Mando Fresko for MTV's 2012 EMAs

Just wrapped up a little shoot using the 3ROUNDBURST office as a living room set and a kitchen set for MTV Tr3s host and Power 106 DJ Mando Fresko in an integrated marketing spot for MTV's EMAs this year, Samsung, and T-Mobile, showcasing that new Galaxy SIII.  We shot a Skype call with using the phone with a remote team, putting Mando's real-life mother on the other end of the line; it'll always be a hassle when you need to rely on technology that wasn't built for production, but we got through the hurdles and made the day.

Manhattan Film Institute

July saw Jenny and I working at the Manhattan Film Institute for its inaugural year. Established by Tony Spiridakis & Jeff McCracken, MFI is a new approach to the entertainment workshop format: along with master-class style programs for writers and actors with Chazz Palminteri & Larry Moss, respectively, Tony & Jeff lead a two week production workshop: twenty directors meticulously prepared the twenty films with which they had applied to the program, and twenty actors worked tirelessly with those directors and the faculty to get the films working.

Each short was faced with a maximum five hours on set and an absolutely minimal equipment package and a crew composed only of the other students in the program, so only the most painstaking planning could guarantee the production quality for which we were aiming. Here's a quick showreel of the shorts I shot for directors at MFI: