New music video for Against Me! titled “Rapid Decompression”. Directed by Vern Moen. Filmed/Edited by Vern Moen and John Raines. Produced by Long Beach Film Company.
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Long Beach Film Company proudly presents our first PRODUCTION Reel (03.10).
Long Beach Film Company Production Reel – March 2010 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Featuring work with Mando Diao, The Dead Weather, Nikki & Rich, Jen in the Painting, Now By The Sea, The Shys, Against Me!, Delta Spirit, and Cold War Kids
We’re currently editing our new Production Reel (view our Documentary Reel). Also, we’re back in the saddle editing the Mando Diao film we’ve been filming with Matt Wignall for the last 2 years as well as preparing for the Plastiki voyage. Vern will be aboard the boat while John and Ryan are in-office, editing.
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Long Beach Film Company has finished some new blips for the band Broken Bells.
here is one:
Broken Bells Album Blip 1 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
the others can be found here:
Vern will be departing shortly with the Plastiki boat to sail across the Pacific Ocean. The project will include underwater camera work, ocean filming, underwater sound recording, and solar and man powered electrical systems. There is no follow boat, so we will be self-contained for about 40 days. We do have a proper satelite link and we’ll be uploading footage, photos, voice recordings, blogs, and tweets over the course of the whole trip. Everyone will be able to follow the voyage on the Plastiki website and we’ll provide other links for information and enjoyment as we get them.
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You can see a news segment released today regarding the Plastiki job we’re doing
Vern Moen has signed on to direct a new documentary feature film following the story of the “Plastiki“, a boat entirely made from recycled plastic bottles and other recyclables. It’s been conceived and built by David De Rothschild and his team over the past 2 years. Now, stationed in Sausalito, CA, the boat is undergoing final preparations before David and his team will attempt to cross the Pacific Garbage Patch through unto Sydney, Australia. Visit the boat’s website here: www.plastiki.com
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Here’s the unofficial music video for Cold War Kids, “Hair Down”. It’s from the backdrops that we did for Cold War Kids’ live shows for their upcoming tour. Matthew Maust really like this one so we made it a video. Directed/Filmed by Vern Moen.
Cold War Kids, “Hair Down” Promo from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Long Beach Film Company produced the current backdrops for the Cold War Kids concerts. They will be screening during the live shows behind the band. They were directed and filmed by Vern Moen. Edited by Vern Moen, Matthew Ryan Ford, and John Raines. A few of them star Kristen Carpenter.
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Released today.
New music video for Cold War Kids, “Audience Of One”.
Director/DP/Editor: Vern Moen
Producer: David William Price, Vern Moen
Production Company: Long Beach Film Company
Add’tl Editing: John Raines, Matthew Ryan Ford
Cold War Kids, “Audience Of One” from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Just released are the Broken Bells blips Long Beach Film Company produced a few months back. They we’re predominantly filmed at their music video for “The High Road” (which also premieres today here on MySpace) directed by Sophie Muller. The blips were directed/filmed by Vern Moen and they we’re edited by John Raines, Vern Moen, and Ryan Ford.
Blip #1
Untitled from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Blip #2
Broken Bells, “The High Road” Blip #2 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Blip #3
Untitled from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Blip #4
Untitled from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Blip #5
Untitled from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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We’ve recently finished filming a documentary for Japanese rock super-group, X Japan. Filming took place here in Los Angeles, CA over a 7 day period while they were filming 4 separate music videos. Filmed by Vern Moen, Rob Hauer, Kevin Phillips, and Eli Born. Release dates and format are unknown.
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Documentary Teaser has been released for the new band Nikki & Rich. It was produced by Long Beach Film Company and directed/edited by Vern Moen. The full documentary will be release with their album on January 19, 2010.
Long Beach Film Company will be presenting a film piece at the NYASA – Water Wells For Africa Winter Exhibit. The art exhibit will feature the photographic work of Long Beach Film Company collaborator Matt Wignall, as well as Matt Maust, Vern Moen, Karl Drehsen, Melinda Moen, and Stormy Monday. We will be premiering a short piece filmed by Vern Moen in 2008 on his 1 month trip into Malawi with the WWFA organization to document, support, and explore new possibilities in bringing water and life into the desolate locations in the country where the life expectancy of a adult male is 37 years old.
We’d like to ask you to join us on DECEMBER 20, 2009 at the James Gray Gallery in Santa Monica, CA from 7:00pm until 11:00pm and support a beautiful cause.
Long Beach Film Company is currently editing the Nikki & Rich short documentary, an art piece for Water Wells For Africa, and entering the final stages of post production for the feature length music documentary on Mando Diao, “28 Years Of Solitude”.
