Prisoners of War short film

A few months ago I was able to shoot this short film directed by Joe Miale. I'm really proud of this and excited about it. I've always wanted a film that is real like this that has CG. My gear was limited. I had one Par can and 3- 2x2 mirrors and of course my trusty fog machine! Check out the video at http://www.chrissaul.com/narrative.php

Man from Death short film

Here's a screengrab from the short film I'm shooting the next 6 days with director Stephen Reedy. Check out these guys. They brought their own wardrobe! Shot on the Red with zeiss standard speeds.

Short film this week

This week I start a 6 day short film with director Stephen Reedy and producer Eric Lim. The last collaboration we did was the short film "The Forge" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O17aK8tkp9U
Looking forward to another epic shoot! Here is our location! It's going to be a spaghetti western/ martial arts film.

 

THE NEW DIVISION MUSIC VIDEO

Here's a link to a music video I shot last year starring Zoey Deutch and Avan Jogio. Also here are some screengrabs.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beW981FRwd0

Fashion shoot

Recently shot a mini campaign of commercials in Malibu for a clothing company called Show me your MUMU. Got to use some of my bokeh vintage lenses. Here are some screen grabs.

New Petzval lens!

Just received my Petzval 85mm portrait lens in the mail. It's a lens that had a modern build off of lens technology from 1840. As you can see it gives you really nice bokeh!

Shoot with Ryan Hughes

On Dec. 27th I shot a commercial for Food for Life, a bread company, with Motorcross star Ryan (Ryno) Hughes. We shot in San Diego at a Motorcross track and several other locations. Here's a few screengrabs from the shoot.

Article in Juxtapoz

Director Stephen Reedy has a artist profile in this months Juxtapoz magazine and it mentiones my name! This is definitely one of those times I can say my mom is proud! I've been working with Stephen for the past 4 years on various commercials, music videos and short films. Our recent collaboration was a short film called "The Forge". 

Screen grab from today's shoot

Today I shot part 2 of Stephen Reedy's

Commercial. This is my new vintage Optex 100mm Macro. I'm very much in love with this lens!

Rusnak car commercial

Just spent the day shooting a car commercial for Rusnak dealership. We rented a Russian arm and got some amazing running footage of a Prosche, Range Rover, and BMW near Mt. Wilson. 

Chrysler Commercial in Detroit

Shooting a 3day commercial in Detroit this week for Chrysler. I'm shooting the whole process of a new 2015 car being made through a POV. It's been pretty awesome! We've made some pretty cool rigs for the camera and also rented a hydro flex for some water shots!

CocaCola Commercial

Shooting a CocaCola commercial this week in South Africa with awesome director John X. Carey! Here are some of the locations and people we are shooting! Shooting Alexa and my new set of Zeiss Standard primes!

Greenpeace PSA

Last week I shot a PSA with director Olivier Agostini about the 30 Greenpeace Artic activists that were thrown in prison for their protest against Russian Gas drilling. Here's a couple of screen grabs!

Macro photography spot

Yesterday I spent the day shooting some macro inserts for a new spot directed by Stephen Reedy. Shot with my new set of Zeiss Standard speeds and also my new fancy Optex 100mm Macro lens. The majority of these shot I uploaded are from the 100mm Macro.  I used an old piece of CTO as the backdrop and one source 4. We got some pretty shots! Can't wait for the finished product!

NIKE SPOT

Last week I shot a commercial for Nike in downtown LA. We followed a running team running 5miles all throughout downtown LA and featured a new shoe. Here's a screen grab! Shot with the Sony F55 and Ultra primes. I had to crank the ISO to 3200 to work with the ambient light. I was pretty happy with how the F55 handles low light.

Shooting with Michael Giacchino!

Today I got to shoot a part of a short film directed by Michael Giacchino, legendary composer of Up, Lost, Star Trek etc. Also Patton Oswalt stars in it! It was such a blast! At the end the producer convinced him to play the song from Star Trek on the piano. That was pretty amazing!!!

Just Dance Yo Gabba Gabba

Here's a link to this commercial I shot for the Yo Gabba Gabba people. It was super super low budget but still was a lot of fun. Directed by Scott Schultz!

SciFi Short film

Just spent the day shooting a teaser for a feature film with visual director Joe Miale. I'm really excited about this one. Nothing beats shooting a dilapidated set with smoke and hard shafts of light pouring in!