THE BLOG

20
May

The Partners Trust

We’re currently in the process of working with a couple of real estate developers in showcasing million dollar homes in video format. This is a very new venture for us, but there are some exciting things in the works! Stay tuned!













08
May

Arriany & Vintage Cars

We met up with our longtime friend and photobombing master, Sam Hon of Optical Panacea for his shoot with UFC ring girl, Ms. Arianny Celeste. We’ve shot many fun BTS (behind the scenes) shoots with them before, and this was no exception! Check out some stills from the shoot:


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05
May

Malibu

Every once in a while we all need a break from our everyday lives. Disconnecting ourselves from the internet and just relaxing and enjoying the weekend. This was precisely what we did with the crew out in Malibu. We killed two birds by also celebrating my birthday. Unfortunately we can’t share all of the fun we had, but check out some brief pictures of our view and the life-sized jenga set. Oh, and can’t forget the R8. Definitely can’t forget that :)

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24
Apr

April showers

Excuse our lack of updates. April ramped up quite quickly in the office and we’ve been busy shooting various projects and designing/animating a few campaigns. We’re venturing into some new territory as well and expanding our client portfolio. Here’s a small hint of some of the things we’ve been dabbling into. Come back and check us out very soon for some more Salty Tiers shenanigans!

BLAM-O!

08
Apr

Squadle

Brenden & Le saw our video for the FreedomCase and were very interested in having us film and produce a promo for their brainchild product: Squadle. Squadle hub is a digital task management tool for restaurant chains. The Squadle hub replaces all of the paper checklists, spreadsheets, and logbooks with a lightweight, sleek, tablet that anyone can easily pick up and use. We’re not the only ones who think that this product is nifty; they’ve already been implemented in various franchise chains like Burger King, Denny’s, and also multiple Sonics drive-in’s.

Check out the video for more information regarding their awesome software and tablet. If you’re in the industry we’d highly suggest you check out their website and even request a free demo. It’s a pretty damn cool concept.

For more information please visit squadle.com

05
Apr

Encore Beach Club

Encore Beach Club is known pretty well in the Las Vegas day club scene. Located at what is typically called Surrender at the Encore, EBC is looking to launch it’s latest iteration by combining it’s nightclub element with the pool party vibe. Encore Beach Club At Night is premiering in the coming months, and we handled a behind the scenes video shoot as we joined photographer/artist Sam Hon of Optical Panacea for the new ad campaign.

It was a pretty long day, but everyone was extremely talented and professional. It’s always a pleasure to work with others who have such high standards for their craft. From makeup & hair, wardrobe, talent, and even production assistants. Check out the image gallery above for some hints on what’s in store for the behind the scenes promo video that we’re putting together!

 

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24
Mar

Successfully funded!

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Congrats to both of our recently shot KickStarter campaigns!

Both FREEDOMCASE & SCREWGRABBER were successfully funded this month, and are now in the mass manufacturing and fulfillment process! We were very honored to be apart of the team for both of these projects. Here’s to helping others realize their dreams!

17
Mar

LiveNation Tour Update

LiveNation came to us to redo their title openers/closers for their Tour Update videos. We worked together closely with Live Nation Labs’ art director James Hsu to produce this fun package (open / close / lower third) for their Tour Update series. Check it out!

12
Mar

Proposal Video

This is more of a personal project, but here is the video that the team helped me secretly film, and what I ended up editing of my proposal. Give it a look. For more detail, check out the full vimeo link below with more details regarding the proposal!

vimeo.com/eddiechai/proposal

05
Mar

BloomNation

Not too long ago we had the pleasure of working with Farbod Shoraka, the CEO of BloomNation. BloomNation is a trusted community marketplace for people to list, discover, and send unique floral creations by local artisans across the country.

Farbod and his team had us create a short promo and highlight video of one of their celebratory events, which featured other shop owners and community members of BloomNation.

Visit their website for more information:

http://www.bloomnation.com

20
Feb

Screw Grabber

A while back we posted about filming a Ducatti going upwards of 130 MPH and a lot of you guys were curiously wondering what that was for. The answer to this was the Screw Grabber. Philip Kauffman and his team came to us and entrusted us with producing a KickStarter campaign video for his latest invention.

The Screw Grabber is a transparent rubber sleeve that slides onto screwdrivers to hold a variety of screw sizes to the end of a screwdriver. It’s quite simple and genius actually. It’s definitely a must have for all toolboxes!

Check out the campaign and KickStarter link below:

http://kck.st/1jT17gA

18
Feb

Surprise Proposal

Typically we don’t post too many personally things here on this blog, but this news is just too exciting NOT to share! This past weekend I got engaged!

