Its been a long time since we collab’d with FM on a project as it has been long overdue. We wanted to make a video that could work for their branding as well as the goals of the contest. They came dressed and ready to rock, although they didn’t bring the helmets…
This is one of our no budget heavy efx projects that we could not have done without the famous Jonathan Winbush. He really added the elements that took this project to the next level. We were going for a futuristic tron look and this is what we got. Without him, we got a 4 asian dudes acting like space mimes.
We also got to work with a new warrior, Ray Huang. HE has some mad cinematography skills. And a new producer joined us, Christina Hoang, who was relentless in keeping this job one of the most professional we’ve done. As always, our team was in effect, G money the cutter, Anson the everything, and me, I just like to eat crafties and pick up a cable every now and then. I hope you enjoy and keep comin back for new shit!

Directed by EVAN JACKSON LEONG
Efx Animator JONATHAN WINBUSH
Produced by ANSON HO
Produced by CHRISTINA HOANG
Cinematography by RAY HUANG

Featuring and new music by FAR EAST MOVEMENT
KEVNISH
PROHGRESS
J-SPLIF
VIRMAN

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Well we had an awesome array of equipment-we had a dollie, kino flos, apple boxes, tracks, an HD camera, (but we eventually shot on the trusty PAL DVX), a steadicam!, and we even had a truck! It was just one of those days that everything went as planned and we had it all at our disposal. We had hella cars. I mean like over 20 dope cars that came from all over Southern California to our little showoff. We had a cop. We had a locations manager. We had some dope gear for FM to rock. We had a great location. And believe it or not, we were on time and on schedule throughout most of the day.

We had hot dogs, lots of hot dogs. We had a producer that did it all for us. I forgot what we ate for lunch, but I think we ate something. And of course we couldn’t have done any of this without the blessing of Universal and our elder brother director Justin Lin. We even had a trailer for changing. Well changing for the girls. Yes the girls, our import model friends. They were such nice and kind individuals. I know, I know, they have a certain appeal and image, but they were really some of the best support we could have asked for.

Anyways, if you really want to get an in depth journey about the piece, check out Anson’s Round Round the DOC here. And for even more insight and special Arowana appearances in the music video, look here.

We had a lot of fun back then, but come to think of it we still have a lot of fun now. Go check out the next FF4! April 3rd.

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Damn it feels good! I got a “Fetish” to “Dance like Micheal Jackson”.
Whatup everyone! Tonight is FM’s online release PARTAY presented by StickAm. How much does it cost? What’s the dress code? Can you bring your underage girlfriend? All these questions have very simple answers. HERE tonight at 9PM for FREE for EVERYONE!

Also one of the jams they should be performing tonight is “Dance Like Michael Jackson”. Here’s the music video FM did with the guys from WONG FU PRODUCTIONS. We haven’t had a chance to work with Wong Fu personally but I hear they are cool ass cats. They do great work and nothing stops them from getting to their goals. Thats def something I admire about those guys. If you never heard of them, check out their site here.

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Guess what today is? Another installment of Arowana Fridayyyyyy. Sometimes I wish everyday was Friday, but then that would just mean Saturday or Sunday would never come. Anyways, today we’re going to be checking out a music video we did a while back, ROUND ROUND, with our homies Kevnish, Prohgress, and J-Splif (with short hair) from FAR EAST MOVEMENT. If you ever bought a Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift HD DVD, you’d actually find the music video on there. Sick huh. It wuz until Blue-Ray kicked HD’s ass!

It was a full day shoot at a parking garage structure somewhere in LA . We called in our boy AJ to help us get the cars from the movie along with some from Toys R Us, some handsome actors from the movie SUNG KANG and LEONARDO NAM to make cameos, a bunch of lovely ladies (MODELS FROM HEAVEN) to help the sausage fest ratio, hot dogs times 200, and a bunch of great people that were down for the cause to help make the shoot possible.

Here’s the special treat. I’m gonna let you guys in on the secret cameos that Arowana Films made in the video. Check it out! At 1:41, you’ll see Dennis the 1st AD in red. Oops, haha. At 2:04, you’ll see Anson on the left holding a camera (he’s actually shooting the Behind the Scenes Doc at the same time being an extra). At 3:30, you’ll see Evan (the director) running off camera in the background. HAHAHA! Overall the project was a complete success. It was an amazing experience to work with great people like FM and many others. These are the days we cherish forever. For more behind the scenes footage, check out the doc Anson made for it here. Please don’t be offended for the first minute of it. We were young.

Also, FM is having an ONLINE release party (all ages and cities invited) for their very new and very sick soundin album ANIMAL. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25th 9Pm. Don’t miss it! FM.TV

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