A while back in a post, I mentioned that I directed a couple spots for Quitsmoking.com at Make. Here is our first one entitled “Kill the Habit” featuring Charles Hubbell as Eric, Kevin Klein as The Interviewer and Aaron Quist as The Monkey.

Creative Director: Danny Robashkin
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Sound Design: Mike P. Nelson
DP: Nick Junkersfeld
Production Sound: Tom Colvin
Puppeteers: Justin Weber, Josh Clos, Chang Dai, Alec Mueller
Animators: Andrew Chesworth, Justin Weber, Aaron Quist, Chang Dai, Alec Mueller, Michelle Yoon, Josh Schneider
Assistant Animators: Jordan Hill, Niklas Norman
Compositing/Finishing: Daniel Broadway, Josh Clos
3D artist: Aaron Dabelow

So remember that Bullying awareness spot I was working on WAY WAY back? Well that PSA finally got snatched up by the folks at Not in Our Town. 4,000 hits later, the spot got the attention of CNN and they posted a little article about it. It wasn’t more than 2 days and 50,000 hits later I got a call for a live interview on HLN. Check the spot above and click the links below for the news stories and interviews.

Spot get’s a home on Not in Our Town

Not in Our Town Interviews Producer and Director Mike P. Nelson

CNN picks up the story

Mike P. Nelson is interviewed live on HLN

Production/Agency: MAKE

Creative: Danny Robashkin

Edited, Written, Produced, Directed by: Mike P. Nelson

Director of Photography: Nick Junkersfeld

Art Direction: Katie Maren Nelson

Production Manager: Eric Pierson

Gaffer: Doug Gander

Key Grip: Jonny Stuckmayer

Production Sound: Tom Colvin

DIT: Josh Clos

Makeup/Wardrobe: Samantha Tucker

Storyboards: Aaron Quist

The Retirement of Joe Corduroy is an Official Selection for the 2012 Twin Cities Film Fest! Above is my filmmaker interview for the fest. The film screens at 9:15 on October 18th at the ICON Theater in St. Louis Park, MN. Get your tickets here.

Jason Ho over at Dream19 just released this little spot for Tokyo toy store Star Case. I shot the spot with Jason back about a month ago. Turned out nicely! Get your limited Edition Figure TODAY! Cool Daddo!

Starring
Erin Halverson
Darrien Ellis Burks
Wa Yang

Voice Over: Will Caesar

Camera and Sound Design: Mike P. Nelson
http://www.mikepnelson.com

Subtitles: Naomi Asada
Storybords: Irina Levin
Sound Edit: Zac Bates

Directed by Jason Ho @dreamnineteen
http://www.dreamnineteen.com

Here is the finished spot for The Lung Cancer Foundation of America “The Haze”. Early this year, I produced, directed and edited this spot at Make for the LCFA. After shooting some breathtaking dancing by the talented Raina Gilliland and Choreographer Allen Fields, the fx wizards at Make played with their computers and made all the snazzy smoke you see. Stay tuned for a behind the scenes look of the shoot.

Shot on Epic with Zeiss Superspeed glass at Studio 1414. Cut on FCP 7. Finishing in After Effects, Fume and 3DS Max.

Production/Agency: Make
Creative: Danny Robashkin
Producer, Director, Editor: Mike P. Nelson
Choreography: Allen Fields
Director of Photography: Nick Junkersfeld
VFX Supervisor: Josh Clos
Talent: Raina Gilliland
Gaffer: Dave Palm
Key Grip: Dave Underhill
PA: Eric Pierson

Post VFX: Mike Zugschwert, Josh Clos, Kevin Wisdom, Thomas Wang, Daniel Broadway

This is a piece I shot and edited up at Airstream Park near Clear Lake, MN a couple weekends ago. Recently the short spec was used during a rally of Airstreamer’s out in Colorado to represent the Minnesota based park. All footage was shot on Red Epic with Zeiss superspeed glass and all VERY docu-style. The video couldn’t have happened without Tracy Tabery-Weller and my beautiful wife Katie.

SO this is it! Finally, the folks at Marty Doogin Arts have released their first feature film, HOPE! and it’s ready for you to watch online RIGHT NOW! I had the pleasure of acting and doing make up effects in the film. Enjoy and support REAL indie film. The film will only be available for a limited time, so watch it NOW!

Trailer for the film:

http://martydooginarts.com/portfolio/hope/

Renegade guidance counselor Tony Hope has declared war upon illicit drug use by the student body at Andrew Jackson High, often resorting to extreme methods to enforce his one man prohibition, i.e. brutally beating up pot smokers. When a rising young drug dealer Vincent De Chapelle begins slanging a potent new strain of marijuana in the hallways of the suburban secondary school, Hope is faced with a question: how far must one go to send a permanent message to evil doers? A dark comedy in the vein of Dazed and Confused and Taxi Driver.

www.martydooginarts.com

Mike Nelson: A Visual Companion. A culmination of all my most recent work. Thanks to everyone that helped make this possible and gave me the excuse to make some cool stuff.

Music by: Two Door Cinema Club