Ryan Rickett http://ryanrickett.com Director Portfolio Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:38:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 BOOM BIP PROMO http://ryanrickett.com/2011/boom-bip-promo/ http://ryanrickett.com/2011/boom-bip-promo/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:51:51 +0000 rickett http://ryanrickett.com/?p=453 Boom Bip‘s new album Zig Zaj dropped this week.  Check out the promo video I made for “Manabozh” and some behind the scenes shots.

WATCH VIDEO

]]> http://ryanrickett.com/2011/boom-bip-promo/feed/ 153 FERRARI! http://ryanrickett.com/2011/ferrari/ http://ryanrickett.com/2011/ferrari/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:02:08 +0000 rickett http://ryanrickett.com/?p=375 Read On...]]> I am proud to present my new spot for Ferrari, featuring the iconic red 458 Italia:


BEHIND THE SCENES:

We spent two days shooting in a parking garage in Beverly Hills, and all over the streets of Los Angeles. Here are some behind the scenes moments in Beverly Hills:


Our DP Todd Bell setting up for a camera test

Bryant Kreaden, aka “The Producer”

Hard not to smile with your hand on a Ferrari

I can safely say I never thought I would be around so many Ferraris in my life

Ever wondered what a Ferrari key looks like?

Shooting Red, the Ferrari of cameras… I digress

Bryant working hard

]]> http://ryanrickett.com/2011/ferrari/feed/ 713 TOYOTA COROLLA – “MAKING THE SHOT” http://ryanrickett.com/2011/toyota-spot/ http://ryanrickett.com/2011/toyota-spot/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:03:17 +0000 rickett http://ryanrickett.com/?p=294 The spot is a sneak peek into the making of a car advertisement. A look behind the curtain, if you will, of just how much work goes into a single shot.  We spent the day at Sound City Center Stages, with clients OK Rocket and Conill, and got the shot we needed.

]]> http://ryanrickett.com/2011/toyota-spot/feed/ 186 LEVI’S = ROCK STARS http://ryanrickett.com/2011/levis-rock-stars/ http://ryanrickett.com/2011/levis-rock-stars/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:12:06 +0000 rickett http://ryanrickett.com/?p=406 Read On...]]> Last year I produced and directed a series of spots for the Levi’s campaign titled “Pioneer Sessions.” I worked with amazing artists, including The Shins, She & Him, The Kills, Nas, Passion Pit, Swell Season, Jason Mraz, Ryan Bingham, John Legend and The Roots. Here are some of them:

THE SHINS

SHE & HIM

THE KILLS

JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS

]]> http://ryanrickett.com/2011/levis-rock-stars/feed/ 521 TOP THAT! http://ryanrickett.com/2011/top-that/ http://ryanrickett.com/2011/top-that/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:10:16 +0000 rickett http://ryanrickett.com/?p=308 Last year I partnered up with actress Alia Shawkat and designer Rachel Antonoff to remake the famous scene from Teen Witch.  It turned into somewhat of a viral sensation, including write ups in the New York Post and Teen Vogue.

]]> http://ryanrickett.com/2011/top-that/feed/ 175 THE STORY OF CRAPPY HOLIDAYS http://ryanrickett.com/2011/the-story-of-crappy-holidays/ http://ryanrickett.com/2011/the-story-of-crappy-holidays/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 07:06:32 +0000 rickett http://ryanrickett.com/?p=314 Read On...]]> Two Christmasses ago I got a call from my good friend Har Mar Superstar asking if I would like to make a music video for his new Christmas cover of some Maria Carey song that the name now escapes me.  Anyway, we made this hilariously awesome video where Har Mar plays a swarthy alcoholic Santa Claus and becomes the life of a yuppie party, only to take it too far and have a heart attack and die on the dance floor.  Pretty awesome, right?

We originally sent out the video as a Christmas card that read, “Crappy Holidays!  Love, Rickett & Har Mar.”  We got such a huge response from it we decided that we had to keep it going; we decided to make a ‘crappy holiday’ for every holiday on the calendar.  We talked our good friend John Ringhoff into joining our gang and the three of us spent what was probably the best year of my life producing an entire season of the show, with lots of radical celebrity cameos.

Carl Barat working on ‘Crappy Bank Holiday’

Jay Johnston with Har Mar’s “passport”

Erin Cahill, Har Mar and Jay Johnston

John Ringhoff editing the script he wrote

The shot we used in the “MISSING: HAR MAR” poster

The Last Supper

Andrew Ralston signing his life away

Michelle Christman doing Lisa Nova‘s makeup

Ginnifer Goodwin and Joey Kern

Jonah Ray

We only hire Furries to do sound

Har Mar, Prodigal Sunn, and Alia Shawkat on the set of Crappy Father’s Day

The cast of my favorite episode, Crappy Pioneer Day (aka “The Rhubarb Potato Gang Rides West”), clockwise from left: Andrew Ralston, Josiah Steinbrick, John Ringhoff, Ali Lee, Kathryn Aagesen, Erica Daking, Alia Shawkat, Bryan Hollon, Denver Dally and Har Mar Superstar

Me and Har Mar

Ellen Page soup, from “Crappy Canadian Thanksgiving”

 

Left to Right: Har Mar, John Ringhoff, Me, Ellen Page, Katheryn Aageson, Justin Long

Andrew Patrick Ralston, Denver Dally and Har Mar in Crappy Veteran’s Day.  God I miss shooting these…

You can see the entire series here:
http://www.youtube.com/CrappyHolidays

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