Demonstrous Productions

Lifecycle Manifesto Video Featured in Washington Post

juliette — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:39:13 +0000

Demonstrous Productions is buzzing with excitement about The Holstee Lifecycle Manifesto video feature in the Washington Post: How the Holstee manifesto became the new ‘Just Do It’

Digital Dumbo Oct 2011

Cooper — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:28:22 +0000

I had a great time photographing this month’s Digital Dumbo. I got to talk to a lot of fun folks including The Bumbys.

Digital Dumbo Oct 2011

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Procession of Horses – Jane’s Carousel

Cooper — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:06:02 +0000

I had the pleasure to watch a mini parade today on the streets of dumbo which lead to Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Horses of Jane’s Carousel trotted along the cobblestones to their final resting place in the glass structure built to house the menagerie. Below are some of the photos and video I took of the event.

Update: Here is the video!

The Life(cycle) Project

Cooper — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:28:40 +0000

Over the past few weeks we have developed a video project with Holstee, a New York company which sells life style goods designed with a conscience. The video is based on their wildly popular Manifesto, which starts, “This is your life” and ends “Live your Dream, Share Your Passion”. The products they sell are often repurposed or reclaimed materials, their manifesto is about reclaiming your destiny.

In my ten years in NYC I have witnesses a sea change on the streets, bikers have rallied and reclaimed public spaces. This is a new century, that will be defined by cities, and the automobile paradigm will no longer be adequate. The machines that once represented freedom have become steel prisons for one, that choke the roadways like fat in an artery. We need to be agile and change directions quickly.

Life(cycle) is about reclaiming the city and our destiny. We are still in preproduction and we need your help! If you would like to be in the video sign up here: http://www.lifecycle.holstee.com/. We will be shooting in NYC on Oct 8th, 2011!

Music Fesival on Governors Island

Cooper — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:05:21 +0000

I had a blast shooting some ferry interviews with Das Racist and Mac Miller. I’ll write some more about it later.

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Performance of Pretty Lights.

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A Social Media Company Parties in Dumbo

Cooper — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 23:42:57 +0000

Here is a recently completed video we produced for Carrot Creative’s 6th Anniversary Party. They had just moved into this new 12th floor loft space in Dumbo, Brooklyn and wanted to celebrate their ascent with their friends and family. Their view of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge is inspiring and plays a character in the video.

Demonstrous Productions also created a fun conversation piece by displaying the live feed of time-lapse images being taken from above the space. The LEDs in the drinks were also a Demonstrous touch. The combination of the photographic feedback and the camera set to aperture priority allowed for a playful final moment that culminated in the >CARROT logo written in light.

Digital Dumbo April 2011

Cooper — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:59:40 +0000

I made this video to both test our new Canon T3i as well as honor to cool folks who meet every month at Digital Dumbo in Brooklyn. This video features some of the Digital Dumbo regulars and their Twitter handles. @badowski @antrants @fromatok @jennifer @mikegermano @humerarto @julietterichey @MatthewKnell. Sorry Matt for spelling your name wrong in the video.

I cut it quickly with iMovie and did a bit of After Effect time-remapping and motion graphics at the end.

Check it out in HD on YouTube

Thanks, in advance to Gary Portnoy for not suing me for using his very appropriate song, which is best know for being the theme to Cheers. I’ll buy you a beer sometime. http://www.garyportnoy.com/

Brooklyn Jedi Knights

Cooper — Sun, 01 May 2011 02:26:34 +0000

Some Larping Jedi posed for me at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at the 30th annual Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival. They told me their character names but I forgot them.

Transposition – a short doc about a blue collar jazz man

Cooper — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:48:33 +0000

Full version of the Demonstrous short doc is not online!

A portrait of Jeff Richey, environmental specialist at a water reclamation plant by day and jazz musician by night. A film exploring the intertwining of separate lives of one person – one man’s way of sustaining his living and making his art in Denton, Texas. Directed by Juliette Richey

Watch it now!

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Herzog empolys Iguanas to trip out Nick Cage

Cooper — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:25:05 +0000

This movie may not hit theaters, but it’s probably worth a rental. One day I might

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