Our first feature documentary, Plastiki & the Material of the Future is slated to make it’s world premiere at Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, CO., May 25-28. We are excited to showcase our film for the first time. Special thanks to everyone that worked on the film and helped out over the last 2 years.
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We have recently upgraded our Post Facility to handle full 3D offline workflow. We also built some walls and put a bunch of technology inside them. We’ll have new content coming soon…in the third dimension.
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Here’s the new Director’s Reel for Vern Moen featuring both documentary, narrative, and commercial work as a Director, Cinematographer, and Editor for Long Beach Film Company and Paydirt Pictures.
Includes:
From The Basement – “Radiohead: The King of Limbs” (Director, Editor)
Niki & the Dove, “DJ Ease My Mind” (Director, Editor)
Foo Fighters: Garage Tour (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
“Mando Diao: 28 Years of Solitude” (Co-Director, Co-Cinematographer, Editor)
Cold War Kids, “Louder Than Ever” (Director, Editor)
“Plastiki and the Material of the Future” (Director, Cinematographer)
The Deadweather, “I Cut Like a Buffalo” (Cinematographer, Editor)
The Deadweather, “Flash Point Blank” (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Delta Spirit, “People C’mon” (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Cold War Kids, “Audience of One” (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Against Me!, “Rapid Decompression” (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
Mando Diao, “Dance With Somebody” (Director, Cinematographer, Editor)
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Here is our new DOCUMENTARY Reel from our more recent work. We’ll be putting together a Production Reel next week.
Long Beach Film Company – 2012 Documentary Reel
This reel includes:
Radiohead, “The King of Limbs” – From the Basement (Long Form Performance)
Foo Fighters, “Garage Tour” – Documentary/Concert Tour
Cold War Kids, “Audience of One” – Music Video
“Plastiki and the Material of the Future” – Feature Documentary
“Mando Diao: 28 Years of Solitude” – Feature Documentary
La Mer, “Harvest” – Commercial
The Dead Weather, “Flashpoint Blank” – Documentary/Concert
Nikki & Rich – EPK/Documentary
Water Wells For Africa – Non-Profit Promotional/Documentary
Nike, Camp Hatfield – Documentary (Short Form)
Against Me!, Rapid Decompression – Music Video
All work was directed by Vern Moen.
Edited by Vern Moen, Ryan Ford, John Raines, Kyle Gilbertson.
Cinematography by Vern Moen, John Raines, Matt Wignall.
Produced by Long Beach Film Company, Dilly Gent & Son, Shooter Classics, Myoo Media, From The Basement, The Hobosoul.
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Still working on the film, but here’s the trailer:
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New music video we did for Niki & the Dove was just released a few days ago.
Director/Editor – Vern Moen
Producer – Jonathan Wang
Director of Photography – Eli Born
Gaffer – Daniel McNutt
Production Designer – Jason Kisvarday
Stylist – Corban Poorboy
Hair/Makeup – Julia Papworth
Video Commissioner – Dilly Gent
Production Company – Long Beach Film Company
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We are proud to present the trailer and website for Plastiki and the Material of the Future. The website is in it’s first phase, just housing the trailer, but we’ll be adding more content in the next couple weeks.
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If you choose to, you can now pre-order Radiohead’s From The Basement performance of The King of Limbs here. It is directed and edited by Vern Moen.
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We officially gone into pre-production for The Whaler, a short film directed by Vern Moen and written by Jesse Gloyd. First part of filming will be this weekend. We’ve created a Kickstarter account for all of those interested in (monetarily) joining us on this magically journey. Here it is.
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Long Beach Film Company has officially submitted “Plastiki and the Material of the Future” to Sundance. While it is only the rough cut, we are optimistic. We are working on the trailer for the film now, and it should be released soon, as should the website.
“The Whaler”, a short film written by Jesse Gloyd and Vern Moen, is now going into pre-production. Jonathan Wang will be Producing, Vern Moen will be Directing, and Wyatt Garfield will be the Director of Photography.
We have cleaned the office and it’s quite nice.
Vern Moen and John Raines did all the editing for the recent single from Niki & the Dove.
C) 2011 Artist Company TEN AB under exclusive licence to Mercury Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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Vern Moen, Jonathan Wang, and Daniel McNutt have recently returned from filming in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Beijing, China. The footage will be incorporated into our current documentary film: Plastiki and the Material of the Future.
