Ralph & Me

As my dear friend Vincent has kindly pointed out, I have a serious lack of my own new work on this here blog/site. That'll change in the next month or so, but until then, I couldn't resist showing the finished Ralph Lauren video I was AC-ing on. T'was fashion week over here in NYC, which means runway shows, clothing, mayhem, gorgeous women, and crazy people.

Chiggity-check yo'self [click the photo]:

Artistic Director: Nathan Copan | DP: Marcus Burnett

Also, go to the Ralph Lauren website if you want to see the actual runway show and a whole other gaggle of goodies!

Oh, and here are some behind-the-scene slices just for you:

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Ralph Lauren Casting Shoot

Hey world, I just got back from working as an AC on a behind-the-scenes "mood piece" for Ralph Lauren. All the footage we shot is going to eventually be compiled into this short piece that shows the RL creative process in action, from casting to the runway. Should be pretty cool. I was helping out DP Marcus Burnett and artistic director Nathan Copan, who have both collaborated on this exact kind of thing before, so it was pretty smooth sailing (you can see one of their previous pieces here). The footage we shot looked pretty good so hopefully it turns out nicely!

On a side note, it was pretty exciting being in the Ralph Lauren headquarters for the first time. The man himself was there judging all the models for next week's fashion show, and I almost ran right into him in the hallway because I wasn't looking where I was going. Whoops! If only I had though, I would have been touched by the shiny greatness of the man who makes my favorite casual-yet-dressy polo shirts. Unfortunately that magical moment slipped away and we are no longer destined to be best friends. He also did not hook me up with any free clothing, though I could tell he wanted to.

Here are a few pictures!

Kool Shen "C'est Bouillant" Music Vid

Today I started a week long gig assisting director Arthur Boujenah on the music video for french rap pioneers Kool Shen and Salif. Right now, we're in the pre-production phase for their song C'est Bouillant so it's just a lot of crazy work that you don't think about when actually watching the finished video. The production company behind the video (and the company I'm technically working for) is VicArt Entertainment.

In any case, we started early in the morning by heading over to Jersey with the DP Scott Beardslee (a great, talented guy) to check out Rollercoaster Studios. After we got back, I did some wild casting out on the SoHo streets of Manhattan. Pretty fun stuff. More craziness to ensue tomorrow.

Also, little known fact: roughly half of all women in SoHo are in fact models, such as this successful street casting below.