In Episode 04, Josh is trying to produce a PSA for the non-profit “The Human Freedom Project” but is in danger of losing the job if he can’t find a crew that takes direction.

written & created by Josh Shayne & Vic Shayne; directed & edited by Josh Shayne

Featuring: Josh Shayne, Robin Katz, Nina Barry de Zayas, Danny de Zayas, Tasha Shayne, Janice Shayne, Vic Shayne, Annie Martens, Jeff Fal, Ryan Oelke, Chelsea Brady.

Crew: camera + sound: Jason Lange; original music: Erik Desiderio; montage music: Danny de Zayas; Production Assistants: Brian Hose, Annie Martens

Special Thanks to Looking Glass Arts for their generous production assistance.

View some wonderful production stills from photographer Nina Barry here.

Last month, I was given an Incredible Mission: STETSON, the iconic American hatmaker, created a special hat for Barack OBAMA to wear at his inauguration + they flew ME to fly across the country to attempt to PERSONALLY DELIVER it to him. The aim of the project (in addition to hat delivery) was create a funny and engaging video series raising awareness about Stetson and their long-standing in the market as a maker of not just cowboy hats, but high-quality Dress Hats.

I brought my friend and colleague James Darling along with me as my co-producer and cameraman.

Our journey took us from Boulder, CO to Philadelphia, PA to Wilmington, DE to Baltimore, MD to Washington D.C. for the Inauguration itself which was pretty spectacular to attend.

WATCH OUR ADVENTURES BELOW:

Hat for Obama – 01 – The Mission

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This is a quick 3-minute tour of CityLightsGuide Featured Listings that we produced. This video showcases the interface and all the various features and benefits businesses receive when they opt to market themselves online with CityLightsGuide.com.

To sign up for your own CityLightsGuide Featured Listing CLICK HERE.

We produced this Lip Dub as a surprise present for our friends Danny + Nina before their wedding in August of 2008. It was all shot in one afternoon in HD (thanks to the folks at Looking Glass Arts!), though there was some cardboard heart pre-production.

directed by Josh Shayne

view in in full HD here

FYI: Those hearts haven’t gone to waste and are still being put to very good use.

I just finished teaching a 3-week summer film workshop in association with Looking Glass Arts. The workshop took a group of high school filmmakers and actors through a full production process: writing to storyboarding to shooting+ lighting to editing and scoring.

Everyone involved is pretty amazing – especially the student filmmakers who are an amazingly bright, talented, creative group of people. By the end of the workshop, they made some wonderful shorts.

For anyone in the Boulder/Denver area who might be interested in future workshops, check out Looking Glass Arts’ website: lookingglassarts.org

On the last day of class, wiped-out from editing all-week, we unwound a bit by shooting this impromptu lip dub to ‘Help!’ I think it appropriately showcases the awesomeness of everyone involved.

Watch in Full HD on vimeo.