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The Foo Fighters Garage Tour documentary, in it’s forty minutes of entirety, has made it’s world premiere on YouTube. Director and Editor is Vern Moen. Camera Operator and Additional Editing from John Raines. Produced by Rachel Curl-Medina through Hello! and Co.
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Vern Moen was recently interviewed by Ragged Band writer Ben Bishop in regards to the upcoming Plastiki documentary, responsibilities in filmmaking, and other engaging topics. Ragged Band
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Long Beach Film Company has entered the final phase of production and post production for the feature documentary film about the adventure of Plastiki and humanity’s relationship with plastic. We hope to be completed by the end of September 2011 in order to make the festival circuit in 2012.
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Vern Moen recently completed underwater filming for La Mer on Vancouver Island, documenting the sustainable harvesting practices of kelp by the First Nations people.
(All photos are untouched. Copyright Vern Moen 2011.)
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Long Beach Film Company has recently completed post production on an episode of British music show, From The Basement featuring Radiohead performing tracks from their most recent album, “King of Limbs”. The show was directed and edited by Vern Moen. Assistant editors are John Raines, Ryan Ford, Ivan Vejar, Steven Wetrich, and Kyle Gilberston.
This is an excerpt from the full-length, featuring the track, “Staircase”. The full-length, hour-long show will broadcast on the BBC worldwide and other channels at the end of the month.
From The Basement – Radiohead – “Staircase” from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Some personal photographs from our recent travels:
Vern Moen
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We are currently in post-production on the Radiohead “From The Basement“, the Foo Fighters Garage Tour Documentary, and the Plastiki Film.
In pre-production, we have a short film called The Whaler, written by Jesse Gloyd and Vern Moen.
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Vern Moen will be traveling to the United Kingdom at the end of the month to direct the Radiohead show for From The Basement. Long Beach Film Company will be editing the show which is slated to broadcast world wide on the BBC in June. Press Release
Here’s the Seattle show. Filmed/Edited/Posted in 12 hours.
Director/DP/Editor: Vern Moen
Camera Operator/Asst. Editor: John Raines
Production Company: Hello!
Foo Fighters – Garage Tour – Seattle from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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This is the second of three videos that we completed back to back in three days while on tour with the Foo Fighters. This is the 6th show that we’ve filmed for them in the past 3 weeks. You can also go to Foo Fighters website for more information.
Director/DP/Editor – Vern Moen
Camera Operator/Editor – John Raines
Production Company: Hello!
Foo Fighters – Garage Tour – Dallas from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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We filmed/edited/posted three shows, back-to-back, in 3 days. This is the first of the three. The Director and Editor is Vern Moen. Camera Operator and Assistant Editor is John Raines. Produced by Hello!.
Foo Fighters – Garage Concert Tour – Denver from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Edited in 12 hours from our hotel room and inside a 10-passenger van. Director/Editor: Vern Moen, Camera Operator/Assistant Editor: John Raines. Produced by Hello!.
Foo Fighters – Garage Concert Tour – Chicago Show from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Here’s the third video we completed for the Foo Fighters current Garage Tour. This was filmed, edited, and posted in 24 hours, by Vern Moen and John Raines. Produced by Hello!.
Foo Fighters – Garage Concert Tour – Toronto Show from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Here’s the second video we did (12 hr turnaround):
Foo Fighters – Garage Concert Tour – Washington D.C. Show from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Director/Editor: Vern Moen
Cam Op/Editor: John Raines
Production Company: Hello!
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Here’s the first video John and Vern shot/edited while on tour with the Foo Fighters. It was edited/posted within 12 hours of the show, with some of the editing taking place in the back of a van. We’ll be posting more videos as they are released. Produced by Hello!.
Foo Fighters – Garage Concert Tour – New York Show from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Vern Moen and John Raines will be on tour filming with the Foo Fighters until the end of the month. We’ll be in NY, Washington D.C., Toronto, Chicago, Minneapolis, Dallas, Denver, and Seattle. We’ll be posting clips on the band website, of which we will provide the links to as well. The tour is being produced by Hello!
