df539 YEAR OFF
sd 13th-16th December 2010
loc Sunset Sound, Hollywood CA, Playback Studios, Santa Barbara, CA
cast (incl) Haddon Cord, Carl Verheyen, Dave Marotta, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Jim Cox
dir Nigel Dick
pro Cord Pereira
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic DVX200, Canon 7D, Contour HD Helmet cam, Flip Cam
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt We shot in the studio where some of Led Zepp II was mixed.
http://youtu.be/fDcaYoDK8qw
df538 DIX TRIPS – LAKE COMO, CINQUETERRE
sd 18th October 2010
loc Varenna & Bellagio (Lake Como) Riomaggiore & Manarola (Cinqueterre), Italy
dir Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Flip Cam
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt I lied. You can’t actually get back to Varenna from Cadenabbia without going via Bellagio first.
Lake Como, Italy
Cinqueterre, Italy
df537 WONDERLAND – Not A Love Song
sd 31st October 2010
loc Ventura Farms, Potrero Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA
pc Bikini Films, London & DNA Films LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Fuliane Petikyan
dp Eric Maddison
bcop Phil Barnes, D.P. Quickly
cs Arri Alexa, Canon D7
ad Lennie Appelquist
art Robert Romanus
st Nicole Houston
mu Lica Fensome
hr Kevin Ford
ed Warren MeNeeley
tc Simone Grattarola @ Rushes, London
mv 326
dirt The guitar in the background has John Lennon’s DNA on it.
web https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzj2OYgbzno
df536 THE WANTED – Lose My Mind
sd 1st October 2010
loc Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, Coney Island, NY
cast Aaron Monet (Angry funfair boss)
pc Bikini Films, London
dir Nigel Dick
pro Scott Clark
pm Robert Smyth
dp Martin Ahlgren
sc Ian Woolston-Smith
bcop Pedro Corcega
cs Red, Canon D7
ad Diamond Dave
art Kai Lee
st Erin Turron
mu Mia Bauman
hr Kathryn Smyth
ed Warren MeNeeley
tc Simone Grattarola @ Rushes, London
mv 325
dirt The Wonder Wheel is 90 years old and was designed and built on the spot by German engineers. It is the only one of its kind in the world.
df535 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Bittersweet Memories
sd 14th September 2010
loc Last Gas, E Street, Lancaster , CA
cast Leven Rambin, Geoff Clark
pc DNA Films, LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Paul Bock
dp Russel Griffith
bcop Alex Disenhof
cs Canon D5, D7
ad Lennie Appelquist
art Joseph Edelson
st Annie Bloom
mu Misa Aikawa
ed Eddi Ackit w. Bruce Ochmanek
tc Clark Muller (Company 3)
mv 324
dirt Despite the wind in their hair the princes of Wales rocked the high desert…then they rejected the video.
df534 BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE – Fever
sd 13th September 2010
loc CS Warehouse, Anderson St., Los Angeles, CA
cast Jessica Cropper, Nikki Dalonzo, Rayne Marcus, Katie Miller, Nicole Woodard
pc DNA Films, LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Paul Bock
dp Russel Griffith
acop D.P. Quickly
bcop Alex Disenhof
cs Canon 5D, 7D
ad Lennie Appelquist
art Joseph Edelson
st Annie Bloom
mu Misa Aikawa
ch Nicole Sciacca
ed Eddi Ackit
tc Clark Muller (Company 3)
pfx Arsenal FX
mv 323
dirt Note to self – don’t do location scouts when you’ve been up for 23 hours.
df533 JOE McELDERRY – Ambitions
sd 10th September 2010
loc Nu Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria
cast Liam Francis, Liam Lunniss (the boy with the script), Donna-Louise Mary-Blake, Marianna Neofitou (the girl with the coffee cup), Ivo Tonchev (the Producer).
