Production: Talonted

Despite, last minute casting and last minute location arrangements, the promotional narrative video for hip hop artist, Talonted, worked out well in the end. The primary day of shooting was about 16 hours long and actor, Damien Colletti, endured a burn on his hand from a tie that was set on fire but everyone left the shoot in good spirits. The majority of the video was shot at 4K on the RED One - slow motion shots were shot at 2K at 120fps.

Story synopsis:

One with strong passion cannot be broken down. That is the theme for "The Talonted Never Lose," a short film that plays with captivating imagery to get its point across. This piece serves as a cinematic visual of one undergoing several challenges, both physical and mental, while in pursuit of one's passion to achieve something great. The main setting takes place in a dark, grim interrogation room where the main character, Talonted, (playing himself) undergoes different forms of torment by an interrogator, played by Damien Colletti, to break his spirit. But Talonted's passion keeps him holding on with confidence. At the end of the movie, we see just whether this torment is actual or simply all in the mind of Talonted, and how Talonted continues in spite of it all.

Cast: Arinze "Talonted" Onugha, Damien Colletti

Crew: Erik Brown, Mitch Martinez, Dan Sinisi, Jason Glover, Alyssa Achuff, Korey Constable, Schwa Rox, Alan Fenstermaker

Production: Temple University Engineering

The Stamphill team collaborated with Digital Precision Media to produce a promotional recruiting video for the Temple University Engineering Department's Masters Program. Each day was shot on the RED One camera at 4K and 2K for slow motion footage at 120fps.

Crew: Mitch Martinez, Dan Sinisi, Jeff Vernitsky, Jason Glover, Alyssa Achuff, Brandon Ripley, Bryan Wlodarczyk, Michael Duarte

Production: Semi-Pro Skateboarder shoot

Tom Martyn set up the shoot with semi-pro skateboarder, Mikey Leven at the FDR Skate Park in Philadelphia, PA. After a brief warm up, Leven shredded the skate park and we blasted out a quick, guerilla style video - shot on the RED One at 2K resolution at 120fps. Recently, Leven's wins at East Coast skating tournaments have caught the eye of Vans - keep an eye out for him... he's definitely on the way up!

Production: Cashore Marionettes - promotional video

Joseph Cashore has been bringing marionettes to life for more than 20 years. We teamed up with him to capture his work cinematically. Shot at the Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts in Pennsylvania, Cashore performed some of his most popular works and brought a new piece he was working on.

Production: The Playing Mantis Fire Dancers

A few of the Stamphill team met up with "Mantis" and "Snap Dragon" of the Playing Mantis fire performer team to create their promotional video entitled "Ruins". Set at a construction site where some buildings were in the process of being demolished, we found the location to have a perfect look of grit for the video's aesthetic. Tim and MB of the Playing Mantis donned several outfits during the day to complement the terrain and set out to burn a great video. The day's overcast weather was perfect to give a dreary look to the video while still allowing enough light to balance exposure for the performers and obtain tremendous detail in the flame.

The video was shot on the RED One camera at 2K resolution shooting 120 fps for incredible slow motion.

Cast: Mantis and Snap Dragon of the Playing Mantis fire performers

Crew: Mitch Martinez (Director/DP), Jeff Vernitsky (AC), Schwa Rox (PA), Sun Kim (PA)

Production: East Falls Glassworks

Glass blowing is fascinating - plain and simple. If you see it done well, it looks amazingly easy. We captured master glass blowing artisan, Jon Goldberg, creating a tectonic ordinate vase in his Philadelphia, PA studio - East Falls Glassworks. Over the course of 90 minutes, Goldberg - assisted by Nikolaj Christensen - created a $1600 work of art which we boiled down to its essence with a runtime of five minutes so you can see the majority of the vast amount of work that goes into creating the glass art.

Cast: Jon Goldberg, Nikolaj Christensen
Crew: Mitch Martinez (DP), Jeff Vernitsky (AC)