Book Trailer for Daniel Fights A Hurricane by Shane Jones
Available through Penguin Books July 2012
Long-format / Micro-cinema music video for ROOM8
CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
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Directed by: Ellen Frances
Produced by: Ellen Frances / James J. Williams III
With: MARI, Kendra Grant Malone, James J. Williams III, Patrick Roberts, Ellen Frances, Tammy Daniels
Her Royal Majesty NYC Launch Video
Her Royal Majesty is an international lit & arts magazine based out of Paris. On May 11, 2012 they launched issue #12 in NYC, at an opening party with work by artists Dan Estabrook, Ellen Frances, Erika Spring, Shya Scanlon and more.
“When Jimmy suggested we go with a 70’s Parisian theme for this event, I turned to graphic design from the 70’s and tried to incorporate inspiration from European artists that I love. I put the video to a funny little song which I can’t make any real sense of (why I like it) called “J’ai Mis un Tigre dans ma Guitare” (I’ve put a Tiger in my Guitar) by Jacques Dutronc.”
“Off With Their Heads” Bare Noize Remix
Directed by: Ellen Frances
Produced by: James J. Williams III / Ellen Frances
DP / Post Production: Ellen Frances
Originally premiered on Ultra Records, AOL Music and VH1
©2012 Ultra Records
PYAR BAILE
DJ REKHA & Dave Sharma
feat. Zuzuka Poderosa & Meetu Chilana
(with appearance by Panjabi MC)
Directed by Ellen Frances
Produced by John Durgee, Ellen Frances and Raeshem Nijhon
Post Production: Ellen Frances / John Durgee
© 2012 Beat Bazaar Music
Video originally premiered on OkayPlayer and MTV Iggy
Bella Saona “Off With Their Heads” [official] music video
Directed by Ellen Frances
Produced by James J. Williams III
Edited by John Durgee
Styled by Jenni Hensler
Hair: Allen George
Makeup: Jordana David
Stylist Assistant: Sheyna Imm
Production Assistant: Kendah El-Ali
Casting: James J. Williams III
In association with the Thorstein Foundation / ORB Pictures
© Ultra Records 2012
Video originally premiered through Ultra Records
Inspired by: “Women Who Bleed with the Moon”, the gates of Saturn’s return, Paris 1920, New York City 2010, reflections in the third eye, NASA sound recordings of Saturn’s rings, moving self portrait
For Pangur Ban Party’s group project “Very Beautiful Women”
“When I received an invitation to an online group project with the subject of “Very Beautiful Women”, I was about to turn 30. This is a time in which Saturn begins to move away from the position it had occupied when one was born. In doing so, it begins to release the subject of its 1-2 year long wrath. That experience is what inspired this film. During my Saturn Return I became a single mother, I moved beyond the destructive habits of my 20’s and found beauty in myself as a being. To honor this tribute to Saturn’s Return further, I also used actual NASA recordings of Saturn in the sound design for this film.”
You can read Jimmy Chen’s analysis of this film for HTML Giant HERE.
[Official music video]
Memory Tapes “Green Knight” (CREEP Remix)(strings version)
Directed by Ellen Frances
Filmed at The Chelsea Hotel
Production Ellen Frances & John Durgee
Post Production John Durgee
Feat. Mari Kussman
This video originally premiered on Stereogum.com in July 2011
[Official Book Trailer]
A novel about a war waged by a group of balloonists against the month of February.
“Light Boxes twists through a waking nightmare, where violence slashes through characters but vines and flowers emerge in blood’s stead.”
— TIME OUT CHICAGO
Author: Shane Jones
Publisher: Penguin Books
Moving Portrait: Zachary German (Author)
NYC, 2008
2010 Jump-test in stop motion.
“This part-video, part-stop motion piece was created a week and a half after giving birth. Having shed 30-40lbs in a matter of days, my muscle memory had tricked my brain into feeling as though there had been a shift in gravity.”
WATCH VIDEO HERE.
Stills from Bella’s “Off With Their Heads” video
Directed by Ellen Frances
Produced by James J. Williams III
Edited by John Durgee
Styled by Jenni Hensler
Hair: Allen George
Makeup: Jordana David
Stylist Assistant: Sheyna Imm
Production Assistant: Kendah El-Ali
Casting: James J. Williams III
In association with the Thorstein Foundation / ORB Pictures
© Ultra Records 2012
