Local 81 is a Tokyo based creative production company producing film/tv content.
This
site is testament to our mantra of integrity in our work. INTEGRITY
means keeping your word and doing what it takes to get the job
done. "For us to live any other way was nuts" -- Goodfellas.
Contact: miracles-included@local81.jp
Local
81 is your source for highly experienced, bilingual production staff
for shoots in Japan. "Speak the language" by maximizing our
bailiwicks of locations, casting and creative staff. This opening page is just a brief summmary. Look inside for more.
Local
81 along with owner/operator Christian Storms have produced over
50 hours of award winning documentaries, reality shows, music videos
and commercials with 81's A-list production crew (local
producers, location coordinators, camera, sound, art, etc.).
Our clients keep coming back for our "pro-active dedication" in
accomplishing their shoot goals. Offering advice comes with the
job.
Christian has produced television content in ten Asian countries
and South Africa.
BROADCASTTop
Gear The BBC's most popular and longest running show. Local
producer, production manager, location managers, coordinators, PAs,
casting, transport, aerial photography. Raced the Nissan
GTR versus Japanese public transport (local train, bullet train, subway,
bus, ferry, ropeway, bike). Other segments below.
Nissan GT-R R35 on the Fuji International Speedway.
Mitsuoka Orochi & Mitsuoka Galue
Toyota Chair (iReal)
I
wanted so to say a huge thank you on behalf of us all here in the
UK!! We all have really enjoyed working with you, and do hope that
we can work again on more projects in the future. I'd be really grateful
if you could also pass on our thanks to all your team over in Japan
who have worked so hard on the shoot. I do hope perhaps that you will
be over in the UK sometime, so that we can meet you in person. Many
thanks again for all your hard work on the project - hugely appreciated!!
Susie Cooper Production Manager, Top Gear Entertainment, BBC Vision
RECENT PRODUCTIONS
- The Last Explorers (BBC 1) The life of Thomas Blake Glover and his contributions to modernizing Japan. 1 month recce/shoot.
The presenter is Neil Oliver from the COAST series. Local Field Producer filming in Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Kyoto, Tokyo.
- Chopin Changed My Life. Channel 4 Television (UK) Chopin and in particular about Ballade Number One in G Minor and what the piece means to those who play it.
Made by the team who produced Holocaust - A Musical Memorial from Auschwitz (BBC). Local field producer filming a 15 year old Japanese girl in Sendai.
- Do We Really Need Satellites (Commissioned by BBC2 and produced by BBC Scotland) Science doco presented by Dr Maggie Aderin Pocock.
Local field producer/soundman.
REALITY
TVTHE
AMAZING RACE ASIA Season 2 Japan (AXN/Active TV) Local
Facilitation, Line producing, locations, PM, LM, 20 PAs, cameramen,
art department, transportation, hotels, visas, arrival/departure
out plans. Field Producer (Season 3, all episodes). 2008
THE AMAZING RACE ISRAEL (Japan episodes) After two
races, Local 81 knows that producing 8 locations simultaneously
is the most exciting production challenge in the business.
AMERICA'S
NEXT TOP MODEL Season 3 (UPN/Ten by Ten) 3 episodes
in 2 weeks. All levels of production from
locations, local crews, transport, art, lights, fashion photo
shoots/fashion show, high level security, production services,
catering. 50 staff plus models.
SPORTS2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (FIFA/HBS)
Country Producer (Japan). Produced footage/interviews for the pregame and
post game shows. If you saw Japan play, you saw my work. Stayed
at team hotel, travelled with team, conducted nightly long interviews
for use by world broadcasters.
Country Cameraman (Japan) Chris
Shepherd Much More Than a Game (Sportsbrand TV) Field producer/director (Christian Storms). Cameraman (Chris Shepherd) Badminton World Magazine: 2011 (Total Sports Asia). A half-an-hour feature show about the Yonex Open Japan Super Series.
Field producer/director (Christian Storms). Cameraman (Chris Shepherd). FIVB Volleyball World Cup Japan UEFA Champions League Offical Store Opening (Story at UEFA.COM)
NEWSNick News: "In Harm's Way: Japan Through the Eyes of Its Kids"
(Emmy Award Winning Children's show) Shooting in the earthquake and tsunami regions
of Kesennuma, Ofunato, Rikuzentakata, Ishinomaki and Fukushima. Intimate access to children and their families. iTunes Podcast Episode 9
For viewers inside of Japan For viewers outside of Japan Tohoku Japan
Earthquake Field Coordinator, Logistics
Coordinator, Transport for Channel 7 Sunday Night (Sydney),
Russia Today TV.
COMMERCIALS
NIKE
- Where's the Next Ronaldinho (Traktor/W+K) After 50 soccer
fields and 150 actor auditions, in the true Traktor style, we cast
a real-life high school coach plus 20 of his students and the lead
boy shooting at an actual high school with two 16mm cameras plus
two steadicams, art, lightening, hair/make-up, sound, transport,
catering, on the subway with 50 extras and finally a noodle shop.
Canon
HD XL H1 Our team of consisted
of: line producer, production manager,
location coordinator, prod coord, camera assist, AD, grips
(panther dolly and jimmy jib) lightening, casting, art, wardrobe,
hair/make-up, transport, catering for the London based
creative house COAST
group of director, cameraman and producer. This one minute
commercial was shot in a bamboo forest using an action star.
J POWER CM (location coordinator)
Services
include:
line
producing, production coordination, location scouting/management,
permits, local crew/gear, casting, travel arrangements,
transport & customs/carnet as well as meticulous pre-production
A
list crew (directors, DOPs, ACs, sound, ENG, art, hair/make-up,
gaffers, steadicam, behind-the-scenes)
camera
gear (all camera systems from Super 16/35 to HD to Sypdercam
to 4K to Canon7D (4K RED ONE/Mysterium-X, HD High Speed
Phantom HD GOLD, HD Cineama Cameras Arri ALEXA PLUS, Sony
CineAlta F23, HDCAM, HDV, DVCPROHD, P2HD, the list goes
on)
grip
gear (from techno cranes to Panther dollies, whatever
you need) We share office space with a grip company SJP
Inc. Demo
reel
stunt
men/action filming, horses and stunt cars. Local 81 works
with the stunt men from Miike Takashi films like Sukuyaki
Western Django and 13 Assassins.
transport:
car/mini-van/location buses and drivers. High end insurance
package/car navigation system. Picture vechicles as well.
full
production insurance (crew/kit/location)
airport
pick up/return
hotel
discounts with broadband connections
security
for high profile celebrities
International
cell phones. Non-Japanese cells generally WILL NOT work
in Japan.