Thanks to everyone who was involved in helping to make this possible: Irene, Vinh, Crystal, Walt.

Also thanks to the team (Brian / CJ / Michael) for helping to capture the special moment. You guys really are super sneaky with those cameras!

Click below the break to see some more pictures!

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18
Feb

The people have spoken!

The FreedomCase KickStarter launched less than a week ago and it’s been nothing short of successful. In fact, the team was able to FULLY meet their $40,000 pledge goal in UNDER 24 HOURS! WOW!

The response from the community has been great. They still have a little more than 3 weeks to go on their campaign, and they’re well over DOUBLE of their goal financial amount with almost 2,000 backers! We’re very happy and proud for their early success, and even happier that they were gracious enough to have us produce their video.

 

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Scroll down a couple of posts to check out the video!

06
Feb

The Sunday Times – Icons

The Thinker, Forrest Gump, Mad Men, Creation of Adam, Reservoir Dogs & Daft Punk!

ALL IN ONE SCENE!

This ad is just too awesome not to share. Beautifully shot and constructed. Each scene transitions so seemingly effortless to the viewer, just WOW. Be sure to check out the behind the scenes footage and making-of for ICONS:

http://makingoficons.com/

06
Feb

FreedomCase

Chris Leung, the inventor of the FreedomCase and his team came to us in the new year with the desire to produce a clean, elegant, engaging and informative video for their KickStarter campaign. The FreedomCase is an innovative new case for Microsoft Surface tablets. It’s a highly versatile case in comparison to all other available alternatives currently out on the market today.

The production time itself was pretty hectic and last minute, but the end result is what we’re pleased to share with you today in this post. Give it a look, and be sure to share it with any of your friends/family who might own a Microsoft surface. I know i’m certainly excited to get one!

Their KickStarter page can be found over at: http://bit.ly/freedomcase  or you can check them out on: http://www.freedomcase.com/

05
Feb

#standwithme

Last night we were invited to check out the premiere of Stillmotion‘s first original documentary #standwithme

The film takes a dark and typically neglected topic of child slavery and tells it in a beautifully shot and narrated way that is both engaging, insightful, and surprisingly lighthearted. It was a pleasure to be in the presence of people who were so talented in their ability to tell such an carefully artistic, educational and yet uplifting story. I highly recommend for you guys to check them out and maybe even head out to a premiere if they’re heading towards your city!

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:

http://www.standwithmemovie.com/

26
Jan

The month of Janubusy

The new year has been keeping us pretty busy. We have a lot of things that are in the works ranging from videos and interviews for cancer research facilities, Las Vegas digital marquee/billboard motion designs, restaurant branding and promos, and also a couple of kickstart campaigns that we’ve been involved in.

Stay tuned for some early previews or insider links for products that we’re helping to launch in the coming months!

GET EXCITED!

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24
Dec

The Art of Zen

We’ve had quite the relationship with DJ Zen Freeman. Truth be told, he gave us our first start in the EDM realm when we were commissioned to do DJ visualizations for him a few years back. Ever since then we’ve been meaning to do a video production together of his worldly travels and gigs. The stars finally aligned not too long ago and we were able to link up with the busy man to put together this clip from a variety of his shows. It’s been our pleasure working with you Zen. More great times and adventures to come!

MERRY XMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We’ll see you

all on the other side.

16
Dec

TEAM TORQUE

UFC on FOX 9 happened last night, and boy was it exciting! Team Alpha Male was out in full force and both Urijah Faber & Chad Mendes were able to full off the win. Urijah’s fight was probably one of the most exciting I’ve seen from him.  It’s always such a dynamic change when you interact with him in person and when you see him in the ring. Urijah is as nice and friendly as they come, but he’s an absolute beast once it’s game time.

We had a chance to produce a promo for TORQUE MMA last month which features both of these extreme superstars, as well as some others. Give it a look at the top of this post.

Congratulations again to both Urijah Faber and Chad Mendes!

22
Nov

WES + PAM

A while back I met Wesley and Pamela through some very interesting real-life-friendster type of situations. You know, the situations where you’re somehow socially intertwined with strangers (or who you think are strangers) but turn out to be closer acquaintances than you’d expect? Well yes, we had one of those encounters.

Wesley said that he was a huge fan of our work, and that he was getting married in the coming months. He knew that we typically don’t do wedding type of work, but we’ll often make exceptions if the couples are great (and they definitely were) and were open to a different type of direction than you’d normally find wedding work to be. After a bit of convincing (and it didn’t take much, haha) we set a path to make a combination wedding/video/slideshow montage!

They recently tied the knot, so we’d just like to say…

CONGRATS

WESLEY + PAMELA!