Our new video for Google on Jeni’s Ice Cream has just been posted. Check it out here.
Thanks to Ashley Chandler & Sinead O’Mara at Google. Danny Bresnik for editing. Stephie and David at our studio for everything before, during, and after the shoot.
And as always, our friends at Jeni’s who are so wonderful and generous and fun. Especially John Lowe, Jeni and Charly.
Our video, “What is Vintage?” just launched today on One King’s Lane. Shot in LA and NY. It is our first real sync’d sound talkie. Thanks to everyone who entertained us and our crew: Madeline Stuart who held thoughts between the cars coming down from the hills, Wendy Haworth who played Nina Simone on vinyl, Peter Dunham who sent a sofa off to it’s new home dodging traffic on La Brea, Steven Sclarloff who emerged from the underground on White St and made us miss the country, and Malcolm Kutner, who became our friend.
BIG thanks to Elana Frankel who shepherded this project at OKL and held our hand, Ethan Trask who gave it his blessing, and my girlfriend Susie Feldman from 7th grade.
Mostly this exists because of Stephie – who just dug in and willed it into life. And David Mishler who worked by her side and kept the faith with incredible patience and skill.
Our videos these past months have all been real adventures. One King’s Lane has been big supporter of ours – leading us to the ladder, sending us climbing to the highest platform, and pushing us over the edge for a big splash.
Got this email from Elana Frankel at OKL when we delivered the final yesterday, “Rock and roll. We love it!!!!”
This shot of our new friend Malcolm Kutner in SOHO is an outtake from the new video.
Song of the day – Bon Iver – Holocene. (for winter which needs to settle in already)
Jeni’s Spendid Ice Cream just posted a video we made for them, front and center on their new website. This video documents my obsession with Jeni – capturing the spirit of what makes Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream so amazing. So many stories I have worked on begin with my being obsessed with another person who is equally possessed with their work. I kept trying Jeni’s ice cream at the little stand at the Short North Market in Columbus. The flavors killed, and kept changing each visit. All inspired and brilliant and amazingly yummy. I tracked Jeni down, we became friends, and I have shot many pictures for her these past few years. There is an unspoken passion for our work that we share and it feeds our relationship. For this video, we focused solely on how all of the fresh ingredients, the people putting them together, and the scoopers, make those of us lucky enough to lick all over her amazing concoctions so stinking happy.
This is my first live video. I was not super happy when I shot it last summer – thought more about what was missing than what was here. We put up the Cherry Lambic video – which was a single miraculous outtake, and put the rest to bed for awhile. A month ago, Stephie and David woke the project back up, found a great song and gave it all form. We went back and shot a little bit more, and now you have it.
As always… thanks to Stephie who sees these projects so clearly and is so amazing at completing the story (both the video and my own story…). Thanks also to David Mishler who has developed such great skill in constructing our projects in Final Cut – allowing us to find our voice.
I sent out our new “Inside” flipbook to some friends last week – and the floodgates broke.
Floodgates of tears and joy:
From Susie, “i am crying…and I don’t often cry.thank you for sending it to me and making me smile/cry”
From Linda, “Honestly…have tears in my eyes as I write this…MAGICAL!!! “
From Liz, “I look ridiculous because I’m sitting at my desk crying and grinning ear to ear. This video is absolutely beautiful! I love everything about it – visuals, music everything. I love seeing you and your family so happy.”
From Rick, “…. and they asked, what is Love…. and they answered – look inside!”
“Inside” is our welcoming Asher into the world. It taps into the sweet spot our family likes to live in and share.
Enjoy. Here on our langestudio.com.
And send us a note: george@langestudio.com
We are alive!