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We recently uploaded some of our older videos from 2009 to our Vimeo account. Feel free to view them if you’d like to:
Mando Diao, “Dance With Somebody”
Mando Diao, “Dance With Somebody” from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
The Dead Weather, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” Behind the Scenes 1
The Dead Weather, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” Behind the Scenes from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
The Dead Weather, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” Behind the Scenes 2
The Dead Weather, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” Behind the Scenes from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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Long Beach Film Company has just returned from filming in Hawaii for the International Marine Debris Conference and a harrowing day at Kamilo Beach on the Big Island.
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Vern Moen, David Price, and John Raines were in Ft. Worth and Austin, Texas last week filming for our plastic documentary. We filmed a scene with the great Dixie Longate as well as a visit to PlastiPure in Austin.
Taken in Berlin, Portland, Seattle, Long Beach.
Long Beach Film Company will be moving it’s offices to downtown Los Angeles in the Artist District on March 1, 2011. Our new address will be:
440 Seaton Street, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Vern Moen and John Raines have recently completed filming of a new music video for Nicole Atkins. The video was directed by Julian Acosta. Vern Moen was the Director of Photography and John Raines filmed behind the scenes content.
Long Beach Film Company has just completed production on a new segment for American Idol. It will be aired tomorrow evening during the show. Directed by Julian Acosta. Vern Moen was the DP and John Raines the Assistant Camera. It was produced by David Price.
We’re currently working on a spec trailer for the Plastic film, a new cut of Jen In The Painting, a new Cold War Kids video, and we’ve recently completed a rough cut of our longest running project to date – Mando Diao, “28 Years of Solitude”. We should have a proper trailer for that soon as well.
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New “Louder than Ever” music video for Cold War Kids.
Cold War Kids, “Louder Than Ever” from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Director: Vern Moen
Producer: Jonathan Wang
Cinematographer: Kevin Phillips
Editor: Vern Moen
Commissioner: Michelle An
Production Manager: David Price
Assistant Director: Jesse Fleece
Production Designer: Ashley Fenton
Sylists: Michelle Williams, Kacy Byxbee
Hair: Jenna Keller
Makeup: Erin Nichols
Gaffer: Wyatt Garfield
Key Grip: Greg Karamov
1st AC: Dylan Johnson
2nd AC: Scott Johnson
2nd Camera: John Raines
Assistant Editors: John Raines, Ryan Ford
Production Company: Long Beach Film Company
Label: Interscope
Starring: Tamara Feldman, Devin Weiner, Daniel Durakovic
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We haven’t posted much as we are currently in production of our Plastic Documentary and finishing up our Mando Diao Documentary. We’re deep into the world of plastics, and finding something so commonplace to be completely fascinating. We’ve had some fantastic interviews so far and we’ve been filming in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Brussels, and Dusseldorf.
Here are some links that we’ve stumbled upon from all sides of the plastic story:
Plastics Make It Possible
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Bioplastic Magazine
Plastic Bag Facts
Endocrine Disruption Exchange
American Chemistry Council
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Vern Moen worked as 2nd Camera on the new Kings Of Leon music video, “Radioactive”. Directed by Sophie Muller.
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Vern Moen and Matt Wignall are currently completing production on the Mando Diao documentary, “28 Years of Solitude”, in Sweden and Germany. ///
The Plastiki left San Francisco on March 22 and recently arrived in Sydney, Australia, successfully crossing the Pacific Ocean. Vern Moen was onboard, filming the journey, for an upcoming Long Beach Film Company documentary film about humanities relationship to plastic.
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Vern Moen has signed on to edit a short film and commercial for cosmetic company La Mer. The project is directed by Matt Tomaszewski and starring January Jones. Filmed in Belize.
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Vern has returned from filming aboard the Plastiki. He completed approximately 3,800 nautical miles over 39 days sailing from San Francisco to Kiribati, Line Islands. Vern’s wife, Melinda, gave birth to their first son, William Grizzly Moen, while Vern was at sea. William and Melinda are very healthy and happy, especially William who has received a Best Made Co Axe as his birthright. Vern is in town until he will reunite with the Plastiki somewhere around Fiji in approximately 25 days and sail towards their final destination of Sydney, Australia.
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John Raines’ Cinematography Reel, featuring some of his latest work/
New PRODUCTION Reel for Long Beach Film Company.
Edited by Matthew Ryan Ford
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New video has been released for Against Me!.
