Hockey. With that word, many things come to mind. Rough, fast, hard, tough. All of those words could accurately describe the sport. But as I filmed with the Essex Girls Youth Hockey Team, I found some other words that could be used: Respect, friendship, kindness, family. Essex Hockey is on to something, and hopefully that can be seen below.
Teaser:
Full Video:
Essex Hockey from Kayhl Cooper on Vimeo.
Over this past weekend, I worked alongside the rest of the Reel Life Productions crew to make an entry to the Fifty Hour Film Contest.
This is our fifth season of participating in the contest. The prompt is given out on Friday at 2:30 pm. The participants are challenged to create a finalized short film by Sunday night, following the guidelines set forth on Friday.
This year, the genre given in the prompt was “Mockumentary”. Shows such as The Office, or Modern Family are examples of this genre. The character given was an Evil Dictator. After a weekend of nonstop work, this is what Reel Life came up with…
I recently had the privilege of working with Rex’s Outrageous Road Crew Crunch to make a video for the launch of their new website. More work will be coming out as I work with them on their nation wide tour.
You can check out their website at: http://www.rexsoutrageous.com
As part of the Heart and Soul of Essex, I was invited to Austin Texas for a retreat/conference for community planning. I was mainly in charge of media for the trip, and was asked to create a video of the trip. Austin is a really cool place filled with music, spicy food, and cool animals. Also, the 87 degree weather was considered cold. So as we went from almost snow, to almost fire, I filmed. Enjoy.
I am extremely lucky to be involved with an organization called “The Heart and Soul of Essex”. One of my earlier videos was included with the submission that won a $100,000 grant for community planning. The exciting thing about this project is that the grant is not specifically intended for anything. The community as a whole decides what to do with it. To kick off this process, I created a video that was shown at the Launch Party.
Coming with the recent announcement of a new Production Company, is the announcement of a new Short Film. This is a project that me and the Reel Life Crew have been working on for the past few months. A teaser will be released very soon along with the full film to follow later on. For right now, you can check a poster and some behind the scenes pictures for the film.
Over the past few months, I have been working on multiple creative projects that will come out later this year. All of these videos will help kick start my new production company: Reel Life Productions. You can find out more about us on our facebook page, or on our youtube channel. Stay tuned for some exciting new projects!
I recently was involved with a very quick project which involved one of the most fun shoots I have ever been involved in. This video is about painting. Why is it exciting? It was slow-mo spray painting.
For the past couple weeks, I have been working on a type of project very new to me: Wedding Videos. These are unlike anything I have shot before, and are rewarding enough just in showing them and seeing a reaction. The videos have been a lot of fun to make, and I look forward to more!
I just recently finished up work on a video that was used to showcase athletic skills for colleges and other programs.
The video can be found here:
