LA director uses experience on "Star Wars" and Avatar" to bring cinematic approach to documentary style commercial work and branded content
<a href="<a href="Contact David via email“>http://www.brettfallentine.com/“>Brett Fallentine, whose career includes work on epic blockbusters “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith” and “Avatar”, has signed on to direct commercial and branded content work with integrated production company <a href="<a href="Contact Jack via email“>http://www.thefamousgroup.com/work/”>The Famous Group.
Fallentine (www.brettfallentine.com), got his first taste for the industry at Lucas Films while still studying film theory at University of California, Berkeley, and served for two years as apprentice editor under mentor George Lucas on “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith”. After transferring to USC for filmmaking, he later worked alongside James Cameron as assistant editor on “Avatar”.
Along the way, he delved into commercial work, including directing a two-minute “Refresh” web video documentary for Pepsi with TBWACHIATDAY and later the Pepsi “One Tribe” 60-second broadcast spot, “All Ages Movement” and “Calvin”. Fallentine has also directed work for Google (“Fireside” and “King Arthur Flour”), <a href=")“>IBM (“Invisible Art“), Microsoft (“Windows 8” and “Blind Ambition”), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (“Last Percent”), Nikon, FC Barcelona (“More Than a Goal”) and others.
“<a href="<a href="Contact David via email“>http://www.brettfallentine.com/“>Brett Fallentine is an expert at delivering beautiful cinematography for leading brands,” said David Kwan, managing director, <a href="<a href="Contact Jack via email“>http://www.thefamousgroup.com/work/”>The Famous Group. “He’s also skilled at making non-actors feel comfortable and then drawing strong emotions out of them to tell a specific, impactful story.”
Fallentine describes his specialty as documentary style work that often detours from the typical raw aesthetic of the genre.
“I want my work to be as dynamic as possible,” he says. “I like to shoot real people head on, but also take a cinematic approach that incorporates elements of the animation and effects I encountered while working on big-budget Hollywood films. One reason why I wanted to work with <a href="<a href="Contact Jack via email“>http://www.thefamousgroup.com/work/”>The Famous Group is because their integrated model provides me with access to a large in-house team of animators and FX specialists.”
Fallentine is the third addition this year to the growing roster of Famous Directors (click here to view roster), following recent signings of Jay Karas, who recently directed episodes of NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” and Hailey Bartholomew. Other directors in the group include Kip Hewitt, 2011 Doritos’ “Crash the Super Bowl” winner Tynesha Williams, Scott Toepfer and G-Roll.
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“ฦvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of ฦvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? ฦvolutionย suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence,ย ฦvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating โin the blink of an eyeโ the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called โprogressโ may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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