Cooper & the Castle Hills Gang premieres tomorrow at the Dallas International Film Festival, culminating an 18 month collaboration between Bright Marketing and DME. We’ll write the full story of this innovative brand entertainment film in the next few weeks. See the trailer here: castlehillsmovie.com
Frequent bloggers we are not. Obviously. But we do work a lot.
Lately it’s been making a film called Cooper & the Castle Hills Gang.
Here’s a few set pics. More to come… castlehillsmovie.com
We began shooting for I Am Second again today. Being around the stories, looking through the lens, getting a glimpse into God’s great big beautiful revolution was as we last left it – completely humbling. I’m excited about what is in store for us and for the movement this year. Adam, our creative director showed me some print stuff he’s working on that is next level sick, Scott was blowing my mind with some of the ways he’s evolving the visuals in the films. And then there were the stories…
Speaking of the stories, COLLIDE magazine is running a feature story on the story behind the stories of I Am Second in their March\April issue – soon to be on newsstands. The entire creative team was interviewed for the piece and Daniel Darnell did an outstanding job of putting the story together. He sent over an advance PDF to me about a week and a half ago & I think it’s a really great piece of design as well. Here are a few tears:
Be on the lookout for it and pick up a copy. It’s a pretty great read & quite pretty to look at.
**EDIT.
turns out you can’t pick COLLIDE up on newstands at this point, however the super awesome people at the magazine will gladly sell you a single issue for only $5. just send them a note here. i just recieved my copy today & i have to say it looks even better in print, so it will be a well spent 5-spot and much better for your soul and waistline than a comparably priced Starbucks coffee drink.
Added some cool new stuff over on the portfolio page today.
We’ve been pushing ourselves on the motion graphics front lately and these two gems reflect the genius of Kevin Shivers.
We also put together a new DME trailer for 2009. About two years in the making, but we finally got happy with it. Check it out here.
And there’s new “I Am Second” work on the way too. A pair of prominent athletes from Dallas talk about giving their goals up to Christ. And a really powerful story from a woman who has struggled with the need to feel perfect.
This is a good one that we think will be relevant to a lot of people. Look for it in the next couple of days at iamsecond.com
The site is finally up. What a whirlwind it’s been getting to this point.
When we stepped into this project, our goal as filmmakers was pretty simple – be authentic. Actually, six months ago I would have said we were seeking truth, but I can’t toss that word around so casually anymore. The definition has changed.
Days upon days in that dark and quiet room – with the brave people who sat in front of our lens – will make you different. It changes you. And it didn’t matter what kind of Christians we were on the way in – it only matters that we became better ones on the way out.
We are all in desperate need of truth. And most of us encounter precious little of it – even in the relationships we consider intimate.
Don’t accept that. Tell your real story to God tonight, and tell your real story to someone else tomorrow. Trust us, it’s worth it.
i was getting my cyc set up when Blake arrived. he was punctual, possibly even early. he came dressed in what has become the campaign’s wardrobe direction – jeans and a black tee shirt.
it’s the kind of outfit that everyone has in their closet; everyone, that is, except Blake. he had to borrow the shirt.
i actually knew of Blake from outside of his participation in the campaign. we go to the same church. his mom and my wife used to be in a small group together. his Young Life leader, Chris, has been one of my best friends for the better part of the last two decades.
i knew of Blake, but i didn’t know Blake.
‘hey, Trey, can we talk,’ Sam’s question sounded like he meant, ‘this story isn’t going to work.’
i got the feeling i’d made a mistake.
i’ve mentioned this all consuming project that we’ve been working on for the last couple of months. this is an image i grabbed while waiting for our subject, a local baseball star, to arrive.
tie them as symbols on your hands
interesting hands have become a theme I’ve been exploring during the project – Read More »
i was going through some old images from a trip we made last summer to San Francisco to shoot Dean Karnazes for Accelerade. looking back it was an inspiring few days.
Dean’s Western States buckle. photo by Scott
there are a few more details and moments that didn’t make the client edit after the jump.
ahhhhhhh, i recently took my family to colorado for a much needed vacation.
my two boys, owen & collin Read More »
we have been hard at work on a mysterious campaign that we’re not allowed to talk about until it launches in the fall. it’s something we’re all very excited about so not talking about it has been difficult.
anyway, part of the campaign involves photography on white cyc & while we wait on our subjects, my assistant keeps me entertained. the other day, i said, “hey Lan, go stand over there and make me laugh.”
he didn’t disappoint.
click the image, it looks better large.
