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Unexpected… but wow! We won a People’s telly award for the show “Fish the Baja” on an episode called Mag Bay Marlin 
Very cool, an honor to receive it! Special thanks to Dave Maynard! Without him, none of these shoots would have ever happened!
Zach found a great channel of purpose through the Youth Directions program. His moving story is an example of what the program can do, and has been doing for youth throughout Colorado.
James Drake
Denver Video Production
This was a piece that was used to open the Christmas Eve service at The Rock church in Castle Rock. Inspired by Louie Giglio’s message “The Twelve Words of Christmas” Cyndi Hampton wrote a beautiful monologue. Put to Aaron Wagnor’s music and the cinematography of James Drake, and the tasty art direction of Michael Sweet. Locations, talent and other mysteries were provided by Denise Rice. And let’s not forget the loving support of Miler Harveaux and John Smith. Very special thank you to Paul and Linda Scholtz for providing the donkey for Mary to ride.
Below are frame grabs from the video for a closer look. Click on the images for 1080p versions.
A very special thank you to:
Henry McComas crookedlp.com
Kody Zenger kodyzenger.com
Brook Aitken brookaitken.com
CFVA cfva.com
Thrive is a ministry that works with men coming out of prison and seeking to better their lives through a relationship with God.
Shot in Denver on Sony FS100 with Canon lenses.
Excited to announce that James Drake Films will soon be offering in house aerial shots.
This RC copter goes up to 70 mph, can go hundreds of feet in the air, has a wireless video feed for monitoring and can hold up to 15 pounds.
Coming soon…
Each year, many families celebrate the Sedar dinner. For the first time, Calvary Aurora joins in on that celebration.
Rachel and the Kings is a band with a great sound and talented musicians. Director Brad Scott from Definite Productions brought together an impressive production. Peter Wigand was DP and on this shoot I was camera support/DIT.
The music video shoot had it all: Slow motion, rain, paint splatter, crazy light show, hanging lights… all of it will contribute to incredible visuals when this piece comes together. Keep an eye out for it!
This spot was done for Lori Corken in a series of four 30 second TVC’s that aired in 5 regions on Comcast.
Lori Corken – Commercial from Lori Corken on Vimeo.
I produced, shot, directed, and edited.
Lori Corken – Buying a Home Commercial from Lori Corken on Vimeo.
When provided the opportunity to cam op a gig with Switchfoot for their upcoming documentary, my answer was instantly “yes”. Better yet, I got to work with the super talented Wade Yamaguchi, a good friend and camera guy.
Switchfoot has an incredible stage presence. They craft their performances masterfully to emote the precise emotion held in each song. Part of that performance is raw talent, the other part is the technology backing them. Needless to say, as a cinematographer, the lighting was something to be seen. Huge LED lights that morphed symbols and patterns, a ton of colored ellipsoidal and PAR lights pointing every direction, and strobes to accent. I was positioned rear stage left which left some challenges. 1) I wouldn’t be seeing much of any of the band members faces. 2) I couldn’t move very much in my position. These were pickup shots for an ongoing documentary that already had a large library of footage. I had to kick creativity into high gear to get unique shots and frames that would help tell the story of Switchfoot. Here’s a few captures: (click on an image to start gallery slideshow)
James Drake Films
Denver Video Production
Desperation is a high school youth conference put on by New Life Church coming up in June 2013.
I didn’t shoot all of the footage in this promo, but quite a few shots on the Epic made it in the final cut. Killer editing work by Cory Reynolds and Seth Schaeffer! Many thanks to the big crew that helped this thing go off without a hitch!
#Despo13 Promo: Our God is Coming from Desperation on Vimeo.