Imagine what you can do...

Finally! After many months of hard work, Emerson has posted our commercial "Imagine what you can do..." on their newly launched website! Check out the link to view the video on Emerson's site below!

THE EMERSON EXPERIENCE

Emerson College Promo from MMM on Vimeo.

Thank you all for your support during this long process! And be ready for some more loving as Emerson has just hired MMM to do another spot for the School of Communications. Boston, here we come (again)!

Appreciation Post "Beating of a Lifetime"

Today, MMM Productions' music video "Beating of a Lifetime" for the Appreciation Post is featured on PureVolume.com. Director Chris Cullari and MMM resident DP Elie Smolkin shot the project while in Boston on another MMM venture for Emerson College.

This year is shaping up to be a busy one with a number of projects coming up in the next few months. I'll have more updates shortly - just wanted to quickly post this and put it out into the blog-sphere!

Enjoy!

Worth the Wait

I can say unabashedly, that August has been the most difficult month for me since moving to Los Angeles for work. Production in the mainstream has been slow and job after job has fallen through. True to form, I've been in and out of a quiet panic deep inside my head. Even truer to form, things ended up being OK. I booked a producing job that will uproot me from Los Angeles and temporarily plant me back in Boston and New York.

Being able to travel for work is a huge blessing and while many jobs fell through, it seems I had to wait for the better opportunity. This wasteland of work has allowed me to really focus on Movie Magic Media and build our credit list (we were just awarded our first professional music video, The Summer Set with Razor and Tie in NY, that shoots this weekend.), organize our space and nurse this company to life. Not only will I be producing this commercial, but MMM has been awarded the job. This is the first large-scale job awarded to the company by a third party.

The icing on the cake is that I will also have a chance to travel home to Philly and see my family for a few days. I hoping to piggy back the trips, but this means I'll be out of LA for nearly a month. I'm excited to get away on a great job, see my family and come back to LA with a fresh perspective. (There's that word again.)

So, it's time to gear up for a hard, but rewarding couple of weeks. It's time to recharge my West Coast battery with a little East Coast love. I'm out on a redeye on Tuesday.

Movie Magic Moving On Up

Here's a look at the first addition to Movie Magic Media since coming to Los Angeles last year! Slow but steady wins the race! This office is shared by Bird and myself and is dedicated to development and production. Moving on up!

My desk. Excited about all the light!

Another look!

Needless to say, I'm ecstatic about having some dedicated space and a desk. I'm also excited about my bunk-mate, Bird. I am ALSO excited about all of the organization, but that's the neurotic in me I suppose.

Movie Magic

I'm going to Palm Spring this weekend to scout and brainstorm for Movie Magic Media's next film. It's a horror film, feature-length, based in improvisation. That's about all I'll say of it now.

I'm excited to get going. Going with a few good friends to scout locations - a few houses, Joshua Tree, The Saltan Sea - see what speaks to our inner-horror aficionados. Let's be serious though, a little vacation is always nice. Palm Springs is always a good time. Even if we're working, we'll be by the pool or hiking or exploring these locations.

In addition to starting a new production, on March 17th, we'll be screening Door to Door at The Wilshire Screening Room. We've begun the festival submission process and have been accepted into one small one so far. All of these small victories keep adding up!

I'm proud of Movie Magic Media. There's so many ideas pumping through our budding company and we're pursing them. We're working creatively and making stuff happen. This has been hugely important for me the past year. To have a solid creative outlet and to be working for yourself is a great feeling.

I'm always thankful for these opportunities to work with my friends on something new and exciting. I guess that's all I really wanted to say!

Door to Door

So after months of preparation, Movie Magic Media Productions, LLC. will be filming DOOR TO DOOR.

Movie Magic Media was started by Micah Levin at Emerson College. Natalie Lewis, Colin Gallagher, Lena Leon and myself became the founding board when we embarked on filming a feature-length movie-musical entitled PUPPET COLLEGE. While at Emerson we produced several films.

Since then, Micah and I have graduated and brought the company to Los Angeles as a side company to our own careers. DOOR TO DOOR is the first independent venture for MMM while in LA. We have been working on this project for almost 4 months now and tonight we begin the preshoot. Friday through Sunday we will parttake in three long days of shooting.

As the line-producer (or any member of our team) I've been pouring my time and energy into making this the best product possible. Our hopes are to take DOOR TO DOOR around the festival circuit after its completion. I truly believe that the story, aesthetic and quality will make this a successful piece. The production design (Brent Mason) is incredible. He's built a house with interchangable parts (per different shots) at our location. He's also built a moving cart that unfolds into a portable stage; complete with pipeorgan.

The work has been increditably taxing and tiring; however, I now have so much faith in this project. I just can't wait to get on set and live it.

I'm so proud of our team and hopefully --- I'll be reporting back with pictures and great news after Sunday.