NationofGO.com – Sunday Drive with Austin Speed Shop

All around Austin, TX, you see stickers encouraging you to Keep Austin Weird. Driving through town with the gang from Austin Speed Shop you feel like you’re doing your part. The Nation of GO Tour is a 20+-day road trip supporting the launch of nationofgo.com, a new social network for gearheads from BFGoodrich Tires. Equipped with cameras, a mobile editing suite and all the latest tools for social networking, the Nation of GO Tour is posting constant updates along the way. Pics. Videos. Anything cool we see.

• Production Company: Medium Monster
• Client: BFGoodrich – Nation of GO
• Role: Director, Camera Operator, Editor, and Colorist.
• Delivery Format: Quicktime 720/24p

Desert Attack from The SpeedHunters on Vimeo.

Speedhunters just posted this Willow Springs Redline Time Attack edit  on their site. It features some of my RED one footage from shooting the NFS Driver’s Film on Chris Rado and shooting the event. Be sure to look for my shot of Mike Essa and his LS powered FC kicking up a trail of dirt at 120fps.

Client: Mitsubishi Motors USA

Shot and edited in June 2009 for the launch of the Lancer Experience & Jim Russell Driving School program at Infineon Raceway.

A Medium Monster production. Ricky Chu and Will Roegge.

FIA GT3 VIDEO BATTLE from The SpeedHunters on Vimeo.

Rod Chong and Riley over at EA/Speedhunters have cut together a great edit of the footage we aquired in Italy at Adria Race Way.

Here is my pick for video of the week. With camera work by Rod Chong, Tripp Rhame, and myself. Enjoy.

Formula D, New Jersey – “The Guantlet” from Joshua Herron on Vimeo.

Joshua “Hobo/Bearded Eyeball Films” Herron’s latest compilation of drifting moments set to non-mainstream music selections. Mr. Hobo Herron’s videos keep improving in style and quality with each release. I’m very excited to see what’s next when the Formula Drift series comes to the city of sin. Las Vegas and we get to shoot on Hobo’s home turf. So pumped. Nice work Josh. 

Here is my final StreetFire.net, NHRA video from the Winternationals this year. With Chris Cunningham, Bob Tasca III’s Crew Chief. Chris does a stellar job of breaking down the parts of the car and the details of this mean V8 8,000HP Machine. Let me know if you learn something new – I did. 

Here is my finished piece for All Star Bash V. Let me know what you think. The song is one that I’ve been playing non-stop- “sleepyhead” the Wallpaper remix. More info on the video soon. Cheers.

NHRA Pomona was a busy weekend for us @ StreetFire.net – here is my most recent edit. Watch as Bob Tasca III explains burning out, staging, launching, and braking his 8,000hp Funny Car. 

Here is a quick edit I did for Streetfire.net from news market footage of the 2009 Geneva Auto Show. Some nice unveils, yeti, and concept cars of the future. What is your favorite car from the video? Lamborghini SV? Rolls Royce?

Efrain Olivares, who does public relations and management for Patrick Mordaunt, got me in touch with Genevieve Chappell and Velocity TV. They needed a camera operator/director of photography for a VARA race at Willow Spring back in November. Efrain was actually driving in the event and you can catch his interview towards the end of the video above. I frequently get to check out Willow for drift events, events like Subie Fest, and testing with drivers- but the VARA race was my first time filming vintage auto racing. Interestingly enough, some of my first exposure to racing was vintage racing in Pittsburgh, PA for the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. With my dad at Schenley Park- taking in the car show and watching the “pickle cars” drive by on the street based track. Being able to see vintage racing again was special. 

Working with the Velocity TV crew was great. Thats why I’m posting this video, it was shot back in November 2008- came out really well. Cheers to everyone involved. 

A few weeks ago, I went with Ricky Chu up to Cinema Vehicle Services in North Hollywood to shoot a video on the cars of the upcoming Fast and the Furious film. Here is my finished edit of the day with the cars and Fireball Tim. These cars were not the primary cars used in the film- but the stunt cars that took a beating to make the high speed action happen on film. Cropped to cinema widescreen to mimic the look of the official trailer and teasers for the Fast & Furious 4. Let me know what you think.

