My First Video!

I am excited to share with you my very first video!  (you can view here: www.daniellehallimages.com or watch at the end of this blog) I had the opportunity to team up with Jack C. Perry from LA to create a fun video of kids on their way to a surprise birthday party.  It is fun and was pretty exciting to make!  

There were a lot of people involved in helping out with the production of this video.  Ali Cohen pulled wardrobe and Renee Rael did hair and make-up. All talent were from JE Model Management.  (Thank you Shannon and Kat for helping out with casting!)  Great kid’s and parent’s. 

It was a long day and we were very ambitious with the amount of shots we put together to create the story.  It was interesting to see how everything unfolded and the similarities as well as the differences in the thought process of creating a moving picture compared to a still. 

You might think we shot the elements in the order you see in the video.  Quite the opposite.  Everything was scheduled according to where the location was and the time of day best to shoot.  This helped us order our shot list.  (just like a still shoot)

Once we had the order of our shot list we were then able to schedule each of the kids while taking into consideration the distance each had to travel. 

At one point we had all 9 kids at one time!  This was the actual birthday scene.  It was great watching them get so into it…but I think cake makes everyone happy.  They even got excited about the fake presents!  :o)  

I have been trying to think of one really great moment from the shoot but there were quite a few of them.  The BESTEST would have to be seeing how much fun all the kids had.  They all came in a little nervous and not really knowing what to expect but left with great big smiles, some cool props and wardrobe.

Cant wait to do another one!  Thank you all for your support.  Guys…WE ROCKED IT!

And here it is!

Surprise Birthday! from Danielle Hall on Vimeo.



Thanks for watching!


Danielle Hall