Paper Jamz Promo in China
22 Nov
Shot & Directed by MIKE GONZALES & LOGAN McMILLAN | Witten by MIKE GONZALES | Shot on a Canon 550D & Canon 5D mk2
Recently I got asked to go to Hong Kong and shoot a promo for toy company Wow Wee.
My good friend Mike Gonzales works there and was a co-director on this project. Travelled across into mainland China to shoot in a factory. Was super hot. Interestingly we weren’t allowed to use any actors – so had to pick out our cast from the real factory workers on the morning of the shoot.
Another challenge was that none of the workers could speak or understand any english. So we had 2 translators – one from english to cantonese and one from cantonese to mandarin. It took forever to tell the ‘actors’ what we wanted them to do.
Ended up being a lot of fun though – and the workers had a great time!
Mike and myself setup a shot on the slider.
They provided 4 of us with something like 12 McDonalds combos for lunch!
Surrounded by merchandise.
Mike with his Canon 550D & 70-200mm f2.8 L series lens.
Trying to get some cool jumping shots. The actors loved this.
One of the funniest things of the shoot was Mike teaching the workers how to rock out.
China's very own Bruce Springsteen & Pe-Wee Herman