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The best clips from the week on Streetfire.net this quick video helps to show case some of the impressive cars- 360 Forged Wheels Ferrari 430, the funny the gigantic Sling Shot, and an insane 1,000HP Toyota Tacoma truck. 

Short filmmakers are awesome. They are forced to tell compelling stories with limited resources and within a short time frame. 

The 2009 Sundance Film Festival had an incredible short film program. 

This is my latest Sundance video. Shot by Elisha, Produced by Mike Mohan and Joe Beyer.

Edited and Color grading by me. 

Andrew DeYoung directs and Mark Harrison stars in Will Balance. Forget white balance, there is a new light temperature that is sweeping the filmmaking scene- Will Balance.

Andy and Mark cut this together with some white balance footage they had from their HP Panels videos. It was just the goofy thing that all of us needed yesterday- to make the day easier. I’m not sure if I should be honored or scared that they picked my credential photo to superimpose on the white balance card- thanks guys! haha. 

Game face. Its day Seven, for you non-spanish speaking numeral understanders. So scope these photos. 

Unseasonably warm, check out some of the snow melt around the ponds in this park across from our office. 

This statue better not be to scale. If so, I’m very frightened of bears. 

This lift is right by the office and at the top of the stairs by the office. What a tease. 

Banners in tow.

I really dig this wooden framed elevator. 

Trees, vertically. 

Day before the inauguration. Feeling patriotic- saw this outside of the Park City lift. 

Self portrait, dead serious. 

Presidential Inauguration video coming soon- response from the crowds in Park City and talking with filmmakers about art, politics, and the economy.

This past week, I got to shoot/edit some videos for the 2008 LA Auto Show. The content is for the crew over at Streetfire.net. Here are the first three videos(of the six I did) – Sexiest Cars of the LA Auto Show.

 
Greenest Cars @ at the LA Auto Show

Convertible Mania @ the 2008 LA Auto Show

Santa Monica Airport was the set of the 2010 Ford Mustang television and press debut. 2008 Irwindale Formula Drift champion and D1 World Champion driver Vaughn Gittin Jr drifted the new 2010 Ford Mustang in front of a live television audience and members of the press. Vaughn gave media rides in his backup Mustang GT outside of the airport hangar. Keep your eyes open for a Jarod DeAnda sighting and some Falken tires being melted into the pavement.

Congratulations to Rhys Millen on winning the Red Bull World Drifting Championship. For the RBWDC I was shooting for Wrecked Magazine. After the finals, Daijiro Yoshihara battling Rhys Millen, we caught up with Rhys at the podium and snagged this great interview.

I was able to insert some of Rhys’ best runs from the day into the edit. Check back to Wrecked Magazine and my blog for the final Red Bull World Drifting Championship videos and some Pro Am coverage. 

This past weekend was the Red Bull Word Drifting Championships. I had the opportunity to do some work for Wrecked Magazine and was stoked to be able to shoot his historic event. Motor sports events held in Southern California bring out the media. Local news, the print magazines, websites, blogs, and of course the teams themselves all want to record and capture the event. This makes it challenging to shoot at places like Irwindale Speedway or specialty events like the RBWDC. There are TONS of outlets who are trying to cram their lenses in the designated “photo holes” in the catch fences or media areas. Regardless of the crowds, I am always determined to do something different. Why get the same images as everyone else? Never. Until I get a few days to cut the full length edits for the World Championships here is a teaser that is currently up on Wrecked. Let me know what you think.

Wow. We profiled Ken Block @ Riceboytv.com and his Subaru WRX STi. This video done by Mad Media and apparently 0-60 Magazine, features some incredible driving and car control. Mr.Block whips his WRX through 360′s, tight quarters 180′s, all wheel drive drifts around buildings, and a moving axis doughnut around a Segway.

I love Gymkhana, hopefully someone can put together a gymkhana event and grow the sport in the United States.