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81 creates film and TV, NOT fancy websites. 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.
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
- Nick 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.
- The Last Explorers (BBC) The life of Thomas Glover and his contributions to modernizing Japan. 1 month recce/shoot.
- UEFA Champions League Offical Store Opening (UEFA.COM)
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.
SPORTSFIFA/HBS
Country Producer (Japan). Producer for
World Cup content. 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
NEWSTohoku 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)
UBS WarburgGlobal
recruitment campaign film/CD-Romshoot 16mm Location Coordinator/Dolly Grip/AD/Camera
Assist Creative Direction: McQueen London Production/Direction: Salt
Pictures (London) A day in the lifedocumentary approach of a recent hire
with work and play visuals and interviews. Sony PlayStationGranTurismo 4 DVD
Location Coordinator/Transport/Camera Assist 30min
programme for Sony to explain the importance of learning core driving
skills. Race track footage of the programmers trying to past the
tests they designed along with interviews. Peugeot (Euro
Rscg), Royal Bank of Scotland (Funky
Duck Media), Eli Lilly (Creative
Street Media), YAHOO!, SONY, GUGGENHEIM 'Lichtenstein in Japan'
I
feel like we got the best production help in Tokyo but more importantly,
met a very fine new friend and I know the guys do as well. And let
me tell you, I've been with Dustin on and off for 13 years and he
does NOT give a compliment lightly. And Scotty, he's a great, great
guy and I loved that you two seemed to have a lot in common. No
where we have been has been as seemless as Japan and we all know
we have you to thank for that! Amsterdam was COOL and really, all
of Holland has been lovely but Japan remains a great memory. Be
well, Clare Libbing - producer, Creative Street Media Group (www.creativestreet.com)
El
Presidente / Turn This Thing Around
From locations
to casting, Local 81 fulfilled the roles of
line producer/prod mgr, location manger, coordinator, camera assist,
loader, gaffer, lightening asst, casting, art, wardrobe, transport,
catering for the London based DrawPictures
group of director, cameraman and producer
Friends,
Please forgive such belated thanks for all your hard work and
hospitality. The record company was delighted with the results
of our efforts and there are those who can not quite believe
we accomplished so much in so little a time ("And that includes
a national holiday" I like to quip). Most obviously, the array
of locations we shot in and the cohesive narrative. I hope there
will be other times, as I loved Tokyo and the Japanese were
hospitable and gorgeous, often at the same time. Thanks again
fellas. It was a week to remember. Yours, Rupert Jones (director
of El Presidente / Turn This Thing Around)
DVDs Location Coordination/Camera
Staff Paul
McCartney,Driving Japan Tour concert footage, behind the scenes, fan interviews, Tokyo/Osaka(Mark
Haefli Productions).
BROADCAST
IAN
WRIGHT - Out of Bounds: Okinawa Location
Coordinator (The Travel Channel) produced by Roast Beef Productions
(director: Martin Herring producer: Mike Lerner) with Ian Wright,
the original host of THE LONELY PLANET (GLOBETREKER) and the highest
rating travel presenter in the U.S., ventures to "out of bounds"
travel spots.Planet Soccer Associate
Producer
(Discovery). Hosted by Ian
Wright (Lonely Planet presenter). A personal journey through
Japan through the prism of soccer. SYDNEY
MORNING HERALD review.
History
Channel: Marked Field Producer
(History Channel). A series exploring the world of tattoos belonging
to the intense modern day tribes that operate at the edges of
society, including motorcycle clubs, hardcore prisons, urban
gangs and the Japanese yakuza. Osaka locations and contributors.
Local 81 crew: field producer, location
coordinator, sound, gaffer/driver.
Christian,
Toby
and Vanessa are back in New York, and have nothing but raves
for the shoot and for the excellent job you and your team
did. Thanks for going the extra mile for us. I haven't seen
any of the footage yet, but it sounds fresh, extraordinary,
and beautiful. I'm really pleased that we had the opportunity
to work with you. Best, Robert / Locker 100 (Executive Producer
for MARKED for the History Channel)
BROADCAST
DRAMA RECONSTRUCT Zero
Hour Location Coordinator-Fixer/Camera
Assist/Stunt cars/Casting (3BM Television/Cineflix Inc
for Discovery). A doco format drama reconstruction for the Sarin
Gas Attack on Tokyo Subway.
The
Ascent of Money Episode 3: Risky Business Location
Coordination
(PBS/Channel 4 produced by Chimerica
Media). Professor of History at Harvard University/Harvard
University Business School economist and historian Niall
Ferguson examines the roots of the insurance industry
in Europe; how countries like Japan and Chile manage risk
for their citizens; and the great rewards that can be accumulated
through risk with hedge funds.
