Ortex Pest Control – Toothbrush (2011)
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Watch the new Ortex Pest Control television commercial produced by Red Crow Marketing.  The 30 second regional commercial was made by A5films’ Filmmakers Bryan Manning, Clay Mason and Brook Linder. Check out more commercials made by the filmmakers on the Commercials page!

Ortex Pest Control – Toothbrush (2011)

Produced by Red Crow Marketing
Written, Directed and Animated by Bryan Manning
Shot Brook Linder and Clay Mason
Edited by Brook Linder and Bryan Manning
Jingle by Ron Marshall and Michael Davis

Camera: Canon EOS T2i Rebel
Edited on Adobe Premiere CS5 and After Effects CS3

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Any Given Child principal photography wrapped!
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Clay Mason shooting on a Canon EOS T2i Rebel at ArtWorks
A5films has wrapped principal photography on the Any Given Child promotional video. The short piece will premiere at the Moxie on September 13th as part of an Arts Educaion event to announce the Kennedy Center partnership with the APSI panel and Springfield Public Schools. The video is directed by Bryan Manning with cinematography by Clay Mason. Both Manning and Mason will edit the final piece on Adobe Premiere and After Effects CS5. Most of the video will be cut on Mason’s PC with the effects and final edits done on the MFAS edit bay (Mac) at the Creamery Arts Center. The final video will be available to view on A5films.com in September.

Cameras: Canon T2i EOS Rebel (x2) w/ Magic Lantern installed on Camera A
Glass: Contax Zeiss Primes (Distagon 28mm and 35mm, Planar 50mm and 85mm – all T2.8); Canon EF Primes* (20mm F2.8, 28mm F2.8, 50mm F1.4, 85mm F1.8)
Audio: Zoom H4n w/ Sennheiser EW 100 G3 wireless mics and an Audio Technica BP4073 shotgun on a boom*

*courtesy of the Missouri Film Alliance of Springfield

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DubFix (ft. Deathface) Promo Video
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DubFix (ft. Deathface) Promo Video. June 25th, 2011 @ Remington’s Downtown in Springfield, MO.

Shot by Bryan Manning and Clay Mason.

Cameras – 2 Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Lenses – Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, Tokina 17-50mm f/2.8, Contax Zeiss 50mm T1.4
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

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Check out Terrorform!
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Check out this trailer for Terrorform by first time director Gregory Shultz!  The short video premiered in front of THIN AIR at the Moxie (Springfield, Missouri) in July.

The video was made with help from friends Brook Linder, Clay Mason, Max Rosen, Holly Brown and Bryan Manning.

In a terraforming colony on a distant moon. Terror takes form. Terrorform.

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Trailer for THIN AIR
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The trailer for THIN AIR is finally streaming acorss the internets.  The short, written and directed by Max Rosen, made its debut at Missouri State University’s Electronic Arts Senior Showcase on May 9th.  The film depicts a young woman trying to figure out life after her mother spontaneously combusts.  THIN AIR is set to show at the MOXIE later this month.

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The Hangover is over, get back to work and make a better movie.
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The Hangover Part II

The Wolfpack is back in this year’s sequel to 2009′s Hangover. In Hangover Part II, we catch up with the guys two years after what happened in Las Vegas.  Stu, played by Ed Helms, is engaged to Lauren (Jamie Chung) and to please her parents, who hate Stu, are having their wedding in Thailand. Going along with Stu to Thailand is Phil, once again played by Bradely Cooper, and Doug, played by Justin Bartha.  After what happened last time to the boys in Vegas, Stu is relunctant to invite Alan (Zach Galifianakis) to the wedding fearing that he might try and “Floorie” … Continue reading

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Apollo on Vimeo!
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The short film Apollo is going up on Vimeo!

We’ve divided the film into three Acts to preserve as much quality as possible.  All three Acts will be uploaded over the next couple of days and will be available to watch for free via this website and Vimeo.

Check out the Short Films page to learn more about Apollo, and if you would like to support the filmmakers, DVDs are still for sale through this link.  Enjoy Act 1!

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DubFix (ft. Crizzly) Promo Video
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Promotional video shot for DubFix on April 30th, 2011 @ Remington’s Downtown in Springfield, MO.

Shot by Bryan Manning and Brook Linder.

Cameras – 2 Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Lenses – Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Edited on Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

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Sure, I’ll star in your movie for half the back end profit…
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Buried (2010)

  Buried is a horror film by Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Cortes that received publicity due simply to its one and only star, Ryan Reynolds.  Throw a big name actor in a movie about a guy stuck in a coffin underground and it’ll probably get pulled out of many a RedBox.  I was intrigued by this movie’s trailer months ago and decided to watch it because I wanted to know if I could be entertained by a story revolving around one character, who is in every scene, confined to a 7’ x 3’ set. Reynolds plays Paul Conroy, a nonmilitary truck … Continue reading

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The New Stepdad wins at SATO48!
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Springfield’s own SATO (Springfield and the Ozarks) 48 hour film competition held their awards ceremony at the Gillioz last week on Cino de Mayo!  The New Stepdad took home THREE awards including Best DIrecting, Art Direction, and Audience Favorite.

In other news, one of the filmmakers in the team responsible for The New Stepdad was kicked out of the ceremony shorty after he accepted the award for Art Direction.  It was his birthday and he was wearing a wig.  There were several glass bottles heard rolling on the floor during awkward moments in the evening’s events that included a high school dance squad’s routine and a weird, trippy rock band trio.  Loud, obnoxious cheering and drunken acceptance speech insights also debuted during the awards.  Carver M. School a.k.a. Carver Middle School made itself known and least forgotten.

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