Class Cast Tiger King Commercial

Commercial

Class Cast <> Tiger King

Class Cast <> Tiger King - Fitness Commercial

We shot the Tiger King sequel! Not really, but close. Sort of? We were approached by Jonathan Myers and Nikki SooHoo of ClassCast to produce a commercial starring Saff from Tiger King. Featuring a fun, quirky narrative that showcased the fitness app’s dedication to teaching and coaching, we shot this all in 6 hours in Koreatown while the COVID-19 pandemic was happening. Saff was a true professional and a blast to work with!

 

Starring: Saff Kaiulani, Jonathan Myers
Directed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Producers: Nikki SooHoo, Jonathan Myers
Shot & Edited by: Trevor Hollander
Camera Assistant: Michelle Mendoza
Gaffer: Zach Jones
Grip: Jared Bedrejo
Visual Effects Supervisor: Paul DeNigris
Location Manager: Rose Nash

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Behind the Scenes Set Photos

Behind the Scenes

Set Photos

behind the scenes + making of - set photos

We love behind the scenes photos. While the images that go in front of the camera are the most important, what goes on behind on set is arguably just as important – and sometimes equally as dramatic. Documenting our sets, actors, props, costumes, and cameras is never easy in such a chaotic environment and it takes true skill to capture creativity in action.

We’ll never forget one set photographer who literally strapped himself on to the hood of an Audi to keep pace with one of our camera cars in order to capture the perfect shot of both it and the picture car together. Their dedication to documentation is second to none. As they say, pictures say a thousand words and when you’re on a movie set, the right picture is easily ten thousand times that. Indeed, with some of the best set photographers in the industry gracing us with their lenses, we couldn’t be prouder to showcase their hard work and creativity. 

Behind the Scenes Photographers: 

  • Scott Dee
  • Sanjay Belani
  • Valentina Vee
  • Migwa Nthiga
  • Mike Adan
  • Alex McKay
  • Brian L. Tan “BLT”
  • Trevor Hollander
  • Ivan Valadez
  • Steven Lam
  • Nar Levoni 
  • Aldo Valadez
  • Thomas Frederick 

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Faces of Laikipia Kenya

Travel Photography

Faces of Laikipia

Faces of Laikipia - Travel Photography Project

We grew up watching Richard Attenborough and the BBC and it was nothing short of surreal to see elephants, rhinos, giraffes, zebras and warthogs up close in the beautiful countryside of Laikipia, Kenya. The fact that we were commissioned by the local administration and Non Government Organizations (NGOs) such as the Laikipia Wildlife Forum was more icing on our proverbial (very tasty) cake. 

One of our most bittersweet moments was getting a chance to meet the last 3 ever Northern White Rhinos at Ol Pajeta Sanctuary. These majestic animals were literally the last of their kind and being unable to reproduce – walking remnants of an extinct species. We were one of the last film and photography crews allowed in to document them before one of them tragically passed away. 

Spending a week out in the dirt and living life as a sort-of-local led to some incredible photographic opportunities. Not only of the incredible wildlife, but also of the locals who made up this true gem of a state that much more beautiful. 

Photographed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Producers: Joan Wandegi, Tara Hetz
Edited by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Featuring: Paul Benson, Joan Wandegi

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Travel Photography and Portraits

Photography

Travel Photography

Travel Photography & Portraits

Our filmmaking journey has taken us around the world – to more than 110 countries and every inhabited continent. Each city, country, and continent we’ve ever been to has been unique and special in their own way, but they also all share a lot of similarities. We’ve found that no matter who they are or where they live, humans around the world all care about the same things: family, friends, and food.

Our travel photography try to paint a picture of a world that’s diverse and different, but also one that shares a few common threads that make us all ultimately human and we’ll be there to capture them – one photo at a time. 

Photographed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”, Trevor Hollander
Edited by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”, Trevor Hollander
Featuring: Dae McDonald, Live Stella Reinhold, Lauren Leola Pinkston, Criselda Ung, Jeffrey Chan, Emily Oeller, Soraya Rais, Isabelle Bachtiar, Dar Levy, Paul Benson, Lauren Gennawey, Nicole McInctyre, James Erasmus, Oliver Erasmus, Julie Tzeng, Yana Shaparenko, Alexa Lazarides, Ewa Pazera, Joan Wandegi, Brian Lopez, Samantha Rogers, Anja Kuhar, Adeline Kho, Chelsea Carter, Rosie Burr, Anna Karachentseva, Reka Banos, Trevor Hollander

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Primitive Athletics Commercial

Commercial

Primitive Athletics

Primitive Athletics - Fitness Commercial

None of us go to the gym as often as we should, but Primitive Athletics of Lakewood, California has pioneered some new ways to stay fit yet also have fun at the same time. Bringing us into film their first ever fitness commercial, we filmed owner/operator Kat doing what she does best and leave us all feeling like we needed to pump iron after. Shot on 2:35 anamorphic lenses, we want to make her gym feel more like a dramatic stage and make her already epic workouts appear that much more spectacular for this fitness commercial. Where do we sign up?

