED One #2853 at 4K (2K resolution for slow motion at 120 fps)

Written by Jason Lauer

Cast: Bruce Clifford, Frank Thon, Sarah Dewey

Crew: Mitch Martinez (Director/DP), Jake Czepiel, Tony Borzotta, Anastasia Hanney, Jennifer Sheeran, Korey Constable, Jason Heffner

Production: Drop Anchor Music Video - pt. 1

With the exception of some power supply issues, this shoot went great. It was the band portion of the Drop Anchor music video for their song "Always Tempting Fate". The day featured a great crew coming together to pull off some reasonably complicated stuff for a low budget. One of the big highlights of the day's production was a swinging 2000 watt fresnel light suspended above the band members' heads and put into motion by crew members on opposing sides pulling on rope fed through suspended pulleys. It was pretty wild!

Shot on RED One #2853 at 4K

Cast: Drop Anchor (band) - Brad Holstein, Harold Echols, Matt Buckley, Kevin Mooney

Crew: Mitch Martinez (Director/DP), Dan Sinisi, Jake Czepiel, Tony Borzotta, Marvin Burwell, Cheryl Susforks, Korey Constable, Jeff Vernitsky, Schwa Rox, Joey DiCamillo, Dan's female friend on DIT

Production: Dodge Charger Spec Video

We tackled our first car commercial. It was a spec to show what we can do with a car mount and vehicle mounted jibs. Entitled "fun never grows old", the storyline parallels a father and son both enjoying a car experience - the father driving the car and the son playing with a toy car at home. Due to uncontrollable variables, the shoot day was a little stressed but the cast and crew performed really well and the yielded great footage.

Shot on RED One #2853 at 4K resolution

Crew: Mitch Martinez (director/dp), Dan Sinisi, Jake Czepiel, Alyssa Achuff, Schwa Rox, Korey Constable, Mike Duarte, Bryan Wlodarczyk

Locations: Lisa and Todd Frederick, Aaron Castro

Cast: Aaron and Aidan Castro