Directed by Vern Moen
Cinematography by Vern Moen, John Raines
Edited by Vern Moen, John Raines
Produced by Long Beach Film Company
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Three new blips for the band Broken Bells all created by Long Beach Film Company.
Broken Bells Album Blip 1 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Broken Bells Album Blip 2 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Broken Bells Album Blip 3 from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Cinematographer: Vern Moen
Editor: John Raines
They can be found here:
http://vimeo.com/album/194198
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This is the project trailer for the Plastiki adventure.
The Plastiki – Project Trailer from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
Director: Vern Moen
Cinematography: Dustin Lynn, Vern Moen
Editor: Vern Moen, Ryan Ford, John Raines
Production Company: Long Beach Film Company
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Trailer for the Plastiki, a 60 ft. catamaran made of entirely revolutionary plastics, and it’s impending voyage across the south pacific towards sydney, australia.
built and assembled in san fransisco, CA, the Plastiki is made of 100% perfectly recyclable materials. it stays afloat by means of 12,500 2 liter plastic bottles, and it’s body and sails (made out of new products like srPET) are completely one-of-a-kind, and are recyclable to the extent that they could literally be made back into a bottle or jacket or anything with a single step.
David De Rothschild, the founder of Adventure Ecology and the Plastiki Expedition, created this project in order to more effectively inform the world about the nature of plastic. although plastic never decomposes, and this has caused various degrees of pollution, it is also recyclable like no other substance, and so “we ought to stop viewing plastic as a problem and start seriously considering it as a viable renewable resource”. the solution to the problem of plastic is plastic itself.
David and his team intend to demonstrate this by sailing this plastic boat thousands of miles to australia, and then recycle the entire boat right there in sydney.
Produced by Long Beach Film Company.
Edited by Vern Moen, John Raines, Matthew Ryan Ford
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Plastiki Project Trailer from Vern Moen on Vimeo.
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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This is a video we did before we were Long Beach Film Company. It debuted December 2008. It was directed by Vern Moen and Matt Wignall and edited by Vern Moen.
Mando Diao – “Dance With Somebody”
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This is an edited show reel displaying some of the DOCUMENTARY projects Long Beach Film Company produced in the past year.
Projects included are:
“28 Years Of Solitude”, Mando Diao
“Flash Point Blank”, The Dead Weather
“02.08 to 06.08″, Cold War Kids
“I’ve Seen Enough”, Cold War Kids
“Water Wells For Africa”
“Hang You From The Heavens”, The Dead Weather
Ever Clothing Promo
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.
Filmed and Edited by Vern Moen. Behind the scenes at the Jonathan Glazer directed “Treat Me Like Your Mother” music video for The Dead Weather.
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A short one-minute Teaser for the Cold War Kids upcoming album, “Behave Yourself”:
Director/DP: Vern Moen
Producer: Dave Price
Editor: Vern Moen
Assistant Editor: Matthew Ryan Ford, John Raines
Gaffer: Matthew Harfield
Assistant Camera: John Raines
Production Company: Long Beach Film Company
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Here’s the alternate version to the video “I Cut Like A Buffalo” by The Dead Weather. The video was directed by Jack White with Vern Moen as cinematographer and editor and John Raines as Assistant Camera and Assistant Editor. It premiered on MySpace here./
Jen In The Painting Premiere will take place at the Long Beach Art Theatre on October 15, 2009. Doors open at 9:30pm. Tickets are free but must be reserved at: tickets@longbeachfilmcompany.com///
Music video completed for the song, “I Cut Like A Buffalo” by The Dead Weather. Jack White was the Director. Vern Moen was the DP and Editor. John Raines was the Assistant Cameraman and Assistant Editor. Filming took place at Third Man Records, Nashville, TN. Edited at NorthStar Studios, Nashville and Long Beach Film Company, Long Beach, CA/
The short film, “Jen In The Painting” was recently produced by Vern Moen and Long Beach Film Company. The film was written and directed by Matthew Aveiro, and stars Pete Chekvala, Nicole Pietrini, and Paige Stark.
Editing, Sound Design, and Sound Mix were done at Long Beach Film Company by Vern Moen, John Raines, and Ryan Ford.
Music by Katie Raines, John Raines, and songs provided by Richard Swift.
Project is awaiting premiere/