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We’ve officially gone into pre-production on the short film, “The Whaler”.
Synopsis:
Samuel Coffin, a whaler from the mid-19th century, has been living in Jim and Carrie’s garage in a suspended sort of existence, kept alive through communion with the artifacts of his forgotten trade. Jim’s detached emotional involvement causes his marriage to fall apart, leaving his relationship with Samuel to seemingly strengthen when Samuel’s song-writing finds them fame, fractured empathy, and, tragically, love. Caught in an emotional triangle, Jim soon finds himself surrounded by the confusions of a failing marriage, the betrayal of a friend, the loneliness of his own soul, and the realization that he may only be able to save one.
We’re aiming to film early January or February.
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We’re currently editing a new Cold War Kids music video.
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John Raines has completed filming/editing an experimental short documentary – his first. It features his band “Shakespeare & Friends” and includes live performance, field and studio recordings. It was produced by Long Beach Film Company.
This documentary was made for the release of Shakespeare&Friends’ first album, “like the proceedings of a drunken brain”
The album, which includes the film and a collection of artwork, is available completely FREE OF CHARGE here: Shakespeare&Friends
Long Beach Film Company has signed on to produce a short film and documentary for new Warner Brothers Records signing “Nikki & Rich”.
Our new 2009 DOCUMENTARY REEL is up and ready to be viewed. It highlights our productions from the year. See PROJECTS for more info.
Director / Cinematographer: Vern Moen
Editor: Vern Moen, John Raines, Ryan Ford
Produced by Long Beach Film Company
November 2009
Long Beach Film Company Documentary Reel – November 2009 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
We have began editing two (2) new demonstration reels for the Long Beach Film Company. One will highlight our documentary work and the other our production and narrative work. It will be released when it is complete.
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Samuel Lippke was the photographer at the first screening of “Jen In The Painting” here in Long Beach, CA on October 15, 2009. To view more photos travel to his blog.
(Nicole Pietrini, Matthew Aveiro, Vern Moen, Melinda Moen)
Thank you to everybody that come out and supported. We’re considering the evening a complete success.
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New teaser for Cold War Kids was released today. It was filmed in Long Beach, CA and San Pedro, CA. The teaser was directed and edited by Vern Moen, and addtional Editing was done by Ryan Ford and John Raines, all of Long Beach Film Company.
The teaser can currently be found on the Cold War Kids website or on YouTube:
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Vern Moen was a camera operator for the Fox Reality TV series “The Academy: Orange County Fire“. It will be premiering on Saturday, Oct 24, 2009. Here’s the trailer and a special with some behind the scenes:
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Version II of The Dead Weather‘s, “I Cut Like A Buffalo” has premiered on my space and is also available for viewing on YouTube. See “Projects“.
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Here’s another article from the OC Register about Matt Aveiro‘s “Jen In The Painting”. The film has it’s first screening in Long Beach, tomorrow, October 15, 2009. Tickets are free, but limited, and MUST be reserved at tickets@longbeachfilmcompany.com.
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One month ago, Long Beach Film Company moved into an office near historic downtown Long Beach.
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Long Beach Film Company has completed filming for rock band Cold War Kids, in San Pedro, CA.
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OC Weekly article on “Jen In The Painting” was released online here.
Our film will be premiered with Tim Cahill’s award winning short film, “The Oates’ Valor”. This is the trailer:
Long Beach Film Company has completed filming of a concert at the Viper Room for recent Warner Brothers Records signing, “Nikki and Rich“.
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The premiere for Matthew Aveiro’s film “Jen In The Painting” will be at the {Long Beach Art Theatre} on October 15, 2009. Doors will open at 9:30pm.
Tickets are free but must be reserved at: tickets@longbeachfilmcompany.com
A new music video for the band The Dead Weather, was released on October 2, 2009. “I Cut Like A Buffalo” was filmed and edited by Vern Moen, John Raines was the Assistant Cameraman and Assistant Editor, both of Long Beach Film Company. See the post in Projects for more details and to view the video.
The {Treat Me Like Your Mother} music video documentary mini-clips that were filmed by Vern Moen and produced by Long Beach Film Company, have been released. Here’s a link to the clips, press release, written interview with director Jonathan Glazer, and the music video itself all at Flux.net.
Experimental short film by Vern Moen, “Now By The Sea” has been completed and submitted to San Francisco Independent Film Festival and Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Long Beach Film Company recently completed filming/editing The Dead Weather performances at the Wiltern, the Mayan Theater, Glass House, and Third Man Records West Pop Up Store. Selects will be available on iTunes in the coming month.