by Brian | May 25, 2011 | PLAY!
Hey world!
I just finished work on some of the new videos for the upcoming “PLAY!” concert! It will take place in Seattle at the beautiful Benaroya Hall on June 21st and 22nd. What ones you wonder? Well, I don’t want to ruin the surprise 🙂 You’ll have to come to the concert and see them for yourself!
Click on the image to be taken to the official press release and ticket ordering links. Better grab ’em soon!
Hope to see you all there!
–Brian
by Brian | May 20, 2011 | Site Creation
Howdy everyone!
New video alert! I put this one together for KPTV’s Creative Services department to use in their Upfront Presentation that was held today! As a station, every year when Fox does their Fall Schedule Upfronts, we as a station do one for our local clients. Doing this was very cool and such a change of pace from my normal grind that I need to do more! My friend Matt Boudia brought me on to handle the piece. It’s fast, fun and very “action movie” like. I hope you enjoy it!
–Brian
PS: I’ve done some housekeeping as of late. Finally got those Social Icons and IE to play nice…at least as far as I know!
by Brian | May 20, 2011 | Reel
When my pal Matt Boudia from Creative Services asked me to spear head this one for our Upfront Presentation to clients, I had no clue what it was going to be. I thought: “Ok, clients to impress. Make it kick ass..GO!” Basically the same approach I used for some of my Nike videos. The original cut was simply an idea I was playing around with and it turned out that everyone loved the direction. I tweaked it and mixed in some nats and track with the music and everyone loved it more. It’s not bad considering it was about 11-12 hours of work. Enjoy!
Editor: Brian Costa
Producer/Writer: Matt Boudia
by Brian | Apr 17, 2011 | Reel
Winner: “Best Single News Story” from the Oregon Association of Broadcasters for 2011!
Completed in about 11 hours from start to final mix, it tells the story of six year old Liam Jaussi. A cancer survivor who is now fundraising for the hospital that saved his life.
I knew this kid was special when he started humming the “Ark Theme” from “Raders.” (He then went into the “Star Wars Main Title.”) As a film score enthusiast, I had to make this story extra special. Luckily for me, the photographer, Pete had shot about 55 minutes of b-roll and Marilyn, the producer and writer, had written an almost four minute script. Lots of Chris Bacon (and a little James Horner) editing background music later, I knew I wanted some piano music to score this story. My good friend and fellow film score pal Alex Bornstein stepped in and delivered a very simple and tender theme for Liam that makes the piece that much more complete.
It’s stories like this that make me smile.
by Brian | Apr 6, 2011 | PLAY!, Thoughts
Hey world!
If you happened to be in Dayton last weekend, and went to PLAY!, I was the creator of the new Castlevania video! I’m glad the audience gave it such a warm response! A huge thanks to Jeron Moore and Jason Michael Paul for bringing me on the team! This really is a dream come true for me! And finally to Chad Seiter for his awesome orchestration and arrangement!
I hope to be doing some more, so look for them at the Seattle show!
–Brian
