Just finished a promo shoot for Teen Nick with new stars Big Time Rush. Here are some photos from the shoot. Check back for the finished spot featuring Nick Cannon!

Directed by Alan Ferguson and shot on the streets of New York City. The video for Atlantic Records features over 200 extras, a huge traffic jam and a massive peace parade. Stay tuned for updates, and the launch of “Someday”.

Snap just wrapped another music video with French House music pioneer Bob Sinclar entitled “Love You No More”. The song features Shabba Ranks, and was filmed in the predominantly West Indian community of Richmond Hill in Queens, NY. Here is a special behind the scenes video of the shoot.

Check out the home page for the official video!

Childrens music sensation The Laurie Berkner Band were recently featured in an on-air special on Noggin, showing many of the music videos produced by Snap Films. Here is the press release regarding the event.

NOGGIN CELEBRATES THE LAURIE BERKNER BAND WITH NEW PRIME-TIME MUSIC SPECIAL ‘LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE LAURIE BERKNER BAND!’ PREMIERING SUNDAY, JULY 12 AT 7:00 PM (EST)

Hour-Long Special Features Music Video For New Song “My Family” And Two Additional Never-Before-Seen Music Videos

“The queen of kids’ music.” ” People Magazine

“The current kid-music renaissance owes much to Laurie Berkner.” ” Cookie Magazine

Parents and preschoolers, gather ’round the television and sing along! Award-winning, best-selling children’s music superstars The Laurie Berkner Band will star in NOGGIN’s* new prime-time music special “Let’s Hear It For The Laurie Berkner Band!” premiering Sunday, July 12 from 7:00 ” 8:00 PM (EST). The special features a full hour of 17 music videos from the band, including three brand-new videos: “My Family,” which was created exclusively for NOGGIN and is not available anywhere, plus “Five Days Old” and “Fast and Slow (The Rabbit and the Turtle)” from the band’s most recent critically acclaimed CD, ‘Rocketship Run’ (Two Tomatoes Records, distributed by Razor & Tie Entertainment). The show will also include preschool favorites such as “Victor Vito” and “Pig on Her Head,” while NOGGIN’s Moose A. Moose and Zee serve as hosts and play interactive music and movement games throughout the special. NOGGIN is Nickelodeon’s 24-hour educational, commercial-free preschool network.

The Laurie Berkner Band made its’ debut on NOGGIN in 2004 with a series of six music videos airing throughout the day as part of the network’s Move to the Music series. NOGGIN then asked Laurie to be a regular guest star in its’ original half-hour series “Jack’s Big Music Show.”

Widely recognized as the most popular independent children’s recording artist in the United States, Laurie Berkner was at the forefront of the current progressive children’s music movement. Her intelligent songwriting, captivating vocals and infectious melodies have won not only legions of little fans, but also parents, who enjoy the music as much as their kids. The Laurie Berkner Band has received tremendous critical acclaim. Laurie as “a kind of sippy-cup Sheryl Crow…Berkner inhabits a kid’s curious perspective in her lyrics and pens folk-pop melodies that bear repeated ” very repeated ” listenings.” The Wall Street Journal called Laurie “one of the most popular children’s performer’s in America … Her music is distinctive because it speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters without boring grown-ups.”

Here are the links to the videos

“Fast and Slow”

http://snapfilms.tv/work-recent.php?id=6&showmv=1

“Family”

http://snapfilms.tv/work-recent.php?id=7&showmv=1

“5 Days Old”

http://snapfilms.tv/work-recent.php?id=8&showmv=1

Stay tuned for more music videos from Laurie Berkner and Snap Films!

Here is a link to an interview with Snap’s Luke Joerger about the shoot with Sir Tom Jones. The video is for the BBC’s Comic Relief charity, and the single, “(Barry) Islands in the Stream” has already skyrocketed to #1!!!!!!!!

Check it out…

http://tomjonesinternational.com/2009/03/14/tom-jones-comic-relief-a-tjicom-exclusive-interview-with-one-of-the-filmmakers-photos-video/

Music video for UK R&B star Alesha Dixon’s new single “Breathe Slow”  filmed under the beautiful lights of Las Vegas, Nevada. Produced by Bikini Films (UK) and Snap Films. Directed by Max and Dania.

Snap films just finished 2 shoots in Sin City Las Vegas.  The first was a short film and music video for Comic Relief.  It featured Bryn and Nessa of The British Comedy Awards winning show “Gavin and Stacey”.  It featured Tom Jones and Nigel Lythgoe and was directed by Tom Bird and Christine Gernon.  The London production company was Th2ng and the label was Mercury.  The other job was a video for Alesha Dixon’s song “Breathe Slow” by directing team Max and Dania of Bikini Films.  It was shot at various locations including under the Freemont Street Experience downtown.  Snap is currently in pre-production on an awesome top secret project for Nickelodeon that will shoot before Christmas.  Stay tuned!  

Awesome news just in!  The music video ‘Kingdom’ that we produced for Dave Gahan has won the Main Prize for the Plus Camerimage Award for Best Cinematography!!  Congratulations to cinematographer Kasper Tuxen Anderson on this fantastic achievement!  You can watch the video at http://www.snapfilms.tv/work-music.php?id=1&showmv=1,  and to read more go to http://www.pluscamerimage.pl/index.php?lang=en&pg=8445f64fe255bcd and http://www.pluscamerimage.pl/index.php?lang=en&pg=2764&PHPSESSID=a7a8bdd95d62e3785fb56c4a053653ae.

Riding in a cab in NYC? Seen this? CAPITAL IQ from Snap Films on Vimeo.

Recently we began pre-production on a pilot for a kids television show with our friends The Dirty Sock Funtime Band. Each episode will feature the band’s music videos with some being shot against green, and some on location. This past weekend we shot the green screen portion of the music videos.Here’s Luke trying to figure out what a Donut Brain Alien really looks like…Now you see how tough our job really is. This is why he makes the big bucks.Don’t worry. Not only will we show you what a donut brain alien is…we’ll show you the dance as well.“No Good Reason” for Mike to be in a parachute ball pit.Director : Matthew Edginton…directing“Good Job” today kids. “Get Some Ice Cream”The Band and The Snap Crew.Check back for more pictures and updates. Next month we will film the content of the show on location. Then check back in the fall for the premiere of our production of “The Dirty Sock Funtime Band!!!”