PANDAWORKS INC. BECOMES RANK+FILE MEDIA

The big news has arrived!

We're proud to announce the launch of our new and improved production company, Rank+File Media. We're the same high-quality production house as before but with an enhanced image, website, and a grander company vision. A lot of hard work went into this updated brand and website, so first and foremost we'd like to thank everyone involved in the process who helped us along the way...including all of our clients, directors, crew members, friends, and family. We appreciate you all!

We're still creating some of the finest original content out there and continuing to work with our wonderful clients and directors. What we've done is expand our company structure to makes shoots even smoother than before and allow us to handle multiple projects with ease. New faces like Richard Bever, our Head of Business Development, will be strengthening and improving our client base and expanding our presence in the world of commercial production. We're thrilled to have Richard on board for what is a very exciting time for our company.

Please take a look at our new site Rankandfilemedia.com and check out what we've been up to. Keep an eye out for another exciting addition to our team, which will be announced very soon.

Your Friends,

Brant and Matt

PS This means that this site is down and the ol pandaworksinc.com page is down as well. Hope to talk to you all real soon!

BIG NEWS COMING SOON

First and Foremost, pandaworksinc.com is down due to technical difficulty. New website coming soon.

Besides the flurry of production posts coming down the barrel this week look out for a HUGE announcement coming from Pandaworks. Some of you might know, some may not..... but big news nonetheless. Can't wait!

BOOKED: Killola - Director, Hank Friedmann

Artist: Killola
Song: "Cracks in the Armor"
Director: Hank Friedmann

While I can't talk about what this video is going to be about for obvious reasons, I can vouch that it's going to being amazing. Look out for another super detailed Hank video to be shot later this month.

SHOT: Escape The Fate - Elliot Dillman, Director

Artist: Escape The Fate
Song: "10 Miles Wide"
Label: Epitaph
Director: Elliot Dillman



Director Elliot Dillman (sitting center) and Executive Producer Brant Barger (far right) take flight on "Escape The Fate Airways", grabbing a quick snap with the band and special guest passenger Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte. The video also has a guest apperience by Josh Todd of Buckcherry, who sings vocals on the track (not pictured). Premieres 6/9/09!

SHOT: Nissan Z - Director, Paul Capra

Pandaworks director Paul Capra (left) and cinematopher Steve Gainer, ASC (right), discuss an upcoming shot on the set of Pauls new spec for Nissan. Look for slick photography, editing, and sound to be cornerstones of the 30 second spot.

SHOT: Leerone - Director, Hank Friedmann

Artist: Leerone
Song: "Empty Houses"
Label: Fussy Music
Director: Hank Friedmann


Pandaworks director Hank Friedmann on the set of "Empty Houses", the followup to Hank's video for Leerone's "Care for Some Whiskey". Hank is returning to the world of minuture sets in order to create a haunting vibe for the singer/songwriter's new single.

SHOT: Brooke - Director, Din Altit

Director Din Altit, coming off of his two successful videos for Warner Bros. artist Huecco, recently wrapped a gorgeous new video for UK up-and-comer Brooke. The video for "Fairytale" associates the fairy tale world of castles and princesses with the good times in a relationship and the modern world with the breakup and heartache that follows. 

Keep an eye out for what looks to be a music video that is as powerful as it it glamorous and the start of a blossoming career for Brooke.

Artist: Brooke

Song: "Fairytale"

Director: Din Altit

PS Hi Brooke! - Brant

NEWS: Pandaworks signs director Sofia Garza-Barba

PandaWorks is proud to announce the signing of director Sofia Garza-Barba to our skilled team of Music Video and Commercial directors. A native of Monterrey, Mexico, Sofia is a dreamer and creator who successfully injects surreal images and inventive ideas into her work. Using a fantastic mixture of materials and stop-motion animation, Sofia leads viewers into a fairy tale world of vivid imagery and profound imagination.

Sofia is a two-time winner of the Festival Pantalla de Cristal's Best Music Video Director Award (2007, 2008). She has also been nominated for numerous music video awards, including Best Editor and Best Music Video, amongst others. Sofia has directed a number of amazing music videos and her reel will soon be available for viewing on our site. In addition to her music videos, Sofia is also the director and editor of Trece:Veinte, an online interactive magazine that focuses on film, music, and art. Everyone at Pandaworks is very excited about Sofia's arrival and about working with her in the future. Welcome Sofia!


Sofia Garza-Barba DIRECTORS DEMO REEL 2009 from Sofia Garza-Barba on Vimeo.

CHECK IT: Joshua James "The New Love Song"

My friend Rico's record label, Intelligent Noise, is home to musician and song-writer Joshua James. We've had the good fortune of seeing him live at a showcase and he really is something special. The vid is helmed by Utah-based director Julian Acosta who we've also had a chance to meet on his latest trip out to Los Angeles. Needless to say I think the both of them will go far with the talent they've got. Check out "The New Love Song" by Joshua James HERE.

