Charles Lauren Films: The Blog

This one is more polished than the other ones I think – because we had to fly there! These little vignettes are all working towards the mega overview video sometime next month – until then check out San Jose from the eye of the Road to College Tour!

Kelsey had an absolutely fabulous time filming Selly and Joon’s wedding on April 11, 2010. It took place in one of our favorite locations- the West Lake Village Inn! We just keep coming back!  This day was extra special because we got to work with Caroline Tran Photography, Caroline and her husband. We love her work, it’s whimsical, passionate and she is just killer kewl to work with!

We also loved this crowd since they hailed from UCLA! We are Cal State Long Beach alums, but UCLA was our second choice- since it’s a fab school too! We learned an interesting new adaptation of a cheer that mocks their rival, who shall remain nameless, but let’s just say we like the new take on the cheer! Selly and Joon are a perfect match, they are so outgoing it’s contagious! But, most importantly they are strong determined individuals who are madly in love. We have great hopes for their marriage and future life together- I can’t stop seeing them smile. Congrats once more you two!

April 11, 2010 // Westlake Village Inn // Selly and Joon from Charles Lauren Films on Vimeo.

As we took off, LAX and the ocean were completely covered with clouds. The Santa Monica Mountains, however, kept the creeping cloud-cover from encroaching on the valley – as you can see.

We came up past the Encino Resevoir and got a great shot of the snowy mountains and smog!

This was a perfect bird’s eye view of Magic Mountain!

Check out Castaic Lake and the 5!

Sacramento sure looks different than LA

When we flew back from Sacramento, we even got to hang out with Lillian Kawasaki, who we used to work with when we made films at the Water Replenishment District, pretty serendipitous!

Boss boss, de plane, de plane! from Charles Lauren Films on Vimeo.

Westlake Village Inn and Calamigos Malibu // Highlights from Charles Lauren Films on Vimeo.

The California State University and AT&T Road To College 2010 Adventure! Watch highlights from the April 14 stops at Escondido High School and Oceanside High School in North San Diego County.

Just to give you a little more confidence in your purchasing decision with us – not only has the intro to Saturday Night Live now been shot with our Canon 5D motion picture camera, but the entire season finale episode of House has been shot with it. Same camera, same lenses, same support systems. This just adds one more aspect to our belief that our films are produced to the same quality specs that you would see on a Sundance film or network TV!

If you have 3 minutes, watch this very sad and emotional short film about the events of a person’s life. As you get older, it gets harder to remember where you have come from, everything gets more distant. But video, above all mediums, far more than pictures, can bring you right back into time. Video is the most powerful means on time travel we have – in 50 years, you will want to relive your wedding, and it will be profound. This film was shot with the same camera and lenses that we use on our wedding films!

“The Last 3 Minutes” From Shane Hurlbut, ASC from Shane Hurlbut, ASC on Vimeo.