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Reverie

Jordyn, a black bow and a moment of reflection.

Model: Jordyn Ashley
Photographer: W. Ross Wells
Make-Up and Hair: Darcie Teasley
Gaffer and Guidance: Everett Taasevigen
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Music Video

Twisted Roots "Hollow Earth"3:51
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"Slumber Party" Music Video3:53
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Southern Backtones "Forever"5:18
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Jennifer Grassman Pretty Girls4:17
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Recent music video projects I've directed. A variety of genres and artists. Hope you enjoy.
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Photography - Jordyn Series


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A few selections from my series of Jordyn pics. More to come.

Photographer & Photoshop: W. Ross Wells
Hair and Make-Up: Darcie Teasley
Gaffer and Mentoring: Everett Taasevigen

Photographed in and around downtown Houston. Summer '09.
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Twisted Roots "Hollow Earth"

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Twisted Roots' first video from their album "Vol I" is a adventurous interpretation of the legends of the hollow earth. The video combines powerful performance footage of the band and exciting narrative imagery created by Zenfilm's award-winning music video unit.

Produced for Rat Pak Records.

Executive Producers: Joe O'Brien, Merideth Melville
Producer: Jarrod Gullett
Director: W. Ross Wells
First AD: Raul Casares
Director of Photography: Wayne Forster
First Assistant Camera: Justin DeGuire
Gaffer: Rich Lacy
Key: David Zenteno
Best: Mike Turrin
Grip: Christopher Lovely
Make-Up: Darcie Teasley
Editor: W. Ross Wells
Asst. Editor: Scott Marett
2nd Asst. Editor: Brittany Holland
Asst. Colorist: Tracy Jemison
Art Dept: Travis Johns, Hank Schyma
Designer: Jordyn Newman
Talent: Pastorini Bosby Talent
Cameras: Panavision
Grip/Lighting: MC Lighting/The Lighting Zone

Starring: Twisted Roots, Genna Barforough, Garret Rojano, Trevor Ayer, Ashli Ayer, Jamie Marett, Chelsea Drummond, Renee Antoinette, Emilie Dejonckheere, Avalon Driscoll, Erik Driscoll, Aiden Bierman, Erin Massey

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Filmmaker, Photographer, Musician and Dad. With my partner Merideth Melville, Co-Owner of Zenfilm, an innovative film production company and HD post boutique located in Houston.

I direct national and regional TV commercials, music videos, viral media. I consult on viral media strategies. I write music. I eat my breakfast.

I am colaborating with BFF and Record Producer Dan Workman (ZZ Top, Beyonce, Smashmouth) of SugarHill Recording Studios on a number of music and film fusion projects.

I am also collaborating with New England's Rat Pak Records to create music videos for their ever-expanding roster of hard rock recording artists.

"Pretty Girls" Wins at Dances With Films

Wed Jun 24, 2009, 3:51 PM


The results are in and a number of talented filmmakers have received jury awards at the 12th Annual Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles.

Out of a field of over 1500 films, about 90 were selected for screening this year. Of those 90, two Zenfilm projects were chosen; Jennifer Grassman's "Pretty Girls" and Southern Backtones "Slumber Party". Both projects were produced in conjunction with the artists' record labels TLM (Jennifer Grassman) and Rat Pak Records (Southern Backtones).

"Pretty Girls" won the first jury award for music video in the 12 year history of the festival. Music video has been a category for non-juried screening in past years. Last year Zen's "Forever" video for the Backtones won the audience choice award for music video at DWF.

"The exciting thing about this years music video screenings is that the music videos ran movie trailer style prior to every screening at the festival", says Zenfilm director W. Ross Wells. "This ensured that a large percentage of attendees saw the entries throughout the festival."

The Zenfilm music video project which has been going on for over a year and a half has attracted national attention, resulted in music videos that have been broadcast nationally (MTV networks) and internationally (Much Music and others). The goal has been to draw recording industry attention and business to the Houston market. As a result Zen, currently has two music video projects in development and two in post... all for East Coast record labels.

The artists as well as the creative teams at TLM and Rat Pak are honored to have been selected for this years festival. Of course the entire team that worked on "Pretty Girls" is thrilled to bring home the DWF Star for music video.

Pretty Girls was filmed at two historic locations in the Greater Houston area, at 69 year old SugarHill Recording Studios and the 158 year old Briscoe Ranch in Richmond.

The video was produced by Andrew Amelang and Dan Workman for TLM and Merideth Melville and Jarrod Gullett for Zen. Cinematography duties were shared by Raul Casares (Richmond Unit) and Wayne Forster (SugarHill Unit.) Panavision Plus 8 Houston and MC Lighting/The Lighting Zone helped make the productions possible through their support.

Unit photography by Everett Taasevigen.

Congratulations and thanks to all that made this win possible. Rock on!

W. Ross Wells
Director
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Commercials. Music Videos. Viral Media.
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  • Mood: Optimism
  • Listening to: Hour Past "Drift" - coming soon.
  • Reading: Cereal box
  • Watching: Reruns of Jericho
  • Playing: a doctor on television
  • Eating: Fish that is not cooked
  • Drinking: Fizzy Stuff

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Houston
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: Large
  • Print preference: Paper
  • Interests: Making film, making music
  • Favourite movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Favourite band or musician: Southern Backtones, Twisted Roots, Hour Past, Todd Rundgren
  • Favourite genre of music: Rock
  • Favourite artist: Van Gogh
  • Favourite poet or writer: Jack McDevitt, Neal Stephenson
  • Favourite photographer: Everett Taasevigen, George Hixson
  • Favourite style of art: Conceptual
  • Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6
  • MP3 player of choice: iPhone 3GS
  • Shell of choice: Nautilus
  • Wallpaper of choice: Dairy
  • Skin of choice: Moist
  • Favourite game: Find the car keys
  • Favourite gaming platform: Table
  • Favourite cartoon character: Evil Clown
  • Personal Quote: Never do the same thing over and over hoping for different results.
  • Tools of the Trade: Film Cameras, Digital HD Cameras, Apple Computers, Avid, Final Cut Studio 3

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~GooGooG-Joob 6 days 6 hours ago
thank you for the favourite! :]

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~Ignis-Vir 6 days 11 hours ago
Thanks for the fav and the watch.

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=Zenfilm 6 days 10 hours ago
You are very welcome great work!

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*ruthsantcortis Nov 14, 2009, 11:27:28 AM
Thanks for your support :) greatly appreciated :hug:
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~RedRiBBoNinYouRhAiR Nov 14, 2009, 1:55:52 AM
thank you :sun:

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~Cursed-Beauty Nov 8, 2009, 5:39:37 AM
Thanks for the watch! ^^

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*BeautifulExperience Nov 7, 2009, 9:22:06 PM
Thank you for the favourites and for adding me! :glomp:

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~Melusina Nov 7, 2009, 9:21:28 AM
Thanks for the watch. :)
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