It’s another marvelous day in our city by the bay.
Life definitely has been different since moving out to California.
Gas is a bit more expensive… but the air is much more breathable, produce is cheaper than water, I walk around my town more than I ever did in Atlanta, and every step I make outside is a photogenic moment.
Also, we live in bicycle distance of Washington Manor Park, a little public park that lies directly on the bay. I’ve been doing my morning runs around the track there lately.
Not a bad shift in lifestyle if you ask me.
As for my production company’s current affairs? Glad you asked…
New website for Acosta Productions (finally!), 2011 promo reel, me and Drew’s new Livid Ends album, a music video, and 3 new upcoming web-series are all on their way in April as we hash out all the casting /coding /editing / and creation details.
Man, I love my job. :)
CASE IN POINT:
As stated before, never bring yourself down with a place you hate or a situation that has you suffocated at the throat.
I’m living proof of what you can accomplish by getting your mind together, never giving up, and just doing something you’ve always wanted to accomplish.
for me, it was always moving to California. Why it took so long is beyond me… but I’m a better man for doing it later and learning what I DIDN’T want in my life anymore.
love and stuff,
@thejonacosta
P.S. Follow me right here on Tumblr or Twitter (@thejonacosta) to keep up with all the production goodness! There’s a LOT of good stuff coming soon…
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
If you are a fellow artist of any kind- actor, writer, director, producer, musician, graphic artist- please take a second to view our Kickstarter campaign for Backalley Strut- a webseries that I am involved in that is trying to get funding to go into full swing production.Your small $1 donation will bring us just one step closer to all of us to be able to follow our dreams. If you are an artist, then you understand the struggle, and right now I need YOU, tumblr, to help us out! If you think anyone would enjoy something like this being produced, pass it on! Or if you haven’t fulfilled your good deed quote for the day, A REBLOG COUNTS. And if you donate a $1, your good deed quote for the next FORTY-EIGHT HOURS will be filled. And if you donate more than that, may the angels of heaven shine their glory on your soul.
No, but seriously, guys. I would really appreciate it alot. :)
The Blooper Reel of the first couple promo episodes we created is also lots of fun to watch if you so desire :)
And if I’ve really piqued your interest, check out the Cast Interviews for more info!
Again, thank you so much!
This weekend was spent in Savannah, GA shooting 2 television commercials for our client, E2 Marketing. Here’s a Behind the Scenes video to show you how much fun we had!
The concept for our commercials were rather simple and geared more towards the “female age 25-40” demographic. Production went super smoothly as all of our actors, including the kids, were 100% on point with their characters.
Both spots that Acosta Productions were contracted for were shot on a Canon 7D using Canon 35mm and 20mm lenses… a perfect fit since our client wanted most all of the framing to be kept rather tight.
Biggest hurdles of our production: Since we were on the 3rd floor of a photography studio right off of West Broughton St. in Downtown, Savannah, it was a bit difficult to pull off a shot of a kid on the outside of a window… unless, of course, he could float/fly. And since our kid actor didn’t attent the school of Hogwarts, we decided to just green screen his part altogether.
The same issue occurred with our 2nd production where our talent was supposed to be relaxing on a hammock. Unfortunately, the set prep failed to gain stands for a hammock… so we had to fake it. Using and blowing out a green screen, a manfrotto tripod, and a super massive ladder, we were able to pull it off!
To really establish these post-digital tricks, we dynamic linked our production into After Effects (via CS5.5) once the commercial was cut in Premiere. From there, it was a simple keying out of the green screen using a wonderful plugin from The Foundry, “Keylight 2.0”, compositing a bit of background, and keyframing the exact movements we were looking for in each frame.
…okay, maybe it wasn’t THAT easy… but the production was an absolute pleasure to shoot! Hope you guys enjoyed the behind the scenes look. :)
-Jon Acosta
on april 24th at 6AM, myself and writing partner William McCanless (owner of bitsywords.com) finally began production on a film that we wrote 6 years ago… this film is called Back Alley Strut.
now, rather than getting into a synopsis of the intricate story and fantastic characters that were created to tell the tale of a long lost degenerate who comes back into his crime ridden past in order to salvage his dignity and take back his lover… oh wait. i think i just told you what the movie was about… okay. let me start over… ;)
by 1:30pm last sunday, my cast and crew found ourselves
Released yesterday, my new music video (also co-directed by the brilliant Kevin Terrell) hit the youtube wifi-waves:
we shot this production in 1 day! still in post with The Coedz’ “Runway” single and a stifling deadline, it was rather hard to balance both videos out, but i survived and managed to keep
