Behind the scenes for Reynier Molenaar’s music-driven spot, PUMA SCRATCH. Shot with the Red One on location in Venice Beach, California. We wrangled 100 extras around an insane shooting schedule (57 VFX shots in 10 hours). Couldn’t have done it without lots of prep and the support an AMAZING crew!
Puma Scratch follows a Venice Beach DJ who discovers his music can control time.
Watch the full spot here.
Brand: Puma
Title: Scratch
Directed by: Reynier Molenaar
Production Company: Nascent Pictures
Producer: Reynier Molenaar
VFX by: Reynier Molenaar aka Pixelmutt
Director …
PUMA SCRATCH follows a Dogtown DJ who discovers his music can control time. Production Design and Key Art from Reynier Molenaar’s music-driven spot, set in Venice Beach, California.
Reynier’s visual stylesheets were used to unify the wardrobe and props used by a hundred extras in the spot. Other designs were used to bling out DJ Hymn’s turn-tables, which are usually plastered with all kinds of badass stickers in real life. To avoid copyright conflict, we took all the stickers off and replaced …
Reynier Molenaar’s production storyboards for his music-driven spot, PUMA SCRATCH.
Filmed in Venice Beach, California with 100 extras on an insane shooting schedule (57 VFX shots in 10 hours). It was necessary to have a meticulous plan in order to meet the technical needs of the script and also make the tight schedule. Reynier met with DJ Hymn during preproduction and shot hundreds of photos to get ideas for angles, which he then turned into storyboards.
The storyboards were used during pre-production …
Frame Grabs from Reynier Molenaar’s music-driven spot, PUMA SCRATCH. Shot with the Red One on location in Venice Beach, California. Puma Scratch follows a Dogtown DJ who discovers his music can control time.
Watch the full spot here.
Brand: Puma
Title: “Scratch”
Directed by: Reynier Molenaar
Production Company: Nascent Pictures
Producer: Reynier Molenaar
VFX by: Reynier Molenaar aka Pixelmutt
Director of Photography: Eli Jarra
1st Assistant Camera: John Charter
2nd Assistant Camera/Swing: Malili Dib
1st Assistant Director: Kelly Mahoney
2nd Assistant Director: Kris Andonov
Key Grip: Edwin Dennis
Grip: Mike Weinstein
Hair + Make-up: Jennifer …
Behind the scenes photos for Reynier Molenaar’s short film, REPLAY. Day 4 of the shoot sees the crew filming a harrowing building-jump in Venice, California followed by some guerrilla visual effect shots.
REPLAY is Reynier Molenaar’s international award-winning short film about a free-runner who who has exactly 4 minutes to catch a mysterious thief.
Watch the full short here.
Photos by Lara Solanki
Awards:
Best Action Film – Malibu International Film Festival
Best Action Film – 24fps International Film Festival
Best Sound Editing – 24fps International Film …
Behind the scenes photos for Reynier Molenaar’s short film, REPLAY. Day 3 of the shoot has the crew filming the bike chase sequence and stunts in Venice, California.
REPLAY is Reynier Molenaar’s international award-winning short film about a free-runner who who has exactly 4 minutes to catch a mysterious thief.
Watch the full short here.
Photos by Lara Solanki
Awards:
Best Action Film – Malibu International Film Festival
Best Action Film – 24fps International Film Festival
Best Sound Editing – 24fps International Film Festival
Audience Favorite – PBS …
Behind the scenes photos for Reynier Molenaar’s short film, REPLAY. Day 2 of the shoot shows the crew filming guerrilla stunt work and an eclectic array of exteriors in Venice, California.
REPLAY is Reynier Molenaar’s international award-winning short film about a free-runner who who has exactly 4 minutes to catch a mysterious thief.
Watch the full short here.
Photos by Lara Solanki
Awards:
Best Action Film – Malibu International Film Festival
Best Action Film – 24fps International Film Festival
Best Sound Editing – 24fps International Film Festival
Audience …
Behind the scenes photos for Reynier Molenaar’s short film, REPLAY. Day 1 of the shoot shows the crew filming interiors and exteriors at the Hollywood Downtowner Inn in Los Angeles.
REPLAY is Reynier Molenaar’s international award-winning short film about a free-runner who who has exactly 4 minutes to catch a mysterious thief.
Watch the full short here.
Photos by Lara Solanki
Awards:
Best Action Film – Malibu International Film Festival
Best Action Film – 24fps International Film Festival
Best Sound Editing – 24fps International Film Festival
Audience Favorite …
Before and after VFX are applied to an insert shot on Reynier Molenaar’s award-winning short, REPLAY. REPLAY follows a free-runner who who has exactly 4 minutes to catch a mysterious thief. We shot the clean VFX plates at Santa Monica College on a quiet day and then added the computer generated fans in post.
Watch the full short here.
Awards:
Best Action Film – Malibu International Film Festival
Best Action Film – 24fps International Film Festival
Best Sound Editing – 24fps International Film Festival
Audience Favorite …
Theatrical/Festival Poster for REPLAY, Reynier Molenaar’s international award-winning short film about a free-runner who who has exactly 4 minutes to catch a mysterious thief.
Poster Designed by Reynier Molenaar, aka Pixelmutt
Watch the full short here.
Awards:
Best Action Film – Malibu International Film Festival
Best Action Film – 24fps International Film Festival
Best Sound Editing – 24fps International Film Festival
Audience Favorite – PBS Reel 13 Contest
Top 10 Audience Favorite – Okanagan Film Festival
Directed by: Reynier Molenaar
Written & Produced by: Reynier Molenaar
Co-Producer: Giovanni Cortez
Director of Photographer: …