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Children's book author/illustrator Jennie Palmer muses on the balance of parenthood and creative ambition.
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Directed/Shot/Cut by Ric Serena Still Photography by Jen Serena Produced by Serena Creative Music by Paul Bessenbacher, Courtesy of Emoto Music Illustrations by Jennie Palmer First AC: Miles Custer Location Sound: Stan Gonzales Additional assistance by Mauricio Hoyos
Film shot on the Sony A7sii & Sony A7r. Stills on Nikon D5
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portraits & headshot series for Director, Elizabetha Ayiku
Portraits of Matt Bowen, composer
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SUPERish START to 2017
5 Beautiful Spots for Kay Jewelers and NBC, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Directed & Shot by Ric Serena
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NBC & TJMAXX - THIS IS US
Ric and I got to work together on this project, which is just so much fun.
Sharing real life stories, customers in a TJMaxx had their portrait taken with me and an interview session with Ric and his crew. Ric directed the entire production and managed to get people to share intimate stories in the middle of a working store. It was so inspiring to hear them all and to create the stills used at the head and tail of the piece, (which was a personal triumph to quickly create unique images for each participant within the confines of an existing set, bringing on and off our single strobe.) My butt is in the final piece more times than I'd like, but all in all, it was a wonderful experience. I always love seeing Ric in his element at work, and even better when I can contribute to the final project!
Directed by Ric Serena Client/Agency: NBC Creative Partnerships Creative Director: Abby Marsh Producer: Quynh Stanley Director of Photography: Sean Conaty Still Photographer: Jen Serena Art Director: Marcelle Gravel First AD: Francesca Bravos Production Company: Moving Parts, Inc. Editor: Rochelle Watson
OPUS ORANGE: LET YOU DOWN music video
This past April, Jen and Iz went away for a long weekend. I thought to myself, “I’m gonna use this time to finally tackle that stop-motion animation idea I’ve been sitting on for the past two years.” The only thing I accomplished that weekend was building the main set, but it was such an encouraging process that I was motivated to see this through completion.
Although the creative concept had been brewing in my mind for some time, hearing Opus Orange’s song, Let You Down, inspired me to adapt the concept to match the themes of that song: that love is not flawless, that we’re inevitably going to let down those we love, but the sooner we acknowledge it, the sooner we can transcend to a level of understanding and compassion that makes love truly special…and real.
I reached out to some talented folks to help me get this done. Vaj Potenza created the design of all the main characters. Jennifer and Izzy created some of the ancillary shadow figures as well other set design ideas, joined me for some of the stop-motion shooting (Jen expertly pulled focus on the ice cream truck shot near the beginning), and helped me come up with other visual ways to demonstrate how we let each other down (fighting with ugly words, not talking, dying, growing up and leaving the nest). Graham Robertson provided a lot of the cardboard, some great early ideas and he also made this amazing mailbox that ultimately was too big for the set, but I loved it so much that I made sure to include it in the shot where our lead characters are returning to their real lives. Chuck Ozeas was kind enough to spend a day with us, helping me light one of the more complicated shots and, most importantly, giving me tips that would help me in subsequent shots. Dave Hussein Palmer took the time to watch an early cut and give me some good, critical feedback… some of which I couldn’t even begin to address (due to my lack of skills in this animation world), but a few big notes that altered the look of some major shots. Kessler Crane® still has a Second Shooter loan-out to me that I used extensively on this project, so big thanks to them. But the people who continually popped in mind mind as I was patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) constructing, setting up, lighting, shooting… were my Mom & Dad. The whole experience reminded me of making stop-motion movies as a kid with the Super 8mm camera they purchased for me as a birthday gift. They believed in me then and they’ve never stopped. And for that I’m eternally grateful.