Directed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Producers: Trevor Hollander
Shot & Edited by: Trevor Hollander
Gaffer: Corey Hour
Grip: Eduardo Gonzalez
BTS Photos: Mike Adan
Production Manager: Derek Sherwood
Production Assistants: James LaFortezza, Steven Porfiri

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Los Angeles 90034

Solesearching Travel Videos

Commercial + Travel Video

Solesearching

Solesearching - Commercial + Travel Video

Travel the world for free? Twist my arm, will ya? That’s how we felt when we got commissioned by Holor Media to travel the world filming with their latest 360 Virtual Reality cameras. However, after awhile, we got itchy – Shooting VR was interesting and all, but leaving a camera standing in cool locations wasn’t the most engaging.

So we did what we did best and started shooting travel content for fun while waiting for the 360 cameras to do their thing. Not thinking much of it, we started to slowly edit the hours upon hours of footage we shot into a coherent montage. We came up with a super simple story narrated via voiceover about how our literal soles helped free our metaphorical souls via travel when Condé Nast approached us to enter their “Shorties” competition. 

Not thinking much of it, we submitted anyway and lo and behold ended up winning the grand prize and were voted by audiences and judges alike to be the Best Travel Video of the year. We were floored and happily accepted their offer to fly us to South Africa later that year to shoot more content. 

Shot by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Producers: Kymber Lim, Marty Kovalsky
Edited by: Trevor Hollander
Voiceover: Miles Allen
Special Thanks: Willard Tressel

We were floored to win Condé Nast Traveler’s Best Travel Video award at their annual Shorties festival where they threw us a big party and we got to meet the staff behind the magazine and had an award ceremony with Editor in Chief Pilar Guzmán.

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ILA Swimwear with avian ku

Commercial

ILA Swimwear w/ Avian

Behind the Scenes

ILA Swimwear with avian ku - commercial

There’s a reason why they call Hawaii paradise and it was with no reservations that we took on this project for ILA Swim, the new swimwear company started by Avian Ku of Netflix’s Terrace House fame. Brown and bred in Hawaii, she wanted the commercials to feel more lifestyle and wanderlust inspired rather than overtly branded. In essence: it had to feel genuine and authentic. Not staged.

Not being any strangers to travel videos, we were more than happy to oblige. Shot over a week on the main Hawaiian island of Oahu, we went all the way to the North Shore then to Waikiki and everything in-between to capture the beauty and elegance of the girls and the island. Set to a backdrop of Reinchez Ng’s island-themed score, we crafted a music video esque montage of three girls (in ILA Swimwear) having the time of their lives and enjoying the best Hawaii has to offer. 

Starring: Avian Ku, Virgina Taylor, Stephanie 
Directed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Producers: Avian Ku
Shot & Edited by: Trevor Hollander
Production Assistant: Richard Lee
Music by: Reinchez Ng
Special Thanks: Christopher K. Ahn, Mikey Inoye, Ocean Ramsey, One Ocean Diving

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Chase Car Beverly Hills Porsche – Hollywood

Commercial

Beverly Hills Porsche

Behind the Scenes

Beverly Hills Porsche: When Hollywood Calls - Commercial

Beverly Hills and Hollywood are mere miles apart but as far as the world goes, they might as well be adjacent. For decades, both have vied for PR supremacy on the zeitgeist of Los Angeles. All sibling rivalry aside, both have also enjoyed a close, symbiotic relationship: In this case, Beverly Hills Porsche has been a sponsor of picture vehicles to dozens of motion pictures, TV shows, and Hollywood publicity projects over the years and our client wanted us to craft a nostalgic commercial that would highlight that. 

With only a day to shoot on top of our other Chase Car commercials, we managed to put something together that was short and sweet for Beverly Hills Porsche’s ad campaign. Too bad we didn’t get to take one of these Porsches home after the shoot!

