February, 2010
My latest update, one topic at a time...
RJD2-
DJ and producing legend RJD2 just released his new album, Colossus, in January. I directed/produced a music video for the track "The Glow." As you'll see, many toys went into the making of this video, which I mostly shopped for in 99cent stores across American on my other gigs. I'm just happy now that the project is over, that I no longer have to go through the security line with a stash full of barbie dolls in my bag. That got a little weird.
MTV-
Started shooting a new series for MTV which has me traveling on the road quite heavily. Between all the connecting flights with puddle jumpers galore, I believe I've seen the people of the world turn into tiny ants on lift-off and return to a 1:1 scale once again upon landing over 100 times. And every single time when I have a window seat, like a 10 year old, I get excited and have my face plastered to the window. Don't think that swift change of perspective will ever get old for me.
Subway-
Good 'ol branded entertainment. Subway, always "keepin' it fresh" did a collab with MTV Iggy of artists across the country who keep it fresh. I had a chance to film with Quest Crew again for this project, as well as DJ Homeboy Sandman.
New York-
Brad Hasse and Bradonio Productions now call New York home once again. Things started up bi-coastal between September to December, and then I finally made the official move in mid-December. I've been warned heavily about settling into the city for the winter, but so far actually love it. Life is good with seasons and some extremes. Although I've been on the road for a lot of it, half my destinations haven't exactly been much warmer either. So, here's me tipping a proverbial glass to winter, so far... your icy touch makes me feel oh so good.
August, 2009- Back on the road again... this will be a 24 hour travel day to make it back out to the south of Italy to present the work I created for the Maratea Film Festival. I've already had my "fall asleep before the plane even takes off" nap, and now it's time for a $5 sandwich with meat that, if it weren't for me putting it in my belly, could have survived even an atomic war.
I fly, I ride a train, I hop in a car, I drop off my bags, and then it's off to the festival an hour later. To kick off the festival there is a video by Francis Ford Coppola on the region of Basilicata (the region in which the town of Maratea calls home). And up next will be the work that I created for the festival. Who would have thought that my inability to properly pronounce words in Italian would have progressively be turning into such a good career opportunity? Well, Arnold Schwarzenegger did it in America, I mine as well capitalize on it in Italy.
Il Viaggio di Bradonio a Maratea, parte 1
Il Viaggio di Bradonio a Maratea, parte 2
Maratea Film Festival
August, 2009- In Phoenix to direct another campaign with the Knoodle agency. The campaign "Dine4AZ.com" for Shamrock Foods will be airing in September.
August, 2009- Been awhile since I've posted any updates. The good news is that this is because I've been slammed over the past few months with projects, the bad news is that it means that I no longer know what "sleep" means. I'm happily taking the trade off though.
Here are some highlights...
-Current TV -Editing a doc for the Vanguard series, to be aired this fall.
-Quest Crew (winners of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV) -Created their new promo video.
-Circuito Off Film Festival (Venice, Italy) -"Sorry... I'm Still Learning Italian" was accepted into the festival. This will be my second year in a row that something has played there. New goal: hat trick in 2010.
-NAMM "Wanna Play" competition -Teamed up with Chanel Eakin and won first place for our video "The Gift."
-Telly Awards -Received the Bronze award for the "I Am Kidney" campaign that I directed and edited for the Arizona Kidney Foundation back in 2008.
-Police Sunglasses -Shot the web viral "Are Younique?" with director Lorenzo Fonda.
-Plymouth, England -Filming at the OSTAR races for the documentary "Out There." 32 skippers, all solo on their own boats, sailing across the Atlantic.
-Maratea, Italy -Creating the promotional content for the Maratea Film Festival.
-United Colors of Benetton -Completed some videos for the "Hello World" campaign, showing on the front page of the site and soon in stores worldwide.
-Teamed up with dancer Marissa Labog and musician Lights.On for another quick dance short.
-The Airborne Toxic Event -Did the behind the scenes video for the TATE music video, directed by DJ Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia).
-VIMBY.com -Videos created about Quest Crew, Krazy Kujo, Ida Maria, Mateo @ the Roxy, and Angus & Julia Stone.
March, 2009- The perfect mix between MTV Iggy and Bradonio! I did a dispatch this month on Italian born, Japanese inspired, LA based artist Simone Legno of the brand tokidoki.