pc Bikini Films, London
dir Nigel Dick
pro Ben Sullivan
dp Eric Maddison
sc Lorenzo Senatore
cs Red Mysterion
ad Mark Roper
art Kess Bonnet
st Brayan McMahon (JM), Jani Stoichkova
mu Crystabel Riley
cd Marian Stanisheva
ch Elizabeth Honan
ed Claudia Wass
tc Simone Grattarola @ Rushes, London
mv 322
dirt 21 is my lucky number. There are also 21 stages in the Tour de France.
df532 ROCK N ROAD – Greg Gold Project
sd 1st July, 12th July 2010
loc E 7th Street & Hammer Museum, Westwood, Los Angeles
cast Saint Motel, Imagine Dragons
dir Greg Gold
pro Adam Lebovitz, Nolan Lebowitz
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200AP @ 1080/30, Countour HD Cam
dirt 15 P2 cards in one day & same location as df 160. One of the bands featured was a then unkown “Imagine Dragons”
df531 MATTEL – Monster High
sd 26th, 27th June 2010
loc Western Technical School, Toronto, Canada
ag Vonnie Cameron & Wendy Trilling @ Y&R
cast Angela Duscio, Melanie Mah, Brittany Cole, Avril Wu, Cassandra Caccioppoli, Catina Duscio, Megan Mackenzie, Cody Bonnell, Taylor Belnavis,
pc DNA Films, LA,
lpc Mad Films, Toronto
dir Nigel Dick
pro Lewis Weinstein
agp Laura Keseric
dp Pierre Rouger
cs 16mm
ad Jeff Cowan
art Callum MacLachlan
st Janet Summers
mu Jordana Maxwell
hr Janet Jackson
cd Natalie Galazka
ch Chantelle Leonardo & Melissa Panton
ss Catherine Taylor
ed Richard Cooperman
tc Rob Sciaratta (Co. 3)
pfx Solid
mv 321
dirt I couldn’t get on the web from my hotel room so I complained. “Here’s you’re problem,” they said, “you’re using a Mac!”.
df530 DESTINEE & PARIS – Pretend
sd 5th June 2010
loc Ocean Studios, Burbank, CA
pc DNA Films, LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Justin Si Diener
dp Giles Dunning
cs 16mm
ad Lennie Appelquist
art Evan Rohde
st Alexis Beck
mu Mylah Morales
hr Riccardo Ferisse
ed Declan Whitebloom
tc Brian Linse (Co. 3)
mv 320
dirt That J200 Destinee is playing is my dream guitar. Tried to stick it under my coat as I left…
df529 CARL VERYHEYEN BAND – The Road Divides
sd 4th June 2010 (B-Roll: 11/10/10, 11/18/10)
loc Musician’s Institute, Hollywood, CA
dir/pro Nigel Dick
co-pro Steve Tobenkin
show switcher Mike Ellenshaw
lighting Nicholas Lindholm
sound Joe Fiorello
cops Alika Awana, Hector Palacios Jr., Steve Tobenkin, D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200AP @ 720/60, Panasonic AG-HMC150, Countour HD Cam
ed Eddi Ackit
tc Bruce Ochmanek
dirt 40 minutes prep for a 90 minute show.
df528 POM WONDERFUL – Masseuse
sd 21st April 2010
cast Dave Zabriskie
loc Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
dir/pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200AP @ 720/24pn
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt I’ve worked with professional actors who could learn a thing or two from DZ about memorizing their lines.
Masseuse
df527 VANSTON / COLLEN – PROJECT
sd 10th April 2010
loc North Hollywood, CA
dir/pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200AP @ 720/24pn
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt I suspect that my suggestion for “Cockney Farmboys” as a suitable moniker for their project was not taken seriously.
df526 CARL VERHEYEN – SOLOS
dir/pro Nigel Dick
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt I love it when Carl says,”Same shirt-alert!”
df525 NICKELBACK – This Afternoon
sd 30th, 31st March 2010
loc South Oaklawn Ave., South Pasadena, CA
cast Kevin Farley (beer truck dude), Nick Clark (ringleader), Tom Detrinis (cross-dressing student), Justin Beals (fake cop student), Eric Fallecker (Eric the student), Malcolm Devine (ballplayer #78), Matt Spanos (ballplayer #64), Holly Weber (female cop), Maynor Lopez (male cop).
