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• Film
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• Multimedia Production

DaviesRussell, LLC is a full-service multimedia production house specializing in high definition formats. With state-of-the-art cameras, lights, and post-production tools, DaviesRussell is on the cutting edge of multimedia technology. We can guide a client from the original concept and scriptwriting, to shooting, editing, and even marketing the finished product.

We pride ourselves on having the highest standards. Corporate videos, training videos, embedded videos, documentaries, music videos, and event videos are some of our specialties. Our real gem, though, is creating infomercials and television shows utilizing our beautiful, state-of-the-art, 3 camera, 80-seat television studio located in the heart of the Fox Cities.

NEW UPDATES 

Dan Davies and Steve Russell of DaviesRussell have been quite busy as of late. This summer they were the production team along with VTA on a full-length feature film, "Wienerfest-The Movie". This movie is a comedy in the same vein as "Beerfest", "Caddy Shack" and "Napoleon Dynamite". The Executive Producer is Ralph Berge the Senior Vice-President of CBS/Paramount. It was directed by Rex Piano of The History Channel's "Rome, The Rise and Fall of an Empire" and scores of Lifetime and Hallmark films. It stars Bobby Ray Shafer (Bob Vance of NBC's "The Office") Miguel Najera (Tonio of F/X's "The Shield" & Tomas of Fox's "24") David Storrs (SciFi's "Scare Tactics") Kelly Walker (Everybody Hates Chris and Boogeyman 2) and Dan Davies. Dan plays a one-dimensional braggart named Hunter Rolph (Typecasting at its finest!) In the movie Hunter has fake hair, fake smile, fake tan and fake muscles...a real stretch for Dan! LOL! Steve ended up being a movie workhorse putting in 14-16 hour days as the Principal Cameraman. He also worked the Glidecam to perfection! The movie comes out this coming January or February. Watch for their website and their upcoming trailer/movie preview coming out this September.

"Thor's Kitchen" a short TV/Internet pilot was also filmed in the DaviesRussell TV studio. This comedic short was created by the "Chad Vader" people, Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda. "Chad Vader" is arguably the most downloaded webisode series ever with over 22 million views and counting. Matt and Aaron have been featured on "Good Morning America", VH1, the BBC, Deal or no Deal etc. and are considered the first true superstars of the Internet. This comedic short stars Matt as Dionysus, Aaron as a Woodland Nymph, Brad Knight as Thor and Dan Davies as Hercules. For Hercules, they were looking for an incredibly vain musclehead with fake hair, fake smile, fake tan and large, pretty, but completely useless muscles... again another stretch for Dan! LOL! Again Steve put in a yeoman's effort as one of the Principal Cameramen and Graphics Designer (Steve designed the awesome and completly unique "Thor's Kitchen" logo) This project is currently being shopped around to national cable and network stations. You may check the trailer/preview for it on Youtube. More on this later.

Last but not least they were filming in South Dakota for a couple of weeks this past month (July). Working in conjunction with Jody Marriott Bar-Lev of CoolGreenWorld and Cambridge International Academies USA, Inc and Karen Walsh of BBC fame, they filmed a short preview video on one of the last remaining wild horse herds in the US. These horses, located on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, can trace their bloodline to the original horses brought by the Spanish Conquistadores (de Soto, Cortes, etc) These explorers re-introduced the modern horse to North America almost 500 years ago. Wild horses are endangered and this short video will shed light on their plight and the plight of the noble and beautiful Lakota-Sioux people. Look for the premeire of this video, tentatively scheduled for The Playboy Mansion in Hollywood this winter. A full-length feature documentary or a TV pilot on this subject will also be forthcoming in 2009.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

The long awaited "The Mushroom Man", a full-length feature horror film, is coming to fruition. Principal filming will take place in Huautla de Jimenez, Mexico and the Central Hills of Texas this January-February of 2009. DaviesRussell in conjunction with Video Trend Associates will be the production team. Lori St. Cyr is the Executive Producer and a noted director/actor has given DaviesRussell and VTA a verbal commitment to direct. Actors of note are being solicited and Dan Davies, who wrote the script (that surprised us too...who knew he could read, let alone write!), has one of the lead roles. Steve Russell will be Asst Director, Principal Camera, and Co-Editor. More on this project later.