Directed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Produced by: JP Castel
Executive Producers: Marshall Chabot, Jon Chabot, Jay Huffschmidt
Starring: Eddie Marazzito, Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Cassie Brooksbank
Narrated by: Jerry Bucker
Music by: Tony Fiala
VFX Supervisor: Joseph Silva
CG Supervisor: Michael Kelley

Panamera Camera Car:
Director of Photography: Victor Huber
1st Assistant Camera: Ambar Capoor
Crane Operator: Ryan Spaeth
Remote Tech: Gilbert Alvarado
Driver: Jon Chabot

Behind the Chase Crew:
Director of Photography: Graham Robbins
Camera Operator: Nar Lavoni
Camera Operator: Cassie Brooksbank
Camera Assistant: Andrew Duggan
Boom & Sound Mixer: Chris Wilson
Production Coordinator: George Prado
Production Assistants: Georgina Bekerian, Sean French
Red Epic Package & DIT: Jeff McCoy
Still Photographers: Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Sanjay Belani
Grip & Lighting Equipment by: Bob Mayberry
Porsches provided by: Beverly Hills Porsche
Mercedes SLS AMG, Nissan GT-R, Ford Focus provided by: Motor Trend

Post Production:
Music by: Tony Fiala
Additional Music & Guitar by: Frank IV
Sound Design by: Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Michael Huang
VFX Compositor: Brian Carney
VFX Graphic & Title Designer: Michael Kelley
End Credits Designer: Michael Kelley
Logo Graphic Designer: JP Castel
Editors: Adam Hall, Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Colorists: Aaron Hall, Joseph Silva
Poster Designer: Dina Fiala
Post Production Manager: Katryna Shattuck
Post Production Supervisor: Adam Hall
Special Thanks To: Bill Bennett A.S.C., Beverly Hills Porsche, Chase Car Inc, 24 Frame Productions, MJ Productions, Shotgun Software, Audrey Lo, Michael Grant, Red Studios, Willow Springs Raceway, SirReel, Motor Trend, Edward Loh, Nicole Arnell, Lloyd ‘Poits’ Burt, George Wang, Ryan Mayeda, Alex Valentine, Michael Cheng, Andrea Dondanville, Andrea Pasquettin
Dedicated to John ‘Otto’ Williamson – RIP: 1945 to 2013

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Chase Car Porsche: Chasing Perfection

Commercial

Chasing Perfection

Behind the Scenes

Porsche + Chase Car: Chasing Perfection - Commercial

Christopher Nolan’s Inception is hands down one of our favorite movies of all time, and we channeled our inner Nolan in producing ‘Chasing Perfect’ where we took a meta look at what goes into making a car chase happen and breaking it down into its various elements. To us, it wasn’t all about the chase, it was about how the chase was shot and the brilliant connection of man and machine that made it all happen.

For our second spot, the Fastest Camera Car in the World, we wanted to push the equipment to the limit in order to test Chase Car’s claim that they had the fastest camera car in the world. We found ourselves a radar speed gun and actually pushed the fully equipped, fully loaded (with 6 people) camera car all the way to 104 miles per hour on the straight away at Willows Springs International Raceway. We got it on camera of course, and lived to tell the tale.

In concert with our Behind the Scenes documentary Behind the Chase, these spots served as part of a ad campaign by Chase Car and Beverly Hills Porsche to showcase both the glamor and grit of these amazing machines we’ve come to love and lust for.

Directed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Produced by: JP Castel
Executive Producers: Marshall Chabot, Jon Chabot, Jay Huffschmidt
Starring: Eddie Marazzito, Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Cassie Brooksbank
Narrated by: Jerry Bucker
Music by: Tony Fiala
VFX Supervisor: Joseph Silva
CG Supervisor: Michael Kelley

Panamera Camera Car:
Director of Photography: Victor Huber
1st Assistant Camera: Ambar Capoor
Crane Operator: Ryan Spaeth
Remote Tech: Gilbert Alvarado
Driver: Jon Chabot

Cayenne Camera Car:
Director of Photography: Scott Kassenoff
1st Assistant Camera: Craig Devereux
2nd Unit Director: JP Castel
Driver: Marshall Chabot

Behind the Chase Crew:
Director of Photography: Graham Robbins
Camera Operator: Nar Lavoni
Camera Operator: Cassie Brooksbank
Camera Assistant: Andrew Duggan
Boom & Sound Mixer: Chris Wilson
Production Coordinator: George Prado
Production Assistants: Georgina Bekerian, Sean French
Red Epic Package & DIT: Jeff McCoy
Still Photographers: Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Sanjay Belani
Grip & Lighting Equipment by: Bob Mayberry
Porsches provided by: Beverly Hills Porsche
Mercedes SLS AMG, Nissan GT-R, Ford Focus provided by: Motor Trend