March, 2009- Completed another experimental dance video, this time with bboy Tailz with music by Lights.On
February, 2009- I filmed a lot with MTV Iggy again this month, including pieces with actors Daniel Henney (from the new X-Men film), John Cho (Harold and Kumar, Star Trek), Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), Bai Ling (Crank: High Voltage), and the musical artist BoA from Korea. We also opened up the Getty Museum for a day and shot stand-ups for the Iggy show with host Angela Sun.
Here's Angela and I kindly working with each other...
All clips either are available or will be available soon on www.MTVIggy.com.
February, 2009- Filmed at the Indie Spirit Awards with Rai TV.
February, 2009- Here's a little improv video shot in the rain last week with dancer Amy "Catfox" Campion. Music by Burbuja.
February, 2009- I heard about the "Best Job in the World" a little while ago, realized that only about a 'few' tens of thousands of people would apply for it, so figured it'd be a good idea if I did as well. The gig would include six months in the Great Barrier Reef, filming, photographing, blogging, and exploring... not bad, eh?
Here's the video, it contains a few of my favorite moments on the road (when cameras were rolling that is) crammed into 60 seconds:
January 11, 2009- Filming with Rai TV at the Golden Globes.
December 20, 2008- Spec spot created (with writers/actors Deena Adar and Kai Collins) for Aquafina wins first place on GeniusRocket.com. Be on the lookout for the web viral to be released in early 2009.
December 16, 2008- In Phoenix, directing a spot with Knoodle for the Az Culinary Institute.
October 25, 2008- Back on the road with Rock Corps, this time teaming up with Xbox and rapper Wale at the University of Maryland for the weekend.
October 17, 2008- MTV Iggy launches their site! I've been directing, shooting, and editing segments for them, and will give links as soon as they are posted.
September 21, 2008- Just returned from Arizona, where I directed another spot with Blade Editorial. "It's Happening" for the Downtown Phoenix Partnership will air in early October.
September 10, 2008- A double hitter today, I celebrated my birthday while simultaneously getting settled into my new apartment in Los Angeles.
Still taking on projects worldwide, but now based out of Southern California.
September 4, 2008- "Hey Ted..." featured in the Circuito Off Film Festival in Venice, Italy.
August 20, 2008- Teamed back up with MTV Iggy to film "Inner-View" with Margaret Cho.
August 15, 2008- On a personal note, a few weeks after I left Italy I found out my Italian Citizenship was finally accepted! I'm now a dual citizen, meaning I can work/live anywhere in the European Union as a local (no visa hassle).
August 9, 2008- "Hey Ted..." featured in Hermosa Shorts Film Festival, put on by Saatchi & Saatchi.
July 30, 2008- And... back in Italy again wrapping things up at FABRICA. After a year and a half I have to bid farewell to this beautiful country. The experience hasn't been without it's difficulties though, as showcased in my latest sketch "Sorry... I'm Still Learning Italian."
Italia, ci vediamo presto.
July 1, 2008- Back in Phoenix and directing three spots for the Arizona Kidney Foundation. Thanks to Blade Editorial and Knoodle for bringing me onto the project.
June 11, 2008- "Moments that Matter" featured on boardsmag.com. You can view them here and here.
March 15, 2008- Another collaboration with Donovan Baddley, "Moments that Matter" (our MTV spec spots) finished up this week. Special thanks to Scott Heinrich for Art Directing the spots.
November 20, 2007- I've teamed up with Donovan Baddley to create the short film "Hey Ted, whatdoyouthinkaboutmegettingoutofherealittleearlytoday?" Shooting wrapped this week and post will finish up after the much needed holidays.
November 12, 2007- Extended my contract at FABRICA here in Treviso, Italy. Perfetto, non ero pronto per andare via!
November 10, 2007- Back in Shanghai, China. This time to film the eArts Festival for FABRICA
September 15, 2007- My latest video for the Benetton stores 'Choose' is complete. Special thanks to Riky Rock for being featured in this piece.
September 5, 2007- In Stockholm, Sweden filming for Stock Exchange of Visions
August 15, 2007- Venice during sunset
A photo I snapped and touched up from yesterday in Venice.
August 10, 2007- Puglia
Vacation time... I made it down to the region where it all began (in an overly dramatic voice), the region where my Grandmother was born, I finally had a week to explore some of the hot spots and traditions on my own.
June 19, 2007
The interview with Al Gore that I shot for the Stock Exchange of Visions is online. Click here to view.
June 15, 2007
FABRICA: Les Yeux Ouverts exhibit opens at the Milan Triennale. My videos "Hard to Replace" and interviews for "Stock Exchange of Visions" are being shown.
