05 Jul PoptentMedia Spec: Assemble Your Teams

There are only two words to describe this commercial spec for Poptent Media. Pure Awesomeness…

The idea for “Assemble Your Teams” came literally 7 days before the commercial spec due date. Christine Chen, Michelle Faraone, and Matt McCallum were sitting leisurely in Matt’s West Hollywood apartment when suddenly Matt said… “I have a great idea, but…” Three hours later and a lot of “We are crazy to do this in  7 days,” the team had already secured a group of talented cast members and were busy converting the interior of Matt’s apartment into 3 different film locations. RANDOM FACT: 3  of the scenes were filmed in the same location. The opening scene was filmed on the top of Runyan Canyon, where we made our lovely actors climb the mountain in suits. While we were filming, Pauly Shore, picked up my lens cap and handed it to me. True story. We have it on film. Hope you guys enjoy.

Assemble Your Teams was one of the finalists chosen for a brand purchase. Though in the end PoptentMedia decided to purchase a different spec, I still believe that our’s was one of the best.

Producers: Christine Chen, Matthew “David” McCallum, Michelle Faraone

Writer: Matthew “David”McCallum

Director, DP, Camera, Editor: Christine Chen

Original Music by: Richard Evans
“Sky On Fire”
“Failure to Communicate”

Sound design by: Christine Chen

Cast (in order of appearance):
Man with a Message: Nick Hammond
Jim: Curt Bonnem
The Director: Carolina Espiro
The Sound Guy: Matthew Jaeger
The DP: Matt Valle
Tragedians – Michelle Faraone and Matt McCallum
Restaurant Customers – John Ross Clark, Charlotte Gallagher
The Talent: Ryland Shelton
Pizza Guy: Danny Tuch
Porn Star: Michelle Faraone
Lighting Dude: Matt McCallum
Sound girl: Charlotte Gallagher
Post Production: Matt Altman
Harajuku Stunt Girl: Christine Chen
The Puppy: Chloe

Behind the Scenes Stills Below!