The Devoted - EP1. With Samantha Frahn
This was an amazing project to work on with good friends and even better people.
Samantha Frahn is a well established teacher, performer & professional dancer in Las Vegas, Sam discusses her upbringing, path and journey through her dance career.
Playlist:
Common Souls - Lazy Lover
LOCATION:
GEAR:
Sony A6000
JVC LS-300
DJI Ronin
DJI Osmo
See more of our gear list here -> http://bit.ly/2rGZmJT
This was an amazing project to work on with good friends and even better people.
Samantha Frahn is a well established teacher, performer & professional dancer in Las Vegas, Sam discusses her upbringing, path and journey through her dance career.
Special thank you to:
High Profile Dance Academy for letting us use your amazing studio
Common Souls for the great honor of using Lazy Lover for the sound track
Drai's Dance team for welcoming us into your rehearsal
Ruckus Dance Alliance
CREW:
Producers - Kenny Tjay & Arturo Rios
Director: Arturo Rios
DP: Kenny Tjay
Editor: Kenny Tjay
PA: Eliab Hernandez & Guillermo Barahona
Two Week Progress From Mexico
We have been working on a hush hush documentary in mexico for the last two weeks, in our downtime we go and discover neat things about the city and our hotel.
Sitting on our balcony, looking at the waves crash into the rocks as i am writing this, not sure how much more amazing life can be for us this year.
We have been working on a hush hush documentary in mexico for the last two weeks, in our downtime we go and discover neat things about the city and our hotel.
Getting anxious and letting the Hangry-ness take over
5 minutes into waiting out front i realized that the English speaking option was not chosen (oops) and with a awkward "no habla espanol" my Uber driver laughed and responded "No habla english" double oops
Our two weeks in Mexico has been a little bit of a struggle regarding transportation and food, the production team hardly cooks at our condo and option to eat out mostly everyday, yesterday the crew went back to LA to drop off gear and equipment and i stayed behind (yay!) My travel and exploring bone was itching and i've been wanting to venture out into the city.. with no car, no transportation, no pesos and importantly no food in the house, this is a crucial mission.
Isn't google amazing?
Eggs & Chorizo for breakfast, noon rolls around and i'm getting REAL hungry and have been for the last couple days.. HANGRY is real people! i let my stomach lead the way, uber is an option!
See this Instagram photo by @kennytjay * 46 likes
So on the UBER app in Mexico, there is an option to find an English speaking driver or a local driver and after hours and hours of trying to find a driver to go to the supermarket, one popped up! i got excited and clicked immediately and waited for the ride.
5 minutes into waiting out front i realized that the English speaking option was not chosen (oops) and with a awkward "no habla espanol" my Uber driver laughed and responded "No habla english" double oops
Through a mix of awkward silence, google translate, hand gestures and some Si / No, we were able to make it to the market and through Translate, i asked for her to wait for me as i quickly get groceries and take me back to our residence, she agreed!
Somehow amongst the awkward silence, smiles and gestures we were able to talk about traffic, kids, location.. it was definitely a great learning experience and i think i will choose the non english speaking option from now on!
THE LOOT!
Travel often and let Hanger lead the way.
Adios!
- Kenny
A Month to work in Mexico? YES PLEASE.
A Month to work in Mexico? YES PLEASE.
Our flexibility gives us a great chance to hop on other projects with other great production companies when not working on our own projects.
This month Kenny, our DP have been in an undisclosed location in Mexico for the last week and remaining month working on a hush hush project (for now) documenting people work real life issues and struggle.
It’s amazing to see the transformation as the week goes by within our two subjects, our schedule has fluctuated and will remain that way until the life of the project but we managed to explore this beautiful place with some generous time off.
Here are some photos from the last week :) enjoy and happy mother's day!
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