Extraneous Noise - Video Production - Boston and beyond...

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“Know your rights” PSA on the big screen (and why thank you notes never get old)

meghan — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:53:31 +0000

I made it to NYC this past weekend to catch a screening of one of our videos at the New York Civil Liberty Union benefit concert, Broadway Stands Up For Freedom.

The NYCLU project was especially cool because we created a video PSA in collaboration with their Teen Activist Project – an awesome program that engages teens as community organizers and peer educators on civil liberty issues. The teens were pretty much incredible to work with, and brought tons of energy and ideas to the shoot and pre-production. They also know how to work snail mail, and this oversized thank you card arrived at our office a few days after the shoot:

Here's my view from the vertigo-inducing balcony at NYU's 900-seat Skirball Center

The playwright, Tony Kushner, opened the event! The overexposed white blob is him, I swear!

When I wasn’t worrying about the possibility of technical glitches, or that I would accidentally drop my camera from the balcony onto an unsuspecting civil-liberty-supporter, I had a great time.

Oh, and here’s the finished video:

NYCLU – PSA from Extraneous Noise on Vimeo.

Filming at the Museum of Fine Arts

exnoise — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:47:15 +0000

At the Museum of Fine Arts last night to film a performance by Ghost Train Orchestra as part of the MFA’s courtyard concert series. Unfortunately, it rained so the event was held indoors, but it was an amazing concert nonetheless. Special thanks to Jasmine, Nick, PJ, and the rest of the MFA crew for making it an easy shoot for us.

Had a few minutes to wander the museum before soundcheck and stumbled onto this piece by Josiah McElheny. It looks like a digital animation, but it’s actually glass sculptures. Mirrors on all sides of the glass case and a one-way mirror facing the audience create the illusion that the sculptures extend infinitely. Thinking of building a much larger one to shoot a music video in…

The piece is titled Endlessly Repeating Twentieth Century Modernism. Here’s the MFA’s blurb about the piece, “McElheny hand-blew the dozens of glass vessels in this perfectly machined, mirrored box, basing them on 20th-century designs. Their glinting reflections recede in an infinitely repeating pattern. The work is inspired by an enclosed and completely reflective world of pure form imagined by architect Buckminster Fuller and scultpor Isamu Noguchi in 1929. By crafting a version of their idea, McElheny reveals what a world purged of human presence and individuality looks like. Though brimming with beautiful objects, it is a place apart, devoid of life.”

NYCLU – PSA – New York, NY

exnoise — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:33:51 +0000

Filming Hannah Taxman Video

exnoise — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:52:19 +0000

Here’s a photo of Meghan filming the artist Hannah Taxman in our studio. This was the second of two shoots we did for her debut music video, and the final edit will tie these shots together with some great footage of her performing with her 14-piece band at Keep the Edge Studios, a very cool new recording studio in Quincy. (We’d actually filmed a couple of the string players last year during a session with Nikolas Metaxas, and we were excited to shoot them again.)

It’s been a lot of fun working with Hannah and the Steelehaus Creative production team of Sam Steele and Chris Danforth. Check out some behind the scenes photos on their blog.

Scholars – Restaurant/Club video profile – Boston, MA

exnoise — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:41:48 +0000

We had a lot of fun filming this video profile for Scholars Boston Bistro in Boston. Great staff and food. Next time you’re in the financial district drop by for a bite to eat!

Filming Fists, on tour from England

exnoise — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:31:25 +0000

A while back we had the band Fists over to our studio after their TT the Bear’s show. Hailing from Nottingham, England, the band was on their first tour of the US, and we were were psyched to have a chance to help document it. You can read more about their tour experience here, although as a point of correction, we filmed the video for the Foundwaves music blog. Special thanks to our crew Ryan Johnson, John Selig, and Lauren McGuinness.

Here’s one of the videos from their set at the studio:

Fists – Finger (Live at Extraneous Noise) from Extraneous Noise on Vimeo.

You can watch the rest of the videos on our Vimeo account:

Fists – Stag (Live at Extraneous Noise)

Fists – Ascending (Live at Extraneous Noise)

Fists – Squirl Squeek

Here’s some swag we got fromt he band…

And band and crew outside our building post shoot…

Betty’s – Spa Video Profile – Albuquerque, New Mexico

exnoise — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:31:40 +0000

Betty’s asked us to create a video profile that captured the welcoming and professional spirit of their spa, which employs over 60 massage therapists and is consistently recognized as one of the best day spas in Albuquerque, NM.

Thomasson Piano – Video Profile – Albuquerque, New Mexico

exnoise — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:11:50 +0000

Here’s a video profile we produced for a great piano studio for piano lessons in Albuquerque…

Filming in Florida

baya — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:57:16 +0000

Flew down to Florida for the weekend to film a video for a corporate client. Timed it just right so that it rained during the day yesterday while we were working, but was beautiful today on our day off. Walked around St. Augustine and spent some time on the beach. Grabbed a view images on the iPhone while we were at it. Here I am enjoying some conch fritters at a beachside cafe.

We loved being on the beach, but couldn’t believe they let cars drive right onto it and park. Are people that lazy!?!

One last shot from the iPhone… Two surfers at the end of the day. End of the day for us as well. About to get on a plane for a late flight back to Boston. Hope it isn’t snowing when we get back…