Post Production:
Music by: Tony Fiala
Additional Music & Guitar by: Frank IV
Sound Design by: Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Michael Huang
VFX Compositor: Brian Carney
VFX Graphic & Title Designer: Michael Kelley
End Credits Designer: Michael Kelley
Logo Graphic Designer: JP Castel
Editors: Adam Hall, Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Colorists: Aaron Hall, Joseph Silva
Poster Designer: Dina Fiala
Post Production Manager: Katryna Shattuck
Post Production Supervisor: Adam Hall
Special Thanks To: Bill Bennett A.S.C., Beverly Hills Porsche, Chase Car Inc, 24 Frame Productions, MJ Productions, Shotgun Software, Audrey Lo, Michael Grant, Red Studios, Willow Springs Raceway, SirReel, Motor Trend, Edward Loh, Nicole Arnell, Lloyd ‘Poits’ Burt, George Wang, Ryan Mayeda, Alex Valentine, Michael Cheng, Andrea Dondanville, Andrea Pasquettin
Dedicated to John ‘Otto’ Williamson – RIP: 1945 to 2013

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Chase Car Porsche: Behind the Chase

Documentary + Commercial

Behind the Chase

Chase Car + Porsche: Behind the Chase - Documentary + commercial

Being car guys, we’ve marveled at how commercials, feature films and TV shows have gotten such incredible car shots over the years. We’ve worked with Chase Car Inc. since 2009 and when they offered us a chance to produce a series of 3 commercials in conjunction with a Beverly Hills Porsche campaign, we leapt at the opportunity to film these majestic vehicles tear some asphalt up.

Shot with a small crew of dedicate multi-talented filmmakers over a single day at the famous Willow Springs International Raceway in Kern County, California, we shot 3 commercials and this Behind the Scenes documentary focusing on the Chabot brothers who started Chase Car Inc (previously Camera Car Industries) from the ground up. In filming the documentary, we had a really surreal moment where the elusive, normally hidden Porsche Panamera Chase Car (designed matte black to be as stealthy as possible) became the star of the show when filmed from the older Porsche Cayenne camera car. 

On top of featuring some stunning, world class imagery of our picture vehicles in action, Behind the Chase provides an in-depth look at how the Chabot Brothers conceived their revolutionary Porsche Panamera Chase Car, it’s unique features, and most importantly – the heart and soul of why they do what they do.

Directed by: Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Produced by: JP Castel
Executive Producers: Marshall Chabot, Jon Chabot, Jay Huffschmidt
Starring: Eddie Marazzito, Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Cassie Brooksbank
Narrated by: Jerry Bucker
Music by: Tony Fiala
VFX Supervisor: Joseph Silva
CG Supervisor: Michael Kelley

Panamera Camera Car:
Director of Photography: Victor Huber
1st Assistant Camera: Ambar Capoor
Crane Operator: Ryan Spaeth
Remote Tech: Gilbert Alvarado
Driver: Jon Chabot

Cayenne Camera Car:
Director of Photography: Scott Kassenoff
1st Assistant Camera: Craig Devereux
2nd Unit Director: JP Castel
Driver: Marshall Chabot

Behind the Chase Crew:
Director of Photography: Graham Robbins
Camera Operator: Nar Lavoni
Camera Operator: Cassie Brooksbank
Camera Assistant: Andrew Duggan
Boom & Sound Mixer: Chris Wilson
Production Coordinator: George Prado
Production Assistants: Georgina Bekerian, Sean French
Red Epic Package & DIT: Jeff McCoy
Still Photographers: Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Sanjay Belani
Grip & Lighting Equipment by: Bob Mayberry
Porsches provided by: Beverly Hills Porsche
Mercedes SLS AMG, Nissan GT-R, Ford Focus provided by: Motor Trend

Post Production:
Music by: Tony Fiala
Additional Music & Guitar by: Frank IV
Sound Design by: Steve ‘Doc’ Bernard, Michael Huang
VFX Compositor: Brian Carney
VFX Graphic & Title Designer: Michael Kelley
End Credits Designer: Michael Kelley
Logo Graphic Designer: JP Castel
Editors: Adam Hall, Brian L. Tan “BLT”
Colorists: Aaron Hall, Joseph Silva
Poster Designer: Dina Fiala
Post Production Manager: Katryna Shattuck
Post Production Supervisor: Adam Hall
Special Thanks To: Bill Bennett A.S.C., Beverly Hills Porsche, Chase Car Inc, 24 Frame Productions, MJ Productions, Shotgun Software, Audrey Lo, Michael Grant, Red Studios, Willow Springs Raceway, SirReel, Motor Trend, Edward Loh, Nicole Arnell, Lloyd ‘Poits’ Burt, George Wang, Ryan Mayeda, Alex Valentine, Michael Cheng, Andrea Dondanville, Andrea Pasquettin
Dedicated to John ‘Otto’ Williamson – RIP: 1945 to 2013

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