Archive for October, 2011

No Stone To Throw

Thursday, October 6th, 2011


No Stone To Throw was a music Video I shot for the Christian Country group Sierra.

Rivers Casino spot

Monday, October 3rd, 2011


Rivers Casino, Des Plaines, IL

agency: SixteenFifty Holdings, Inc, San Diego, CA

Director of Photography, Jeff Gatesman

Full Contact Scrabble

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011


In the game of Scrabble the consequences of a challenge are, at worst, a lost turn. But our 3 players have come up with their own rules of play and you might want to think twice about joining in. This ain’t your mothers’ quaint board game– this is Full Contact Scrabble!

Nancy Breaux: writer/producer
Gregory Brazzel: stunt coordinator
Ken Ballantine: gaffer
Scott, “Scooter” Hillman: Key Grip
Mary Beth O’Connor: set decorator
Kendrick Hudson: location coordinator
Ron King: location re-recording
Tracy Thomas: original music
Adam Johnston: sound design
cast: Jennifer H. Cobb, Gregory Brazzel and Tracy Thomas.
co-written, directed, shot and edited by Jeff Gatesman.

Tampon Touchdown

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011


It’s a girls against the guys tackle football game, how can that possibly go awry?

This is a little project written by Jenn Cobb (aka, the bubble gum girl who gets the upper hand in Full Contact Scrabble) who also plays the quarterback. I directed and shot the film. I also did the post. If you are interested in how we accomplished the big hit between Jenn and Aikman check out this blog post.

CREDITS
The Girls team were: Jennifer H Cobb
Laya Portillos
Deena Grassia
Michelle and
Ahna

The Guys Teams were: Bobby Scott Schweitzer
Steven Rummenie
Samuel J Paul
Troy Remelski
Isaac C Singleton Jr

and the Stunt Coordinator was Marque Ohmes

Pedro Guimaraes was the Camera Operator and Steadicam operator
Jennifer Ann Henry and Allen Starnes were the Camera Assistants and Bret Carroll was our grip.

See What I’m Saying

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011


See What I’m Saying is a music video for the feature documentary film of the same name. The song which plays through the closing credits was written for the film by the rock band Powder. This music video, filmed with deaf actors, is one of a kind as it is open captioned throughout, which makes it accessible to all audiences. It was directed by Hilari Scarl, co-produced, filmed and edited by Jeff Gatesman and was generously sponsored by Sprint Relay.

Hop In The Stanza

Saturday, October 1st, 2011


Hop In The Stanza is a song by The Lilacs, that venerable pop band from Chicago in the early 1990′s. I shot this video and edited it at the A/V place I was working at. I may have been the first music video cut on the first Avid system in Chicago.