RELEASED: Zebrahead "Hell Yeah" and "The Juggernauts"

Sometimes videos takes so long to get released that you forget to post them when they're done. In August, Director Elliot Dillman shot two videos with Pandaworks for the band Zebrahead. Both videos show the band in different lights, "Hell Yeah" being more action packed and "The Juggernauts" taking a more relaxed, reflective tone. Please enjoy the videos below (terrible Youtube video quality) and look out for a link to the high quality versions when they get uploaded to the Pandaworks site!

NEWS: Pandaworks signs director Paul Capra

We're excited to announce the addition of director Paul Capra to the Pandaworks roster of talented Commercial and Music Videos directors. Paul's unique style and strong visuals make him a perfect fit in the Pandaworks family of creative, young talent.

Paul is extremely passionate about his commercial work and takes the extra step to assure his projects stand out from the rest. In the upcoming weeks, we will be presenting on our site a pair of recent music videos showing his equal strength in both the pop and hip-hop genres as well as his commercials released so far.

NEW RELEASE: "The Doritos" Director, Tanya Brown

While the TAT music video is being finished, we want you to check out the AMAZING new commercial Pandaworks director Tanya Brown did for the Doritos superbowl contest. With the help of superstar music producer Dean Dichoso, Tanya created what we think is a surefire winner in the contest. It's safe to say that Tanya's future in commercials is just as strong as her future in music videos, and we'll be looking out for more in the near future.

Check out the "The Doritos" HERE and leave comments!!!

BOOKED: TAT - Director, Tanya "Lynx" Brown

Pandaworks Director Tanya Brown is set to direct the video for "Road to Paradise", the first single off of the upcoming album by rock band TAT. Tatiana and the boys have tons of potential and are bound to blow up huge. Check their music out on TAT's Myspace page.

Artist: TAT
Song: "Road To Paradise"
Director: Tanya "Lynx" Brown

SHOT: Hawthorne Heights - Director, Adam Grabarnick

Executive Producer Brant Barger (far left) and Pandaworks Director Adam Grabarnick (second to right) hang with the band after shooting the video for their second single "Somewhere in Between".

Artist: Hawthorne Heights
Song: "Somewhere in Between"
Label: Victory
Director: Adam Grabarnick

BOOKED: Hawthorne Heights - Director, Adam Grabarnick

Pandaworks congratulates our newest director signing Adam Grabarnick with the booking of Hawthorne Heights video "Somewhere in Between". With Adam's abundant imagination and style, we are positive he will create a video that will be watched and loved by fans everywhere.

Artist: Hawthorne Heights

Song: "Somewhere In Between"

Label: Victory Records

Director: Adam Grabarnick

SHOT: Zebrahead - Director, Elliot Dillman

Videos "Hell Yeah!" and "The Juggernauts"

Following the success of Zebrahead's video "Mental Health" in Japan (shown 140 times on Japanese TV in the month of July), Pandaworks director Elliot Dillman was called upon by Sony to create not one but two more eye-catchers for the songs "Hell Yeah!" and "The Juggernauts". From the band shooting underwater to Ali rapping out of the sunroof of a moving Range Rover, the two videos covered a variety of styles and captured them with Elliot's usual glossy touch. Samuel Brownfield was the director of Photography and Brant Barger and Spence Nicholson produced. Picture from the set of "The Juggernauts". More photos to come.....



PS. While I was scanning Postcards from Hell, a Zebrahead fan blog, I noticed an article in the Orange County register that stated that Zebrahead's new album debuted at no. 1 in Japan over new releases by Coldplay and Offspring. While the guys in Zebrahead never mentioned it to us, it's exciting news and should be known!

NEWS: Pandaworks signs director Adam Grabarnick

We are excited to announce that Pandaworks has signed director Adam Grabarnick for music video representation. Coming off a hot video for Kill Hannah, Adam has a bright future ahead of him in the music video world. Check out some of his work here.

NEW RELEASE: Leerone "Care For Some Whiskey"

Director Hank Friedmann just completed a video for female artist Leerone. By combing stop motion with live action, Hank has created a surreal and magical world that is definitely worth taking a look. Check out "Care for some Whiskey" HERE

PRESS: The HIP Clip Pennywise Interview

YouTube channel "The HIP Clip" sat down with Fletcher and Randy from Pennywise to talk about Elliot Dillman's video for their hit "The Western World". Check out the interview below!

NEW RELEASE: Steel Train "I Feel Weird"

The new video for New Jersey artists Steel Train was released last Tuesday on Spin Magazine's website Spin.com. "I Feel Weird", helmed by Pandaworks director Spence Nicholson, aimed to catch the Drive-Thru artists at what they do best: Perform. Spin apparently thought so as well. They had this to say about the vid:

"... nowhere is the band's sound -- and live energy -- more evident than in the vigorous, colorful music video for "I Feel Weird," which sees the boys jamming out against a faux sunset backdrop, jangling to the decidedly upbeat, melodic tune as frontman Jack Antonoff sounds off."

Thanks Spin for the shout out!

Check out the rest of the article and the new video for Steel Train's "I Feel Weird" here at Spin.com