Here are highlights of Ghostlight’s Cinematography work. James, who does it all, has years of experience lighting, shooting, and color timing many formats including film and the RED camera. Music by Andrew Kaiser.
Willard and Ren take care of Chuck and his pals once and for all. Part of The Footloose Remake. Directed by Chris Cantwell. We did the Cinematography, Editing, and VFX. Shot on the Red.
Reverend Moore and Coach Dunbar discuss moral issues. Dialogue is true to the original, but the rest is not. Part of The Footloose Remake. Directed by Matt Wyatt. Ghostlight did the Cinematography and Editing. Shot on the Red.
Director Chris Cantwell needed Cinematography and Visual Effects for this very strange self-interview portion of a reel submission. It’s a fairly basic “split-screen” technique until Chris walks in front of himself, casting and receiving his own shadow.
Hesley Harps needed scenes for her actor’s reel. This one was written and directed by Chris Cantwell. James was the Cinematographer and both Dave and James appear in the scene. Enjoy!
Ghostlight worked on this short film with Craig Dyer, which promotes his aerial choreography and piloting skills, plus the talents of everyone involved. James was the Cinematographer and operated camera from the yacht and helicopter’s bench seat. Dave shot from a separate little boat and edited the movie. Thanks to Craig Dyer, Doug Blake, and Matt Sigloch for an amazing project!
James was Gaffer and did the lighting for Ledge Fighters, a short comedy by Scott Gairdner. James used simple orange and blue lights to match the location as well as give a distinctive 80’s feel. Thanks to Scott for a fun shoot!
Krantz is a dark comedy written and directed by Chris Cantwell. James was the Cinematographer. The film was shot on the RED ONE, which shoots 4K resolution and uses 35mm lenses. James used overly-dramatic lighting and tilt-shift lenses to emphasize John Krantz’ warped state of mind. Many thanks to Chris, Brad, Ken, and the entire crew!
Watch in HD! Read a review! See how we did the VFX! See behind the scenes photos!
DigiSynd hired us to create these three commercials for the Twisted Terror Collection from Warner Brothers. Dave Directed and Edited, James did the Cinematography, and Ghostlight did the Visual Effects.
DigiSynd produced this video, also known as Houdini’s Moon, for Ashton Kutcher’s Room 401. Ghostlight did the Cinematography and Visual Effects for this video, which was just one of many clues for DigiSynd’s online alternate reality game, eventually becoming Nowheremen. Thanks to DigiSynd and everyone involved!
We levitated a possessed girl in What Revver Did 5, the final Revver.com ad created by Invisible Engine. We did the Cinematography and Visual Effects. This video shows how we made Sean fly!
Here’s some behind the scenes footage from What Revver Did 4! James was the Cinematographer on this 4th ad for Revver.com created by Invisible Engine. If you like guns, trucks, fire, and handlebar mustaches – this is for you!
We made Nick Clark fly in an ad for Revver.com, produced by Invisible Engine. This video shows how we did the Visual Effects, but we also did the Cinematography. Enjoy!
We shot and edited this video, which shows lovely scenery in Calaveras County and is used to promote the county’s beautiful filming locations and other activities.
Adam Ray TV won the Best New Pilot Award at the ITV Festival! We shot and edited a collection of sketches for our buddy Adam Ray, which were combined into the 22 minute TV pilot. Beware the mature content and enjoy!
Today, Ghostlight grabbed some film gear and shot an opening title sequence for an Invisible Engine intro. Chirs, Matt, and Sean supplied us with a really nice film stock and we wandered around LA shooting random fun stuff in slow and fast motion. Here’s some of the raw footage!
James helped out our buddies over at Invisible Engine by doing the Cinematography for one of their short films. He also was forced to appear in a minor role in the movie.
Ghostlight did the Cinematography for the short film 5 Minutes. Enjoy this footage of us on the set along with Chris, Matt, and Sean from Invisible Engine This was our first project using a 35mm lens adapter for video as well as a Steadicam.
Ghostlight was hired by Merging Promotions to provide Cinematography, Editing, Visual Effects, and DVD services to promote New Directions For Women, a chemical dependency treatment center for women. Here are highlights from the video!
(“to-all-um-knee”) We created this video for the Tuolumne County Film Commission. It appears at tradeshows and on their website to promote the county’s beautiful filming locations. The music was composed and performed by Aaron Fischer.
Ghostlight shot this joke video for a medical company which required an office to be infested with butterflies. We cut out paper butterflies, which were lightly taped to the walls and actors, then blown with fans. For the butteflies in the air, we used computer animation.
Ghostlight did the Cinematography and Visual Effects for this Captain Morgan commercial produced by FunnyorDie.com and directed by Scott Gairdner. James shot the ad on the Red One camera upgraded with the amazing new M-X chip for improved exposure latitude and skin tones. Our Visual Effects work included wire and stunt rigging removal, sparks, flames, brand removal, time machine effects, fireworks and smoke simulation. Special thanks to Scott and the incredible crew at Funny or Die!
Coming Soon: how we created the Visual Effects!
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Here are highlights of Ghostlight’s Cinematography work. James, who does it all, has years of experience lighting, shooting, and color timing many formats including film and the RED camera. Music by Andrew Kaiser.