May 10, 2007
Just returned from doing a series of interviews for Stock Exchange of Visions and other FABRICA projects. Over the last 18 days we went to Valencia, Spain, Washington DC and San Diego in the US, Melbourne and Brisbane in Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand.
April 2, 2007
The "Public Alarm" road safety campaign for the World Health Organization (United Nations) that I created with Alex Healy (from London) and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (from Madrid) of FABRICA just wrapped. The spots will air worldwide later this month.
March 16, 2007
"Not Your Average Travel Guide -St. Patrick\'s Day" airs on Travel Channel, 10:30pm EST/PST. I directed/hosted/shot/edited/co-produced the show.
February 4, 2007
Some pics from this weekend in Venice...
January 13, 2007
"Not Your Average Travel Guide -Dublin" airs on Travel Channel, 10:30pm EST/PST. I directed/hosted/shot/edited/co-produced the show.
November 15, 2006
Moved to Italy to work with FABRICA!
November 11, 2006
Last weekend in New York...
I wonder if George (of "George's Pizza") can Fed-Ex some slices to me...
November 11, 2006
Video I created for FABRICA will be used in the Pompidou exhibit in Paris throughout October
September 28, 2006
Project: B-Boy got accepted into Visionfest Film Festival in New York.
September 22, 2006
Just returned from Italy to visit with Fabrica. A little vacation time was added into the mix as well.
August 25, 2006 Project: B-Boy made it\'s way into the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.
August 24, 2006
Some random shots from New York...
August 5, 2006
I received the Emerging Filmmaker Award in the short documentary category at the Woods Hole Film Festival for Project: B-Boy.î
August 13, 2006
Monday night I filmed the band Phoenix (they're from France), the band French Kicks (they're from New York), and in case you didn't know, I'm from Phoenix. I thought that was pretty funny... well, no, I actually thought that was hilarious.
August 1, 2006 Project: B-Boy" plays at the Woods Hole Film Festival up in Cape Cod this upcoming weekend. Wish us luck!
July 15, 2006
Mission Accomplished
A little more than about 13 miles and 5 hours later... we succeeded in walking the length of Manhattan, started in the Bronx and ended in Battery Park. It was fun walking and talking with some friends, seeing the changes from neighborhood to neighborhood, mile after mile but even more fun to kick my feet up after it was all over.
Yeah, I'm sure glad to have that goal checked off my weird things to do while living in Manhattan list. Here's a pic from the end, with a really really really really really really really small Statue of Liberty behind us and to the left of the photo.
July 10, 2006
Italy just won the World Cup! A pic from Little Italy in New York
July 9, 2006
Another great weekend, this time in Detroit, shooting for Boost Mobile Rock Corps.
June 29, 2006
Pics from my hood
June 27, 2006
The engineer in the family
My brother, with his engineering and more analytical background, decided to find out why he was balding. After taking the following photo with his daughter, and a few equations later, he got it all figured out.
Thanks Brian for sending the pic/diagram to me, I'll make sure to wear a hat next time I babysit.
June 20, 2006
Just found out that Project: B-Boy got accepted into the Woods Hole Film Festival up in Cape Cod at the end of July! I\'m going to start saving up now for some really good lobster.
June 19, 2006
Project: B-Boy airs at the SILVERDOCS Film Festival.
Me giving it a go at the "air-e-oke" competition. I had whiplash for three days.
June 14, 2006
My Dean Martin & Giuliani conspiracy theory
Ever hear the conspiracy theory that if you watch The Wizard of Oz, wait for the third lion's roar, and then hit play on Pink Floyd's "The Wall" album, that the rest of the movie is perfectly in sync with it? Never tried it, but heard it works pretty well (although I'm not sure of the sobriety of my sources as they tried it).
Well, after today I'm fully convinced that in a similar fashion (but completely sober)- if you start at the south end of Central Park in NY, wait for the signal to start blinking "walk," and hit play on the song "All I Do is Dream of You" by Dean Martin while strolling down 8th Ave.... that the entire city is completely synced up to it. I'm sure Giuliani had something to do with it, but have no conclusive evidence as of now. As I do more research and fit more Dean Martin songs with different neighborhoods I'll let you know my findings.
If you are to try it on your own, the most important part is to "stroll" and not "walk." Lose that detail, and the theory is bust.
-Brad
P.S. I heart NY
May 1, 2006
"NHOI World Tour DVD" is now on sale in the U.S. and Japan
