I shot Dela’s first single promo for the song, “Ulivyo” from her debut album “Paukwa” last year – just before the Christmas break – and I was worried about how tired everyone was, but I guess it turned out OK. Black and white is fun, and the cast were very helpful (Kule would tell us things like, “It would be better if I was standing here”).

As always, I’m happy to hear what you lot think. I’ll upload the HD version at some point.
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Here’s an alternate logo-free cut of the TV ads I created for the Kinanda Arts Festival late last year (December 12th). The ad was shot at the Uhuru Gardens Memorial Park, and it stars members of Ma3 (the band). They created the music on the set, which was nice to witness.

I remember not being happy with the initial footage we shot, until an accidental underexposure gave us the idea to turn all the characters into silhouettes, just like the statues in the park. This is probably the first proper TV ad I’ve shot, and it was art directed by the ever-fresh Mbithi Masya.

I shot this one sunny afternoon at the Arboretum with the help of Nynke Nauta, using a script that was written by Lisa Forsberg (who also directed “Laazizi”, Sauti Sol’s first video).

The boys are always fun to work with – it really was a sunny day, with very loose shooting, the dancing kids just happened to be passing by and they came up with that dance on the fly.

First single from Just A Band’s second album – 82, shot with the help of friends.

Finally finished editing the Stan video (see “It’s A Wrap”), and here it is:

It’s a pseudo-homage to all the sci-fi dramas with hokey computer interfaces I watched when I was tiny and impressionable (read geeky jokes about computer usability representation in movies here and here – I only broke a few rules, ha!), and it’s my first time to actually TRY and include some sort of mini-narrative within a 3 to 4 minute promo.

Does it work? You tell me – feedback is always welcome.

Big thanks to Lisa Forsberg and everyone at Penya Africa for throwing ideas at me over a 3-day shoot (whew!) and to Stan, Wangeci and the rest of the cast for being cool about wearing costumes and running around looking serious.