BROADCASTOne
Step Beyond Associate Producer/Location
Coordination (Discovery Network). A weekly half-hour series
which goes to the outer edge of science, nature and human experience.
Produced for the Discovery Network by Australian production company,
Becker Entertainment. Japanese episodes includes: Dr. Tomabechi
and His Ringtone Tits, Ultra-Lifelike
Repliee Q1 Robot
Locked
Up Abroad National Geographic Channel. Local
producer, AD, art department, locations, gaffer/camera assistants,
casting, transport. Doco reconstruction. Produced
by RAW
TV.
Dear Mon,
Masato, Christian and Jeff we got back to London yesterday and i
just wanted to say thank you for a wonderful shoot in Japan. i can't
tell you how excited i am about the film. my heart is full with
all our little adventures. thank you for making it all possible.
please dont forget to look us up when youre in london! i hope to
work with you very soon again... all the best diene (director for
LOCKED UP ABROAD for Nat Geo, production company is RAW TV)
Marked
City Producer (Tokyo/Spike TV). Tattoo
artist Permanent Mark travels Japan, Thailand and Borneo in search
of tattoos.
MTV
GametrailersTokyo Game Show. Local line producer, three
coordinators, four camera crews. We have assisted them for four
years.
The
Genius of Photography, Fixer (BBC/Wall
to Wall). Programme 3 (c1939-c1960) explores the concept of
'photographic' and historical moment profiling Shomei
Tomatsu. Programme 5 (c1960-c1990) explores pictures that photographers
take of other people and of themselves profiling photographers Araki
and Tsuchida Hiromi. The
Genius of Design (BBC2/Wall
to Wall) Location Coordinator-Fixer-Soundman.
Wim Wenders
- Return to Onomichi, Fixer. An
behind the scenes doco following Wim and Donata Wenders as they
prepare for a photography show in Tokyo. Includes personal appearances,
college lectures, one-on-one interviews.
Whatever
Turns You On, Associate Producer/ Location
Coordination(UK Channel 5). Three-part series exploring sexual
behaviour. Japanese footage includes: ladies comic artist Sakamoto
Mimei, film director Ryuichi Hiroki, soapland worker, University
Professor Koyano Atsushi, manga/Japanese culture aficionado.
Sync or
Swim Associate Producer/Location Coordinator
(Discovery Travel & Adventure). Jamie Aditya Graham has one week
to learn a cultural performance and perform it before a live audience.
Yuichiro Tanaka screenwriter/hip hop artist -- sourced by Local
81-- guides Jamie as they explore the roots of the shamisen guitar.
In the end, Jamie performs with Yuichiro's band.
ESPN DRIVE
(High Impact Television) Tokyo Motor Show
Local line producer, three coordinators, two camera crews.
FASHION
PHOTOGRAPHY 70
page fashion catalogue for Australia's leading department store
David Jones (Saatchi & Saatchi).
JUNKETS
Spiderman
3 Tokyo World Premiere. Local
Line producer for 8 local camera crews, sound, lightening, production
staff. Red carpet coverage and 4 director/star interview
rooms. SpecialTreats
Productions (UK) and Sony Pictures.
DIRECTORIAL WORKS
First Unit Director Japan - Ellen Perry's
"Fall of Fujimori" (Sundance
2005)
Adoco devoted to the former
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori
who fended off the Shining Path and its mysterious leader Abimael
Guzman, lead a successful hostage rescue, his exile in Japan and
political scandals.
CMVoice
Actor Director for English versions of Japanese television CMs for submission
to international contests like the Cannes Film Festival and the CLIO Awards. CM PLANNER CM
planner for Japanese ad agencies writing original scripts and storyboards. COMPUTER GAMES Voice
Actor Director for Japanese and English version of SonyPlaystation2 games.
DVD BONUS FEATURES Director/Editor of Interview series with 1970s Japanese film directors for Home Vison Entertainment. Koji
Wakamatsu: GO, GO SECOND TIME VIRGIN and ECSTASY OF THE ANGELS (50
min.) Fukusaku
Kinji: IF YOU WERE YOUNG, RAGE, BLACKMAIL IS MY LIFE. Shot two months
before his passing. Budget: 500$ each. Also Yasuharu
Hasebe: BLACK TIGHT KILLERS (22 min.). Shot in my local, old time
video store. A forgotten legend lost amongst the 'product'.
SHORT FILM BALANCE RESFEST JAPAN 2001official entryONEDOTZERO JAPAN official entry. Budget: 2000$ Oh how I miss the days of the PD-150 and VX2000.
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.
meal
planning/catering
full
financial/transparent accounting
W
- whatever you want
Leave your production worries to Christian and Local 81