pc DNA Films, LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Lewis Weinstein
dp Chris Probst
bcop Dan Ming
cs 35mm
ad Lennie Appelquist
art Evan Rohde
st Arielle Antoine
mu Kim Todd
ch Nicole Sciacca
ed Declan Whitebloom
ppp Brett Marx
tc Rob Sciaratta (Co. 3)
pfx Sunset Editorial
mix Jeff Fuller (Eleven)
mv 319
dirt The bass Mike plays is my old Stiff All Stars stalwart and previously appeared in Madness’s “Our House” video df.006. Ryan is playing a ’64 Gibson acoustic which I bought in a junk store in Kansas City Missouri while prepping for df 296.
df524 DICK’S RIDE
sd 22nd, 24th February, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 11th March 2010
loc Los Angeles CA
dir/pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Contour HD1080 Helmet Cam
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt The Helmet Cam doesn’t like bumpy bits.
df523 BREAKING BENJAMIN – Give Me A Sign
sd 18th February 2010
loc Goldwater Memorial Hospital, Roosevelt Island, New York
cast Shane Kearns (man), Hannah Fierman (girl), Tom Knutson (bald man), Walker Hare (angel), Zachary Shirley (boy).
pc DNA Films, LA
dir Nigel Dick
pro Lewis Weinstein
dp Joe Zizzo
cs Arri D21
ad Doug Torres
art Kai Lee
st Moses Moreno / Anna Shimonis
mu Nicole Blanco
ed Declan Whitebloom
ppp Cynthia Shreves
pfx Mark Leiss , Eli Guerron (Arsenal FX)
tc Rob Sciaratta (Co. 3)
mv 318
dirt Don’t ask me what I think about the new generation of digital cameras because, to quote the inimitable Peter Green, “I might not give the answer that you want me to!”
df522 STEVE LUKATHER – All’s Well That Ends Well
sd 4th, 5th, 8th-12th, 22nd, 23rd February, 8th,9th,12th April,
7th,11th,13th,17th, 24th May, 20th September 2010
loc Studio City, CA
cast Steve Lukather with…Carlitos Delpuerto, Jake Hayes, Tina Lukather, Trevor Lukather, Steve MacMillan, Jory Steinberg, Eric Valentine, CJ Vanston, Fee Waybill, Steve Weingart, Joseph Williams
dir/pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200AP @ 720/24pn, Flip Ultra HD
ed Eddi Ackit
mv 317 (Flash In The Pan)
dirt The board which reads “The state of Nigel’s penis.”
df521 CARL VERHEYEN – Bimbo
sd 2nd February 2010
loc Verheyen Towers, CA
dir/pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic DVX100a
ed Eddi Ackit
dirt This Bimbo has some nice knobs and a sexy attenuator button.
df520 GARMIN TRANSITIONS – Training Camp
sd 27th-30th January 2010
cast Julian Dean, Tyler Farrar, Frederik Kessiakoff, Dan Martin, David Millar, Christian Vande Velde, Johan Van Summeren, David Zabriskie & the rest of the Garmin Transitions Cycling Team.
loc Calpe, Spain
dir/pro Nigel Dick
dp D.P. Quickly
cs Panasonic HVX200AP @ 1080/30, Contour1080 Helmet Cam
ed Unknown (BBC Sports), Owen Gurwell (Garmin Edge 500)
dirt Breakfast in Alicante, dinner in Los Angeles. baggage in Madrid.
df519 STIFF ALL STARS – Something For The Weekend
sd Various January 2010
loc USA: Los Angeles CA, Austin TX, Houston TX, UK: Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Wallingford Japan: Tokyo
dir Nigel Dick / Andy Murray
cop Andy Murray / Nigel Dick / Various
cs Panasonic DVX100a, Canon 500D Digital SLR, Flip HD
ed Eddi Ackit
mv 316
dirt Made thru the web by over 50 folk in 5 countries on 3 continents.