swandyve

365 days to create, adapt, remix, refine, and share something fresh.

019 Yeah, It's been a minute or two.

Here's the latest video project for Pearl Izumi completed within ten days. We shot at Base 2 Studios in Denver and filmed at 60fps to somewhat capture a slow-mo, over-cranked feel. Although, the deadline was incredibly tight, and inevitably went right down to the wire, it was a great learning experience and quite fulfilling.

Filed under  //   After Effects   Cinema 4D   Motion   advertising   cinematography   pearl izumi  

009 The Snickers Test

Myself and two ad school friends, Michael Ziman and Jon Reine, made this 30 sec spot for a Snickers viral/traditional commercial contest. Poptent.net, a social video community, was running the contest a couple months ago. We did not win, but we did place in the top 20 out of 500 user submitted videos. Not too shabby.

Filed under  //   365 days   advertising   cinematography   creative   snickers   video  

Prepare yourself.

A cool concept to take you on a journey through various landscapes and landmarks.

Filed under  //   art   cinematography   creative   photography  

Quite possibly the worst commercial ever made.

At least LA rapper MURS made an appearance. They couldn't even get Kobe for this spot and had to opt out for Lamar Odom...

bahahaha... sad.

Happy V day everyone.

Filed under  //   advertising   cinematography   video  

002 Restless

<p>Restless - a day through my lens from Braden Lee Smith on Vimeo.</p>

The Nikon Film Festival has been over for a couple weeks now, but here's my submission that made the final cut of 50 out of 1000+ videos. The brief detailed: "A Day Through Your Lens" A true honor to be one of the few, but $125k would have felt much nicer in my pocket.

Believe it or not, this was the first video I ever made for a class at Miami Ad School. If you're a pro, it should be easy to see the "amateurishness." Not bad though, for only using one DSLR camera and virtually no help. You can view the winners here. 

Filed under  //   365 days   camera   cinematography   film   music   nikon   restless