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Meditation 17

Robert asked if I would film this project he had in mind. Covid19 was very fresh in our heads as we’d been in WFH or essential business status for a few weeks. I had worked with him before and he’s just an artist. Literally yes, as a painter. But his approach to film is the same. I said yes not knowing what the idea was just because I wanted to work with him and I had strong emotions with everything going on as well. At the same time as this was going on my grandfather was in a hospital in Knoxville, TN and I wasn’t able to go and see him or be with my family as he passed (not covid related). So it just felt right to go out (safely) and create something about the time we all found ourselves in. The idea was basically to show a city that had come to a crawl. No camera movement. Only a few subjects or background objects moving in the frame. As a filmmaker I’ve always loved this style because you’re letting the image tell the story. We went around Kansas City for a few hours on 3 separate occasions during the course of a week just finding scenes that fit Roberts idea. An appliance store in KCK, a bridge on the west bottoms with a person walking under it, an empty restaurant, a coffee shop with baristas working to-go orders, the reflection of the streetcar moving past in a closed movie theater window. Creating this felt like a release of all the pent up emotion I’ve had sitting around my apartment not being able to work. The other part of Roberts idea was to collaborate with other film freelancers, assigning roles to whoever wanted to help. So it was really cool to see talented people you hadn’t worked with before also involved in the project. The music written by Sam Billen at Primary Colors really elevated the piece. And his wife’s voice over (also appears in the film at the end) was great. I was blown away by the final piece not having seen the footage since I handed it off to Robert. Kind of a neat experiment. Covid obviously has had a massive impact on freelancers in our industry in particular because you can’t really work from home. And I think it shows how much our community is connected. I feel something when I watch it. We didn’t really know what would come out of his idea or what footage we’d be able to get but I think we were both happy with how it turned out and the message it sends. We are all together in this.

Directed by Robert Bingaman
Spoken by: Yuka Naito-Billen
Director of Photography: Andrew Thomas
Music and Sound: Sam Billen
Color: Justin Roberts
Title Design: Jonathan Horst

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Monday 04.20.20
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The Runaway

We had the opportunity to shoot a short film for Village Collection USA. This was written by Sam Loren and expanded into this short 60 sec piece on the day of shooting.


Director - Alison Claire Peck

Writer / Producer - Sammy Loren

DP / Editor - Andrew Thomas

AC - Tim Zook

Getaway Girl - Katarina Jadlow

Getaway Guy - Adam Wilson

Runaway - Jillian Gotfredson

VO - Alison Claire Peck


Shot on Alexa w/ Lomo Anamorphics

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Tuesday 03.10.20
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Rackhouse Roundtable

I had the pleasure of operating for Director Michael Martin for these spots for MGP Distillery. The Agency was Callahan. DP Jake Brusha. We had a great team on this one. Shot on Alexa.

Tuesday 12.31.19
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Zeiss Standard Speeds T2.1

Hey everyone, I’m selling my Zeiss T2.1 Standard speeds. I love them a lot but am making room for a set of super speeds. willing to hear all offers but see them priced around $26-28K. These were serviced by Duclos prior to my purchase last year. The previous owner took great care of them as did I. I really only used them a handful of times. Here are some photos I’ve taken. Comes with the case. Let me know if you want any more info. Located in Kansas City, MO.

email to nocityfilms@gmail.com if you have any questions or pricing inquiries.

Thanks,

Andrew

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Monday 12.16.19
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High Key Spec

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We put a great crew together and came up with this concept for a high key lighting spec commercial. Based on candy/ice cream and colored backdrops, we put our models in a few scenarios and captured some great footage. BTS stills were taken by the lovely Libby Zanders @libbyzandersphoto. Here are our in-camera frame grabs. Edit to come…

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Friday 09.13.19
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Mahomes // Community America Spot

Agency Cactus

Director Nate Balli

DP Bennett Duchin

Cam Op Andrew Thomas

AC Tom Pease

AC Shawn Wright

PM Courtney Hopkins

and several other great Kansas City film crew…

Shot on Alexa Mini + Kowa Anamorphics

Tuesday 08.20.19
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U Shoot Videos?

Had the opportunity to get to shoot the BTS for Morgan Cooper’s latest project, ‘U Shoot Videos?’ along with Travis Wears, Brad Johnson, Libby Zanders. The project was presented by Adorama.


AND HERE IS….“U SHOOT VIDEOS?'“

https://vimeo.com/354276952

Monday 08.19.19
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Sports!

Model: Kamraan Husain

Model: Kamraan Husain

Shot a quick sports piece to show some capabilities of the lenses paired with the Alexa. Getting really used to the combo and I love it. Thanks to Kamraan and Omar Husain for helping out, and Courtney Hopkins for producing. Shot in Kansas City.

See a short clip i put together here…

 
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Monday 04.22.19
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The Art of Oddly Correct

Ray Wyatt (Archetype Films) and I (Andrew Thomas) worked on this video over several months to help Gregory Kolsto (Oddly Correct) launch his Kickstarter campaign to print a book of his drawings. They first started as doodles to attach to coffee bags, and then Kolsto learned the woodcarved print method to display various people and fun designs whom he had deemed worthy of drawing. The people he chose to draw are early customers and friends of the coffee shop, now in it’s 10th year of operation in Midtown Kansas City, MO. It’s grown to hundreds of drawings and designs, to the point when he decided to put them in a book. This campaign is to raise money to print the books.

Oddly Correct (3940 Main St, Kansas City, MO)

To donate to the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2079582028/the-art-of-oddly-correct?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Oddly+correct

Thursday 03.28.19
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Short Film

Recently got to work with DP Cory Vetter and writing/producing team (Caleb Hermann, Wesley Elder, Brian Totoro) on a short comedic project. It was a blast. Brought some gear and hopped on as 1st AC. Here are a few BTS shots…

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Monday 03.04.19
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